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Hardcover. This book explores the complexity of women's social status in the Middle East and North African region and fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an up-to-date and comprehensive portrait of women's status from a theoretical and socio-demographic perspective. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103504
- ISBN
- 9780230103504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Hardcover. This book presents a history of AIDS control in Uganda, from the start of the epidemic in the early 1980s up until 2005. Uganda is well known internationally as an AIDS 'success story', both for its bringing down HIV incidence and prevalence over the 1990s, and for its innovative approach to scaling up the provision of antiretroviral therapy. Num Pages: 258 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104280
- ISBN
- 9780230104280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Hardcover. This is the first book-length study of the French Caribbean presence in Africa, and serves as a unique contribution to the field of African Diaspora and Colonial studies. By using administrative records, newspapers, and interviews, it explores the French Caribbean presence in the colonial administration in Africa before World War II. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105447
- ISBN
- 9780230105447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. This work examines both the emergence of African literature and its institutionalization within nationalist African academies. Amoko analyzes the relationship between such institutions of literature and the processes of nationalist legitimization and between colonial and postcolonial school cultures and national cultures. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105461
- ISBN
- 9780230105461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.47
€ 64.47
Hardcover. Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies. Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. 278 pages, map. Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies. Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPH. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105560
- ISBN
- 9780230105560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardcover. This book will present three main themes of African women: African feminism, women and work, and women and politics, to inform readers of the current debates, to encourage new thinking on these issues, and to indicate areas for needed research. Editor(s): Turshen, Meredeth. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFK; JFSJ1; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106758
- ISBN
- 9780230106758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Hardcover. This study of the sub-Saharan African novel interprets representations of Islam as a central organising presence that generates new conceptual questions and demands new critical frameworks with which to approach categories like nationhood, race, diaspora, immigration, and Africa's multiple colonial pasts. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2AB; DSK; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108431
- ISBN
- 9780230108431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Hardcover. This book provides a significant history of Italy's brutal occupation of Libya. Using the lens of the life of the iconic resistance fighter Mohamed Fekini, it tells the story of Libya under Ottoman and Italian rule from the point of view of the colonized. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HBL; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108868
- ISBN
- 9780230108868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65
€ 64.65
Hardcover. For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite, the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inquiry that these writers so urgently deserve. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1HFGU; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108875
- ISBN
- 9780230108875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.69
€ 64.69
Liberal Democracy and Peace in South Africa: The Pursuit of Freedom as...
Du Toit, Pierre, Kotzé, Hennie
Hardcover. South Africa's transition to democracy was met by the global audience with at first, disbelief, followed later by applause. After fifteen years of democracy big questions remain: has a more democratic regime also lead to a more liberal society? And has democracy made for a more peaceful society? Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108882
- ISBN
- 9780230108882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.82
€ 64.82
Hardcover. This book uses oral history methodology to record stories of people who experienced the brunt of racist forced removals in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Through life stories and community case studies, it traces the human impact of this disruptive, often violent feature of apartheid's social engineering. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 239 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJH; HBTB; HBTD; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108905
- ISBN
- 9780230108905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.05
€ 65.05
Hardcover. Calls into question the very universal, unquestioned assumptions about globalization, development, and environmental change that undergird much of development and economic policy. Compels the reader to question conventional wisdom and explores alternative ways of achieving meaningful, enduring improvements to human well-being. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFS; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110762
- ISBN
- 9780230110762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.70
€ 51.99
€ 42.70
Hardcover. The authors probe the reasons and circumstances surrounding the death and torture of African American female victims, relying on such methodological approaches as comparative historical work, content and media analysis, as well as literary criticism. Num Pages: 198 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112704
- ISBN
- 9780230112704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.33
€ 64.33
Hardcover. This book examines the factors behind the survival and persistence of monarchical authoritarianism in Morocco and argues that state rituals of power affect the opposition forces ability to challenge the monarchy. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JPH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113183
- ISBN
- 9780230113183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. An examination of the collaboration between Egyptian and Indian nationalists against the British Empire, this book argues that the basis for Third World or Non-Aligned Movement was formed long before the Cold War. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HBE; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTQ; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113640
- ISBN
- 9780230113640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Conflict and Human Security in Africa: Kenya in Perspective
Kumssa, Asfaw, Williams, James Herbert, Jones...
Hardcover. This edited volume looks at human security and conflict in northern Kenya and nearby areas within Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Uganda. It spells out the precise meaning and nuances of human security in today's global economy and examines the causes and effects of conflict in the region within the context of human security. Num Pages: 222 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; GTJ; JPVH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115606
- ISBN
- 9780230115606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Hardcover. Analyses the workers attraction to mining from agriculture, their concepts of 'order and progress', and how they shaped their lives rather than becoming mere victims of colonialism. This study is intended for scholars, students, and general audiences interested in additional views of colonialism, modernization, and diversified economies. Num Pages: 274 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115897
- ISBN
- 9780230115897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Hardcover. Mohammed Bashir Salau addresses the neglected literature on Atlantic Slavery in West Africa by looking at the plantation operations at Fanisau in Hausaland, and in the process provides an innovative look at one piece of the historically significant Sokoto Caliphate. Num Pages: 196 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115903
- ISBN
- 9780230115903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Hardcover. This book analyzes the development of indigenous religious, commercial, and political institutions among the Oromo mainly during the relatively peaceful two centuries in its history, from 1704 to 1882. The largest ethnic group in East Africa, the Oromo promoted peace, cultural assimilation, and ethnic integration. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117747
- ISBN
- 9780230117747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.76
€ 123.76
Hardcover. Looks at the political and social history of the Gold Coast in West Africa from the early 16th century to the second half of the 18th. The book examines how political entities in Nzema were structured territorially, as well as the formation of ruling groups and aspects of their political, economic, and military actions. Translator(s): Cameron, Allan; Valsecchi, Pierluigi. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJH; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117761
- ISBN
- 9780230117761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Hardcover. 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. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117846
- ISBN
- 9780230117846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Paperback. This book is a comprehensive investigation, discussion, and analysis of the origins and development of the first civil war in the Sudan, which occurred between 1955 and 1972. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBW; HBWS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117884
- ISBN
- 9780230117884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. A critical look at the links between civil actors, new media, and political change, using case studies from Africa, particularly urban, political, non-state actors in Kenya and Zambia. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117921
- ISBN
- 9780230117921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardcover. Applying research into assessments of community theatre, epidemiology, and young people's shared and private stories using a wide range of methodologies, this book explores the potential efficacy of community theatre to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania with reference to several other comparable sites in Africa. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; AN; JFFH2; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205154
- ISBN
- 9780230205154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30