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Hardcover. Port cities were the means through which cultural and economic exchange took place between continental societies and the maritime world. In examining the ports of Brazil, the Caribbean and West Africa, this volume will provide fresh insight into the meaning of the 'First Globalisation'. Editor(s): Suarez Bosa, Miguel. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327970
- ISBN
- 9781137327970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. This book explains the causes and consequences of the intersection of two transformative global forces - trade and conflict - since 1500. The nine historical case studies - interspersed over 500 years and spanning the globe - make a major historical contribution to the enduring debate about whether trade makes peace more likely. Editor(s): Coppolaro, Lucia; McKenzie, Francine. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; GTJ; HBG; HBTK; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326829
- ISBN
- 9781137326829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.45
€ 68.45
Hardcover. This volume examines the cultural and ideological dimensions of the Cold War in Turkey. Departing from the conventional focus on diplomacy and military, the collection focuses on Cold War's impact on Turkish society and intellectuals. It includes chapters on media and propaganda, literature, sports, as well as foreign aid and assistance. Editor(s): Ornek, Cangul; Ungor, Cagdas. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326683
- ISBN
- 9781137326683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. Justice, Sustainability, and Security not only enhances our knowledge of these issues, but it teases out our moral dimensions and offer prescriptions for how governments and global actors might craft their policies to better consider their effects on the global human condition. Editor(s): Heinze, Eric A. Num Pages: 263 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324962
- ISBN
- 9781137324962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Drawing upon economic history, cultural studies, intellectual history and the history of science and medicine, this collection of case studies examines the transatlantic transfer and transformation of goods and ideas, with particular emphasis on their reception in Europe. Editor(s): Aram, Bethany; Yun Casalilla, Bartolome. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324047
- ISBN
- 9781137324047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.85
€ 152.85
Hardcover. It is the first study which comprehensively, systematically and critically examines the role and usefulness of the concept of Maqasid al-Shari'a (higher Objectives of Islamic Law) in contemporary Muslim reformist thought in relation to number of specific issues pertaining to Islamic legal philosophy, law, ethics and the socio-political sphere. Editor(s): Duderija, Adis. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRHT; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323859
- ISBN
- 9781137323859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
Hardcover. How are time-honored tenets of faith, different ritual sensibilities, and newly emerging eschatological imaginaries articulated with other normative registers and moral susceptibilities in disputes? This book examines such questions through cases in Europe, the United States, Israel, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Benda-Beckmann, Franz von; Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von; Ramstedt, Martin; Turner, Bertram. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322043
- ISBN
- 9781137322043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321886
- ISBN
- 9781137321886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.75
€ 71.75
Hardcover. This book is a collection of specially commissioned chapters from philosophers, economists, and political scientists, focusing on Adam Smith's two main works Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations with a view to bringing Smith to a mainstream philosophy audience while simultaneously informing Smith's traditional constituency. Editor(s): Hardwick, David; Marsh, Leslie; Harvey, Geoffrey. Series: Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320681
- ISBN
- 9781137320681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.17
€ 129.17
Hardcover. Exploring the key debates surrounding human nature, epistemology, the nature of social knowledge, foreign policy, the Propaganda Model, the anarchist tradition and the revolutionary transformation of society, this book reveals and explains the structure and power of Chomsky's work. Editor(s): Edgley, Alison. Series: Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320209
- ISBN
- 9781137320209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. The Muslim-majority nations of Malaysia and Indonesia are known for their extraordinary arts and Islamic revival movements. This collection provides an extensive view of dance, music, television series, and film in rural, urban, and mass-mediated contexts and how pious Islamic discourses are encoded and embodied in these public cultural forms. Editor(s): Daniels, Timothy P. Num Pages: 236 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320025
- ISBN
- 9781137320025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. Using the presence of the past as a point of departure, this books explores three critical themes in Southeast Asian oral history: the relationship between oral history and official histories produced by nation-states; the nature of memories of violence; and intersections between oral history, oral tradition, and heritage discourses. Editor(s): Loh, Kah Seng; Dobbs, Stephen; Koh, Ernest. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTB; HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311665
- ISBN
- 9781137311665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardcover. In this groundbreaking collection, leading historians, Africanists, and other scholars document the life and work of twelve Igbo intellectuals who, educated within European traditions, came to terms with the dominance of European thought while making significant contributions to African intellectual traditions. Editor(s): Chuku, Gloria. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311283
- ISBN
- 9781137311283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.11
€ 130.11
Hardcover. In a broad interdisciplinary perspective, established experts and leading young scholars bring together important currents of Hegelianism in Europe from the 19th to the 21st century to trace the political, social and intellectual contexts in which Hegel's philosophy was taken up and inspired very different forms of Hegelianism and Anti-Hegelianism. Editor(s): Herzog, Lisa. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309211
- ISBN
- 9781137309211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Paperback. Twenty-seven international scholars and business leaders analyse the challenges facing business ethics in China: the role of different ethical traditions, the creation of ethical corporate cultures, corruption and the lack of confidence, consumption patterns and income distribution, globalization, WTO and information technology, to name a few. Editor(s): Lu, Xiaohe; Enderle, Georges. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308580
- ISBN
- 9781137308580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. This collection of essays suggests new ways of looking at the intertwining of political and religious agonies in the period 1914-1991. The long 'European civil war' revealed that Europe, far from being formed by a one-track progression, has followed several tracks or fault lines, leading to a number of contrasts in European self-perception. Editor(s): Bruun, Lars K.; Lammers, Karl Christian; Sorensen, Gert. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308283
- ISBN
- 9781137308283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. The 2011 Libyan Uprisings is a thematic investigation of how pre-existing social, regional, tribal, and religious fissures influenced the trajectory of the 2011 Libyan Uprisings and an analysis of what this means for the post-Qadhafi future. Editor(s): Pack, Jason. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLX; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308085
- ISBN
- 9781137308085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Focusing on Central Europe, the volume proposes a new paradigm of how culture works, based on a model of "inhabited ruins" as a space where contradictory elements come together into continually renewed and frequently paradoxical configurations. Examines art, architecture, literature and music. Editor(s): Gafijczuk, Dariusz; Sayer, Derek. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305855
- ISBN
- 9781137305855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. Mass Dictatorship and Modernity is the second volume in the 'Mass Dictatorship' series. A transnational, academic research venture, it interrogates mass dictatorship in a broad historical context, focusing on the emergence of modernity through interactions of center and periphery, empire and colony, and democracy and dictatorship on a global scale. Editor(s): Kim, Michael; Schoenhals, Michael; Kim, Yong-Woo. Series: Mass Dictatorship in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304322
- ISBN
- 9781137304322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Hardcover. In this collection, leading international scholars provide their perspectives on the continuing role of the liberal paradigm, both as a theoretical approach to international relations, and as an ordering principle of international politics. Editor(s): Friedman, Rebekka; Oskanian, Kevork; Pardo, Ramon Pacheco. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303752
- ISBN
- 9781137303752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.49
€ 129.49