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Paperback. An in-depth analysis of Great Britain's policy in the oil-rich Persian Gulf region during the last years of British imperialism in the area, covering the period from the independence of Kuwait to the decision of the Wilson Government to withdraw from the Gulf. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459926
- ISBN
- 9781349459926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Through a wide-ranging and close analysis of archival sources, this book re-evaluates both the role of royal authority and of local agency in the French religious wars in the lead up to the Edict of Nantes of 1598. Drawing on extensive research, it provides a new perspective on the political, religious, social and cultural history of the conflict. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HPC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459940
- ISBN
- 9781349459940
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Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Coppolaro, Lucia; McKenzie, Francine. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBJK; HBL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459988
- ISBN
- 9781349459988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Grau reconsiders the relationship between "logos" and "mythos" as a precondition to opening theological hermeneutics to discourse from other cultures and genres, other modes of telling and retelling. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HRAC; HRAM; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460007
- ISBN
- 9781349460007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.44
€ 126.44
Paperback. As outdoor entertainment venues in American cities, pleasure gardens were public spaces where people could explore what it meant to be American. Stubbs examines how these venues helped form American identity and argues the gardens allowed for the exploration of what it meant to be American through performance, both on and off the stage. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460021
- ISBN
- 9781349460021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.31€ 45.65
€ 53.31
€ 45.65
Paperback. In the 17th century, the elite household (kap?) became the focal point of Ottoman elite politics and socialization. It was a cultural melting pot, bringing together individuals of varied backgrounds through empire-wide patronage networks. This book investigates the layers of kap? power, through the example of ?eyhulislam Feyzullah Efendielite." Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJF; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460045
- ISBN
- 9781349460045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. The way which society conceives of power in the twenty-first century determines how it approaches future issues. Placing the twentieth-century French philosopher Michel Foucault into critical conjunction with the apostle Paul, Fuggle re-evaluates the way in which power operates within society and underpins ethical and political actions. Series: Radical Theologies and Philosophies. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF7; HPS; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460069
- ISBN
- 9781349460069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; KCL; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349460106
- ISBN
- 9781349460106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460212
- ISBN
- 9781349460212
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Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Paperback. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBL; HBTQ; HPC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460298
- ISBN
- 9781349460298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Sacred Violence and Religious Violence examines the place that ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to bring about a purer world. In particular, the book examines Islamism and the western secular, liberal democratic responses to it. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JPA; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460335
- ISBN
- 9781349460335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.96
€ 137.96
Paperback. This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460373
- ISBN
- 9781349460373
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Originally published: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2013. Series: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-1800. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; HPC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460397
- ISBN
- 9781349460397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.01
€ 78.01
Paperback. The new histories of love and romance offered within this edited collection illustrate the many changes, but also the surprising continuities in understandings of love, romance, affection, intimacy and sex from the First World War until the beginning of the Women's Liberation movement. Editor(s): Harris, A; Jones, T. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBW; HBWQ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460434
- ISBN
- 9781349460434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Serna, Pierre; De Francesco, Antonino; Miller, J. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460472
- ISBN
- 9781349460472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Paperback. The belief in equality as the basis of a just society is fundamental to the dominant western, liberal viewpoint. Yet, the standard individualist justification for it is weak and contradictory. This book provides a radically new communitarian account of the value of equality and establishes it's proper limits. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460519
- ISBN
- 9781349460519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Paperback. This book uses rare pathologies to inform questions on topics such as consciousness and rationality. Rather than trying to answer these by inventing far-fetched scenario or 'thought experiments', it is better to utilize a rich but under-used clinical resource. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMP; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460533
- ISBN
- 9781349460533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Paperback. Human Agency and Neural Causes provides an analysis of our everyday thought about our conduct, and the neuroscience research concerning voluntary agency. J.D. Runyan argues that our findings through neuroscience are consistent with what would be expected if we are, in fact, voluntary agents. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JML; JMM; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460601
- ISBN
- 9781349460601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Paperback. Drawing on recently declassified government files, private papers and interviews, this book argues that through a combination of preventative diplomacy and robust defence planning, the Labour government of 1974-79 succeeded in maintaining peace, avoiding the fate of its Tory successors. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTQ; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460632
- ISBN
- 9781349460632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Paperback. This book offers a new ideology critique for political analysis by revisiting Habermas via a i ekian reading. The book includes an application of the theory to the case of the political consensus reached in Chile's post-Pinochet." Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460663
- ISBN
- 9781349460663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17