http://www.palgrave.com/home/ History News from Palgrave Macmillan. Mon, 15 June 2009 12:45:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-gb http://www.palgrave.com/assets/i/palgrave_rss.gif http://www.palgrave.com/home/ http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281003 NEW in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic series - This study traces the witch trials in which male witches were prosecuted in early modern times in Central Europe Mon, 15 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=265653 The standard short history for students - this popular, concise and approachable text discusses the key debates and themes and the expanded fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of the latest research. Fri, 05 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=302432 This collection of essays looks at the impact of anticommunism on black political culture during the early years of the Cold War Fri, 29 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281316 This distinguished series about eminent military leaders in the US and abroad this month continues with: LeMay, MacArthur, Stonewall Jackson and Samuel Adams Fri, 15 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=327406 Steven Patterson examines the ideal of honour in British India circa 1850-1947 Fri, 01 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=321358 Feminist theory is interwoven with women's voices in this study of three consecutive twentieth century women's organizations, separate from but affiliated to the Labour Party Fri, 24 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=299682 An exploration of the past, present and future of the Islamic World by one of the world's preeminent voices on the Middle East Fri, 17 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=355705 Based on the highly acclaimed A History of Western Society, this richly illustrated brief edition presents a succinct overview of the historical development of the West Thu, 09 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=346605 A gripping history of Taiwan's courageous fight against colonial powers in a decade when its independence will be won or lost Fri, 03 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=307120 The Orwell Prize is the pre-eminent British prize for political writing Tue, 03 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276497 Alexander Badenoch's Voices in Ruins has been announced as co-winner of the 2009 IAMHIST Book Prize Tue, 03 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303516 Father Patrick Desbois' Holocaust by Bullets has been awarded the 2008 National Jewish Book Award for Holocaust Studies Mon, 02 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303528 This book narrates and analyzes the southern tours by Booker T. Washington and his associates in 1908-1912 Fri, 30 January 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=333422 A new evaluation of the evolution of the liberal style in Britain, bringing to bear the use that Whig statesman made of the natural sciences Thu, 29 January 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288657 Examines the internal controversies of the Roosevelt Administration in connection with Spain during World War II Wed, 28 January 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=287448 A new edition of a pioneering edited collection which offers a thematic treatment of the creation, consolidation and reconfiguration of the early modern British Atlantic world Tue, 27 January 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279030 An investigation into the relation between patronage, piety and politics in the life and career of Maria De Luna. Mon, 26 January 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276770 This study analyzes the impact of ethnic and sectarian dissent in Iraq on the formation of the Iraqi state. Fri, 23 January 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268932 A study comparing American immigration in the nineteenth and early twentiteth centuries with those in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Mon, 19 January 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=265935 Vincent foregrounds the gendered effects of the famine and provides us with a sensitive analysis of the cultural reaction to disruption and trauma. Fri, 09 January 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270900 A critical introduction to the mass political movements that came of age in urban England between 1832 and 1914, and to the exciting and controversial new approaches to the key topics Wed, 24 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268375 Explores the Nineteenth-century home and overseas missionary and philanthropic movements, focussing on the roles of men and women, middle-class formation, and ideas of race and cultural difference Tue, 23 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=265340 A new edited collection of critical essays by leading historians which synthesizes current research, and offers original views, on the English civil war. Mon, 22 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=307510 First book to examine church-state relations in Romania during the early Cold War period, 1947-65 Fri, 19 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283305 A pathbreaking history of sexual violence in Europe from the Armenian genocide through Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia Thu, 18 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281436 An up-to-date and revised new edition which now takes into account the latest research and includes maps and more coverage of key topics, including colonialism and racial strife. Wed, 17 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278733 Inspired by the work of Sonya O. Rose, this collection of essays offers a critical examination of how studies of gender, labour, war and empire have transformed the field of modern British history Tue, 16 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278615 Unique history of adoption, looking at its growth in England after the First World War, the pressure to give it official status and subsequent campaign to reform a previously unregulated system Mon, 15 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277726 Transnational Unconscious adopts a transnational approach to the history of psychoanalysis Fri, 12 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276487 A comparative examination of key aspects of the transition to modernity from French and German perspectives Thu, 11 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288420 The adventures of the remarkable men who fought an epic battle to save the Vatican Wed, 10 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283258 A new evaluation and ‘biography’ of Cromwell, which draws on the latest research to challenge the accepted view of his life, character and political career Mon, 08 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280244 This international collection explores forms of public history in which people’s experience and understanding of their personal, national and local pasts create histories for the present Mon, 08 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=269508 Leading historians analyze films set in Tudor and Stuart Britain, exploring their historical context and their accuracy Thu, 04 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=267909 A concise history of the rise, organization and fall of the Spanish Empire Wed, 03 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288476 Fascinating contribution to the study of Western Intellectual Culture Tue, 02 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=271333 This book examines the impact of collective trauma arising out of the Great War on the politics of the 1920s in Britain. Mon, 01 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303528 This book narrates and analyzes the southern tours by Booker T. Washington and his associates in 1908-1912 Mon, 01 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=292507 Unique study of the impact on Ireland of the Popish Plot and 'Exclusion Crisis' (1678-81), and the related role that Ireland played within the crisis in Enlgand at that time Fri, 28 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=329061 Living the French Revolution 1789-1799 explores the impact of the French Revolution on daily life Thu, 27 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=311551 Describes the Stuart Court in exile after it left France, having been joined by many Scottish Jacobites following the failure of the Rising of 1715. Wed, 26 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=296660 A provocative and readable examination of this defining and controversial moment in modern Italian history Tue, 25 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280437 Charms, Charmers and Charming presents a series of studies of popular verbal magic by experts from three continents. Up-to-date, broad international coverage. Mon, 24 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280347 A unique study of how language politics and nationalisms interacted in the 19th century, shaping the European national movements which were to found nation-states in the century to follow Fri, 21 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275314 This book studies the heroicization of 'The Few' during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. A propaganda victory within a military success, it was vital to sustaining national morale Thu, 20 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=317730 A social, legal and political history of gays and lesbians in France since World War Two Wed, 19 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=296952 A collection of new studies of religion and imperialism in the British world, written by major authorities Tue, 18 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=289347 An innovative study of the transformation of the masses into 'the people' in 1930s France, exploring demonstrations and festivals, theatre and film Mon, 17 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288630 The first biography of Ernst Julius Röhm; German military officer, commander of the Nazi Stormtroopers, and homosexual. Fri, 14 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=307120 Uses the individual experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britain’s relationship with overseas victims of persecution, from Nazi Europe to present-day Iraq Thu, 13 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276487 A comparative examination of key aspects of the transition to modernity from French and German perspectives Wed, 12 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=312179 The first environmental history of Vichy France, examining the intricate and often surprising connections between war, history, and the ‘natural’ environment during these turbulent years. Tue, 11 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=310050 A study of open voting and electoral behaviour in England between the First and Second Reform Bills Mon, 10 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=287474 Frank McDonough a leading writer on Nazi Germany, guides readers through the complex historical debates and provides a fresh introduction to The Holocaust Fri, 07 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283300 Examines the process of colonial state-building in British-ruled Bengal between 1780 and 1835 from the bottom-up Thurs, 06 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281109 The first comparative volume in English on one of the most crucial political developments of our time: the intersection of politics and religion in the twentieth century, and its legacy for our times Wed, 05 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280455 This book explores one of the most fundamental questions of humanity: how do ordinary people become mass murderers? Tue, 04 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278557 A unique collection of essays on the cultural history of military defeats including the American Civil War, the Second World War and Vietnam. Mon, 03 November 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288382 This book explores the rise of manufacturing through the beliefs and practices of key industrialists Fri, 31 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288334 An examination of the emergence of the modern lesbian and gay American movement Thu, 30 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283300 The Domination of Strangers examines the process of colonial state-building in British-ruled Bengal between 1780 and 1835 from the bottom-up Wed, 29 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280437 Charms, Charmers and Charming presents a series of studies of popular verbal magic by experts from three continents. Up-to-date, broad international coverage Tue, 28 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280347 Mon, 27 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276846 This volume compares the writing of national histories in relation to the histories of ethnicity/race, class, religion and gender in 19th- and 20th-Century Europe Thu, 23 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=295664 A broad survey of the history of the Indian business world during the colonial period Tue, 21 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280686 Examines the evolution of the modern Afghan state during the first half of the nineteenth century, including the role of Britain’s imperial presence in South Asia and the British East India Company Fri, 17 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288431 A study of the reactions of American and British scholars of Spain to the Spanish Civil War Wed, 15 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275227 The first serious biography in English of the cultured René of Anjou, who, with his formidable family, was a central figure in two great wars in the mid-fifteenth century Tue, 14 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276311 Explores how book culture functioned in the life and milieu of one of the nineteenth century's most complex figures, William Gladstone Mon, 13 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278779 Sisters in the Brotherhoods is an oral-history-based study of women who have, against considerable odds, broken the gender barrier to blue-collar employment in various trades in New York City beginning in the 1970s Fri, 10 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280582 First analysis of sailmaker and sailor Jan Struys' bestselling 1676 account of his overseas travels: Drie Aanmerkelijke en seer Rampspoedige Reysen, with unique insights into Struys' life and times Thu, 09 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280793 A lively account of the key moments in early British history (Boadicea to 1066), written as a continuous narrative, highlighting the themes of folly and fortune Wed, 08 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281002 Explores the evolution of Palestinian identity and nationalism from the Crusades to the present, and the (pre-modern) strong sense of mission to guard the holy sites of Jerusalem for all of Islam Tue, 07 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281109 The first comparative volume in English on one of the most crucial political developments of our time: the intersection of politics and religion in the twentieth century, and its legacy for our times Mon, 06 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=263841 The first book to survey migration in Irish history over four centuries and to examine the relationship between its immigrants (including return migrants), internal migrants, and emigrants Fri, 03 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280582 First analysis of sailmaker and sailor Jan Struys' bestselling 1676 account of his overseas travels: Drie Aanmerkelijke en seer Rampspoedige Reysen, with unique insights into Struys' life and times Tue, 30 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=299484 The definitive biography of the charismatic architect of Italian unification Mon, 29 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288654 Exploration of how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves Fri, 26 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281085 The second edition of a successful text by a leading authority in the field which has now been updated and expanded to incorporate the latest research and scholarship Thur, 25 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280347 A unique study of how language politics and nationalisms interacted in the 19th century, shaping the European national movements which were to found nation-states in the century to follow Wed, 24 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280261 A revised and updated 4th edition of one of the leading textbooks on the history of Indonesia, featuring new chapters which cover recent events such as the Bali bombings and the tsunami Tue, 23 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=267493 Presents a critical reinterpretation of masculinity and the male body in the Western world since 1700. Mon, 22 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=261603 A revised, updated and expanded new edition of one of the most highly regarded textbooks on the subject of peacemaking after World War I Fri, 19 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303527 An examination of the legacy of Steve Biko and the current state of post-apartheid South African politics Wed, 10 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288465 Critical examination of the origins of American diplomacy in the greater Persian Gulf region Tue, 09 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280699 A pioneering work on the social and medical history of Indian Islam, showing the nature and extent of an Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics over three centuries Mon, 08 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280596 Re-examines the issue of ‘everyday resistance’ through seven essays that explore women’s experiences and its significance for power relations in South Asian history and society Tue, 05 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280347 Fri, 29 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276846 This volume compares the writing of national histories in relation to the histories of ethnicity/race, class, religion and gender in 19th- and 20th-Century Europe. Thu, 28 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276311 Explores how book culture functioned in the life and milieu of one of the nineteenth century's most complex figures, William Gladstone Wed, 27 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276486 Offers an analysis of racial scholarship in Britain from 1930-1062, and its relationship to immigration policy and host-minority relations Tue, 26 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=316427 Essays by Roger Griffin on the evolution of fascism since 1919, covering a range of key case-studies and historiographical themes Mon, 25 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279030 An investigation into the relation between patronage, piety and politics in the life and career of Maria De Luna Fri, 22 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280699 A pioneering work on the social and medical history of Indian Islam, showing the nature and extent of an Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics over three centuries Tue, 05 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288750 English translation of Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's defining work and criticism of the Nazi regime Thu, 31 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288478 In-depth study of a pivotal figure in the history of the twelfth century Wed, 30 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276832 An examination of the key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru’s viceregal capital. Tue, 29 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276497 Building on original archive research, Voices in Ruins explores the dominant role of the radio in the reconstruction of identity in the ruins of Western Germany after the Second World War Mon, 28 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268570 African American Childhoods seeks to fill a vacuum in the study of African American children Fri, 25 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280596 Re-examines the issue of ‘everyday resistance’ through seven essays that explore women’s experiences and its significance for power relations in South Asian history and society Wed, 23 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280347 This interdisciplinary work focuses on the ideological intertwining between Czech, Magyar, Polish and Slovak, and the corresponding nationalisms steeped in these languages Tue, 22 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276264 Unique volume exploring the 'mental maps' of the leading international political figures during the era of the two world wars Mon, 21 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276195 Fri, 18 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=297537 A collection of 20 biographical essays on British Prime Ministers of the 19th Century, reassessing their careers Wed, 16 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288064 This collection examines the cultural and intellectual dimensions of war and its resolution between Han Chinese and the various ethnically dissimilar peoples surrounding them during the crucial 'middle period' of Chinese history Tue, 15 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280699 A pioneering work on the social and medical history of Indian Islam, showing the nature and extent of an Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics over three centuries Mon, 14 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280687 A completely fresh approach to the study of one the most important ideologies in the modern world. Fri, 11 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288676 This collection of essays offers a fresh perspective on the definition and origins of terrorism Fri, 04 July 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=309404 Previously unpublished essays on various key topics by one of Britain's most eminent historians, including his inaugural and valedictory lectures at the Institute of Historical Research Mon, 23 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=294460 Examines the Labour Party's approach to constitutional reform in historical context, particularly regarding issues such as parliamentary reform, open government and devolution. Tue, 24 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288483 Examines the cultural conception of the Middle Ages Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288476 Fascinating contribution to the study of Western Intellectual Culture Mon, 30 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280699 A pioneering work on the social and medical history of Indian Islam, showing the nature and extent of an Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics over three centuries Mon, 16 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276770 This study analyzes the impact of ethnic and sectarian dissent in Iraq on the formation of the Iraqi state Tue, 17 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283283 A new edition of one of the most successful and established textbooks in the field, now revised, updated and extended to take into account the latest scholarship and research. Thu, 19 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=289925 Examines Franco's relations with Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, and demonstrates how Franco's cause never waned to the very end Fri, 20 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283283 A new edition of one of the most successful and established textbooks in the field, now revised, updated and extended to take into account the latest scholarship and research. Fri, 13 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268932 Compares the experiences of both European immigration, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Asian, Hispanic, Caribbean, and African immigrations in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries Mon, 02 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279981 Music and the Making of the Middle Class explores the making of middle-class culture by analyzing and comparing the ethos and organization of Leipzig's Gewandhaus and Birmingham's Triennial Festival. Fri, 25 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268570 African American Childhoods seeks to fill a vacuum in the study of African American children by observeing nuances in their lives based on their legal status, class standing, and social development. Thu, 24 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=289822 This detailed reference guide, based on a vast amount of source data, traces every known detail of Hitler's career, with extensive quotation both from Hitler's own speeches and writings and from those of his contemporaries. Wed, 23 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=274480 This book explores the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses. Mon, 21 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280273 Based on primary source research, this is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals. Thu, 10 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=286931 The first detailed and systematic study of the social science of poverty as practiced by the Victorian experts who had so much influence on relief policy in this area, and who were among the founders of British social science. Mon, 31 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=262993 The second edition of this successful text has been thoroughly updated to take into account recent research, and now begins at 1830. Mon, 31 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277135 This volume addresses World War II as a common European trauma by focusing on key trans-national developments and comparing the different wars as experienced by three similar civilian populations. Fri, 28 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278002 This book explores the late medieval English cults which evolved around 'political martyrs'. Thu, 27 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280347 This work focuses on the ideological intertwining between Czech, Magyar, Polish and Slovak, and the corresponding nationalisms steeped in these languages. Wed, 26 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280273 Based on primary source research, this is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals. Fri, 21 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=289822 This detailed reference guide, based on a vast amount of source data, traces every known detail of Hitler's career, with extensive quotation both from Hitler's own speeches and writings and from those of his contemporaries. This second edition features an enlarged and updated bibliography and introduction. Mon, 10 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280989 For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. Fri, 07 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=271531 The Willy Haas Award 2007 for books was won by Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema. The book, edited by Roel Vande Winkel and David Welch, is the first publication to bring together comparative research on the international expansion of the Third Reich cinema. Mon, 17 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276818 A unique analysis of the intensive interest in Jewish culture of early modern Christian Humanists as a part of their comprehensive program of study of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. Fri, 14 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279958This collection asks new questions about the household, examining the kinds of positive and negative emotional scope available to household members drawn together by shared economic, social and biological needs rather than by blood ties. Fri, 14 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280592The Mass Image' situates the creation of the first photographically illustrated magazines within the social relations of the emerging popular culture of late Victorian London. Thu, 13 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279567Children and Sexuality' probes the hidden relations between children and sexuality in case studies from the Greeks to the Great War. Wed, 12 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279581This new edition offers an extensive editor's introduction, a fully annotated text of the first edition of 'Vindicić Gallicć' and an appendix which includes the significant substantive revisions that Mackintosh made to Vindicić Gallicć in the late summer of 1791. Wed, 12 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279033This intriguing book reveals Mussolini's tremendous and lasting impact on the city to which millions flock each year. Tue, 11 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279073This study points up the complex interplay of ethnic and national identities in the lives of Chinese in Britain. Tue, 11 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277344This pioneering collection concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. Mon, 10 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278822This work offers a major new interpretation of the Stalin's role in the gestation of the Cold War. Mon, 10 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=251715This essential reference guide covers topics such as ideas about women, law and private life, women and religion, women's secular and political writing and women and the English Civil War. Fri, 07 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276359Sexual Inversion' was the first English medical textbook about homosexuality. It had a chequered publishing history, going through five editions between 1896 and 1915. Fri, 07 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=271133 This is the first serious appraisal of Metternich's role in the Austrian Empire and beyond. Fri, 30 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277344 This pioneering collection concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. Fri, 30 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281310 This book addresses the Lusophone Black Atlantic as a space of historical and cultural production between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa. Fri, 30 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279581 This new edition offers an extensive editor's introduction, a fully annotated text of the first edition of 'Vindicić Gallicć' and an appendix which includes the significant substantive revisions that Mackintosh made to Vindicić Gallicć in the late summer of 1791. Fri, 23 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280256 This book analyzes the factors that determined the organization, conduct and output of Nazi propaganda during World War II. Fri, 23 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270812 Psychiatry and Empire' brings together scholars in the History of Medicine and Colonialism to explore questions of race, gender and power relations in former colonial states across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Thu, 22 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279033 This intriguing book reveals Mussolini's tremendous and lasting impact on the city to which millions flock each year. Wed, 21 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278314 Feasting and drinking, the communities in which they occurred, and larger themes of historical significance are explored here offering new insights into the past. Tue, 20 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275894 This successful textbook sets out the basic arguments on each side, and traces their evolution. If you teach a module in this area, request an inspection copy today. Mon, 19 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=274867 This is the first modern study in English of this popular crusade and sheds new light on its history and offers new perspectives on its supposedly dismal outcome. Fri, 16 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275193 Taking Britain and Italy as comparative cases, the author explores the extent to which dominant notions of family life differed in postwar Britain and Italy and the implications this had on the development of family policy in these two countries. Fri, 16 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268570 Recovering the voices or experiences of these children, we observe nuances in their lives based on their legal status, class standing, and social development. Thu, 15 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268568 This book tells the stories of those affected by the Selective Service System. Wed, 14 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=267215 Written and drawn by two experts in the field, this collection of 46 original maps complemented by explanatory text offers a comprehensive look at the history of the region. Tue, 13 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=263022 This study investigates the place of the royal court and the operation of patronage in several European kingdoms in the early Middle Ages. Mon, 12 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270692 Before Roe v. Wade, somewhere between one and two million illegal abortions were performed every year in the United States. Illegal abortion affected millions of women and their families, yet their stories remain hidden. Fri, 9 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280670 Offering the first comparative survey of public houses in pre-industrial Europe and drawing on a vast range of primary sources, this study establishes inns and taverns as principal communication sites in local communities. Tue, 6 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280578 This pioneering study ranges from inventive surgeons to multi-national manufacturers and explores total hip replacement in the very different health economies of the UK and the US. Mon, 5 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278315 This volume describes and analyzes the origin and role of the Leftist Movements in India during the most decisive phase of its struggle for freedom (1917-1947). Fri, 2 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=248081 Peter Waldron examines the challenges that faced the rulers of the Tsarist Empire in terms of geography, culture, finance and military power, analysing the sources of the Russian Empire's strength and the reasons why the tsars were able to maintain their unlimited power for so long. Thu, 1 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000