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Australia and the New World Order
From Peacekeeping to Peace Enforcement: 1988–1991
Volume 2: The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations
David Horner

AUD$162.95 (price inclusive of GST)

Comprehensive study of Australia's role in the peace enforcement operations that developed at the end of the Cold War.

Published February 2011

Hardback | ISBN-13: 9780521765879 | ISBN-10: 0521765870 | In stock



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The Art of Great Speeches
And Why We Remember Them
Dennis Glover

AUD$43.95 (price inclusive of GST)

Uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators persuade their audiences so convincingly.

Published November 2010

Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521140034 | ISBN-10: 052114003X | In stock



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Labor's Conflict
Big Business, Workers and the Politics of Class
Tom Bramble, Rick Kuhn

AUD$43.95 (price inclusive of GST)

An account of the transformations in the Party's policies, performances and structures since its formation.

Published November 2010

Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521138048 | ISBN-10: 0521138043 | In stock



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Colonial Voices
A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840–1940
Joy Damousi

AUD$125.00 (price inclusive of GST)

Innovative study of the role of language in the 'civilising' project of the British Empire in colonial Australia.

Published September 2010

Hardback | ISBN-13: 9780521516310 | ISBN-10: 0521516315 | Available, despatch within 3-4 weeks



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Ireland
A History
Thomas Bartlett

AUD$95.95 (price inclusive of GST)

Acclaimed political, social, cultural and economic history of Ireland from prehistory to the present by one of Ireland's leading historians.

Published August 2010

Hardback | ISBN-13: 9780521197205 | ISBN-10: 0521197201 | In stock



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To Salamaua
Phillip Bradley

AUD$65.95 (price inclusive of GST)

Recounts the first of the New Guinea offensives by the Australian Army in WWII.

Published July 2010

Hardback | ISBN-13: 9780521763905 | ISBN-10: 0521763908 | In stock



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A Search for Sovereignty
Law and Geography in European Empires, 1400–1900
Lauren Benton

AUD$120.00 (price inclusive of GST)

This 2010 book examines how European imperial powers imagined imperial space, constructing sovereignty in ways that merged geographic discourse with law.

Published June 2010

Hardback | ISBN-13: 9780521881050 | ISBN-10: 0521881056 | Temporarily unavailable - available from May 2013



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Empire and Globalisation
Networks of People, Goods and Capital in the British World, c.1850–1914
Gary B. Magee, Andrew S. Thompson

AUD$51.95 (price inclusive of GST)

A revisionist account of imperial history that sets out a new interpretation of economic activity in the British Empire.

Published June 2010

Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521727587 | ISBN-10: 0521727588 | Available, despatch within 3-4 weeks



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A History of Saudi Arabia
2nd Edition
Madawi Al-Rasheed

AUD$49.95 (price inclusive of GST)

This new edition covers the political, economic and social developments in Saudi Arabia since 9/11 to the present day.

Published June 2010

Paperback | ISBN-13: 9780521747547 | ISBN-10: 0521747546 | In stock