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The Americas
Hardcover. This book seeks to explain why weak states exist within the international system. Using the cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia, the author argues that, if a state is weak and vulnerable, then it can practice an unexpected degree of relative autonomy unfettered by great powers. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 1FBL; 1FMC; 1KJWVK; JPA; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543882
- ISBN
- 9781137543882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Ka...
Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba
Hardcover. Responding to a growing interest in fierce feminine archetypes and syncretic religions, Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba offers a study of the origin and worship of four feminine deities across cultures and continents: the Slavic Baba Yaga, the Hindu goddess Kali, the Brazilian Pombagira, and the Mexican Santa Muerte. Num Pages: 204 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KL; HRL; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543547
- ISBN
- 9781137543547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.50
€ 100.50
Hardcover. The Public Sector R&D Enterprise combines a primer on how government R&D programs actually work with a sophisticated methodology for prospectively putting a dollar figure on the value of R&D investments before they are made. Series: Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy. Num Pages: 144 pages, 13 black & white tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137542083
- ISBN
- 9781137542083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardcover. What was it like to work behind the scenes, away from the spotlight's glare, in Hollywood's so-called Golden Age? The interviews in this book provide eye-witness accounts from the likes of Steven Spielberg and Terry Gilliam, to explore the creative decisions that have shaped some of Classical Hollywood's most-loved films. Num Pages: 246 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541895
- ISBN
- 9781137541895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardback. Drawing together articles from the new online journal The Asan Forum, commissioned from leading experts in the USA, Japan, and South Korea, this book reconsiders what we thought we knew about the three legs of this alliance triangle. Editor(s): Rozman, Gilbert. Series: Asan-Palgrave Macmillan Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 graphs, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPKS; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541703
- ISBN
- 9781137541703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. During the Cold War, many popular American novels were labelled "middlebrow," leading to a general belief that these texts held less intellectual merit. Perrin debunks these unfair assumptions through works by James Michener, Harper Lee, and Leon Uris, arguing that such writers made a major contribution to the tradition of American literature. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541307
- ISBN
- 9781137541307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.28
€ 116.28
Hardcover. This book offers a detailed picture of Jamaica before and after independence. A 1961 journal sheds light on the political and social context before independence, while a 1968 journal shows how independence dissolved dissident forces and identifies the origins of Jamaica's current two party politics. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540775
- ISBN
- 9781137540775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardback. The Entrepreneurial Research University in Latin America examines the changes in Latin American universities in the second half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSH; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL4; JNK; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540270
- ISBN
- 9781137540270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This book is a political and anthropological analysis of the concept of Revolution as it is understood and experienced by Cubans in their daily lives. Urban agricultural movements, alternative medicine, self-employment, and migration reveal complex interactions and disrupt assumptions that the Cuban sate is a static, anachronistic regime. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137539816
- ISBN
- 9781137539816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 265 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538628
- ISBN
- 9781137538628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Paperback. Comparing the experience of East Asia and Latin America since the mid-1970s, Elson identifies the key internal factors common to each region which have allowed East Asia to take advantage of the trade, financial, and technological impact of a more globalized economy to support its development, while Latin America has not. Num Pages: 292 pages, 22 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KL; KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538543
- ISBN
- 9781137538543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Espinoza's work illuminates how education was the site of ideological and political struggle in Peru during its early years as an independent state. Spanning 100 years and discussing both urban and rural education, it shows how school funding, curricula, and governance became part of the cultural process of state-building in Peru. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 295 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; JNB; JNLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538246
- ISBN
- 9781137538246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.77
€ 42.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. A wide-ranging collection looking at how the United States has historically been perceived in Europe and Latin America. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1KL; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137536884
- ISBN
- 9781137536884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Using qualitative research data on Mexican/Mexican Americans and their historias de exito that center on Mexican centric concepts such as buen trabajador, bien educado, and buena gente, Octavio Pimentel reveals that when social networks guide personal goals in these communities, goals become community-oriented rather than personally-oriented. Num Pages: 130 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL4; JHBC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137536808
- ISBN
- 9781137536808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 227 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNFR; JNKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137536723
- ISBN
- 9781137536723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. With the concept of 'Atomic Anxiety', this book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important and longstanding puzzles of international politics: the non-use of U.S. nuclear weapons. By focusing on the fear surrounding nuclear weapons, it explains why nuclear deterrence and the nuclear taboo are working at cross purposes in practice. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWA; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137533739
- ISBN
- 9781137533739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.51
€ 149.51
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Num Pages: 202 pages, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JFD; KJSP; KNBC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137533142
- ISBN
- 9781137533142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.47
€ 149.47
Hardcover. This book brings together twelve scholars - six Americans and six Chinese - to explore the ways America and China think about international order. The book shows how each country's traditions, historical experiences, and ideologies influence current global dialogues. Editor(s): Ikenberry, G. John; Jisi, Wang; Feng, Zhu. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 black & white tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137532183
- ISBN
- 9781137532183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.73
€ 195.73
Hardback. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 246 pages, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KLSC; GTJ; JFFN; JFSJ; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137531964
- ISBN
- 9781137531964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.38
€ 100.38
Hardback. This book analyzes the literary representation of Indigenous women in Latin American letters from colonization to the twentieth century, arguing that contemporary theorization of Indigenous feminism deconstructs denigratory imagery and offers a (re)signification, (re)semantization and reinvigoration of what it means to be an Indigenous woman. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADL; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137531308
- ISBN
- 9781137531308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00