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Hardback. The First World War in Computer Games analyses the depiction of combat, the landscape of the trenches, and concepts of how the war ended through computer games. This book explores how computer games are at the forefront of new representations of the First World War. Num Pages: 134 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBWN; UDX; UGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137491756
- ISBN
- 9781137491756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.66
€ 82.66
Hardcover. This book presents the first panoramic study of minkan (citizen publications) in China before the Internet. This recent history of citizen publications contributes to the reclamation of a lost past of resistance. It is an exercise in remembering a past that has been marginalized by official history and recovering ideas obliterated by state power. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492074
- ISBN
- 9781137492074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Trade and technology networks developed in the Yangzi Delta in the early twentieth century. The complexities of the machinery trade and the fragmentation of the Chinese market drove them to rely on foreign trade, surviving in wartime Shanghai and in postwar Hong Kong. These networks were the pioneers of the reform and opening up process in China. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTK; KCK; KCLT; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494047
- ISBN
- 9781137494047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.65
€ 149.65
Hardcover. This book recovers the multiplicity of meanings embedded in colonial hunting and the power it symbolized by examining both the incorporation and representation of British women hunters in the sport and how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor and knowledge to direct the impact and experience of hunting. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 229 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; HBTQ; JFSJ; KCZ; WSXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494429
- ISBN
- 9781137494429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.97
€ 128.97
Hardcover. This study explores the confluence of economy and ecology in British India, showing that Britain initiated economic development strategies in India in order to efficiently extract resources from it. It looks specifically at how state railway construction and forest conservation efforts took on a cyclical, almost symbiotic relationship. Num Pages: 189 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494566
- ISBN
- 9781137494566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.27
€ 117.27
Hardback. Berenice II Euergetis (267-6-221 BCE), the daughter of King Magas of Cyrene (Libya) and wife of King Ptolemy III of Egypt, was queen at an important juncture in Hellenistic history. This collection of four essays focuses on aspects of chronology, genealogy and marital practices, royal ideology and queenship. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 260 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494610
- ISBN
- 9781137494610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.06
€ 106.06
The Memory Phenomenon in Contemporary Historical Writing. How the Inte...
Patrick H. . Ed(S): Hutton
Hardback. Editor(s): Hutton, Patrick H. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494641
- ISBN
- 9781137494641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Hardback. While there are five important festschriften on Toyin Falola and his work, this book fulfills the need for a single-authored volume that can be useful as a textbook. I develop clearly articulated rubrics and overarching concepts as the foundational basis for analyzing Falola's work. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBA; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495167
- ISBN
- 9781137495167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Paperback. By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells a story about scenic images on the page, stage, and beyond that helped American audiences see the everyday landscapes and exotic destinations from a modern perspective. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137496645
- ISBN
- 9781137496645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.25€ 50.29
€ 58.25
€ 50.29
Paperback. This book demonstrates the international dimension of eugenic racial policy and of scientific racism over the course of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497000
- ISBN
- 9781137497000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
Hardcover. Analyzing contemporary Chinese literature, film, and television, Shen shows the significance of nationalism for the mass imagination in post-socialist China. Chapters move from the intellectual idealism of the 1980s, through the post-Tiananmen transition, to the national cinema of the 1990s, and finally to the Internet literature of today. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497420
- ISBN
- 9781137497420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardback. Genius as a historical concept, rather than as a presumed trans-historical fact, is surprisingly underexamined, even as millions of daily decisions-personal, institutional, and governmental-are made according to unexamined assumptions about it. The essays in this book show that the origins and uses of concepts of genius warrant careful examination. Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.; McMahon, Darrin M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497659
- ISBN
- 9781137497659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Queens Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette bear striking similarities as historical figures, particularly given the periods of violent revolution in which they lived. This novel comparative study explores how these queens perceived their roles as wives, mothers, and heads of royal households. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497727
- ISBN
- 9781137497727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.94
€ 116.94
Hardback. Series: Information Technology and Global Governance. Num Pages: 366 pages, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; DNJ; HBTV; JFD; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497895
- ISBN
- 9781137497895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Hardback. Yolande of Aragon is one of the most intriguing of late medieval queens who contrived to be everywhere and nowhere, operating seamlessly from backstage and center stage. She is acknowledged as having been shrewd and intelligent - an eminence grise whose political and diplomatic agency secured the throne of France for her son-in-law, Charles VII. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499127
- ISBN
- 9781137499127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardcover. How do two ideologically opposed governments co-operate? The Unionist government struggled to answer this question during the sixties and seventies. This book charts the development of this government's policy towards its neighbor in Southern Ireland and explains how it ended up in a total stalemate with the emergence of the Troubles. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499530
- ISBN
- 9781137499530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. History, Time, and Economic Crisis in Central Greece explores how the inhabitants of a Greek town face the devastating consequences of the worst economic crisis in living memory. Knight examines how the inhabitants draw on the past to contextualize their experiences and build strength that will enable them to overcome their suffering. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; JFFA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501486
- ISBN
- 9781137501486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.08
€ 67.08
Hardcover. Through case studies of prominent cultural products, this book takes a longitudinal approach to the influence and conceptualization of the Civil War in democratic Spain. Stafford explores the stories told about the war during the transition to democracy and how these narratives have morphed in light of the polemics about historical memory. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501493
- ISBN
- 9781137501493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardback. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBAH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501554
- ISBN
- 9781137501554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.07
€ 139.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 127 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBJK; HBWN; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501561
- ISBN
- 9781137501561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81