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Paperback. This 50-year overview examines both the evolution of Britain's welfare state, and the varying attitudes towards it. The text concentrates on the five core services of the welfare state: health care, education, social security and the personal social services. Editor(s): Jones, Margaret; Lowe, Rodney. Series: Documents in Contemporary History S. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719041037
ISBN
9780719041037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.62

Paperback. A prize-winning, five-decade history of the evangelical movement in Southern California that explains a sweeping realignment of American politics. Num Pages: 560 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC99; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780393339048
ISBN
9780393339048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.09

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811711685
ISBN
9780811711685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.68

Hardcover. This insightful analysis looks at the power struggles of 1920-1926, a time during which the Ottoman Empire was replaced by a secular and modernist Turkish nationalist regime. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313379567
ISBN
9780313379567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.78

Hardback. Interprets a much revered chapter in Jewish and Zionist history: the clandestine immigration to Palestine of Jewish refugees. This title scrutinizes the Mossad's mode of operation, its ideology and politics, its structure and history, and its collective human profile. Num Pages: 345 pages, 19 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJP; HBG; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520215788
ISBN
9780520215788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.21
€ 43.75

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752446080
ISBN
9780752446080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.20

paperback. This study focuses on the contribution that studies of the post-war 'welfare state' can make to debates about welfare. Drawing on community care debates from 1971 to 1993, it illuminates contemporary concerns about issues as rationing care, the health and social care divide, residential care and growing emphasis on provider competition. Num Pages: 212 pages, 14figs.9tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSP31; JHBC; JKSB; JKSG; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342652
ISBN
9781861342652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.00

Paperback. In the aftermath of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the systematic exile and incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans, the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council was born. This book examines the Council's work and the challenges it faced in an atmosphere of pervasive wartime racism. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSL; JNKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074493
ISBN
9780252074493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.98

Paperback. IN Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Zubaan Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789384757632
ISBN
9789384757632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; KC; RGCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315377
ISBN
9780822315377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Spellmount
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752486420
ISBN
9780752486420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.37

hardcover. Laying out the history of the struggle for democracy in the early years of transition, the author addresses the problem of competence in party politics and democratization and the consequences of amateurism and inexperience. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336055
ISBN
9780880336055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 34.74

Hardback. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911512165
ISBN
9781911512165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 31.64

Hardcover. Why did Asquith take Britain to war in 1914? What did educated young men believe their role should be? What was it like to fly over the Somme battlefield? How could a trench on the front line be 'the safest place'? These fascinating contemporary papers paint a highly personal and immediate picture of the war as it happened. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243938
ISBN
9781851243938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. These memoirs of a senior civil servant based in Dublin, London and Belfast provide an insight into the conflicts associated with Home Rule, revolution and partition in Ireland. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0000742
ISBN
9781859183441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. John Delaney SJ, a Dublin Jesuit priest, walked the streets of Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916 recording his observations. His letters are written from the battlefields of the First World War where he served as chaplain to the British Army. The book also contains an account of his work in Ceylon and in Dublin. Num Pages: 152 pages, 55 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Messenger Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910248119
ISBN
9781910248119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.90

Hardback. Each chapter analyzes the political, economic, and social transformation processes that have taken place in a given nation, identifying structural similarities and assessing outcomes compared to one another as well as the rest of Europe. Editor(s): Heydemann, Gunther; Vodicka, Karel. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 394 pages, 56 figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; 3JMG; HBJD; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333170
ISBN
9781785333170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.29

Hardback. This book explores the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces. It examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war. Series Editor(s): Cross, Maire; Hopkin, David. Series: Studies in Modern French History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 maps, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087233
ISBN
9780719087233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.11

Paperback. Offers an alternative perspective on Britain's late imperial period by looking at the lives and the writings of the men who chose to defy the conventional social and political attitudes of the British ruling classes towards the Near East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780764078
ISBN
9781780764078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.64

Combining historical and legal scholarship, this is an analysis of the history of child custody in the USA from colonial times to the present day. It draws on history to illuminate contemporary issues, offering a rich perspective on the historical relationship of children to their parents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JKSB1; LA; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080460
ISBN
9780231080460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 146.84

Hardcover. Series: Transatlantic Perspectives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457318
ISBN
9780857457318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.84

Paperback. Series: Source Books in the History of the Sciences. Num Pages: 680 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 255 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674324497
ISBN
9780674324497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.34

Paperback. Whether or not we've come a long way since then, this engaging study of courtship shows that at least half the fun is in reading about getting there. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801839351
ISBN
9780801839351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; HBJF; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752499017
ISBN
9780752499017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.83

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