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Washington 101: An Introduction to the Nation's Capital
Daughtery, Laura, Matthew N. Green, Mazzenga,...
Hardcover. Washington 101 offers a layman's introduction to the richness and diversity of the nation's capital. An exploration of the history, politics, architecture, and people of the city and region, Washington 101 is a must-read for anyone curious to learn more about Washington. Num Pages: 281 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433381
- ISBN
- 9781137433381
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€ 119.26
€ 119.26
Hardcover. This book explores how different governments have leveraged their capacity to advance a revival of nuclear power. Presenting in-depth case studies of France, Finland, Britain and the United States, Baker and Stoker argue that governments may struggle to promote new investment in nuclear power. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 figures, 9 black & white tables, 10 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DNF; 1KBB; JPS; KCP; KNBN; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433855
- ISBN
- 9781137433855
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€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. The magazine Photoplay pioneered the construction of both female stars as social types and fans as aspiring consumers in the first mass consumption society. The construction of female identity based on goods and performance in a consumer society resulted in multiple, fragmented, and unstable selves - a legacy evident in postmodern culture today. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433992
- ISBN
- 9781137433992
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€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. This timely and interdisciplinary volume analyzes the many impacts of and contrasting responses to the Argentine political, economic, and social crises of 2001-02. Chapters offer original theoretical models and examine the relationship between political, cultural, economic, and societal spheres. Editor(s): Wylde, Christopher; Ozarow, Daniel; Levey, Cara. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 265 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434258
- ISBN
- 9781137434258
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€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Judging Free Speech: First Amendment Jurisprudence of US Supreme Court...
Knowles, Helen J., Lichtman, Steven B.
Paperback. Judging Free Speech contains nine original essays by political scientists and law professors, each providing a comprehensive, yet concise and accessible overview of the free speech jurisprudence of a United States Supreme Court Justice. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LNDC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434906
- ISBN
- 9781137434906
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Condition: New
€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Judging Free Speech: First Amendment Jurisprudence of US Supreme Court...
Knowles, H., Lichtman, S., Taylor, Neil
Hardcover. Judging Free Speech contains nine original essays by political scientists and law professors, each providing a comprehensive, yet concise and accessible overview of the free speech jurisprudence of a United States Supreme Court Justice. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LNDC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434913
- ISBN
- 9781137434913
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€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardcover. The book tracks the development of Justice Thurgood Marshall's rationale and reason regarding Indian law. Drawing from Marshall's career preceding his appointment to the Supreme Court, it is anticipated that Marshall's views In Indian law would be consistent with his previous role as a champion of the disenfranchised in America. Num Pages: 90 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JP; LNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137434920
- ISBN
- 9781137434920
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€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Hardcover. Although freedom is America's core value, few Americans have a clear idea of what it means or - worse - enjoy much freedom in any of its conventional meanings. Drawing from republican tradition, the book critiques the contemporary American value of freedom as it appears in politics, the economy, and culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435897
- ISBN
- 9781137435897
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Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. This book examines US policy toward Iran and Iraq during the 1990s and the impact of domestic politics on the US approach to the Persian Gulf. It offers a new theoretical perspective. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436351
- ISBN
- 9781137436351
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€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US production and writing. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137437051
- ISBN
- 9781137437051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71
Hardcover. This provocative analysis of American historiography argues that when scholars use modern racial language to articulate past histories of race and society, they collapse different historical signs of skin color into a transhistorical and essentialist notion of race that implicates their work in the very racial categories they seek to transcend. Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438621
- ISBN
- 9781137438621
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Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Hardcover. An analysis of the new physical presence of Chinese companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean, the associated challenges that they face, and how they are impacting the region and its relationship with the PRC. Series: The Political Economy of East Asia. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KL; JPB; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439765
- ISBN
- 9781137439765
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Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95
Hardcover. This book examines the commemoration of 9/11 in American memorial culture. It argues that the emergence of counter-memories of September 11 has been compromised by the dominance of certain narrative paradigms - or, frames of memory - that have mediated the representation of the attacks across cultural, critical, political, and juridical discourses. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440099
- ISBN
- 9781137440099
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Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Hardcover. Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also details the decision to base Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the UK in 1983. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1QFN; 3JJP; HBLW3; HBWS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440310
- ISBN
- 9781137440310
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Condition: New
€ 63.38
€ 63.38
Hardcover. This book provides a multifaceted analysis of the so-called US 'rebalance' (or 'pivot') toward Asia by focusing on the diplomatic, military, and economic dimensions of the American policy shift in the Asia Pacific region. Editor(s): Mejier, Hugo. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440365
- ISBN
- 9781137440365
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Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Paperback. This original and incisive study of the fiction of Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid and Toni Morrison uses cutting edge cultural and literary theory to examine the 'knotted' mother-daughter relations that form the thematic basis of the texts examined. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440853
- ISBN
- 9781137440853
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Condition: New
€ 61.56
€ 61.56
Hardcover. Telling West Indian Lives: Life Narrative and the Reform of Plantation Slavery Cultures 1804-1834 draws historical and literary attention to life story and narration in the late plantation slavery period. Drawing on new archival research, it highlights the ways written narrative shaped evangelical, philanthropic, and antislavery reform projects. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJW; DS; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441027
- ISBN
- 9781137441027
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€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. Certain 19th Century presidencies contrast common perceptions of the office's authority and strength. These presidents were a strong group and were anything but insignificant. They fought substantial battles with Congress, and often won. This book seeks to provide more substantive analysis of maligned presidencies, and the legacies left behind. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 154 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441492
- ISBN
- 9781137441492
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Condition: New
€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Hardcover. The world of political communication is morphing almost constantly into new areas and realities. Online-only news, Web 2.0 user-created content, hyperlocal news, and the rise of the Twittersphere have all contributed to an ever-changing media environment. Communicating Politics Online captures the constant change of new online media. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441508
- ISBN
- 9781137441508
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Condition: New
€ 61.56
€ 61.56
The School Choice Journey: School Vouchers and the Empowerment of Urba...
Stewart, Thomas, Wolf, Patrick J.
Hardcover. This in-depth chronicle of 110 families in Washington, DC's Opportunity Scholarship Program provides a realistic look at how urban families experience the process of using school choice vouchers and transform from government clients to consumers of education and active citizens. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; JNF; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442659
- ISBN
- 9781137442659
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Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a reservoir of metaphors to confront anxieties of the present with myths of the past. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443748
- ISBN
- 9781137443748
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Front Line Public Diplomacy explains how American diplomats at US embassies abroad communicate with foreign publics to support American national interests, countering misperceptions and hostile portrayals of our country. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444141
- ISBN
- 9781137444141
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. The book examines the 'Pink Tide' of leftist governments in Latin America struggling against neoliberal hegemony from a critical International Political Economy perspective. Focusing particularly on Venezuela and Brazil, it evaluates the transformative and emancipatory potentials of their political projects domestically, regionally and globally. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPFF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444677
- ISBN
- 9781137444677
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Condition: New
€ 118.79
€ 118.79
Hardcover. Examining a rich new generation of Latin American writers, this collection offers new perspectives on the current status of Latin American literature in the age of globalization. Authors explored are from the Boom and Postboom periods, including those who combine social preoccupations, like drug trafficking, with aesthetic ones. Editor(s): Robbins, Timothy R.; Gonzalez, Jose Eduardo. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444707
- ISBN
- 9781137444707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26