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Hardcover. As the fortieth anniversary of the Nixon resignation approaches, it is time to take a fresh look at Watergate's impact on the American political system and to consider its significance for the historical reputation of the president indelibly associated with it. Editor(s): Genovese, Michael A.; Morgan, Iwan W. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 219 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116498
- ISBN
- 9780230116498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. As the fortieth anniversary of the Nixon resignation approaches, it is time to take a fresh look at Watergate's impact on the American political system and to consider its significance for the historical reputation of the president indelibly associated with it. Editor(s): Genovese, Michael A.; Morgan, Iwan W. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 219 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116504
- ISBN
- 9780230116504
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship. Editor(s): Bramham, Peter; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216839
- ISBN
- 9780230216839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Paperback. This volume explores the global spread of English or global Englishes, and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), focusing specifically on Asian Englishes. It is unique in the range of diverse perspectives across the languages and cultures by its contributors. Editor(s): Murata, Kumiko; Jenkins, Jennifer. Num Pages: 244 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; EBA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221031
- ISBN
- 9780230221031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.86
€ 126.86
Hardcover. An international line-up of scholars examines the role of the intellectual in the twenty-first century, looking at the gap between contemporary cultural theory and cultural practice, and asking whether knowledge and methodologies in the humanities can intervene in everyday politics and vice-versa. Editor(s): Firat, Begum Ozden; De Mul, Sarah; Van Wichelen, Sonja. Num Pages: 206 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221956
- ISBN
- 9780230221956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Paying attention to the historically specific dimensions of objects such as the photograph, the illustrated magazine and the collection, the contributors to this volume offer new ways of thinking about nineteenth-century practices of reading, viewing, and collecting, revealing new readings of Wordsworth, Shelley, James and Wilde, among others. Editor(s): Cale, Luisa; Di Bello, Patrizia. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221970
- ISBN
- 9780230221970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. A timely intervention into debates on the representation of feminist and feminine identities in contemporary visual culture. The essays in this collection interrogate how and why certain formulations of feminism and femininity are currently prevalent in mainstream cinema and television, offering new insights into postfeminist media phenomena. Editor(s): Waters, Melanie. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA; JFDT; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229655
- ISBN
- 9780230229655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Hardcover. A Poiret dress, a Catholic shrine in France, Thomas Wallis's Hoover Factory building, an Edna Manley sculpture, the poetry of Bei Dao, the internal combustion engine- what makes such artifacts modernist? Disciplining Modernism explores the different ways disciplines conceive modernism and modernity, undisciplining modernist studies in the process. Editor(s): Caughie, Pamela L. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACXD2; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235083
- ISBN
- 9780230235083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different institutional arrangements, work-place conditions and gendered work and care that affect the conditions for achieving quality of work and life in European countries. Editor(s): Back-Wiklund, Margareta; Van der Lippe, Tanja; Den Dulk, Laura; Doornie-Huskies, Anneke. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235113
- ISBN
- 9780230235113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. The book shows how national days are best understood in the context of debates about national identity. It argues that national days are contested and manipulated, as well as subject to political, cultural and social pressure. It brings together some of the most recent research on national days and sets it in a comparative context. Editor(s): McCrone, David; McPherson, Gayle. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410. Constructing and Mobilising National Identity. 248 pages, 1 figures, 3 black & white tables. Editor(s): McCrone, David; McPherson, Gayle. The book shows how national days are best understood in the context of debates about national identity. It argues that national days are contested and manipulated, as well as subject to political, cultural and social pressure. It brings together some of the most recent research on national days and sets it in a comparative context. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFC; JPFN. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 19. Weight: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236615
- ISBN
- 9780230236615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about. Editor(s): Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBTB; JFCA; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241251
- ISBN
- 9780230241251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Hardcover. This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined histories of social realism into historical perspective, and argues that this sometimes marginalized genre is still an important reference point for creativity in Britain. Editor(s): Tucker, David. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJP; AB; APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242456
- ISBN
- 9780230242456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. With contributions ranging over three centuries, Culture, Capital and Representation explores how literature, cultural studies and the visual arts represent, interact with, and produce ideas about capital, whether in its early phases (the growth of stock markets) or in its late phase (global speculative capital). Editor(s): Balfour, Robert J. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFC; KCS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378. 240 pages, 7, 6 black & white halftones, 1 maps. Editor(s): Balfour, Robert J. With contributions ranging over three centuries, Culture, Capital and Representation explores how literature, cultural studies and the visual arts represent, interact with, and produce ideas about capital, whether in its early phases (the growth of stock markets) or in its late phase (global speculative capital). Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFC; KCS. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246454
- ISBN
- 9780230246454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers. Editor(s): Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 608 pages, 9 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246539
- ISBN
- 9780230246539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.83
€ 197.83
Hardcover. A first in multimodal/multisemiotic discourse studies this collection of original articles by international scholars focuses primarily on texts from non-English speaking contexts. The illuminating insights enhance our understanding of how language and other semiotic resources construe specific cultural and social concerns. Editor(s): Bowcher, Wendy L. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251632
- ISBN
- 9780230251632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.01
€ 129.01
Hardcover. Genre in Asian Film and Television takes a dynamic approach to the study of Asian screen media previously under-represented in academic writing. It combines historical overviews of developments within national contexts with detailed case studies on the use of generic conventions and genre hybridity in contemporary films and television programmes. Editor(s): Chan, Felicia; Karpovich, Angelina; Zhang, Xin. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; APFA; APFN; APT; JFCA; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 309 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272170
- ISBN
- 9780230272170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Hardcover. Children in Culture, Revisited follows on from the first volume, Children in Culture, and is composed of a range of chapters, newly written for this collection, which offer further fully inter- and multidisciplinary considerations of childhood as a culturally and historically constructed identity rather than a constant psycho-biological entity. Editor(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275546
- ISBN
- 9780230275546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts. Editor(s): Drobnic, Sonja; Guillen, Ana M.; Guillen Rodriguez, Ana. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHBL; JPB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289499
- ISBN
- 9780230289499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.89
€ 67.89
Hardcover. At a time of significant change in the precarious world of female individualization, this collection explores such phenomena by critically incorporating the parameters of popular media culture into the overarching paradigm of gender relations, economics and politics of everyday life. Editor(s): Kim, Youna. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; JFDT; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292727
- ISBN
- 9780230292727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. An inter-disciplinary, international collection that examines the mutual influences between law and culture through a series of sophisticated case studies showing how cultural phenomena are brought under legal regulation, how laws are resisted through cultural practices, and how those practices shape the way in which law is understood and applied. Editor(s): Gisler, Priska; Steinert Borella, Sara; Wiedmer, Caroline. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293830
- ISBN
- 9780230293830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33