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Hardback. During the 1990s, Russia has been building a new political order. This collection of essays offers a progress report on this effort, recording the projects for institutional reform, their successes and their many failures. Editor(s): Robinson, Neil. Num Pages: 247 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333735251
ISBN
9780333735251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Hardcover. As Clinton left office there was little consensus even among Democrats as to the significance of his political legacy. This book examines whether the Clinton experience does illustrate the value of the New Democrat and Third Way agenda. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333735756
ISBN
9780333735756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.36

Hardcover. This examination of the Whig theory of resistance, that emerged from the revolution of 1688 in England, presents an important challenge to the received opinion of Whig thought as confused and as inferior to the revolutionary principles set forth by John Locke. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333736593
ISBN
9780333736593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardcover. This title intervenes in debates over the significance of Diana, Princess of Wales by offering a critical account of her media iconicity from 1981 to the present. It outlines the historical development of representations of Diana and assesses issues at stake in debates over the "meaning" of Diana. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTG; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333736883
ISBN
9780333736883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This title intervenes in debates over the significance of Diana, Princess of Wales by offering a critical account of her media iconicity from 1981 to the present. It outlines the historical development of representations of Diana and assesses issues at stake in debates over the "meaning" of Diana. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; BGR; DSBH; HBTG; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333736890
ISBN
9780333736890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This study discusses the contribution of individual men to the emancipation of women between 1850 and 1920. These include the pioneer of feminism, J.S. Mill, the allies of Josephine Butler, the men who risked imprisonment for making available information on contraception, and sympathetic writers. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First edition.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333737330
ISBN
9780333737330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Hardback. This book reconsiders the Chinese Cultural Revolution from the perspective of the current economic and political climate. With contributions from leading international scholars this volume brings together the latest research on explanations for China's revolution and its legacy. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333738351
ISBN
9780333738351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.40

Hardback. In Britain today, half a million homeless people form a permanent "underclass". This study traces similarities to the vagrant of bygone days. For centuries, laws have combated alleged threats from vagrants, ignoring causal factors like economic fluctuation, bad harvests, disease and war. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFFA; JFFB; JFSC; JHBD; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333738467
ISBN
9780333738467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. This study challenges the conventional polarities used to describe British politics of the 1790s Pitt versus Fox, Burke versus Paine, Church versus Dissent, ruling class versus working class, Jacobin versus anti-Jacobin. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; GBCS; HBJD1; HBLL; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333738511
ISBN
9780333738511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Hardcover. This study looks at how the British authorities used World War II Italian prisoners of war as a labour force, a source of military intelligence and as a political warfare tool before their final repatriation in 1946-47. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 341 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333738924
ISBN
9780333738924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.88

Hardback. This study provides an reassessment of the appeasement myths about Hitler by examining a central yet understudied figure. The British Ambassador of the period, Sir Nevile Henderson, has been described as "our Nazi Ambassador in Berlin" by historians and popular memory alike. Series: Studies in diplomacy. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333739877
ISBN
9780333739877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Hardback. This biography of David Livingstone provides an account of his strengths and weaknesses. He could be difficult and unsympathetic, but he was also single minded, patient and brave. This book tells of his life both in Britain and Africa, where he discovered Victoria Falls and was mauled by a lion. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; HRCX7; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333740415
ISBN
9780333740415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Hardcover. This book looks at how the spread of syphilis was linked to socio-economic transformation, land dispossession and migrancy, and how urbanization disrupted social networks - factors similarly important in the AIDS crisis. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JFFH; JFFJ; JFSL; MBN; MBX; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333740446
ISBN
9780333740446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This work examines the response of the Western Alliance to the Polish Crisis (1980-83). The author analyses the different views of Europe and the United States regarding enforcement in East West relations and the opposition in Western Europe to the American approach. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333740668
ISBN
9780333740668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.74

Hardback. Three questions in 19th-century imperial Africa are covered here - the Krio and the British, the kingdom of Asante and partition of East Africa. Further studies discuss the 20th-century French leaving Africa and the British leaving the Middle East. There is a note on John Hargreaves and his work. Editor(s): Bridges, Roy. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; BGH; HBJF1; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333741139
ISBN
9780333741139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardcover. This text considers the ethical credentials of the US in branding various countries "pariah states", and describes the background to the Iraq question. A detailed chronology of 1997-98 US/Iraq weapons inspections, and a profile of the subsequent UN/Iraqi settlement and its aftermath is given. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF1; HPQ; JPA; JPS; JWK; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333741146
ISBN
9780333741146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Hardback. This work takes familiar historical narratives and provides alternative readings for them. It endeavours to expand the parameters of comparative history by focusing on the economic, social, political and historiographical connections among societies. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333741153
ISBN
9780333741153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Hardback. In "Howards End", Forster remarks that the imperialist "hopes to inherit the earth" and with the strong temptation he has to acclaim it "as a superyeoman, who carries his country's virtue overseas". This volume explores the realm of Forster' politics and imperialism. Translator(s): Beer, J. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333741368
ISBN
9780333741368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardback. This study looks at communism's attempts to come to terms with nationalism between Marx and Yeltsin, and how the inability of communist theorists and practitioners to achieve an effective synthesis between nationalism and communism contributed to communism's collapse. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLH; HBLW; JPFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333741573
ISBN
9780333741573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.68

Hardback. In this collection, the essays explore and re-examine the threats and ideas of revolution, and the byzantine networks and character of British radical culture in the turbulent and intriguing years between 1775 and 1848. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333743096
ISBN
9780333743096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

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