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The Americas
Hardcover. Depicting NAFTA to be but a stepping stone rather than final product of regional economic integrative efforts, a chapter-specific 15-year assessment conveys the upsides and downsides of North America's Camelot moment. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; KCLT1; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034779
- ISBN
- 9781137034779
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Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Authors Bruce Tucker and Priscilla L. Walton examine critical moments in the aftermath of 9/11 arguing that commentators abandoned complexity, seeking to reduce events to their simplest signification. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033499
- ISBN
- 9781137033499
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€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Paperback. Between 1890 and 1918, over 125 plays by 70 dramatists were published in 14 American general interest periodicals aimed at the middle-class reader and consumer. This book analyzes the issues dramatized in those plays which reveal Americans to have been 'dis/contented' citizens, conflicted by the demands of a dynamically changing nation. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032966
- ISBN
- 9781137032966
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. Mitra analyzes how race and class of immigrant Punjabi taxi drivers influence their settlement patterns in the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032843
- ISBN
- 9781137032843
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Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. Highlights concerns about the impact of a falling standard of living in America as 40 million 'tradable jobs' are digitized and outsourced off shore. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; KCJ; KJC; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032294
- ISBN
- 9781137032294
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Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. Through a case study in a Chicago public school, Means demonstrates that, despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools, there exist positive social relations, knowledge, and desire for change that can be built upon to promote more secure and equitable democratic futures for young people. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032041
- ISBN
- 9781137032041
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Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 45.96
€ 53.39
€ 45.96
Hardcover. Through a case study in a Chicago public school, Means demonstrates that, despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools, there exist positive social relations, knowledge, and desire for change that can be built upon to promote more secure and equitable democratic futures for young people. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032034
- ISBN
- 9781137032034
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Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 46.85
€ 53.39
€ 46.85
Hardcover. Sevan G. Terzian traces the changing civic justifications for science clubs, fairs, and talent searches for American youth from World War One to the Cold War. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 235 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JNLC; JNW; JPVH1; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031860
- ISBN
- 9781137031860
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Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 47.00
€ 53.39
€ 47.00
Paperback. Consisting of sixteen essays by renowned writers and artists, Caviar with Rum: Cuba-USSR and the Post-Soviet Experience is the first book of its kind to bring to life how and why the Soviet period is revisited in Cuban memory these days and what that means for creative production and the future of geopolitics. Editor(s): Loss, Jacqueline; Prieto, Jose Manuel. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; 3JM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031341
- ISBN
- 9781137031341
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Representing History, Class, and Gender in Spain and Latin America: Ch...
Rocha, Carolina, Seminet, Georgia
Hardcover. This anthology explores the role of children and teenagers in Latin American and Spanish Film as protagonists, victims and witnesses of societies polarized by and still grappling with the consequences of political divisions. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KL; APFA; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030863
- ISBN
- 9781137030863
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Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 47.16
€ 53.39
€ 47.16
Hardcover. Freedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tradition. It sheds fresh light on key Congressional debates in the early American Republic, developing and applying an approach to fallacy theory suitable to the study of political discourse. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030597
- ISBN
- 9781137030597
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. In Readings of Trauma, Madness, and the Body, Anderson explores how Modernist fiction narratives by Hemingway, the Fitzgeralds, and H.D. represent trauma, specifically addressing the conflict between speaking about and repressing traumatic memories, while also considering how authors' understandings of gender influence their depictions. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030054
- ISBN
- 9781137030054
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space. Num Pages: 178 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027948
- ISBN
- 9781137027948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback. Biocapitalism, an economic model built on making new commodities from existing forms of life, has fundamentally changed how we understand the boundaries between nature/culture and human/nonhuman. This is the first book to examine its implications for education and how human capital understandings of education are co-evolving with biocapitalism. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027825
- ISBN
- 9781137027825
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Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 46.25
€ 53.39
€ 46.25
Hardcover. Biocapitalism, an economic model built on making new commodities from existing forms of life, has fundamentally changed how we understand the boundaries between nature/culture and human/nonhuman. This is the first book to examine its implications for education and how human capital understandings of education are co-evolving with biocapitalism. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027818
- ISBN
- 9781137027818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 47.60
€ 53.39
€ 47.60
Paperback. A lively, engaging social history of the extraordinary Puritan world that flowered into a vibrant civilization in seventeenth-century New England and then implanted itself into American history. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025623
- ISBN
- 9781137025623
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Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. A lively, engaging social history of the extraordinary Puritan world that flowered into a vibrant civilization in seventeenth-century New England and then implanted itself into American history. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 511.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025616
- ISBN
- 9781137025616
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Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Paperback. A fresh and fascinating look at the Space Age that demolishes the myth of the fearless, hot-shot astronaut. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025289
- ISBN
- 9781137025289
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025272
- ISBN
- 9781137025272
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. An account of the origins of American involvement in the Middle East during the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBTQ; HBW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025241
- ISBN
- 9781137025241
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Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. A study of the political and military aspects of the US strategy in the fight against Japan during World War II. Num Pages: 220 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025210
- ISBN
- 9781137025210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Paperback. This book is about education and American imperialism from the War of 1898 to the War on Terror. Very little coordinated or sustained research has been devoted to the broader contours of America, education, and empire. And third, this volume seeks to inspire new directions in the study of American educational history. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024527
- ISBN
- 9781137024527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 46.32
€ 53.39
€ 46.32
International Students and Scholars in the United States: Coming from ...
Alberts, Heike C., Hazen, Helen D.
Hardcover. An international team of academics and experienced practitioners here bring together scholarship on academic migrants to the United States - the world's top recipient of academic talent. They examine the multidirectional migration patterns of academic migrants, adaptation challenges, and the roles played by international students and faculty. Editor(s): Alberts, Heike C. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024466
- ISBN
- 9781137024466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 46.71
€ 53.39
€ 46.71
Hardcover. Dispelling the myth of decline, Stuart Brown argues that the US continues to enjoy the economic, political, cultural and military underpinnings befitting a pre-eminent global power. He provides an analytical tour through the major domestic and foreign policy issues that will impact the United States' future position and role in the global system. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPRB; JPSD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023155
- ISBN
- 9781137023155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55