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Paperback. Gender and Decolonization in the Congo focuses on women and questions of gender in its examination of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961), the assassinated leader of the independent Congo. Num Pages: 247 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306388
- ISBN
- 9781137306388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. In a life full of momentous episodes, Theodore Roosevelt's fifteen-month post-presidential odyssey to Africa and Europe has never been given its due place. A tale of daring adventure, international celebrity, a friendship lost, and a political legacy transformed, Theodore Roosevelt Abroad is the first full account of this important time in history. Num Pages: 236 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306395
- ISBN
- 9781137306395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. Bad Presidents seeks to interpret the meaning of presidential 'badness' by investigating the ways in which eleven presidents were 'bad.' The author brings a unique, and often amusing perspective on the idea of the presidency, and begins a new conversation about the definition of presidential success and failure. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306586
- ISBN
- 9781137306586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. This study investigates the various extreme-rightist leagues in Algeria, with particular attention to certain key themes, among them the rabid xenophobia directed at the Jewish population and local Muslims. It demonstrates that fascism helped to construct a racial hierarchy to preserve European hegemony and a pool of cheap labor. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307088
- ISBN
- 9781137307088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book traces the rise of the political dynasty in the Middle East and, in the process, provides the context for the current Arab uprising. The author shows that a father-to-son transfer of power has no basis in Islam, and yet the idea of dynastic power became entrenched in the Middle East. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308115
- ISBN
- 9781137308115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Detroit and Turin were both sites of significant political and social upheaval. This comparative and transnational study examines the political and theoretical developments that emerged in these two "motor cities" among activist workers and political militants during these decades. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311696
- ISBN
- 9781137311696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. This volume is the first major account for nearly fifty years to critically re-assess Labour's first period in office in terms of domestic, foreign and imperial policy. It draws on a wide range of private papers and official sources and reconstructs the history of this forgotten government in the broader social and political context of the 1920s. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311863
- ISBN
- 9781137311863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. Focusing on the everyday behaviour of people in the late-Victorian street, this extensive study provides an alternative history of the modern city, and sheds new light on the relationship between police constables and civilians. A wealth of source material is scrutinised to explore this public interaction in the capital. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320896
- ISBN
- 9781137320896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. After excluding women and African Americans from its ranks for most of its history, the New York City Police Department undertook an aggressive campaign of integration following World War II. This is the first comprehensive account of how and why the NYPD came to see integration as a highly coveted political tool, indispensable to policing. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321930
- ISBN
- 9781137321930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book investigates Russia's transformation into a European Power by way of the activities of the tsarist translator and official Andrei Vinius, who became an important advisor to Peter the Great. Vinius emerges as an influential conduit of Western culture and technology, who played a key role in transforming Muscovy into Russia. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323668
- ISBN
- 9781137323668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Drawing on international and multidisciplinary expertise, this pioneering edited collection analyzing Islam in contemporary Ethiopia challenges the popular notion of a 'Christian Ethiopia' imagined as the century-old, never colonized Abyssinia, isolated in the highlands and dominated by Orthodox Christianity. Num Pages: 267 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HRAC; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325297
- ISBN
- 9781137325297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Through a wide-ranging and close analysis of archival sources, this book re-evaluates both the role of royal authority and of local agency in the French religious wars in the lead up to the Edict of Nantes of 1598. Drawing on extensive research, it provides a new perspective on the political, religious, social and cultural history of the conflict. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTV; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326744
- ISBN
- 9781137326744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Paperback. The Refuge and the Fortress offers an account of academic refugees in Britain, including those who fled Nazi Germany, and through their testimonies, seeks to understand the qualities they bestowed on their adoptive country. It provides an honest portrayal of the encounters of people from other cultures with the characteristics of the British. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB; JFFD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition, New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327864
- ISBN
- 9781137327864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. The Refuge and the Fortress offers an account of academic refugees in Britain, including those who fled Nazi Germany, and through their testimonies, seeks to understand the qualities they bestowed on their adoptive country. It provides an honest portrayal of the encounters of people from other cultures with the characteristics of the British. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFFD; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 607.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition,New Edition,2nd edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327895
- ISBN
- 9781137327895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Hardcover. This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137328137
- ISBN
- 9781137328137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Moving through the elegiac ruins of the Berlin Wall and the Yugoslav disintegration, Writing Postcommunism explores literary evocations of the pervasive disappointment and mourning that have marked the postcommunist twilight. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPR; DSA; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330079
- ISBN
- 9781137330079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This sweeping, exhaustively researched history is the first comprehensive account of the Peace of Westphalia in English. Bringing together the latest scholarship with an engaging narrative, it retraces the historical origins of the Peace, exploring its political-intellectual underpinnings and placing it in a broad global and chronological context. Num Pages: 468 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333322
- ISBN
- 9781137333322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.32
€ 183.32
Hardcover. Seeing the critical phase in the construction of a Turkish historical imagination between 1860 to 1950 disregarding the political disruptions, this book demonstrates how history and historical imagery had been instrumental in the nation-building process. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334206
- ISBN
- 9781137334206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. From 1941 to 1945, a small number of Jews were given the rights of Aryan citizens in Croatia by the pro-Nazi Utasha regime. This study seeks to explain why these exemptions from Ustasha racial laws came to be, how they were justified by the race theory of the time, and how the "Croats of the Mosaic faith" were eventually rejected as racial aliens. Num Pages: 105 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339119
- ISBN
- 9781137339119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardcover. The five queens of Navarre were the largest group of female sovereigns in one European realm during the Middle Ages, but they are largely unknown beyond a regional audience. This survey fills this scholarly lacuna, focusing particularly on issues of female succession, agency, and power-sharing dynamic between the queens and their male consorts. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339140
- ISBN
- 9781137339140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.92
€ 160.92
Italy and the Mediterranean: Words, Sounds, and Images of the Post-Col...
Bouchard, Norma, Ferme, Valerio
Hardcover. This book explores new ways that the Mediterranean has been discussed in Italian intellectual and artistic culture from the 1980s to the present. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343451
- ISBN
- 9781137343451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Paperback. In the 1940s and 1950s, American advertisers began an unprecedented collaboration with corporations, media, the government, and organized religion. This history traces the remarkable story of how advertisers ensured that they remained significant players in the postwar global order, developing the influential media infrastructure of today. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFDV; KJSA; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347176
- ISBN
- 9781137347176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. Dialectical Democracy through Christian Thought offers an accessible yet theologically groundbreaking intervention into the battle over the role of government in the market. This book shows that the fight over policy involves a fundamental disagreement about who we are as human beings: independent individuals, or essentially social creatures. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM2; HRCM; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347268
- ISBN
- 9781137347268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Medics learned quickly to ignore standing operating procedures in order to save lives but tensions within infantry units created a paradoxical culture of isolation and acceptance. This groundbreaking work examines training and combat experiences of soldiers working in Battalion Aid Stations and those who went as aid men to the line companies. Num Pages: 148 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347688
- ISBN
- 9781137347688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05