The Americas
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The Americas
Hardcover. This work is about how the three most important countries in South America have responded to the challenges of globalization since the mid 1960s, the first OPEC price hike, the Third World debt crisis, and finally bold, but often ill-planned, neo-liberal reforms of the 1990s. Editor(s): Shaw, Professor Timothy M. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSH; KCL; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919729
- ISBN
- 9780333919729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. This is an account of acupuncture's 300-year-history in Britain. It shows the attitude of the British towards Chinese medicine and begins to explain acupuncture's enduring appeal. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918937
- ISBN
- 9780333918937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. This book explores the way Henry James's writing career was influenced by social upheavals in Victorian England, particularly in relation to sexuality and gender. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918746
- ISBN
- 9780333918746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardback. Examines why so many British and American women novelists seem preoccupied with Biblical themes and stories. By analyzing texts in the context of myth and religion, however, the author also contributes to a number of the interdisciplinary debates taking place within women's studies. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRCG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918722
- ISBN
- 9780333918722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. This text looks at how sociological concepts that were first "invented" to social inequality in Europe were also used to explain inequality in the United States. This book challenges classical approaches to social stratification to reconcile contradictory elements of social freedom found in the US. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918104
- ISBN
- 9780333918104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover. By applying his theoretical framework describing international relations to a study of the environmental protection of the River Rhine and the Great Lakes, Marco Verweij offers an explanation of how transboundary environmental problems have been, and can be, solved. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; JPA; JPS; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333915639
- ISBN
- 9780333915639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
hardcover. Using the European Defence Community (EDC) as a case study, this book examines the competing and often conflicting view of the British and American governments towards European integration in the early 1950s. The ECD finally collapsed in 1954 and was succeeded by the Western European Union. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333913192
- ISBN
- 9780333913192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardcover. The Lewinsky scandal provided President Clinton with a stern challenge to his political credibility in 1998-99. Robert Busby explains how and why Clinton survived the most serious Constitutional crisis since Watergate. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333912508
- ISBN
- 9780333912508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardback. This text presents a re-examination of classical issues in the relationship between different forms of democratization, civil, political and social, and examines Chile's transition to democracy during the 1990s as a typical case of the modern sequence. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPR; JPHV; KCF; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333803851
- ISBN
- 9780333803851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Hardback. The text traces the twin processes of economic liberalization and political democratization in Bolivia since the 1980s, placing both in their historical context. Editor(s): Crabtree, John; Whitehead, Laurence. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802106
- ISBN
- 9780333802106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. "Why Allende? Why Pinochet?" covers the two most conflicting Chilean governments of this century. The book ends with a discussion of the legacies of both governments. In the historical Chilean memory of the century, human rights violations will occupy a special place. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPF; JPVH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800539
- ISBN
- 9780333800539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Hardcover. This work examines a critical time and place in world history (the end of the Cold War) and the strategies and values employed in the public diplomacy of the Bush and Clinton administrations to build domestic and international consensus. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLW3; JPQB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800515
- ISBN
- 9780333800515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
Hardback. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it appeared that the only option for developing countries was integration into the world economy. Written by a group of international experts, this book investigates the strategies deployed by Cuba and Vietnam to consider whether 'socialism', in some form, offers a viable development alternative. Editor(s): Brundenius, Claes; Weeks, John. Num Pages: 293 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KJC; 1QFG; GTF; JFFS; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800430
- ISBN
- 9780333800430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardback. This is a study of the convict in the Atlantic world of the 18th century. It concentrates on the diverse characters of the transported men, women and children, and their fate in the colonies - exploring at the local level the contrasts in sentencing, shipping and settlement of convicts in America. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793381
- ISBN
- 9780333793381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. An analysis of US policy towards Indonesian nationalism that concludes Truman's support for independence was based on his Cold War priorities and not principled backing for self-determination and reveals Eisenhower's New Look led to a CIA-backed intervention, propelling Indonesia towards communism. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793152
- ISBN
- 9780333793152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardcover. On 25 July 2001, the United States entirely rejected the final text of a Protocol to the 2001 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention to prohibit biological warfare. This book investigates how this disaster came about, and the potential consequences of the failure of American leadership. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSF; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793091
- ISBN
- 9780333793091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This text looks at the intervention of Napoleon III in Mexico in the 1860s. The book considers whether this was consistent with his foreign policy and his belief that free trade would lead to peace. It covers his attempts to achieve his goal and how he was thwarted by his own representatives. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBG; HBJD; HBLL; JPS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793022
- ISBN
- 9780333793022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. This study of rural poverty in Latin America draws on rural household surveys for Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, and Peru. The studies characterize three groups; small farmers, landless farm workers, and rural non-farm workers and provide analyses of household income. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFA; JFSF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333792902
- ISBN
- 9780333792902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Local Economies in Turmoil (Macmillan International Politi)
Sverrisson, Arni, Van Dijk, Meine Pieter
Hardcover. Examines two major themes: the strain placed on local economic cultures and networks in the South and in Eastern Europe by globalization and deregulation; and the success rates of both novel, locally-rooted and more traditional economic structures in their attempts to adapt to deregulation. Editor(s): Dijk, Meine Pieter van. Series: Macmillan International Political Economy S. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FM; 1H; 1KLS; GTF; JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333792421
- ISBN
- 9780333792421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. This work critically examines the realities of liberal democracy, its elitism, its non-accountability and its inequalities and injustices. By interrogating contemporary democratic regimes in the US, Botswana and South Africa, the limitations inherent in liberal democracy are highlighted. Editor(s): Shaw, Professor Timothy M. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 1HFMS; 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333790427
- ISBN
- 9780333790427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25