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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. An analysis of Cuba's history from a British diplomatic perspective during the period of US political and economic domination, from 1898 to 1964. It investigates how Britain attempted to protect its trade and other interests in the island, whilst always sensitive to the reactions of its most important ally, the United States. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230295445
ISBN
9780230295445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.48

Hardcover. Missionary Discourse examines missionary writings from India and southern Africa to explore colonial discourses about race, religion, gender and culture. The book is organised around three themes: family, sickness and violence, which were key areas of missionary concern, and important axes around which colonial difference was forged. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTQ; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230296800
ISBN
9780230296800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.56

Hardcover. EPUB Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPA; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230297777
ISBN
9780230297777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.38

Hardcover. Put in the wider context of British imperial and diplomatic aims in 1941-1945, the book clarifies the importance of Vietnam to Britain's regional objectives in Southeast Asia; concluding that Churchill was willing to sacrifice French colonial interests in Vietnam for his all-important 'special relationship' with the United States. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298200
ISBN
9780230298200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.08

Paperback. Analysis of the current financial/economic crisis from the Director of the Banking Sector at the FSA (Financial Services Authority). New edition updated to take account of changes in regulation and legislation in the US, EU and UK. Many of these changes were in line with the recommendations made in the original edition Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298316
ISBN
9780230298316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.68

Hardcover. This book analyses the political and ethnical tensions that characterize Nigeria, which derive both from colonial and contemporary conflicts. It points out three major factors why Nigeria has not yet collapsed like many other African states: ethnic power sharing amongst the political elite, the military with its national outlook, and oil wealth. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298521
ISBN
9780230298521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.07

Hardcover. A complete and accessible explanation of the factors contributing to the onset of the 2007 financial and economic crisis. The myriad factors are explained in an orderly way with simple terms. The anticipation (or not) and reception of the crisis by mainstream economists and by Austrian economics leads to reflection on the state of economic theory. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCA; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298538
ISBN
9780230298538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.10

Hardcover. The stage portrayal of the Victorians in recent times is a key reference point in understanding notions of Britishness, and the profound politicisation of that debate over the last four decades. This book throws new light on works by canonical playwrights like Bond, Edgar, and Churchill, linking theatre to the wider culture at large. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298897
ISBN
9780230298897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.48

Hardcover. The IRA's ability to exploit the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was central to the organisation's capacity to wage its 'Long War' over a quarter of a century. This book is the first to look at the role of the border in sustaining the Provisionals and its central role in Anglo-Irish relations throughout the Troubles. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPF; JPS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230299962
ISBN
9780230299962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.25

Hardcover. Sarah Hicks Williams was the northern-born wife of an antebellum slaveholder. Rebecca Fraser traces her journey as she relocates to Clifton Grove, the Williams' slaveholding plantation, presenting her with complex dilemmas as she reconciled her new role as plantation mistress to the gender script she had been raised with in the North. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300705
ISBN
9780230300705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.59

Hardcover. The fruit of a two-year research project, this ground-breaking book aims to provide the first historical account of the teaching of history in twentieth-century England, and a series of reflections and suggestions which will inform, feed into and influence the current and future debates about teaching in schools. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; HB; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300866
ISBN
9780230300866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.10

Paperback. The fruit of a two-year research project, this ground-breaking book aims to provide the first historical account of the teaching of history in twentieth-century England, and a series of reflections and suggestions which will inform, feed into and influence the current and future debates about teaching in schools. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; HB; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300873
ISBN
9780230300873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.75

Hardcover. British Images of Germany is the first full-length cultural history of Britain's relationship with Germany in the key period leading up to the First World War. Richard Scully reassesses what is imagined to be a fraught relationship, illuminating the sense of kinship Britons felt for Germany even in times of diplomatic tension. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 152 black & white illustrations, 6 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230301566
ISBN
9780230301566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

Hardcover. This ground-breaking political history of the two Irish States provides unique new insights into the 'Troubles' and the peace process. It examines the impact of the fraught dynamics between the competing identities of the Nationalist-Catholic-Irish Community on the one hand and the Unionist-Protestant-British community on the other. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JJ; GTJ; HBJD1; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230301665
ISBN
9780230301665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.07

Hardcover. This book explores the historical development of post-war immigration politics in Norway, Sweden and Denmark from the perspective of the welfare state, examining how welfare states with high ambitions, generous and inclusive welfare schemes and a strong sense of egalitarianism cope with the pressures of immigration and growing diversities. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JJP; 3JMC; JFFN; JKSB1; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230302389
ISBN
9780230302389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.95

Paperback. Collects twelve previously unpublished essays by one of Britain's most eminent historians, David Cannadine, including his inaugural and valedictory lectures at the Institute of Historical Research. A unique volume discussing the study and nature of History itself and a range of key topics and periods in British and Imperial History. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230302402
ISBN
9780230302402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.69

Paperback. Challenging the standard narrative, this account, updated for the paperback edition, establishes the causal relationship between the global political and economic crises of the interwar period, and offers a new look at the role of ideology, racism and the leading liberal powers in the events between the First and Second World Wars. Num Pages: 622 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 938.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230302433
ISBN
9780230302433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.58

Hardcover. The book presents a new history of the first enlargement of the EU. It charts the attempts by the European Commission to influence the outcome of the British and Irish bids to join the Common Market during the 1960s and 1970s. The most politically divisive EU enlargement is examined through extensive research in British, Irish, EU, and US archives. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230302808
ISBN
9780230302808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.74

Hardcover. In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230302952
ISBN
9780230302952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.60

Hardcover. Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303768
ISBN
9780230303768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.43

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