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Hardback. Amidst claims of threats to national identities in an era of increasing diversity, should we be worried about the upsurge in religious animosity in the United States, as well as Europe? This book explores how French society is divided along conflicts about religion, increasingly visible in public schools, and shows the effect that this has had. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; HRAM2; JFSR; JNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284203
- ISBN
- 9780230284203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardback. Alongside other factors, cultural values and identities help to explain different regulatory frameworks for genetically modified organisms. This book uses insights from environmental history and sociology to illuminate the cultural politics of regulation in the US and the EU, with particular attention to public opinion and anti-GMO activism. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; KCN; LNKJ; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284579
- ISBN
- 9780230284579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This book examines the migration, integration and transnational activity of overseas Americans - American migrants - in France, Germany and the UK. It examines the reasons for their migration, introduces the concept of 'accidental migrant' and explores the question of overseas Americans' integration and identity formation. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296961
- ISBN
- 9780230296961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Hardcover. Kristan Stoddart reveals for the first time discussions that took place between the British, French and US governments for nuclear cooperation in the early to mid 1970s. In doing so it sets the scene for the upgrade to Britain's Polaris force codenamed Chevaline and how this could have brought down Harold Wilson's Labour government of 1974-1976. Series: Nuclear Weapons and International Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1KBB; 1QFN; HBW; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300934
- ISBN
- 9780230300934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Hardcover. While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' - that is, race as a biological and sociological concept - played within the global and cultural Cold War. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230321434
- ISBN
- 9780230321434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. Provides a full account of the politics and intelligence of American relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Carter presidency to the Obama administration. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPRB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337299
- ISBN
- 9780230337299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardback. This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JNF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338241
- ISBN
- 9780230338241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 48.08
€ 52.90
€ 48.08
Hardcover. Utilizing an ethnographic study of a public university and its users, Cicalo analyzes the practical and symbolic potential that affirmative action has to redress historically-produced and territorialized inequalities in the urban space. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSL3; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338524
- ISBN
- 9780230338524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through examining Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding of the complex, densely layered, often unsettling stories. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338579
- ISBN
- 9780230338579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338739
- ISBN
- 9780230338739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardback. How do nations address the above health policy goals and respond to current challenges? As these four cases (United States, Germany, Canada, and South Africa) demonstrate, the answer lies in the underlying politics of health policy at work. Series: Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFMS; 1KBB; JPB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338876
- ISBN
- 9780230338876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Gives long overdue attention to O'Neill's one-acts, this edited collection offers a variety of lenses through which to better understand both his one-act plays and entire oeuvre. Editor(s): Bennett, Michael Y.; Carson, Benjamin D. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339811
- ISBN
- 9780230339811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.85
€ 52.90
€ 46.85
Performing Gender Violence: Plays by Contemporary American Women Drama...
. Ed(S): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noe...
hardcover. Examines violence against women in contemporary American plays by female dramatists. Editor(s): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noelia. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339958
- ISBN
- 9780230339958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.73
€ 52.90
€ 46.73
Hardback. This book describes and analyzes the emergence of the American global empire and the role of the garrison state in protecting the threatened homeland and defending the declining imperium. Num Pages: 106 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339989
- ISBN
- 9780230339989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Hardcover. Chinese American authors often find it necessary to represent Asian history in their literary works. Tracing the development of the literary production of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Russell Leong, among others, this book captures the effects of international politics and globalization on Chinese American diasporic consciousness. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340060
- ISBN
- 9780230340060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. Citizen Satisfaction investigates the topic of satisfaction with government services from a variety of perspectives, using case studies and empirical results from satisfaction studies at the federal level. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341340
- ISBN
- 9780230341340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. Why Public Service Matters conveys the importance, purpose, and nobility of a career as a civil servant in the United States. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341494
- ISBN
- 9780230341494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.34
€ 72.34
Hardcover. Through personal experience and a lively narrative, this book examines the difficulty of communicating in adversarial environments like Iraq and Afghanistan, the complexity of multi-linguistic communications, and the importance of directing American cultural power in the national interest. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 241 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390706
- ISBN
- 9780230390706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardback. The Spanish-American War focused not only on foreign policy, but also on the nation's very essence and purpose. At the heart of this debate was a consensus on American nationalism. This book explains why the belief in exceptionalism still serves as the basis of American nationalism and foreign policy even in spite of more recent military failures. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230392892
- ISBN
- 9780230392892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. Explores the theoretical concerns of literary and cultural studies through a reappraisal of three innovative women writers of the modernist period: Djuna Barnes, Mina Loy and Gertrude Stein. In its provocative combination of cultural methodologies, this work significantly expands on existing aesthetic cartographies of modernism. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500495
- ISBN
- 9780230500495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09