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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. This book is a study of the relations between the US and Spain, particularly during the period from 1943 to 1945, when the Roosevelt Administration and the Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to challenge the Pro-Franco Regime, culminating in the Battle of Wolfram and the embargo of petroleum products. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102170
- ISBN
- 9780230102170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. In a life full of momentous episodes, Theodore Roosevelt's fifteen-month post-presidential odyssey to Africa and Europe has never been given its due place. A tale of daring adventure, international celebrity, a friendship lost, and a political legacy transformed, Theodore Roosevelt Abroad is the first full account of this important time in history. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; 3JJ; HBTB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102774
- ISBN
- 9780230102774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45
€ 59.45
Hardcover. Through a close analysis of key texts and the larger historical contexts within which they were composed, this study explores George Berkeley's engagement with the social and economic threats facing Ireland and Britain, highlighting his belief that virtue and religion could play crucial roles in alleviating these problems. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; HBTB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102804
- ISBN
- 9780230102804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. This book provides a more accurate and comprehensive account of Jung's controversial opinions about art, politics, and race. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBTB; JMAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416. Avant-garde Conservative. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. 282 pages. This book provides a more accurate and comprehensive account of Jung's controversial opinions about art, politics, and race. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBTB; JMAJ. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 20. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102965
- ISBN
- 9780230102965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardcover. This is the first definitive study of the presidency of America's least understood and most under-appreciated Chief Executive. Combining government with private resources, Hoover became the first president to pit government action against the economic cycle, setting precedents and spawning ideas employed by his successor and all future presidents. Num Pages: 566 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 566
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103092
- ISBN
- 9780230103092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43
€ 103.43
Hardcover. In this monumental contribution to Hoover scholarship, eminent historian Gary Dean Best chronicles the post-presidential decades of this important historical figure, and the achievements of a distinguished career that extended far beyond Herbert Hoover's presidency. Num Pages: 550 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103108
- ISBN
- 9780230103108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103894
- ISBN
- 9780230103894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
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
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104754
- ISBN
- 9780230104754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
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
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104792
- ISBN
- 9780230104792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.18
€ 52.90
€ 46.18
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104839
- ISBN
- 9780230104839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
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
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
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
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
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
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
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
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
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
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
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
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
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
€ 139.05
€ 139.05
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
€ 127.34
€ 127.34