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The Americas
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
€ 38.99€ 31.65
€ 38.99
€ 31.65
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538543
- ISBN
- 9781137538543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538628
- ISBN
- 9781137538628
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Condition: New
€ 120.00
€ 120.00
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
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540270
- ISBN
- 9781137540270
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Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
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
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
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
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Condition: New
€ 108.45
€ 108.45
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
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
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
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137542083
- ISBN
- 9781137542083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.77
€ 61.77
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
€ 92.98
€ 92.98
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543882
- ISBN
- 9781137543882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. A disturbing but ultimately discredited strain in American thought, eugenics was a crucial ideological force in the early twentieth century. Luczak investigates the work of writers like Jack London and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, to consider the impact of eugenic racial discourse on American literary production from 1900-1940. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137545787
- ISBN
- 9781137545787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. The National Body in Mexican Literature presents a revisionist reading of the Mexican canon that challenges assumptions of State hegemony and national identity. It analyzes the representation of sick, disabled, and miraculously healed bodies in Mexican literature from 1940 to 1980 in narrative fiction by Vicente Lenero, Juan Rulfo, among others. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546272
- ISBN
- 9781137546272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.18
€ 62.18
Hardback. Editor(s): Cui, Shoujun; Perez-Garcia, Manuel. Num Pages: 266 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, 7 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KL; JPS; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546913
- ISBN
- 9781137546913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.14
€ 150.14
The Brazilian Economy Today. Towards a New Socio-Economic Model?.
. Ed(S): Pereira, Anthony W.; Mattei, Lauro; ...
Hardback. Pereira and Mattei bring contributors together in this exciting volume to further understanding about the recent Brazilian Economic Development Model and discuss the related social conditions. The authors analyze both the political economy and social public policies to highlight new opportunities to create a sustainable development model. Editor(s): Pereira, Anthony W.; Mattei, Lauro; LeCouteur, Amanda. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549808
- ISBN
- 9781137549808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.87
€ 118.87
hardcover. Num Pages: 379 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; HBW; JPA; JWA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 647.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549921
- ISBN
- 9781137549921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.94
€ 110.94
Hardcover. Pentecostal-charismatics in Latin America and among Latinos: communities that share profound historical, linguistic and cultural roots. This compilation brings together practitioners and academics with pentecostal-charismatic affiliations, who analyse from within the development of the movement among these diverse communities. Editor(s): Alfaro, Sammy. Series: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HRCC96. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137550590
- ISBN
- 9781137550590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.62
€ 139.62
Paperback. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay male athletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book, now in paperback, explores how jocks have redefined heterosexuality, and no longer fear being thought gay for behaviors that constrained men of the previous generation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSK2; JHBK5; JHBS; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137550668
- ISBN
- 9781137550668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Hardback. Editor(s): Bender, Steven W. Num Pages: 300 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 5 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; JFFN; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137550736
- ISBN
- 9781137550736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.18
€ 140.18