Humanities
Results 24161 - 24180 of 75302
Humanities
Hardcover. The proceedings of a Development Studies Association conference examining the historical background to famine and the reasons why famine continues to exist in much of the developing world today. Explores the causes of food insecurity and offers practical policy proposals on famine prevention and post-famine rehabilitation. Editor(s): O'Neill, Helen; Toye, John. Series: Palgrave Development Studies. Num Pages: 545 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1QFG; GTF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1; JKSR; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682463
- ISBN
- 9780333682463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.11
€ 198.11
Hardcover. This collection developed from a conference held in 1992 to mark the coming of age of E.P. Thompson's concept of "the moral economy". It provides a critical evaluation of the original concept and of its application to a wide and diverse field of scholarship. Editor(s): Randall, Adrian (Professor of English Social History, University of Birmingham); Charlesworth, Andrew (Reader in Human Geography, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education). Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPWF; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 226 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333671849
- ISBN
- 9780333671849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.92
€ 184.92
Paperback. The essays in this collection address a diverse range of themes in the work of Jacques Derrida, including Irish identity, communication, ethics, love, tele-technology, Victorian studies, the limits of philosophy, translation, otherness and literature. Editor(s): Brannigan, John; Robbins, Ruth (Lecturer in English, University of Luton); Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333670705
- ISBN
- 9780333670705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.93
€ 128.93
Hardcover. An examination of South Africa's history and society from a variety of comparative perspectives, featuring the work of South African, American and British scholars. Editor(s): Greenstein, Ran. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333670668
- ISBN
- 9780333670668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.70
€ 129.70
Hardcover. A collection of essays representing the variety of research and analytical methods that researchers employ when examining religious phenomena, whether personally or socially expressed. The book indicates the diversity of approaches in the academic study of religion. Editor(s): Stone, Jon R. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665961
- ISBN
- 9780333665961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.84
€ 129.84
Hardcover. A collection of articles that examine the world's holy places both past and present, in terms of their construction, function and historical significance. The text also includes investigations into peoples' perceptions of sacred sites and the influence that they can exert. Editor(s): Kedar, Professor Benjamin Z.; Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLF; HRLK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333661291
- ISBN
- 9780333661291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.61
€ 129.61
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333632086
- ISBN
- 9780333632086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.72
€ 196.72
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333630419
- ISBN
- 9780333630419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.21
€ 196.21
Hardcover. Some see religion as the survival in our midst of an outmoded, primitive way of thinking, while others accuse the critics of simply being blind to the meaning of religious belief. This text examines these differing viewpoints with the aim of understanding the nature of both. Editor(s): Phillips, Professor D. Z. Series: Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620656
- ISBN
- 9780333620656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.43
€ 129.43
Hardcover. The papers in this collection are concerned with the epistemology of religious belief. The contributors disagree on such issues as whether philosophers have a role to play in determining the reasonableness or intelligibility of religious beliefs, or whether philosophy is a descriptive task. Editor(s): Tessin, Timothy; Ruhr, Dr. Mario von der. Series: Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620649
- ISBN
- 9780333620649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.18
€ 130.18
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295769
- ISBN
- 9780312295769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.24
€ 68.24
Hardcover. Editor(s): McCartin, Joseph A.; Dubofsky, Melvyn. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295653
- ISBN
- 9780312295653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.93
€ 196.93
Paperback. In this collection of essays on the Vietnam War, eminent scholars of the second Indo-China conflict consider several key factors that led to the defeat of the United States and its allies. Editor(s): Gilbert, Marc Jason. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295271
- ISBN
- 9780312295271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.73
€ 94.73
Hardcover. This title on black social movements outside the South reveals distinctive forms of US racism according to place, the varieties of tactics that community members used to attack these inequalities, and the prevalence of integrationist and nationalist thinking between the 1940s and the 1970s. Editor(s): Theoharis, Jeanne; Woodard, Komozi; Countryman, Matthew J. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294670
- ISBN
- 9780312294670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.03
€ 69.03
Hardcover. The essays in this volume exploring the construction of gender ideology in early modern England, focus attention on the implications of the gender debate for women writers and their literary relations, cultural ideology and the family, and political discourse and ideas of nationhood. Editor(s): Malcolmson, Cristina; Suzuki, Mihoko. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294571
- ISBN
- 9780312294571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Palgrave ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294458
- ISBN
- 9780312294458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.72
€ 66.72
Paperback. Very few people know that there has been a steady increase in the population of Jews in Germany since 1945 and that there is a flourishing "Jewish" culture in Germany today. Does this mean that the great German-Jewish relationship has re-emerged despite the odds against it? Editor(s): Zipes, Jack David; Morris, Leslie. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293901
- ISBN
- 9780312293901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardcover. Very few people know that there has been a steady increase in the population of Jews in Germany since 1945 and that there is a flourishing "Jewish" culture in Germany today. Does this mean that the great German-Jewish relationship has re-emerged despite the odds against it? Editor(s): Zipes, Jack David; Morris, Leslie. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293895
- ISBN
- 9780312293895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.47
€ 129.47
Hardcover. After the wars of the late 20th century, the wider Gulf region remains mired in internal, regional and international conflicts. This volume presents analytical perspectives, including solution-oriented assessments, to identify major causes for actual and potential conflicts throughout the Gulf. Num Pages: 497 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJP; GTB; GTJ; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293888
- ISBN
- 9780312293888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.20€ 90.94
€ 106.20
€ 90.94
Paperback. Martin Buber is renowned not only for his translations of the Old Testament but also for his interpretation of Hasidism, his role in Zionism and his writings in both psychotherapy and political philosophy. This is an anthology of his work. Editor(s): Biemann, Asher. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF; HRAB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312292904
- ISBN
- 9780312292904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.24
€ 140.24