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Hardback. Offering a new contribution to debates about the British home front in WWII, this book addresses the way the Home Guard has been remembered in popular culture through examination of key films, as well as TV's Dad's Army. The authors also explore the personal memories of individuals who served in the Home Guard. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719062018
- ISBN
- 9780719062018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.85
€ 139.85
Paperback. The relationship between sodomy and homosexuality has long been a source of debate for scholars of sexuality and queer studies. This collection of essays seeks to define the relationship between sexual behaviour and self-identification in early modern Europe. Editor(s): Betteridge, Professor Thomas; Betteridge, Tom. Series Editor(s): Bergin, Joseph; Roberts, Penny; Naphy, Bill. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; JFSJ; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719061158
- ISBN
- 9780719061158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.61
€ 32.61
Hardback. This book is the first full-length modern study of the Diggers, who were among the most remarkable of the radical groups to emerge during the English Revolution of 1640-60. The book also provides a reassessment of the Digger leader Gerrard Winstanley, a figure who has attracted great interest in recent years. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719061028
- ISBN
- 9780719061028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.23
€ 151.23
Paperback. Arguing that there was a remarkable continuity in male working-class culture between 1850 and 1945, this book contends that despite changing socio-economic contexts, male working-class culture continued to draw from a tradition of active participation and cultural contestation that was both class and gender exclusive. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719060281
- ISBN
- 9780719060281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.58
€ 35.58
Paperback. This analysis of Manchester's urban transformation asks whether the "new Manchester" has engineered an urban renaissance, or is on a slide into the post-industrial sludge of economic insecurity and social polarisation? Editor(s): Peck, Jamie; Ward, Mr. Kevin. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719058882
- ISBN
- 9780719058882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.84
€ 31.84
Paperback. An empirico-historical inquiry into the empire cinema in Hollywood and Britain during the turbulent 1930s and 1940s. It shows how the empire cinema constructed the colonial world, its rationale for doing so, and the manner in which such constructions were received by the colonized people. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719057922
- ISBN
- 9780719057922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.60
€ 35.60
This collection of original essays combines the interests of leading 'Catholic historians' and leading historians of early modern English culture to pull Catholicism back into the mainstream of English historiography Editor(s): Shagan, Ethan H. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HRCC7; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719057687
- ISBN
- 9780719057687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 161.57
€ 161.57
Paperback. This volume of essays addresses key questions in women's theatre history and retrieves a number of "hidden" histories of women performers. It resituates women's creative contribution within theatre and cultural hisotry and seeks to challegne orthodox readings of history and text. Editor(s): Gale, Maggie B.; Gardner, Viv. Series Editor(s): Dorney, Kate; Gale, Maggie B. Series: Women, Theatre and Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: AN; HBT; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719057137
- ISBN
- 9780719057137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.82
€ 29.82
Offers a way of conceptualising how women's drinking habits changed over more than a century in Britain. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Tables, black & white|Illustrations, black & white|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719052644
- ISBN
- 9780719052644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.40
€ 151.40
Paperback. This text is a detailed examination of principal themes in the political history of late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain. Series Editor(s): Greengrass, Mark. Series: New Frontiers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719051869
- ISBN
- 9780719051869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.15
€ 35.15
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 maps, Tables, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719050398
- ISBN
- 9780719050398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.63
€ 150.63
Paperback. An overview of the literature on poverty, and of the welfare policies of the state, as well as the alternative welfare strategies of the poor for the period 1700 to 1850. It examines how we should conceptualize poverty and how ordinary families and communities responded to that poverty. Series: Manchester Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719049408
- ISBN
- 9780719049408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.19
€ 33.19
Paperback. The debate on the Norman Conquest is still ongoing. Because of the interest that has been shown in the subject of conquest and its aftermath, interpretations have been numerous and conflicting; students bewildered by controversies may find this book a useful guide through the morass of literature. Series Editor(s): Richardson, Roger. Series: Issues in Historiography. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719049132
- ISBN
- 9780719049132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.29
€ 31.29
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719048968
- ISBN
- 9780719048968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.42
€ 152.42
Paperback. A study of Scottish society between 1707 and 1830. It contests received wisdom on issues such as the role of the Kirk and other agencies for inculcating order, and argues that the 18th and early-19th centuries in Scotland were years of upheaval and deep social conflict. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719045417
- ISBN
- 9780719045417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Provides amateur genealogists with the skills to research the distribution and history of a surname. 100 sample names are mapped from the Doomsday book to the present, and for those whose name is not featured the author provides instructions for mapping the distribution and origin of a name. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719040481
- ISBN
- 9780719040481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. A collection of translated legal sources charting the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485). Offers an insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages. Editor(s): Musson, Anthony. Translator(s): Musson, Anthony; Powell, Edward. Series Editor(s): Horrox, Rosemary; MacLean, Simon. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; JKV; LAQ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719038020
- ISBN
- 9780719038020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.77
€ 36.77
Paperback. Brian Maidment offers access to the critical issues and methodolgical complexities raised by the interpretation of popular graphic images from the 18th and 19th centuries. He reads popular prints as complex commodities, through which one can understand historical events and social change. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; ACV; AFH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719033711
- ISBN
- 9780719033711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.73
€ 31.73
Hardback. This book describes the development of local history in England from its origins in the Middle Ages to its practise in the early twenty-first century. It looks also at how local history is related to archaeology, landscape, and family history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719029509
- ISBN
- 9780719029509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.33
€ 139.33
Paperback. A masterful study of the men and women from within the Church of England who opposed Britain's participation in the World War One, who although a minority in the Church played an important role in the anti-war effort. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 B&W illustration. BIC Classification: 3JJF; GTJ; HBWN; HRAM2; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893675
- ISBN
- 9780718893675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.01
€ 46.01