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Regional & national history
Hardcover. From the outset, Silvio Berlusconi's career was expected to be short, and he has been considered finished several times, only to have reemerged victorious. This fascinating political and historical study shows that Berlusconi's success and resilience have lain in his ability to provide answers to longstanding questions in Italian history. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; HBJD; JFC; JFD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438669
- ISBN
- 9781137438669
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€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardcover. This provocative analysis of American historiography argues that when scholars use modern racial language to articulate past histories of race and society, they collapse different historical signs of skin color into a transhistorical and essentialist notion of race that implicates their work in the very racial categories they seek to transcend. Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438621
- ISBN
- 9781137438621
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€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. The 18th-century French leather industry was a strategically important manufacturing sector, one vital to both civilian and military life. This study examines the production of leather in the Bordeaux trades during the 18th and 19th centuries, illuminating the realities of a craft economy and its relation to the wider French political economy. Num Pages: 311 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438553
- ISBN
- 9781137438553
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Condition: New
€ 122.72
€ 122.72
Hardback. Combining transcultural and comparative approaches, the essays collected here exemplify the emerging field of German-Asian studies. Here, specialists examine the multi-faceted ties between the various German states and China over the past two centuries, as well as more personal relationships during an important period in both countries' histories. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian German Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 515.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438461
- ISBN
- 9781137438461
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Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Hardcover. This monograph makes clear how the format of the literary folio played a fundamental role in book history by encapsulating the unstable negotiation between commerce, cultural prestige, and the fundamental nature of the printed book. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; DSB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438348
- ISBN
- 9781137438348
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Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Paperback. Tracing the lives of three exiled student leaders over two continents before and after the 1989 Tiananmen Uprising, this fascinating oral history explores how their political ideals were shaped by institutionalized education and social movements in China, led to action and punishment, and were revised under the challenges of exile. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438317
- ISBN
- 9781137438317
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Condition: New
€ 68.78
€ 68.78
Hardcover. Tracing the lives of three exiled student leaders over two continents before and after the 1989 Tiananmen Uprising, this fascinating oral history explores how their political ideals were shaped by institutionalized education and social movements in China, led to action and punishment, and were revised under the challenges of exile. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 517.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438300
- ISBN
- 9781137438300
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Condition: New
€ 64.34
€ 64.34
Hardcover. The Republic of Sudan's former Culture Minister and a leading architect in the movement to gain independence for South Sudan, Bona Malwal, provides a factual and personal account of the break up of Sudan. He explores its troubled history post-colonialism and offers a frank account of the many challenges that both nations face in the coming years. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137437136
- ISBN
- 9781137437136
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Condition: New
€ 122.16
€ 122.16
Hardcover. South Africa's current political upheavals are the most significant since the transition from apartheid. Its powerful trade unions are playing a central role, and the political direction they take will have huge significance for how we understand the role of labour movements in struggles for social justice in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPHC; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436597
- ISBN
- 9781137436597
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Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardcover. An insightful account of the devastating impact of the Great War, upon the already fragile British colonial African state of Northern Rhodesia. Deploying extensive archival and rare evidence from surviving African veterans, it investigates African resistance at this time. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMZ; 3JJF; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435774
- ISBN
- 9781137435774
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Condition: New
€ 134.12
€ 134.12
Hardcover. This work explores the reasons for the Allied intervention into Russia at the end of the Great War and examines the military, diplomatic and political chaos that resulted in the failure of the Allies and White Russians to defeat the Bolshevik Revolution. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 maps, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; GTJ; HBJD; HBWN; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435712
- ISBN
- 9781137435712
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Condition: New
€ 134.49
€ 134.49
hardcover. For a full month in the autumn of 1812 the 2,000-strong garrison of the fortress the French had constructed to overawe the city of Burgos defied the Duke of Wellington. In this work a leading historian of the Peninsular teams up with a leading conflict archaeologist to examine the reasons for Wellington's failure. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432896
- ISBN
- 9781137432896
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Condition: New
€ 64.10
€ 64.10
Hardcover. This volume examines British and US attitudes towards the means and mechanisms for the facilitation of an Arab-Israeli reconciliation, focusing specifically on the refugee factor in diplomatic initiatives. It explains why Britain and the US were unable to reconcile the local parties to an agreement on the future of the Palestinian refugees. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFFD; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431509
- ISBN
- 9781137431509
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Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Hardcover. This volume is devoted to the shaping of British foreign and defence policymaking in the twentieth century and illustrates why it's relatively easy for states to lose their way as they grope for a safe passage forward when confronted by mounting international crises and the antics of a few desperate men. Editor(s): Murfett, Malcolm. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431479
- ISBN
- 9781137431479
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Condition: New
€ 144.11
€ 144.11
Hardcover. This book examines the emotional aspects of revolutionary experience during a critical turning point in both Russian and Jewish history - the 1905 revolution. Shtakser argues that radicalization involved an emotional transformation, which enabled many young revolutionaries to develop an activist attitude towards reality. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430229
- ISBN
- 9781137430229
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Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Disputed Territories and Shared Pasts: Overlapping National Histories ...
Frank, Tibor, Hadler, Frank
Paperback. A collection of essays on European historiography, focussing on the overlapping national histories in Europe presenting many of the contested areas through conflicting historiographies. Sponsored by the European Science Foundation, this unique volume is part of Writing the Nation, a major international project. Editor(s): Frank, Tibor; Hadler, Frank. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 448 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 21 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428134
- ISBN
- 9781137428134
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Condition: New
€ 123.47
€ 123.47
The Uses of the Middle Ages in Modern European States. History, Nation...
. Ed(S): Evans, R. J. W.; Marchal, Guy P.
Paperback. An assessment of the role of the Middle Ages in national historiography and in modern conceptions of national identity, looking at relatively young nations, and regions which claim national traditions but were slow to achieve, or regain, separate statehood. Examples range from Ireland and Iceland through Austria and Italy to Finland and Greece. Editor(s): Evans, R. J. W.; Marchal, Guy P. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJD; HBLC; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 272 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428110
- ISBN
- 9781137428110
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. This collection of essays argues that there is an pre-history, that is, a longer tradition of the transnationalization of historical culture and historical science. It seeks to substantiate the claim that history writing reflected the globality of its time as much as followed the nationalization of the societies in which it was produced. Editor(s): Middell, Matthias; Roura i Aulinas, Lluis. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 822.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428097
- ISBN
- 9781137428097
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Condition: New
€ 124.71
€ 124.71
Hardcover. The rise and fall of the British Empire profoundly shaped the history of modern Scotland and the identity of its people. By examining the opinions of Scots towards the empire from numerous professional and personal backgrounds, Scotland emerges as a nation inextricably linked to the British Empire. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1QDB; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427298
- ISBN
- 9781137427298
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Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Paperback. Crossroads: Performance Studies and Irish Culture, now available in paperback, is a seminal collection of essays, written by an international cohort of scholars, that addresses the complex and exciting intersections of Irish and performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425713
- ISBN
- 9781137425713
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Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Hardback. The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War, from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the social dimensions of the war's messy aftermath. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425683
- ISBN
- 9781137425683
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Condition: New
€ 123.43
€ 123.43
Hardcover. This is an environmental history of humans and wildfire on the Cape Peninsula, from the practices of Khoikhoi herders to the conflagrations of January 2000. The book examines how the region's unique, famously diverse fynbos vegetation has been transformed since European colonial settlement, through urbanisation and biological modifications. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 graphs, 12 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; HBTP; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415431
- ISBN
- 9781137415431
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Condition: New
€ 65.06
€ 65.06
Paperback. Examines Frantz Fanon's relevance to contemporary South African politics and by extension research on postcolonial Africa and the tragic development of postcolonies. Scholar Nigel C. Gibson offers theoretically informed historical analysis, providing insights into the circumstances that led to the current hegemony of neoliberalism in South Africa. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414779
- ISBN
- 9781137414779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.87
€ 69.87
Hardcover. Drawing on examples from Britain, France, and the United States, this book examines how scholars and scholarship found themselves mobilized to solve many problems created by modern warfare in World War I, and the many consequences of this for higher education which have lasted almost a century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWN; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409447
- ISBN
- 9781137409447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.34
€ 64.34