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Hardcover. How does culture produce stories about class and class difference? What do these stories tell us about contemporary models of success, failure, struggle and aspiration? Drawing on contemporary examples, Biressi and Nunn demonstrate why social class still matters in Britain and considers the costs and investments at stake for all involved. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA; JFDT; JFFJ; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240568
- ISBN
- 9780230240568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Feminist Media History: Suffrage, Periodicals and the Public Sphere
Dicenzo, Maria, Delap, Lucy, Ryan, Leila
Hardcover. Highlighting the contributions of feminist media history to media studies and related disciplines, this book focuses on feminist periodicals emerging from or reacting to the Edwardian suffrage campaign and situates them in the context of current debates about the public sphere, social movements, and media history. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFD; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241268
- ISBN
- 9780230241268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. This book develops an innovative Irish-Scottish postcolonial approach by galvanizing Emmanuel Levinas' ethics with the socio-cultural category of the 'subaltern'. It sheds new light on contemporary Scottish and Irish fiction, exploring how these writings interact with the recent restructuring of the three state-formations in Ireland and Scotland. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBKS; 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241701
- ISBN
- 9780230241701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Migration and Social Cohesion in the UK (Identity Studies in the Socia...
Hickman, Mary J., Mai, Nicola, Crowley, Helen
Hardcover. Based on a flagship research project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Immigration and Inclusion programme, this book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day lives in ways that they find positive and viable. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243552
- ISBN
- 9780230243552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Steve Leach identifies the key challenges facing chief executives in British local government in operating in an environment where party politics is a dominant force. It discusses the basis on which chief executives apply for posts and manage the interview process, and the importance of the 'honeymoon period' - the first 6-9 months. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHL; JPP; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230245624
- ISBN
- 9780230245624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. The first systematic analysis of why Britain and France parted company on the issue of European monetary integration. Ikemoto reveals that Britain was much keener to participate in the early stages of monetary integration than previously thought; Britain and France pursued broadly similar policies on the issue until the end of the 1970s. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1QFE; JPB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442. British and French Experiences. Series: St Antony's Series. 264 pages. The first systematic analysis of why Britain and France parted company on the issue of European monetary integration. Ikemoto reveals that Britain was much keener to participate in the early stages of monetary integration than previously thought; Britain and France pursued broadly similar policies on the issue until the end of the 1970s. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1QFE; JPB; KCL. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230245891
- ISBN
- 9780230245891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. In the half century before Walter Scott's Waverley, dozens of popular novelists produced historical fictions for circulating libraries. This book examines eighty-five popular historical novels published between 1762 and 1813, looking at how the conventions of the genre developed through a process of imitation and experimentation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246294
- ISBN
- 9780230246294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This book explores the processes of community, regeneration, relationality and affect in a small Welsh town after the closure of its iron and steel works - an industry at the heart of this community. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFSF; JFSJ; JHBL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247062
- ISBN
- 9780230247062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book analyses the current debates around national identity and multiculturalism by addressing three key questions; why do so many people treat as common sense the idea that they live in and belong to nations? And, why, and for whom, might this idea be significant, notably in an era of increasing global uncertainty? Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFFN; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247611
- ISBN
- 9780230247611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This comprehensive study of rape and representation, now available in paperback with a new Preface, considers a wide range of texts drawn from prose fiction, poetry and drama by male and female writers, both canonical and non-canonical, demonstrating how the representation of gender relations has exploited the subject of rape. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; JFFE2; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247734
- ISBN
- 9780230247734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry explores the post-Yeatsian legacy of the Irish-Japanese connection through an analysis of work by 12 poets from the early 1960s to 2006. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248953
- ISBN
- 9780230248953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Central Government in ...
Hazell, Robert; Worthy, Ben; Glover, Mark
Hardcover. Based on interviews with officials, requesters and journalists, as well as a survey of FOI requesters and a study of stories in the national media, this book offers a unique insight into how the Freedom of Information Act 2000 really works. Series: Understanding Governance. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQ; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250345
- ISBN
- 9780230250345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
The Performing Century. Nineteenth-Century Theatre's History.
. Ed(S): Davis, Tracy C.; Holland, Peter
Paperback. This book, now available for the first time in paperback, looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On a variety of subjects, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, Tracy C.; Holland, Peter. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250406
- ISBN
- 9780230250406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Players, Playwrights, Playhouses: Investigating Performance, 1660-1800...
Cordner, Michael, Holland, Peter
Paperback. This book, now available in paperback, brings together theatre historians to identify and exemplify a variety of productive new approaches to the investigation of plays, players, playwrights, playhouses and other aspects of theatre in the long eighteenth century. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 313 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250574
- ISBN
- 9780230250574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. From the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth, tourism became established as a leisure industry and travel writing as a popular genre. In this collection of essays, leading international historians and travel writing experts examine the role of home tourism in the UK and Ireland in the development of national identities and commercial culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251083
- ISBN
- 9780230251083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Paperback. The UK is going through a period of unprecedented constitutional change. There is much unfinished business, and further changes still to come. Where are these changes taking us? In this book, leading political scientists and lawyers forecast the impact of these changes on the UK's key institutions and the constitution as a whole. Editor(s): Hazell, Robert. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMG; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438. Britain's Constitution to 2020. 352 pages, 74 figures. Editor(s): Hazell, Robert. The UK is going through a period of unprecedented constitutional change. There is much unfinished business, and further changes still to come. Where are these changes taking us? In this book, leading political scientists and lawyers forecast the impact of these changes on the UK's key institutions and the constitution as a whole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMG; JPHC. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252134
- ISBN
- 9780230252134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Diversity, Ethnicity, Migration and Work: International Perspectives
Healy, Geraldine, Oikelome, Franklin
Hardcover. Providing a comprehensive picture of diversity, ethnicity, and migration in the health sector this book analyses the key themes of career and career structures, social processes, segregation, racism and sexism at international, national and local levels. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL; JHBL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252189
- ISBN
- 9780230252189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.95
€ 67.95
Hardcover. The 10th edition of a library classic, British Political Facts records the who, the what and when of British political life from 1900 to the present day. Thoroughly researched and updated, this reliable and unique work is a treasure trove of information for scholars and politicos alike. Num Pages: 642 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252295
- ISBN
- 9780230252295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.47
€ 253.47
Hardcover. Through interviews with leading writers (including Ahdaf Soueif and Hanif Kureishi), this book analyzes the writing and opinions of novelists of Muslim heritage based in the UK. Discussion centres on writers' work, literary techniques, and influences, and on their views of such issues as the hijab, the war on terror and the Rushdie Affair. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH5; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252332
- ISBN
- 9780230252332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.83
€ 67.83
Hardcover. Exploring writing of working-class Dublin after Sean O'Casey, this book breaks new ground in Irish Studies, unearthing submerged narratives of class in Irish life. Examining how working-class identity is depicted by authors like Brendan Behan and Roddy Doyle, it discusses how this hidden, urban Ireland has appeared in the country's literature. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272279
- ISBN
- 9780230272279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.56
€ 128.56