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The Aftermath of Suffrage: Women, Gender, and Politics in Britain, 191...
Gottlieb, Julie V., Toye, Richard
Hardcover. This collection explores the aftermath of the Representation of the People Act, which gave some British women the vote. Experts examine the paths taken by both former-suffragists as well as their anti-suffragist adversaries, the practices of suffrage commemoration, and the changing priorities and formations of British feminism in this era. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137015334
- ISBN
- 9781137015334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Drawing on interviews with key players and previously unused archival sources, this book offers a fascinating account of a critical period in Fine Gael's history when the party was challenged to define its place in Irish politics. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022059
- ISBN
- 9781137022059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Paperback. This book examines the large and previously-neglected body of literature on Nazism that was produced in the years 1933-1939. Shifting attention away from high politics or appeasement, it reveals that a remarkably wide range of responses was available to the reading public. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022455
- ISBN
- 9781137022455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Hardcover. This book calls for a radical reappraisal of economic policy in the UK. It argues that a much lower exchange rate is needed to re-establish sufficient manufacturing capacity to enable Britain to pay its way in the world. Mills makes the case for the removal of balance of payments constraints to achieve growth and avoid endless austerity. Num Pages: 268 pages, 18 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KCG; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022967
- ISBN
- 9781137022967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy, employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It argues that focusing on research-informed ideas usefully draws attention to the centrality of values, politics and advocacy for public health debates. Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBC; JPP; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026576
- ISBN
- 9781137026576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.26
€ 139.26
Hardcover. This book reconsiders the Celtic Revival by examining appropriations of Shakespeare, using close readings of works by Arnold, Dowden, Yeats and Joyce to reveal the pernicious manner in which the discourse of Anglo-Irish cultural politics informed the critical paradigms that mediated the reading of Shakespeare in Ireland for a generation. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027658
- ISBN
- 9781137027658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Paperback. This follow up to Violent London deals in detail with the story behind the 2010 and 2011 riots both from the perspective of the protesters, rioters and from the point of view of the police and government. Bloom uses reportage, parliamentary, police and security briefings, as well as the voices and theory of modern protest, to tell the story. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 41 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMG; HBJD1; HBLX; HBTV; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029355
- ISBN
- 9781137029355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.01
€ 27.01
Hardcover. This project takes the human body and the bodily senses as joints that articulate new kinds of connections between church and theatre and overturns a longstanding notion about theatrical phenomenology in this period. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 311 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030047
- ISBN
- 9781137030047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. A personal memoir from Christopher Dow, an influential British economist and a key player in the banking establishments of the post-war era. Contains insights and revelations into the issues and protagonists shaping British economic policy in the late 20th Century. Editor(s): Taylor, Christopher; Hacche, Graham. Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BM; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032300
- ISBN
- 9781137032300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Hardcover. This book reassesses the cultural and political dimensions of the Irish Revival's heroic ideal and explores its implications for the construction of Irish modernity. By foregrounding the heroic ideal, it shows how the cultural landscape carved out by these writers is far from homogenous. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 4. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137035622
- ISBN
- 9781137035622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. This book revisits Peter Townsend's classic study of residential care for older people in Britain conducted in the late 1950s. It provides not only a fascinating account of residential care for older people over the last 50 years but is also an important contribution to the literature on research methods. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JHBC; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137265692
- ISBN
- 9781137265692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian are the three most influential poets from Northern Ireland who have composed poems with a link to the Tsarist Empire and the Soviet Union. Through their references to Russia the three poets achieve a geographical and mental detachment allowing them to turn a fresh eye on the Northern Irish situation. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137271716
- ISBN
- 9781137271716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Drawing substantially on the thoughts and words of Catholic writers and cultural commentators, Villis sheds new light on religious identity and political extremism in early twentieth-century Britain. The book constitutes a comprehensive study of the way in which British Catholic communities reacted to fascism both at home and abroad. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HRCC7; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274182
- ISBN
- 9781137274182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. Friel is widely recognised as Ireland's leading playwright but through the ability of plays like Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa to translate into other cultures he has also made a major impact on world theatre. This study draws on the Friel Archive in the National Library of Ireland to deepen our understanding of how his plays were developed. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274694
- ISBN
- 9781137274694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. This topical book uses the recent Dano Sonnex and Baby Peter cases to analyze the problems facing both probation and child protection under conditions of economic recession and public spending cuts. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB1; JKSN; JKVQ; JKVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276827
- ISBN
- 9781137276827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. This book examines the partnerships between Britain's famed redcoats and the foreign corps that were a consistent and valuable part of Britain's military endeavors in the eighteenth century. While most histories have portrayed these associations as fraught with discord, a study of eyewitness accounts tells a different story. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137284006
- ISBN
- 9781137284006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137285898
- ISBN
- 9781137285898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290106
- ISBN
- 9781137290106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Ex-Combatants, Religion, and Peace in Northern Ireland: The Role of Re...
Brewer, John, Mitchell, David, Leavey, Gerard
Hardcover. Studies of Northern Ireland's ex-combatants ignore religion, while advocates of religious interventions in transitional justice exaggerate its influence. Using interview data with ex-combatants, this book explores religious influences upon violence and peace, and develops a model for evaluating the role of religion in transitional justice. Series: Palgrave Studies in Compromise After Conflict. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299352
- ISBN
- 9781137299352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardcover. This compelling new study examines the intersection between women, religion and politics in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century in Britain. It demonstrates that what inspired Dissenting and Anglican women to political action was their concern for the survival of the Protestant religion both at home and abroad. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303196
- ISBN
- 9781137303196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25