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The Americas
Hardcover. At the turn of the twenty-first century, American media abound with images and narratives of bodily transformations. At the crossroads of American, cultural, literary, media, gender, queer, disability and governmentality studies, the book presents a timely intervention into critical debates on body transformations and contemporary makeover culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493781
- ISBN
- 9781137493781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardback. This book offers a comprehensive examination of midterm elections from the lens of communications and media coverage. Using a wide variety of methods, this contributed volume covers the differences, similarities, and challenges unique to midterm elections. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 619.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494528
- ISBN
- 9781137494528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells a story about scenic images on the page, stage, and beyond that helped American audiences see the everyday landscapes and exotic destinations from a modern perspective. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137496645
- ISBN
- 9781137496645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.89€ 47.03
€ 53.89
€ 47.03
Hardback. This book studies Korean American girls between thirteen and nineteen and their formation with regard to self, gender, and God in the context of Korean American protestant congregational life. It develops a hybrid methodology of de-colonial aims and indigenous research methods, aiming to facilitate transformative life in faith communities. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HRCC9; HRCV4; HRCX6; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 357.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497833
- ISBN
- 9781137497833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardcover. Was the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) designed as a definitive trade agreement, or as a stepping stone? This book reviews NAFTA's performances on trade, investment, intellectual property rights, dispute-settlement, as well as environmental and labor side-agreements within a theoretical construct. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; KCLT1; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497918
- ISBN
- 9781137497918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Violence and Desire in Brazilian Lesbian Relationships examines the lives of Afro-Brazilian lesbian women in the city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFE; JFSK1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137498519
- ISBN
- 9781137498519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardback. This book studies the reactions of India, Brazil, and South Africa - the three main non-proliferation actors of the Global South - to Iran's nuclear program. Their responses are explained and situated in wider foreign policy context. Num Pages: 115 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FKA; 1HFMS; 1KLSB; JPB; JPSD; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 115
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499066
- ISBN
- 9781137499066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Hardcover. Based on newly declassified documents, this book offers a provocative new analysis of President Jimmy Carter's political role in Arab-Israeli diplomacy. It analyzes the reflexive relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy, especially the roles played by the media, public opinion and pro-Israel lobby groups. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499462
- ISBN
- 9781137499462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. The book analyzes Brazil's Africa engagement as a rising power's strategy to gain global recognition, linking it to Brazil's broader foreign policy objectives and shedding light on the mechanisms of Brazilian status-seeking in Africa. Num Pages: 234 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499561
- ISBN
- 9781137499561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardcover. The author examines the rise of the BRICs and the supposed decline of the United States. Focusing on the boom years from 1992 to 2007, and the crisis years after 2008, he argues that there are limits to the rise of the former and that the extent of US decline has been greatly exaggerated. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KLSB; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499967
- ISBN
- 9781137499967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. US military presence in twenty-first century in Latin America has recently been characterised by rapidly intensifying militarization alongside under-supported anti-military activism. This book redirects recent debates about twenty-first century social mobilization by taking seriously those who actively resist the social movements in their midst. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JHMC; JPW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501172
- ISBN
- 9781137501172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNC; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501448
- ISBN
- 9781137501448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.77
€ 118.77
Hardcover. This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cinema that has been instrumental in shaping narco-culture in Mexico and the US borderlands. Identifying classics in its mammoth catalogue and analyzing select films at length, Rashotte outlines the genre's history and aesthetic criteria. Series: Latino Pop Culture. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APFN; JFCA; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501479
- ISBN
- 9781137501479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardback. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JNA; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502230
- ISBN
- 9781137502230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This timely and incisive study reads contemporary literature and visual culture from the American South through the lens of cultural memory. Rooting texts in their regional locations, the book interrupts and questions the dominant trends in Southern Studies, providing a fresh and nuanced view of twenty-first-century texts. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502841
- ISBN
- 9781137502841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Hardback. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 213 pages, 11 colour illustrations, 11 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; AVGL; JHBS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504807
- ISBN
- 9781137504807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.85
€ 149.85
Hardback. This book is open access under a CC-BY license. The contributors investigate a broad range of emerging socio-environmental challenges faced by contemporary Latin America. By using environmental governance as an overarching analytical concept, they cross territorial, sectorial, and institutional boundaries to address the nature/society nexus. Editor(s): De Castro, Fabio; Hogenboom, Barbara; Baud, Michiel. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPRB; LNKJ; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505712
- ISBN
- 9781137505712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.46
€ 38.46
Hardcover. This book argues that there are a number of contemporary novels that challenge the reductive 'us and them' binaries that have been prevalent not only in politics and the global media since 9/11, but also in many works within the emerging genre of '9/11 fiction' itself. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506177
- ISBN
- 9781137506177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardback. Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria provides an economics perspective on the witchcraft episode, and adds to the growing body of work analyzing prominent historical events using the tools of economics. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; KCK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506344
- ISBN
- 9781137506344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Hardback. What explains civil society participation in policy making in Latin American democracies? Risley comparatively analyzes actors who have advocated for children's rights, the environment, and freedom of information in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Successful issue framing and effective alliance building are identified as 'pathways' to participation. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506542
- ISBN
- 9781137506542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12