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Hardcover. This book demonstrates that the cooperative model is based on principles essential to building a more just and democratic society. It is argued that this is the best economic reform alternative to neoliberal capitalism and authoritarian socialism in Cuba, and that this model can also radically transform other economies around the world. Editor(s): Pineiro Harnecker, Camila. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; KCD; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277749
- ISBN
- 9781137277749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.78
€ 161.78
Hardcover. Ranging from conceptual theater to visual poetry the New York School explored the possibilities of collaboration like no other group of American poets. New York School Collaborations gathers essays from a diverse group of scholars on the alliances and artistic co-productions of New York School poets, painters, musicians, and film-makers. Editor(s): Silverberg, Mark. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280565
- ISBN
- 9781137280565
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Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book is the first English language critical anthology to examine Latin American science fiction in its entirety. Editor(s): Ginway, M. Elizabeth; Brown, J. Andrew. Num Pages: 241 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; DQ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281227
- ISBN
- 9781137281227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. Oprah Winfrey has long promoted black issues by being involved as a producer or actor in the adaptation of works by African American writers for film. This volume evaluates Winfrey's involvement in the visual interpretation of African American literary texts using film, music, black masculinity, black feminist, and cultural theory. Editor(s): Green, Tara T. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282453
- ISBN
- 9781137282453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. This collection uses Theodore Roosevelt to form a fresh approach to the history of US and European relations, arguing that the best place to look for the origins of the modern transatlantic relationship is in Roosevelt's life and career. Editor(s): Krabbendam, Hans; Thompson, John M. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286482
- ISBN
- 9781137286482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. The political economy landscape has shifted as multinational corporations increase their investment efforts, changing the geographies of extraction. The contributors make the argument for the need of new theoretical perspectives anchored in critical political economy to address structural dynamics in the global industry. Editor(s): Singh, Jewellord Nem; Bourgouin, France. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; GTF; JPSL; KCL; KCP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286789
- ISBN
- 9781137286789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Contributors argue that the last hundred years have seen the way Europe imagines Natives shifting from exoticism to outright fantasy, mirroring the changing European perception of America itself. Editor(s): Mackay, James; Stirrup, David. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 265 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137288813
- ISBN
- 9781137288813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. This volume moves beyond Cold War deterrence theory to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security: in space, in cyberspace, and against non-state actors. It also examines the role of nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century and reaches surprising conclusions. Editor(s): Lowther, Adam B. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137289797
- ISBN
- 9781137289797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. Islamophobia in America offers new perspectives on prejudice against Muslims, which has become increasingly widespread in the USA in the past decade. The contributors document the history of anti-Islamic sentiment in American culture, the scope of organized anti-Muslim propaganda, and the institutionalization of this kind of intolerance. Editor(s): Ernst, Carl W. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM9; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290069
- ISBN
- 9781137290069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress traumatic ethnic histories. Editor(s): Sandin, Lyn di Iorio; Perez, Richard. Num Pages: 289 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293299
- ISBN
- 9781137293299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.27
€ 117.27
Hardcover. Adding nuance to a global debate, esteemed scholars from Europe and North and Latin America portray the attempts in Chicano literature to provide answers to the environmental crisis. Diverse ecocritical perspectives add new meaning to the novels, short stories, drama, poetry, films, and documentaries analyzed in this timely and engaged collection. Editor(s): Martin-Junquera, Imelda. Num Pages: 249 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293602
- ISBN
- 9781137293602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Recent upheavals in the Middle East are challenging long-held assumptions about the dynamics between the United States, the Arab world, and Israel. In Pathways to Peace, today's leading experts explain these changes in the region and their positive implications for the prospect of a sustained peace between Israel and the Arab World. Editor(s): Kurtzer, Daniel C. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPSD; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304797
- ISBN
- 9781137304797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.90
€ 41.99
€ 34.90
Hardcover. Reality Effects brings together the reflections of leading film scholars and critics from Latin America, the UK and the United States on the re-emergence of the real as a prime concern in contemporary Argentine and Brazilian film, and as a main reason for the acclaim both cinematographies have won among international audiences in recent years. Editor(s): Andermann, Jens; Bravo, Alvaro Fernandez. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304827
- ISBN
- 9781137304827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. By analyzing the negotiation of femininities and masculinities within contemporary Hollywood cinema, Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema presents diverse interrogations of popular cinema and illustrates the need for a renewed scholarly focus on contemporary film production. Editor(s): Gwynne, Joel; Muller, Nadine. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306838
- ISBN
- 9781137306838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardcover. Examining the political legacies of the Duvalier period and after, and revisiting the work of the late David Nicholls, Politics and Power in Haiti provides some of the keys to understanding the turbulent world of Haitian politics and the persistent challenges at home and from abroad which have distorted development. Editor(s): Quinn, Kate; Sutton, Paul. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311993
- ISBN
- 9781137311993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321886
- ISBN
- 9781137321886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.11
€ 71.11
Hardcover. The US, China, and Japan form a 'troubled triangle,' with each country negotiating its foreign policy toward the other two in response to economic and security pressures that operate as an interrelated duality. Written by international relations experts, this book examines how the three countries respond to this set of pressures and to each other. Editor(s): Inoguchi, Takashi; Ikenberry, G. John. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JM; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321992
- ISBN
- 9781137321992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardcover. Rhys Matters, the first collection of essays focusing on Rhys's writing in over twenty years, encounters her oeuvre from multiple disciplinary perspectives and appreciates the interventions in modernism, postcolonial studies, Caribbean studies, and women's and gender studies. Editor(s): Wilson, Mary; Johnson, Kerry L. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327901
- ISBN
- 9781137327901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. This edited book provides a unique opportunity for international scholars to contribute to the exploration of liminality in the field of Anglo-American literature written by or about women between the Victorian period and the Second World War. Editor(s): Gomez Reus, Teresa; Gifford, Terry. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330468
- ISBN
- 9781137330468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. The last ten years have witnessed a renewed interest in H.P. Lovecraft in academic and scholarly circles. New Critical Essays on H.P. Lovecraft seeks to offer an expansive and considered account of a fascinating yet challenging writer; both popular and critically valid but also problematic in terms of his depictions of race, gender and class. Editor(s): Simmons, David. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332240
- ISBN
- 9781137332240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.83
€ 149.83