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Paperback. This original study discovers the bourgeois in the modernist and the dissenting style of Bohemia in the new artistic movements of the 1910s. Brooker sees the bohemian as the example of the modern artist, at odds with but defined by the codes of bourgeois society. It renews once more the complexities and radicalism of the modernist challenge. Num Pages: 223 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJC; 3JJF; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230546929
ISBN
9780230546929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.88

Hardcover. Based on primary source research, this is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals. The study also examines the evolution of the concept of heroism and how the definition of heroism changed along with the nature of warfare. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230547056
ISBN
9780230547056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.16

Hardcover. The killing of new-born children is an intensely emotional and emotive subject. The hidden nature of this crime has made it an area incredibly difficult subject area for historians to approach up until now. This work provides the first detailed history of infanticide in mainland Britain from 1600 to the modern era. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBTB; JFSP1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230547070
ISBN
9780230547070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.94

Hardcover. Despite the growing multi-faith and multi-ethnic nature of Britain, there is insufficient knowledge about diversity in family practices across ethno-religious groups. This book fills that gap, exploring family practices -- values, roles, relationships, support systems and daily routines -- among South Asian Muslim families in Britain. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL3; JFSR2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230549272
ISBN
9780230549272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardcover. The cult of the child performer was a significant emergence of the Victorian age. Fierce public debate and lasting legislation grew out of the conflict between a desire for juvenile display and a determination to stop exploitation. This study explores the social and artistic context of their lives and their developing professionalism as actors. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ANB; DSBF; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230551558
ISBN
9780230551558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.64

Paperback. Discussing the UK experience in the 'war on terror', this book critically analyses the discourse of 'war' and ideas of the politics of panic, as well as forensically analyzing the effectiveness of counter-terrorist policies such as intelligence gathering and processing, counter-terrorist finance and public order. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; JKSW1; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230551916
ISBN
9780230551916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Hardcover. Northern Irish Literature, 1975-2006 and its companion volume, Northern Irish Literature 1956-75, examine the contexts for literary production over the past fifty years, addressing the troubled intersections of literature, history and politics. These volumes explore the diversity that is Northern Irish literature. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230553057
ISBN
9780230553057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.56

Hardcover. This timely book traces ideas of pacifism in English literature, particularly poetry. Early chapters, drawing on religious and secular traditions, provide intellectual contexts. There follows a chronological analysis of literature which rejects war and celebrates peace, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230553170
ISBN
9780230553170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.07

Hardcover. This book offers a fresh and rounded perspective on the English Revolution of the 1640s. It uses detailed evidence to show how the economic requirement for parliament's services underpinned a demand for political change. It suggests that this took shape through a working 'discourse' of ideas about the status of representative forms. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230553224
ISBN
9780230553224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.76

Hardcover. Series: Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History. Num Pages: 342 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230554238
ISBN
9780230554238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.55

Hardcover. This book offers a challenge to conventional histories of secularisation by focusing upon the importance of central religious narratives. These narratives are changed significantly over time, but also to have been invested with importance and meaning by religious individuals and organisations as well as by secular ones. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230572652
ISBN
9780230572652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardcover. Going to War overturns conventional views of the role of public opinion, the armed forces, parliamentarians, NGOs and writers in the formation of British debates about impending wars. It shows the pressures and the reasons which have led to Britain's involvement in so many conflicts. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230573345
ISBN
9780230573345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardcover. No other political party in the history of Britain's fascist tradition has been as successful at the ballot box as today's British National Party (BNP). This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Contemporary British Fascism offers an in-depth study of the BNP and its quest for social and political legitimacy. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPFQ; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574366
ISBN
9780230574366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Paperback. No other political party in the history of Britain's fascist tradition has been as successful at the ballot box as today's British National Party (BNP). This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Contemporary British Fascism offers an in-depth study of the BNP and its quest for social and political legitimacy. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPFQ; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574373
ISBN
9780230574373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.29

Hardback. Small children are regularly captivated by programmes made especially for them -- ranging from classics like Sesame Street to more recent arrivals such as Blues Clues and Teletubbies. This book examines the industry interests behind preschool television, and how commercial, creative and curricular priorities shape and inform what is produced. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; APT; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2010th Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574403
ISBN
9780230574403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Hardcover. Evaluates the Blair government from 1997-2007 conducting high quality research into aspects of British politics with particular emphasis on parties, policies and ideologies. With contributions from key figures in the field further topics include New Labour's record on social policy, defence policy, constitutional reform and public expenditure. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; JPFF; JPL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574427
ISBN
9780230574427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Evaluates the Blair government from 1997-2007 conducting high quality research into aspects of British politics with particular emphasis on parties, policies and ideologies. With contributions from key figures in the field further topics include New Labour's record on social policy, defence policy, constitutional reform and public expenditure. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; JPFF; JPL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574434
ISBN
9780230574434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. England's Last Hope studies how the part-time auxiliary Territorial Force was raised, clothed, trained, housed and administered during the crucial years of its development in the years before the Great War. As such, it fills a fundamental gap in the understanding of how the force's units were able to take the field as part of the BEF in 1914. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574540
ISBN
9780230574540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.60

Hardcover. External challenges, strategic threats, and war have shaped the course of modern British history. This volume examines how Britain mobilized to meet these challenges and how developments in the constitution, state, public sphere, and economy were a response to foreign policy issues from the Restoration to the rise of New Labour. Num Pages: 359 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574724
ISBN
9780230574724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.44

Paperback. This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and North America. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574779
ISBN
9780230574779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 205.76

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