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Hardcover. This book is a timely study in light of the resurgence of resource nationalism that is currently occurring in several resource-rich, developing countries. It moves away from the traditional explanations for the disappointing economic performance of resource-rich, developing countries, notably those advanced by key researchers. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516084
- ISBN
- 9781137516084
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Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137539816
- ISBN
- 9781137539816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540775
- ISBN
- 9781137540775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
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
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardback. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 201 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; APF; JFD; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590367
- ISBN
- 9781137590367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.19
€ 128.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Puri, Shalini; Putnam, Lara. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 245 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JMC; DSBH5; HBJK; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590589
- ISBN
- 9781137590589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.67
€ 117.67
Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene
. Ed(S): Nehm, Ross H.; Budd, Ann F.
Hardback. Focuses attention on the richly fossiliferous Neogene stratigraphic sections of the Dominican Republic. This ttile provides an updated geological framework and a series of studies of evolutionary stasis and change among different lineages and associated ecological communities. Editor(s): Nehm, Ross H.; Budd, Ann F. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJD; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402082146
- ISBN
- 9781402082146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.42
€ 195.42
Hardcover. Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It presents an overview of the country's economic history, and seeks new prospects for economic growth and development in the future. Editor(s): Lundahl, Mats. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JMC; JFFC; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480. Essays on Underdevelopment and Post Disaster Prospects. 304 pages, 2. Editor(s): Lundahl, Mats. Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It presents an overview of the country's economic history, and seeks new prospects for economic growth and development in the future. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JMC; JFFC; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Dimension: 196 x 145 x 24. Weight: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289413
- ISBN
- 9780230289413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Hardcover. This discussion of Cuba's international policies in education shows how Cuba shares its educational resources with other countries. The postcolonial critique underlying the book explores Cuba's role in relation to how the disengagement from colonial legacies in education is taking place in many countries. Editor(s): Hickling-Hudson, Anne; Gonzalez, Jorge Corona; Preston, Rosemary. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338807
- ISBN
- 9780230338807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.81€ 89.16
€ 105.81
€ 89.16
Hardcover. This is a lyrical and timely collection that explores the meaning of home and identity for Cubans living on the island, as well as for those in far-flung locations around the globe. Editor(s): Behar, Ruth; Suarez, Lucia M. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 258 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600768
- ISBN
- 9780230600768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.77
€ 67.77
Hardcover. This collection examines Cuban cultural production during the Special Period of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Bloc. Contributors address the cultural forms; and the associated ethics and practices of labour, leisure, and bureaucratic organization that arose in the transformation of the socialist cultural infrastructure. Editor(s): Hernandez-Reguant, Ariana. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPR; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606548
- ISBN
- 9780230606548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.00
€ 52.90
€ 47.00
Hardcover. An overview of information recently released by the former Soviet Union, the USA and Cuba. The collection, edited by a long-time student of the crisis, is an up-to-date work that bears on a moment when the world, for good cause, held its breath in fear that the morning might bring the apocalypse. Editor(s): Nathan, James A. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312060695
- ISBN
- 9780312060695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Hardcover. A collection of essays from leading historians, naval officers from the US and Spain consider the impact Roosevelt had on the US Navy in general and how his reforms affected the course and the outcome of the Spanish-American War. Editor(s): Marolda, Edward J. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 126 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240233
- ISBN
- 9780312240233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Hardcover. Since the economic decline in the early 1980s, most countries in Central America and the Caribbean have returned to positive growth rates. The recovery often coincided with or followed extensive neoliberal reforms. This book addresses the question of whether these growth rates are sustainable. Editor(s): Danielson, Anders; Dijkstra, A. Geske. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793374
- ISBN
- 9780333793374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; MBP; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474415
- ISBN
- 9780801474415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.83
€ 41.99
€ 37.83
Hardcover. This book is the first comprehensive study of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean, exploring issues such as the ontology of childhood, links between slavery, colonialism and present-day gender-based violence, the impact of child sexual abuse on the brain and child protection after natural disasters. Editor(s): Jones, Adele D. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFFE1; JFFE2; JFSP1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137020048
- ISBN
- 9781137020048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027979
- ISBN
- 9781137027979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Hardcover. This book demonstrates that the cooperative model is based on principles essential to building a more just and democratic society. It is argued that this is the best economic reform alternative to neoliberal capitalism and authoritarian socialism in Cuba, and that this model can also radically transform other economies around the world. Editor(s): Pineiro Harnecker, Camila. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; KCD; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277749
- ISBN
- 9781137277749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.78
€ 161.78
Hardcover. Examining the political legacies of the Duvalier period and after, and revisiting the work of the late David Nicholls, Politics and Power in Haiti provides some of the keys to understanding the turbulent world of Haitian politics and the persistent challenges at home and from abroad which have distorted development. Editor(s): Quinn, Kate; Sutton, Paul. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311993
- ISBN
- 9781137311993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Rhys Matters, the first collection of essays focusing on Rhys's writing in over twenty years, encounters her oeuvre from multiple disciplinary perspectives and appreciates the interventions in modernism, postcolonial studies, Caribbean studies, and women's and gender studies. Editor(s): Wilson, Mary; Johnson, Kerry L. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327901
- ISBN
- 9781137327901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78