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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
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
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
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
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
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
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The Right Kind of History: Teaching the Past in Twentieth-Century Engl...
Cannadine, David, Keating, Jenny, Sheldon, Ni...
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
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
The Right Kind of History. Teaching the Past in Twentieth-century Engl...
Cannadine, Mr David; Keating, Jenny; Sheldon,...
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
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
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
€ 68.13
€ 68.13
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
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Immigration Policy and the Scandinavian Welfare State 1945-2010 (Migra...
Brochmann, Grete, Hagelund, Anniken
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
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
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
€ 33.77
€ 33.77
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
€ 69.14
€ 69.14
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
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
The Women's War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria
Kingsley Kent, Susan, Bastian, Misty L., Mate...
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
€ 150.64
€ 150.64
Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Front: The Experience of th...
Woodfin, Edward, Woodfin, Edward C.
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
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
Hardcover. Between 1789 and 1848, clerks modified their occupational practices, responding to political scrutiny and state-administration reforms. Ralph Kingston examines the lives and influence of bureaucrats inside and outside the office as they helped define nineteenth-century bourgeois social capital, ideals of emulation, honour, and masculinity. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304314
- ISBN
- 9780230304314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
A Historical Guide to NGOs in Britain: Charities, Civil Society and th...
Hilton, Matthew, Crowson, Nick, McKay, James,...
Hardcover. Aiming to furnish the reader with the historical data to engage with the debates surrounding the Cameron government's 'Big Society' and civil society, this book gives the reader a greater and more informed historical consciousness of how the NGO sector has grown and influenced. Num Pages: 427 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304444
- ISBN
- 9780230304444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.78
€ 129.78
Paperback. Why does the story of the Titanic retain such a hold on the popular imagination, one hundred years after it sank on the night of 15 April 1912? In this new centenary edition, Howells explores the myths around the Titanic legend, showing what they reveal about the culture of their time, as well as the role that myth still plays in our lives today. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230313804
- ISBN
- 9780230313804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.54
€ 41.54
Hardcover. Victoria's Madmen is the story of those who were outcasts by temperament and choice; the non-conformists of the Victorian Age. Clive Bloom's readable account of the dark underbelly of Victoria's Britain captures the unrest bubbling under the surface of strait-laced Victorian society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230313828
- ISBN
- 9780230313828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53
€ 50.53
Hardcover. Focusing on the genesis of 'constitutional monarchism' in the context of the French Restoration and its favourable reception in post-Napoleonic Germany, this study highlights the potential and limitations of a daring attempt to improve traditional forms of monarchical legitimacy by means of a modern representative constitution. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230316492
- ISBN
- 9780230316492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Hardcover. Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraqinvasion because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their historical context and applied in a global political system where they no longer hold sway. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBQ; 3JMC; GTJ; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319271
- ISBN
- 9780230319271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66