Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. This work is about the struggles of descendants of Indian indentured migrants in Trinidad in the first half of the 20th century, each desiring to preserve aspects of the gender system brought from India between 1845 and 1917, which were important to their continued definition of ethnic identity. Series: Institute of Social Studies, the Hague. Num Pages: 340 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 3JJ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 643.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962787
- ISBN
- 9780333962787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Paperback. Taking into account developments in historical and ecological criticism, and incorporating fresh research into poetry and politics in the 1790s, the second edition of "The Politics of Nature" enlarges and updates Nicholas Roe's study of Romanticism. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962763
- ISBN
- 9780333962763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Hardcover. Taking into account developments in historical and ecological criticism, and incorporating fresh research into poetry and politics in the 1790s, the second edition of "The Politics of Nature" enlarges and updates Nicholas Roe's study of Romanticism. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962756
- ISBN
- 9780333962756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardback. Avram Taylor assesses the effect of credit on working-class communities and relates this to the debate about community. Based on extensive archival research and oral history interviews, this book combines lively individual accounts with theoretical arguments. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFF; JFSC; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962329
- ISBN
- 9780333962329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardcover. In 1828 a strange youth, barely able to speak or walk appeared in Nuremberg. The case excited widespread curiosity; was the "wild man", as many claimed, the rightful heir to the Grand Duchy of Baden, or simply an ingenious fraud? This book examines the many ramifications of this case. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. 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
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962145
- ISBN
- 9780333962145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Hardback. Selecting a control population, the link between British and American cultural values and entrepreneurship is unearthed. Godley shows that despite similar backgrounds and opportunities, the Jews in London were far less entrepreneurial, preferring to remain as workers, than Jews in America. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; HB; JFSR1; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333960455
- ISBN
- 9780333960455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Hardcover. This study focuses on the idea of virtue and its place in political thought in 18th century France. Virtue could be used to impart moral authority to arguments about political power. The development of this strategic idea is traced through the works of key Enlightenment thinkers. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333949597
- ISBN
- 9780333949597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.79
€ 123.79
Paperback. An integrated analysis of all aspects of security co-operation in Western Europe from 1945 to 1991. The book provides a survey of the wider dynamics of security co-operation in each decade throughout this period. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JJP; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333949399
- ISBN
- 9780333949399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.78
€ 49.78
Hardback. This is an attempt to understand why the Anglo-French relationship, established after 1918, failed in the management of the crisis facing them in Ethiopia and the Rhineland, which ultimately became part of the path to World War II. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333949269
- ISBN
- 9780333949269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardback. Alexander Stubb, a participant in the 1996-97 and 2000 intergovernmental conferences, analyzes the evolution of flexible integration from the early 1970s to the present day and beyond. This book presents an insider's view on historical decision making in the European Union. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 3JJP; JPH; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948309
- ISBN
- 9780333948309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.03
€ 123.03
Hardback. Michael Giffin offers a reading of Austen's six published novels against the background of a "long 18th century" that stretched from the Restoration to the Regency. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; HPCD; HRCC91; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948088
- ISBN
- 9780333948088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.00
€ 123.00
Hardback. George Grove, founder of the "Dictionary of Music and Musicians", was also an engineer, biblical scholar, administrator, educationalist and writer. This study surveys his life and assesses the qualities that led him to play a major role in Victorian cultural life. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; AVA; AVH; BGF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948040
- ISBN
- 9780333948040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.90
€ 123.90
Hardcover. Drawing upon a wide range of interviews with many of the key actors, Andrew Dorman examines how British defence policy was formulated and implemented during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. Series: Southampton Studies in International Policy S. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ; JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947098
- ISBN
- 9780333947098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Paperback. After a turbulent century characterized by vast bloodshed, but also by the spread of democratic government and humane values, the author suggests that the great democracies should come together to form an inter- continental community of democracies - a pax democratica. Num Pages: 261 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333945988
- ISBN
- 9780333945988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection traces the development and distinctions between urban and rural life and the effect on the Chinese sense of identity from the 16th century to 2001. It provides a example of the influence that political ideology may exert on an individual's sense of place. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; GTB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333945957
- ISBN
- 9780333945957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.18
€ 123.18
Hardback. Using previously classified records, this is a full-length study of the role played by British Intelligence in influencing policy towards Japan from the decline of the Alliance to the outbreak of the Pacific War. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333945513
- ISBN
- 9780333945513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.40
€ 123.40
Hardcover. Lord D'Abernon was the first British ambassador to Berlin after World War I. This study, which challenges his positive historical reputation, assesses all the key aspects of Anglo-German relations in the early 1920s. Series: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333945490
- ISBN
- 9780333945490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.35
€ 123.35
Paperback. "Italy Since 1989" provides an in-depth, fully documented account in English of the 1990s in Italian politics. Vittorio Bufacchi and Simon Burgess take the transition to a new Italy as their point of departure, and conduct a guided tour through the massive changes that the country has undergone. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPR; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333930717
- ISBN
- 9780333930717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.19
€ 44.19
Paperback. Robert Taylor examines some of the most important personalities and events that shaped the Trades Union Congress during the 20th century, from the General Strike of 1926 to the New Unionism of the 1990s. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBT; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333930663
- ISBN
- 9780333930663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Hardcover. Robert Taylor examines some of the most important personalities and events that shaped the Trades Union Congress during the 20th century, from the General Strike of 1926 to the New Unionism of the 1990s. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBT; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave MacMillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333930656
- ISBN
- 9780333930656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.71
€ 123.71
Hardback. This study explores thematic parallels between Max Weber's theory of the rationalization and disenchantment of the modern work and the critiques of contemporary culture developed by Lyotard, Foucault and Baudrillard. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSA; HPS; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333930588
- ISBN
- 9780333930588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Trends in Japanese Management: Continuing Strengths, Current Problems ...
Kono, Toyohiro; Clegg, Stewart
hardcover. Identifies the specificity of Japanese management and the reasons behind its continued competitiveness. The authors explore the strategy and structure of Japanese manufacturing corporations, to investigate the features of their management systems and worldwide potential. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JM; KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333929704
- ISBN
- 9780333929704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.70
€ 123.70
hardcover. This volume highlights the complex intra-alliance politics of what was seen as the likeliest flash point of conflict in the Cold War and demonstrates how strongly determinant were concerns about relationships with allies in the choices made by all the major governments. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333929605
- ISBN
- 9780333929605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.83
€ 122.83
Hardback. This title is a study of Samuel Beckett's affinity with the British 18th century and of the influence of such writers as Swift, Pope, Defoe, Fielding, Sterne, and Johnson on his work. It demonstrates how Becket was not only influenced by them but how he interprets them for us in a quite modern way. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333925393
- ISBN
- 9780333925393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44