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Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137463036
- ISBN
- 9781137463036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The New Nationalism and the First World War is an edited volume dedicated to a transnational study of the features of the turn-of-the-century nationalism, its manifestations in social and political arenas and the arts, and its influence on the development of the global-scale conflict that was the First World War. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Lawrence; Rodic, Vesna; Burrows, Roger. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137462770
- ISBN
- 9781137462770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book provides evidence that Labour in Trinidad and Tobago played a vital role in undermining British colonialism and advocating for federation and self-government. Furthermore, there is emphasis on the pioneering efforts of the Labour movement in party politics, social justice, and working class solidarity. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137462329
- ISBN
- 9781137462329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. Places of Memory examines the post-war history of the site where the 1942 Wannsee Conference was held. The author analyses the different uses of the house to investigate how a site turns into a site of memory. Num Pages: 85 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBTZ; JMRM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456403
- ISBN
- 9781137456403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Hardcover. The SS Cavalry Brigade was a unit of the Waffen-SS that differed from other German military formations as it developed a 'dual role': SS cavalrymen both helped to initiate the Holocaust in the Soviet Union and experienced combat at the front. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456311
- ISBN
- 9781137456311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.31
€ 150.31
Hardcover. The dominant cultural script is that the Baby Boomers have 'had it all', thereby depriving younger generations of the opportunity to create a life for themselves. Bristow provides a critical account of this discourse by locating the problematisation of the Baby Boomers within a wider ambivalence about the legacy of the Sixties. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 graphs, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JFFP; JFSP; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454720
- ISBN
- 9781137454720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. Drawing upon the philosophical insights of Friedrich Schlegel, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, and Blixa Bargeld, this book explores the persistence of a critical-deconstructive approach to musical production, consumption, and reception in the German cultural sphere of the last two centuries. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453365
- ISBN
- 9781137453365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Hardcover. William Mitchinson analyses the role and performance of the Territorial Force during the first two years of World War I. The study looks at the way the force was staffed and commanded, its relationship with the Regular Army and the War Office, and how most of its 1st Line divisions managed to retain and promote their local identities. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137451590
- ISBN
- 9781137451590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Hardback. Raffalovich's 1896 magnum opus of sexology, Uranism and Unisexuality (never before translated into English until now), provides an ethical justification for same-sex desire. Drawing on cross-cultural and transhistorical narratives, the gentleman scholar argues for the rights of the homosexual in society and its responsibility to him. Editor(s): Erber, Nancy; Peniston, William A.; Healy, Philip; Roden, Frederick S., AOJN. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK5; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 648.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137451385
- ISBN
- 9781137451385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.21
€ 162.21
Hardcover. The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GM; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137451354
- ISBN
- 9781137451354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
The Shadow of Colonialism on Europe's Modern Past (Cambridge Imperial ...
Enrico Dal Lago Róisín Healy
Hardcover. Through a range of case studies from eastern and western Europe, this book breaks new ground in investigating the extent to which European peoples living within Europe were also subjected to the ideologies and practices of colonialism. Editor(s): Healy, Roisin; Dal Lago, Enrico. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450746
- ISBN
- 9781137450746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardback. Tracing the evolution of French sociology from the early twentieth century to the present day, this insightful book brings to the fore the renowned origins but relatively slow institutional development of the discipline in France. Series: Sociology Transformed. Num Pages: 91 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450531
- ISBN
- 9781137450531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The first English-language monograph on the Slovak-Polish border in 1918-47 explores the interplay of politics, diplomacy, moral principles and self-determination. This book argues that the failure to reconcile strategic objectives with territorial claims could cost a higher price than the geographical size of the disputed region would indicate. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 1DVP; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449627
- ISBN
- 9781137449627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; HBTR; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 621.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449504
- ISBN
- 9781137449504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.77
€ 139.77
Hardback. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HRCC7; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448934
- ISBN
- 9781137448934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.79
€ 116.79
Hardcover. The Vietnam War and Indian independence devastated British policy towards Asia. The Labour Government failed to understand its commitments. Yet some senior British officers were prepared to work alongside Asian nationalism in order to secure British interests. This created a radical local fusion of imperial, diplomatic and humanitarian policies. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448699
- ISBN
- 9781137448699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Spanish-Italian Relations and the Influence of the Major Powers examines complex relations between Spain and Italy, beginning in 1943 and continuing until 1957, contending that the relationship cannot be examined in isolation and must be understood in its broader context. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DST; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448668
- ISBN
- 9781137448668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. In British India, the years during and following World War I saw imperial unity deteriorate into a bitter dispute over "native" effeminacy and India's postwar fitness for self-rule. This study demonstrates that increasingly ferocious dispute culminated in the actual physical violence of the Amritsar Massacre of 1919. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448538
- ISBN
- 9781137448538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. Editor(s): Ramet, Sabrina; Borowik, Irena. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 341 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPR; 3JM; HRAM2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448330
- ISBN
- 9781137448330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.68
€ 194.68
Hardcover. Institutions and Small Settler Economies provides a comprehensive improvement in our understanding of institutional contributions to economic growth. Num Pages: 290 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSU; 1MBN; 3JH; 3JJ; KCG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448286
- ISBN
- 9781137448286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99