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Hardcover. Based on numerous diaries and letters, this work depicts the story of American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific during World War II. The author explores American soldiers' attitudes to the Far East and how they imagined it as a frontier similar to the Wild West of America. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333771334
- ISBN
- 9780333771334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
Hardcover. This study analyses Flora Tristan's correspondence with militant republicans, socialists and democrats active in the July Monarchy. It also examines the role of the letter in fostering links at a time of a significant growth of literacy and search for citizenship by the disenfranchised. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; DN; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772645
- ISBN
- 9780333772645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardback. In March 1995 Japanese society was shaken when the deadly nerve gas sarin was released on the Tokyo subway system. Japanese society up to that point had considered itself one of the safest and most well-ordered. This text looks at how the Japanese psyche has changed since the "Aum Affair". Editor(s): Kisala, Robert; Mullins, Mark R. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRKN; HRQM; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772690
- ISBN
- 9780333772690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. This text provides a comprehensive survey of the often controversial thinker Raymond Tallis. From nihilism, Theorrhoea and literary theory, to the role of the unconscious, it guides the reader through the panoptic sweep of Tallis' critical insights. Editor(s): Grant, Michael. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772713
- ISBN
- 9780333772713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.91
€ 129.91
Hardback. This book explores the Soviet attempt to propagandise the 'new Soviet woman' through the magazines Rabotnitsa and Krest'yanka from the 1920s to the end of the Stalin era. Balancing work and family did not prove easy in a climate of shifting economic and demographic priorities, and the book charts the periodic changes made to the model. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JFD; JFSJ; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772751
- ISBN
- 9780333772751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. Engineers are empire-builders. Watt, Brunel, and others worked to build and expand personal and business empires of material technology and in so doing these engineers also became active agents of political and economic empire. This book provides a fascinating exploration of the cultural construction of the large-scale technologies of empire. Num Pages: 362 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772782
- ISBN
- 9780333772782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.80
€ 128.80
Hardcover. Explores the impact of the Marshall Plan on UK labour and government. Rather than letting the US impose on them, the centre right of the Labour Party used the Plan for its own political ends. The author shows how the left was marginalized, creating state labour politics that lasted into the 1970s. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JPS; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772843
- ISBN
- 9780333772843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Paperback. "Women and the Colonial Gaze" examines the way images of women have been used by colonizers and subject peoples to define the colonial relationship. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333773512
- ISBN
- 9780333773512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.60
€ 52.60
Hardback. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is often considered an "aberration" where monarchy was reduced by the nobility to impotence, and which was consequently partitioned. This text assesses the institution and idea of monarchy in one of Europe's largest and most neglected states. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUF; HBJD; HBLH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333773826
- ISBN
- 9780333773826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. This volume, bringing together leading experts in the field, focuses on the role of the French army in the Algerian War. It shows that the war was just as much about conflicts of ideas, beliefs and loyalties as it was about simple military operations. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333774564
- ISBN
- 9780333774564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. This volume relates the development of Anglo-Australian-New-Zealand relations during and immediately after World War II to the role of the United States in the south west Pacific. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 271 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1MBF; 1MBN; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333775004
- ISBN
- 9780333775004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This text focuses on the collapse of the post-war consensus in the mid-1970s crisis and the emergence of a new consensus in the 1990s. The author follows this process through six key policy areas including civil service reform, privatization, macro-economic management and relations with Europe. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333775714
- ISBN
- 9780333775714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardcover. "Designing US Economic Policy" examines the development of US economic policy in the aftermath of World War II. It analyzes the work of Leon H. Keyserling, a major economic advisor to Harry S. Trueman and provides insight into the post-war period of American economic policy. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333775752
- ISBN
- 9780333775752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. This text presents a panorama of Islamic practices in Turkey. The authors, one a Muslim and one a Christian, introduce readers to Turkish Islamic piety and observances. Packed with data and insights, it should appeal to a variety of circles, both secular and traditional. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRAB; HRH; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333776704
- ISBN
- 9780333776704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardback. An international team of scholars explores the myriad legacies of the war for South Africa, for Britain, for the Empire and beyond. The introduction sets the contributions in context, and the afterword offers thought-provoking reflections on their cumulative significance. Editor(s): Omissi, David; Thompson, Andrew. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333776995
- ISBN
- 9780333776995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.86
€ 194.86
Religious Quest and National Identity in the Balkans
Hawkesworth, Celia; Heppell, Muriel; Norris, ...
Hardback. An insight into the cultural traditions that have shaped the Balkan region from pagan times, through folk culture, the medieval Christian churches, the encounter between Christianity and Islam, up to the religious and national mythologies that have proved so destructive in the modern era. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 268 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HRAX; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333778104
- ISBN
- 9780333778104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardback. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333778128
- ISBN
- 9780333778128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. This work tackles key issues like state legitimacy, value pluralism, neutrality and public reasons, and argues that liberalism by-passes politics because it ignores or misunderstands human motivation, and elevates academic system building over political realities of conflict and power. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333778135
- ISBN
- 9780333778135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. This book brings together a collection of essays by western scholars about women in the Stalin era (1928-53). It explores both the realities of women's lived experience in the 1930s and 1940s, and the various forms in which womanhood and femininity were represented and constructed in these decades. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333779309
- ISBN
- 9780333779309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.96
€ 116.96
Hardback. This study investigates the place of the royal court and the operation of patronage in several European kingdoms in the early Middle Ages. It seeks to identify the roots of later medieval developments, and especially of the Carolingian Renaissance, in the centuries immediately succeeding the period of Roman rule. Series: Medieval Culture & Society. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333786659
- ISBN
- 9780333786659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.86
€ 160.86