Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462. The British, Russian, and American Invasions. 304 pages, illustrations. This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103894
- ISBN
- 9780230103894
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Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Hardcover. This book analyzes why and how the Israeli army did not succeed in finding the appropriate way to fight terrorism since the creation of the Israeli state. Translator(s): Schoch, Cynthia. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 196 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JMC; JPWL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104440
- ISBN
- 9780230104440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Hardcover. British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. 240 pages, Illustrations. This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; MBX; MMR. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 16. Weight: 372.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104754
- ISBN
- 9780230104754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. The Emancipation signalled the beginning of Jewish integration in Italy, a process that continued until 1938 when the Racial Laws were put into effect. In this book, Bettin examines the debate between integration and assimilation in the early twentieth century and Jewish culture to trace the 'rebirth of Judaism' that characterized the period. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104761
- ISBN
- 9780230104761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Paperback. This collection examines Cuban cultural production during the Special Period of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Contributors address the cultural forms; and the associated ethics and practices of labour, leisure, and bureaucratic organization that arose in the transformation of the socialist cultural infrastructure. Editor(s): Hernandez-Reguant, Ariana. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322. Culture and Ideology in the 1990s. Series: New Concepts in Latino American Cultures. 240 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Hernandez-Reguant, Ariana. This collection examines Cuban cultural production during the Special Period of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Contributors address the cultural forms; and the associated ethics and practices of labour, leisure, and bureaucratic organization that arose in the transformation of the socialist cultural infrastructure. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPFC. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104792
- ISBN
- 9780230104792
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.26
€ 54.99
€ 43.26
Paperback. Using speeches, essays and interviews with some of the most compelling individuals in American history and the key conflicts they stood against, this book gives remarkable insight into wartime dissent in the U.S. from the revolutionary war to the war on terror. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104839
- ISBN
- 9780230104839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Hardcover. This book investigates the role of the news media in the development of EU-China relations in the post-Cold War era. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 230 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 3JJP; JFD; JPS; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105027
- ISBN
- 9780230105027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardcover. This is the first book-length study of the French Caribbean presence in Africa, and serves as a unique contribution to the field of African Diaspora and Colonial studies. By using administrative records, newspapers, and interviews, it explores the French Caribbean presence in the colonial administration in Africa before World War II. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105447
- ISBN
- 9780230105447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. Romantic Dharma maps the emergence of Buddhism into European consciousness during the first half of the nineteenth century, probes the shared ethical and intellectual commitments embedded in Buddhist and Romantic thought, and proposes potential ways by which those insights translate into contemporary critical and pedagogical practices. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; DSBF; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105454
- ISBN
- 9780230105454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.18
€ 119.18
Hardcover. Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies. Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. 278 pages, map. Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies. Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPH. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105560
- ISBN
- 9780230105560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Paperback. This book offers a social and cultural history of American culture in the formative years of the twentieth century, examining forms such as vaudeville, early film, popular songs, modernist art, and many others in the context of contemporary social changes. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360. A Social History, 1900-1920. 264 pages, illustrations. This book offers a social and cultural history of American culture in the formative years of the twentieth century, examining forms such as vaudeville, early film, popular songs, modernist art, and many others in the context of contemporary social changes. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 17. Weight: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105843
- ISBN
- 9780230105843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Hardcover. Drawing on his knowledge of the technical aspects of civil aviation, Alan P. Dobson's history of the international aviation system, from 1945 to the present day, stresses the hitherto unacknowledged role Franklin D. Roosevelt played in implementing the principles that came to govern the entire global aviation system. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 207 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106666
- ISBN
- 9780230106666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Hardcover. This book offers an in-depth exploration of all dimensions of geoeconomics, including the internal and international forces which explain why most countries remain mired in poverty; the conflicts between the poor on the rich countries; and the global environmental crises threatening the future of humanity. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107014
- ISBN
- 9780230107014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.79
€ 129.79
Paperback. This study explores the history of the New School that developed in the postwar period and its role in communicating antifascism to young people in the Soviet zone. Blessing traces how the decisions about how to educate young people after the National Socialist dictatorship became part of a broader discussion about the future of the German nation. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBTB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107304
- ISBN
- 9780230107304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.87
€ 118.87
Hardcover. An insightful look into the origins of modern Italian media culture by examining a sensational crime and trial that took place in Rome in the late 1870s, when a bloody murder triggered a national spectacle that became the first great media circus in the new nation of Italy, crucially shaping the young state's public sphere and image of itself. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBTB; JFD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108363
- ISBN
- 9780230108363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Paperback. In 1804 French Saint-Domingue became the independent nation of Haiti after the only successful slave uprising in world history. Before Haiti explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members both supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they created their own New World identity from 1760 to 1804. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 407 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108370
- ISBN
- 9780230108370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.61€ 75.83
€ 89.61
€ 75.83
Paperback. This volume provides an introduction to the history of the Soviet armed forces from 1917 to 1991. The authors highlight the many facets of the Cold War, including the rise of the Soviet Navy after the Great Patriotic War and the collapse of the Soviet Union which marks its twentieth anniversary in 2011. Editor(s): Higham, Robin; Kagan, Frederick W. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108394
- ISBN
- 9780230108394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.36
€ 93.36
Paperback. Using a variety of archival sources, Aaron Gilette traces the history of early 20th century developments in sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, offering a new way to look at the timely and perennial 'nature-nuture' debate and why key scientific discoveries have been thwarted, manipulated, and misunderstood over the last century. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTB; JFMG; JHBA; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108455
- ISBN
- 9780230108455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Hardcover. This study of the first national festival of modern Italy historically reconstructs the event, using a mass of un-catalogued and unpublished documents left by the organizers, which positions the Centenary as a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian national identity emerged. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108646
- ISBN
- 9780230108646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68
Hardcover. Through his writings, the leading East India Company servant, Sir John Malcolm helped to shape the historical thought of British empire-building in India. This book uses his works to examine the intellectual history of British expansion in South Asia, and shed light on the history of orientalism and indirect rule and the formation of British power. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108851
- ISBN
- 9780230108851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68