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Hardcover. Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa. Editor(s): Bompani, Barbara; Frahm-Arp, Maria. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; HRA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237759
- ISBN
- 9780230237759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have contributed to the success of national histories. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan; Lorenz, Chris. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 561 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBAH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 942.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237926
- ISBN
- 9780230237926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.03
€ 142.03
Hardcover. Literature cultivates 'deep selves' for whom books matter because they take over from religion fundamental questions about the meaning of existence. This volume embraces and questions this perspective, whilst also developing a 'new humanist' critical vocabulary which specifies, and therefore opens to debate, the human significance of literature. Editor(s): Mousley, Andy. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238152
- ISBN
- 9780230238152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The transnationalism of ordinary lives threatens the stability of national identity and unsettles the framework of national histories and biography. This book takes mobility, not nation, as its frame, and captures a rich array of lives, from the elite to the subaltern, that have crossed national, racial and cartographic boundaries. Editor(s): Deacon, Desley; Russell, Penny; Woollacott, Angela. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238701
- ISBN
- 9780230238701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.92
€ 139.92
Hardcover. A widespread and still contemporary political phenomenon that exercises a profound effect on societies, settler colonialism structures relationships both historically and culturally diverse. This book assesses the distinctive feature of settler colonialism, and discusses its political, sociological, economic and cultural consequences. Editor(s): Bateman, Fiona; Pilkington, Lionel. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238770
- ISBN
- 9780230238770
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Condition: New
€ 139.31
€ 139.31
Hardcover. Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides new insights, based on original research, into the full spectrum of modern Japanese political-religious activity: from the prewar uses of Shinto in shaping the modern imperial nation-state to the postwar 'new religions' that have challenged the power of the political establishment. Editor(s): Starrs, Roy. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240735
- ISBN
- 9780230240735
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Condition: New
€ 129.04
€ 129.04
Hardcover. A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on various challenging topics including punishment and forgiveness, dignity, discrimination, public opinion, torture, rehabilitation, and restitution. Editor(s): Ryberg, Jesper; Corlett, J. Angelo. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350. New Perspectives. 200 pages. Editor(s): Ryberg, Jesper; Corlett, J. Angelo. A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on various challenging topics including punishment and forgiveness, dignity, discrimination, public opinion, torture, rehabilitation, and restitution. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240971
- ISBN
- 9780230240971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241251
- ISBN
- 9780230241251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.07
€ 68.07
Hardcover. Evil and barbarism continue to be associated with the totalitarian 'extremes' of twentieth-century Europe. Addressing domestic and imperial conflicts in modern Britain and beyond, as well as varied forms of representation, this volume explores the inter-relations of evil, atrocity and civilizational prejudice within liberal cultures of governance. Editor(s): Crook, Tom; Gill, Rebecca; Taithe, Bertrand. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241275
- ISBN
- 9780230241275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. Napoleon's conquests were spectacular, but behind his wars, is an enduring legacy. A new generation of historians have re-evaluated the Napoleonic era and found that his real achievement was the creation of modern Europe as we know it. Editor(s): Broers, Michael; Hicks, Peter; Guimera, Agustin. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241312
- ISBN
- 9780230241312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardcover. Shows that networks in European integration governance were not a phenomenon that developed in the 1980s out of a 'hollowing out' of the nation-states in the 1970s. Based throughout on newly accessible sources, the authors discuss various networks and show how they contributed to constitutional choices and policy decisions after World War II. Editor(s): Kaiser, Wolfram; Leucht, Brigitte; Gehler, Michael. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; JPHC; JPSN2; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414. Governing Europe 1945-83. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. 272 pages, 1 black & white tables. Editor(s): Kaiser, Wolfram; Leucht, Brigitte; Gehler, Michael. Shows that networks in European integration governance were not a phenomenon that developed in the 1980s out of a 'hollowing out' of the nation-states in the 1970s. Based throughout on newly accessible sources, the authors discuss various networks and show how they contributed to constitutional choices and policy decisions after World War II. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; JPHC; JPSN2; KCL. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 19. Weight: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241695
- ISBN
- 9780230241695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. Presenting a set of rich case-studies which demonstrate novel and productive approaches to the study of colonial knowledge, this volume covers British, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish colonial encounters in Africa, Asia, America and the Pacific, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Editor(s): Roque, Ricardo; Wagner, Kim A. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241985
- ISBN
- 9780230241985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Hardcover. Unique in comparative scope, this volume brings together global scholarship on gender. Thirteen international experts explore the gendered mobilization of men and women in twentieth century European and Asian mass dictatorships and colonial empires, examining both mobilization 'from above' and self-empowerment 'from below'. Editor(s): Lim, Jie-Hyun; Petrone, Karen. Series: Mass Dictatorship in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTS; JFSJ1; JPHX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242043
- ISBN
- 9780230242043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.38
€ 150.38
Hardcover. Examines forms of cosmopolitanism in the high period of South Asian anti-colonialism, 1890-1947. Essays argue that anti-colonial action stemmed not only from a teleological rush to realize the form of nation-states, but from the speculative aspiration to critique and transcend notions of universalism and the ultimate good brought by British rule. Editor(s): Bose, Sugata; Manjapra, Kris. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243378
- ISBN
- 9780230243378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.46
€ 161.46
Hardcover. Does philosophical critique have a future? What are its possibilities, limits and presuppositions? This collection by outstanding scholars from various traditions, responds to these questions by examining the forms of philosophical critique that have shaped continental thought from Spinoza and Kant to Marx, Foucault, Derrida and Ranciere. Editor(s): Boer, Karin de; Sonderegger, Ruth. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230245228
- ISBN
- 9780230245228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. A new assessment of the debates about Just War in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the imperial wars of the nineteenth century through the age of total war, the evolution of human rights discourse and international law, to proportionality during the Cold War and the redefinition of authority with the ascendancy of terror groups. Editor(s): Welch, David; Fox, Jo. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPVN; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246270
- ISBN
- 9780230246270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.04
€ 129.04
Hardcover. This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help historians to reassess the role of nationalism both inside and outside the nation state. Editor(s): Whyte, William; Zimmer, Oliver. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHBD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246287
- ISBN
- 9780230246287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
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
€ 197.87
€ 197.87
Hardcover. Bringing together the work of a ground-breaking group of scholars working on the Italian Risorgimento to consider how modern Italian national identity was first conceived and constructed politically, the book makes a timely contribution to current discussions about the role of patriotism and the nature of nationalism in present-day Italy. Editor(s): Patriarca, Silvana; Riall, Lucy. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248007
- ISBN
- 9780230248007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardcover. Using detailed studies of fifteen exiled royal figures, the role of Exile in European Society and in the evolution of national cultures is examined. From the Jacobite court to the exiled Kings' of Hanover, the book provides an alternative history of monarchical power from the 16th to 20th century. Editor(s): Mansel, Philip; Riotte, Torsten. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249059
- ISBN
- 9780230249059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31