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Hardback. Editor(s): Makarychev, Andrey; Yatsyk, Alexandra. Series: Mega Event Planning. Num Pages: 241 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; JHBS; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490940
- ISBN
- 9781137490940
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Using cases on individual countries, Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa offers diverse theoretical and empirical evidence on a variety of issues facing policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders in the region. Editor(s): Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 black & white tables, 100 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137486462
- ISBN
- 9781137486462
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Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. Series: Anthropology, Change and Development. Num Pages: 250 pages, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSP1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454300
- ISBN
- 9781137454300
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Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Acquaah, Moses. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, 21 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JHBK; KCG; KJC; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378156
- ISBN
- 9781137378156
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Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. An empirical and econometric exposition of the conduct, transmission and impact of monetary policy on the South African economy. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; KCBM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334145
- ISBN
- 9781137334145
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFC; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334046
- ISBN
- 9781137334046
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This study investigates the various extreme-rightist leagues in Algeria, with particular attention to certain key themes, among them the rabid xenophobia directed at the Jewish population and local Muslims. It demonstrates that fascism helped to construct a racial hierarchy to preserve European hegemony and a pool of cheap labor. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307088
- ISBN
- 9781137307088
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. In a life full of momentous episodes, Theodore Roosevelt's fifteen-month post-presidential odyssey to Africa and Europe has never been given its due place. A tale of daring adventure, international celebrity, a friendship lost, and a political legacy transformed, Theodore Roosevelt Abroad is the first full account of this important time in history. Num Pages: 236 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306395
- ISBN
- 9781137306395
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Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Gender and Decolonization in the Congo focuses on women and questions of gender in its examination of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961), the assassinated leader of the independent Congo. Num Pages: 247 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306388
- ISBN
- 9781137306388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. This local history of Griqua Philippolis (1824-1862) and Afrikaner Orania (1990-2013) gets at the crux of the ever-pertinent land question in South Africa. Identifying the many layers of dispossession definitive of the South African past, the book presents a provocative new argument about land rights and the residues of settler colonialism. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 maps, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305763
- ISBN
- 9781137305763
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Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. This book deconstructs the neopatrimonial paradigm that has dominated analysis of Nigerian and African development. It shows that by denying agency to Nigerian societies and devaluing indigenous culture and local realities, Eurocentric diffusionism played a significant role in the failure of development planning. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBLW3; JPRB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286642
- ISBN
- 9781137286642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. 'Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent years. Drawing on fieldwork and first-hand experience, this book explains why CBD/CDD produces outcomes that are incompatible with its underlying assumptions and intended objectives. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTF; JHB; JP; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281401
- ISBN
- 9781137281401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Spatial Literacy: Contemporary Asante Women's Place-making (Gender and...
Epifania Akosua Amoo-Adare
Hardcover. This book makes the case for an urgent praxis of critical spatial literacy for African women. It provides a critical analysis of how Asante women negotiate and understand the politics of contemporary space in Accra and beyond and the effect it has on their lives, demonstrating how they critically 'read that world.' Series: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281067
- ISBN
- 9781137281067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.67
€ 60.67
Hardcover. This book offers a bold, ground-breaking epistemological critique of the dominant discourses on African conflicts. Based on a painstaking study of the ways in which the Sierra Leone civil war has been interpreted, it considers how Africa is constructed as a site of knowledge and the implications that this has for the continent and its people. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPA; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280794
- ISBN
- 9781137280794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. Religiosity is one aspect without which Ethiopian society cannot be fully understood. This book aims to map out the terrain of the discourse in religion-social change nexus in Ethiopian using the notion of covenant as an interpretive tool. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269416
- ISBN
- 9781137269416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. 'Modernisation' was one of the most pervasive ideologies of the twentieth century. Focusing on a case study of the Kariba Dam in central-southern Africa and based on an array of primary sources and interviews the book provides a nuanced understanding of development in the turbulent late 1950s, a time when most colonies moved towards independence. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 3J; HBJH; HBT; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268761
- ISBN
- 9781137268761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.70
€ 139.70
Hardcover. This study illuminates the commonalities and the peculiarities of different slaveries and contributes to a growing body of literature that showcases the flexibility of slavery as an institution. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3J; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268662
- ISBN
- 9781137268662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. (Post)apartheid Conditions: Psychoanalysis and Social Formation advances a series of psychoanalytic perspectives on contemporary South Africa, exploring key psychosocial topics such as space-identity, social fantasy, the body, whiteness, memory and nostalgia. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFE; JFFJ; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032997
- ISBN
- 9781137032997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar, spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRQM2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027498
- ISBN
- 9781137027498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardcover. A study of South African cinema with a critical eye to its complexity not only as a signifying system, but also as a cultural product with a public life. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027023
- ISBN
- 9781137027023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023094
- ISBN
- 9781137023094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. An ethnographic exploration of hip-hop in Ghana and West Africa more broadly. Num Pages: 219 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137021649
- ISBN
- 9781137021649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. This book explores the linkages between state failure, self-help, and self-organization with regards to Nigerian civil society. Editor(s): Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137006776
- ISBN
- 9781137006776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book aims to fill some of the gaps in historical narrative about labor unions, Nigerian leftists, and decolonization during the twentieth century. It emphasizes the significance of labor union education in British decolonization, labor unionism, and British efforts at modernizing the human resources of Nigeria. Num Pages: 196 pages, 4 black & white tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003584
- ISBN
- 9781137003584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48