History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Describes how the French Revolution, which seemed to promise an era of Franco-British partnership, led to an even more bitter estrangement between the two nations. This study illuminates late 18th-century nationalism and xenophobia. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV; JPFN; JPS; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333731482
- ISBN
- 9780333731482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.27
€ 122.27
Hardback. Examining the failures of the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity, regional states and major world powers to prevent or terminate the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Uses the failures to draw lessons for intervention in future and produce adequate legal and structural mechanisms to carry out the enforcement of the Genocide Convention. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJD; HBTZ1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333732038
- ISBN
- 9780333732038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Hardcover. This study discusses the contribution of individual men to the emancipation of women between 1850 and 1920. These include the pioneer of feminism, J.S. Mill, the allies of Josephine Butler, the men who risked imprisonment for making available information on contraception, and sympathetic writers. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333737330
- ISBN
- 9780333737330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Hardback. In Britain today, half a million homeless people form a permanent "underclass". This study traces similarities to the vagrant of bygone days. For centuries, laws have combated alleged threats from vagrants, ignoring causal factors like economic fluctuation, bad harvests, disease and war. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFFA; JFFB; JFSC; JHBD; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333738467
- ISBN
- 9780333738467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardback. Three questions in 19th-century imperial Africa are covered here - the Krio and the British, the kingdom of Asante and partition of East Africa. Further studies discuss the 20th-century French leaving Africa and the British leaving the Middle East. There is a note on John Hargreaves and his work. Editor(s): Bridges, Roy. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; BGH; HBJF1; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741139
- ISBN
- 9780333741139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardback. In "Howards End", Forster remarks that the imperialist "hopes to inherit the earth" and with the strong temptation he has to acclaim it "as a superyeoman, who carries his country's virtue overseas". This volume explores the realm of Forster' politics and imperialism. Translator(s): Beer, J. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741368
- ISBN
- 9780333741368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. This text, based on a manuscript of 2000 jokes, sheds light on the lost laughter of the "Golden Age" in the Netherlands, and provides insight on their attitudes towards sexuality and religion and other aspects of life, before religious treatises and books of manners warned against laughter. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333746745
- ISBN
- 9780333746745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.61
€ 121.61
The Rediscovery of Wisdom: From Here to Antiquity in Quest of Sophia
Conway, David (Professor Of Philosophy, Unive...
hardcover. By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honoured conception of philosophy, originating in Plato and Aristotle, which makes theoretical wisdom its aim. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; HPCA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333747117
- ISBN
- 9780333747117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.95
€ 185.95
hardcover. This work examines the mechanisms of the Irish revolutionary Fenian Brotherhood in the early years of its existence. Drawing on a wide range of material, it seeks to set the Fenian struggle within the context of competing Church and state influence in mid-19th century Irish society. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333749623
- ISBN
- 9780333749623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.98
€ 122.98
Hardback. An introductory guide to four centuries of diplomatic thought. This book examines the thought of some of the most important of those statesmen, lawyers and others who became diplomats, beginning with the Renaissance figure, Machiavelli and ending with Kissinger in the late 20th-century. Series: Studies in Diplomacy. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HBT; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333753651
- ISBN
- 9780333753651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.13
€ 186.13
Diplomatic Theory From Machiavelli To Kissinger (Studies in Diplomacy)
Berridge, G.r., Keens-Soper, Dr Maurice, Otte...
Paperback. An introductory guide to four centuries of diplomatic thought. This book examines the thought of some of the most important of those statesmen, lawyers and others who became diplomats, beginning with the Renaissance figure, Machiavelli and ending with Kissinger in the late 20th-century. Series: Studies in Diplomacy. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HBT; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333753668
- ISBN
- 9780333753668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.20
€ 185.20
Hardcover. In this text, the authors show how the Roman-Jewish wars were precipitated partly by Jewish demographic and religious expansion and by conflict with the Greeks and their culture. They argue that the trauma and humiliation of defeat, stimulated Jewish cultural growth, particularly in Hebrew. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333764589
- ISBN
- 9780333764589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
hardcover. In the second half of the 18th century the English aristocracy stood apart from the trend towards commercial respectability. Welcoming the French Revolution as a re-enactment of 1688, they watched aghast as their world descended into the Terror, and the onslaught of Bonaparte. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333764848
- ISBN
- 9780333764848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Hardback. The year 2000 marks the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of Hitotsubashi University, one of Japan's most prestigious universities. This official history celebrates the origins and development of the university and its contribution both to Japan's higher education system and her outstanding economic growth over the last century. Editor(s): Ikema, Makoto. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333764893
- ISBN
- 9780333764893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.10
€ 134.10
Paperback. In this text, international scholars reflect on the dramatic transformations of Germany's past and on Germany's future prospects. Post-war democratic and economic renewal is set in the context of continuing debates about German identity. Editor(s): Merkl, Peter H. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JPA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333770429
- ISBN
- 9780333770429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.10
€ 187.10
Hardback. Dickens and the Children of Empire examines the themes of childhood and empire throughout Dickens' oeuvre. The prestigious group of contributors initiate and extend debates on the subjects of post-colonialism, literature of the child and present childhood as an apt metaphor for the colonized subject in Dickens' work. Editor(s): Jacobson, Wendy S. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333770443
- ISBN
- 9780333770443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.49
€ 122.49
Hardcover. An analysis of the emergence, consolidation and development of the Irish women's movement, as a social movement, during the course of the 20th century. It suggests that, historically, the Irish women's movement is characterized by its inter-connectedness and continuity. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333771327
- ISBN
- 9780333771327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. Explores the impact of the Marshall Plan on UK labour and government. Rather than letting the US impose on them, the centre right of the Labour Party used the Plan for its own political ends. The author shows how the left was marginalized, creating state labour politics that lasted into the 1970s. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JPS; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772843
- ISBN
- 9780333772843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Paperback. "Women and the Colonial Gaze" examines the way images of women have been used by colonizers and subject peoples to define the colonial relationship. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333773512
- ISBN
- 9780333773512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.66
€ 50.66
Hardcover. This text focuses on a key period in Latin American history, the transition from colonial status, via the revolutions for independence, to national organization. The essays provide in-depth studies of 18th-century society, the colonial state, and the roots of independence in Spanish America. Series: Institute of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333786789
- ISBN
- 9780333786789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Hardback. Challenging the notion that there was no "popular imperialism" in France, this book examines the importance of France's colonial role in the development of French society and culture after 1870. Editor(s): Chafer, Tony; Sackur, Amanda. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333791806
- ISBN
- 9780333791806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Hardcover. This work analyzes the role of competitive elections in the Ukraine's crucial democratic transition period of 1989 to 1998, focusing on how Ukrainian voters make vote choices and which electoral cleavages are most important. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJPR; HBTQ; HBTR; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800454
- ISBN
- 9780333800454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.99
€ 121.99
Hardcover. The absence in Medieval Hungary of fief holding and vassalage has often been cited by historians as evidence of Hungary's early "deviation" from European norms. This book argues that Medieval Hungary was, nevertheless, familiar with many institutions characteristic of noble society in Europe. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVH; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800850
- ISBN
- 9780333800850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.69
€ 122.69
Hardcover. Examines the role of the masses in the collapse of the East German regime and state in 1989 in the northern district of Schwerin. The study shows the extent to which citizens of the GDR dictatorship were instrumental in their state's demise. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800980
- ISBN
- 9780333800980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.99
€ 121.99