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Hardback. This book examines the experiences of the millions of service dependents created by total war, particularly those of men taken captive in both Europe and the Far East. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables|Maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078545
ISBN
9780719078545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.65

Hardback. This book examines Bulmer Hobson (1883-1969) nationalist career in the period 1900-16, as well as his lesser-known activities in the years after the rebellion. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078682
ISBN
9780719078682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.14

Hardback. This book charts the growth of the university settlement movement, a fundamental influence in the shaping of the welfare state, from 1918 to Margaret Thatcher's election in 1979. It looks at the complex relationships between charities, the welfare state and individuals and the ways in which change was negotiated over the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078750
ISBN
9780719078750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.98

Hardback. A new work that looks at the struggle against fascism in Britain between the wars, argues that the British left have been overlooked in studies of anti-fascism, and maintains that the Labour Party, the Communist Party and other left-wing currents developed sophisticated analyses of fascism on a par with those of European socialists and communists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 168 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080555
ISBN
9780719080555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.91

A trans-national study of the neglected influences of nation, empire and race upon the development and electoral fortunes of the Labour Party in Britain and the Australian Labor Party from their formative years of the 1900s to the elections of 2010. It engages with traditional explanations of Labour politics based largely upon class. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MBF; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJM; HBTQ; JPL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080791
ISBN
9780719080791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.41

Hardback. Why did Bismarck's new German State degenerate into Hitler's Third Reich? What happened to Europe's leading industrial nation - cultural heirs to Kant, Goethe, Durer and Bach? How did East and West Germany diverge after 1945? This study explores German social mores, political structures and national psyche over several centuries. Editor(s): Schweitzer, Reicke. Translator(s): Schweitzer, Reicke. Num Pages: 352 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080869
ISBN
9780719080869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.49

Hardback. This study of British shipbuilding in its heyday brings together original discussions of the organization of production, the relationship between leaders and members of the industry's key trade union, and the involvement of that union in wider labour politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 43. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081033
ISBN
9780719081033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.95

Discusses uses of photography in the context of art practice, and relates them to wider cultural debates. Focusing on conceptual and political projects between 1970 and the turn of the century, it draws parallels between issues discussed in theory and those displayed visually in practice. Num Pages: 224 pages, Halftones, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACX; AJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081569
ISBN
9780719081569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.16

Detailed study of same-sex desire and military authority in the British Armed Forces between 1939 and 1945 Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, Tables, black & white|Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082948
ISBN
9780719082948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.02

Hardback. The first book to examine the proposition that Irish public servants in India were moved by their 'Irishness' to subvert or eccentrically implement policies of the Raj. Essential reading for those wishing to understand the three-way interaction between the Irish, the empire and the peoples of India. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 163 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719083853
ISBN
9780719083853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.95

This book looks at imperial heroes from behind the legends of a dozen major colonial figures on both sides of the Channel, revisiting the familiar stories from a radically new angle. It demonstrates how their reputations were made over several decades, and depicts the milieus and individuals who supported, and benefited from, these heroic stories. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084928
ISBN
9780719084928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.87

This book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in central and eastern Europe. Bringing together experts from a variety of disciplines, the volume examines the rapid dismantling of the communist regimes in the late 1980s and the transition to pluralism in the 1990s. Editor(s): McDermott, Kevin; Stibbe, Matthew. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085277
ISBN
9780719085277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.40

Hardback. Drawing on a wide range documentary and oral sources, including interviews with refugees, this book explores the responses in Manchester to those threatened by the rise of Fascism in Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFFD; JFSR1; JPFQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085499
ISBN
9780719085499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.51

A rich and original study of the culture of association, showing the 'Big Society' in action in interwar Britain. First full-length study of a major British pressure-group, the League of Nations Union, since 1981, making extensive use of local archives. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of social movements in modern Britain. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPSN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086168
ISBN
9780719086168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.06

This book analyses the 1984-5 miners' strike by focusing on its vital Scottish dimensions, especially the role of workplace politics and community mobilisation. Series Editor(s): Fielding, Steven; Callaghan, John; Ludlam, Steve. Series: Critical Labour Movement Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJPN; JPWF; KNAT; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086328
ISBN
9780719086328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.28

Analyses the experiences of Spanish Republican refugees in France Series Editor(s): Cross, Maire; Hopkin, David. Series: Studies in Modern French History. Num Pages: 304 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DSE; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; HBWP; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086915
ISBN
9780719086915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.48

This book examines a decade of extraordinary ferment in ideas, and the battles about those ideas out of which emerged the Britain of the late-twentieth century. Editor(s): Black, Lawrence; Pemberton, Hugh; Thane, Pat. Num Pages: 288 pages, Line drawings, black & white|Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088148
ISBN
9780719088148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.11

The first book detailing the social and economic history of Ireland during the Second World War Num Pages: 208 pages, Line drawings, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089510
ISBN
9780719089510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.28

The first book to study the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 Editor(s): Tate, Trudi; Kennedy, Kate. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090028
ISBN
9780719090028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 329 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DFGE; 3JJP; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090738
ISBN
9780719090738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.51

Hardcover. Details the surveillance by the British security service MI5 of anti-Nazi refugees who came to Britain fleeing political persecution in Germany and Austria Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JFFD; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090790
ISBN
9780719090790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.20

Hardcover. Describes how Victorian physicians located in a medical culture that privileged general knowledge over narrow specialism came to be transformed into the specialised physicians we now call neurologists Num Pages: 288 pages, Tables, black & white|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091926
ISBN
9780719091926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Graphs|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JJ; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 248 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099267
ISBN
9780719099267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.40

Paperback. Debating the Kennedy Presidency examines the successes and failures of Kennedy's foreign and domestic policies. The differing viewpoints of the two authors, as well as the supplementary documents, allow readers to examine the issues and draw their own conclusions about America's 35th president. Series: Debating Twentieth-Century America. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742508347
ISBN
9780742508347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.60

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