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Hardback. Provides the first extensive collection of traditional and academic Jewish approaches to the religions of the world, focusing on those Jewish thinkers that actually encounter the other world religions -that is, it moves beyond the theory of inclusive/exclusive/pluralistic categories and looks at Judaism's interactions with other faiths. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103696
- ISBN
- 9780230103696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.87
€ 128.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 262 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104082
- ISBN
- 9780230104082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. This book provides a political, economic, sociological, and cultural history of Italy that looks at its difficulties with the task of nation-building. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104136
- ISBN
- 9780230104136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardback. Out of the many challenges facing Africa today, there is the tendency of some to manipulate religious and ethnic identities for private interests. The book examines how religion has given rise to these conditions in Africa, by weaving together issues of poverty, wealth, and violent conflicts. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104273
- ISBN
- 9780230104273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. After establishing a feminist-historicist perspective on the tradition of biblical commentary, Tinkle develops in-depth case studies that situate scholars reading the bible in three distinct historical moments, and in so doing she exposes the cultural pressures that medieval scholars felt as they interpreted the bible. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104358
- ISBN
- 9780230104358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. A collection that focuses on the role of European law in colonial contexts and engages with recent treatments of this theme in known works written largely from within the framework of postcolonial studies, which implicitly discuss colonial deployments of European law and politics via the concept of ideology. Editor(s): Dorsett, Shaunnagh; Hunter, Ian. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ; LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104556
- ISBN
- 9780230104556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardback. America According to Colbert: Satire as Public Pedagogy post 9/11 argues that, in contrast to the anti-intellectualism, the sensationalism, and the punditry that tend to govern most mass media today, Stephen Colbert's program offers his audience the opportunity to understand the context through which most news is reported and to be critical of it. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104662
- ISBN
- 9780230104662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 46.88
€ 53.40
€ 46.88
Hardback. This moving and beautifully illustrated book, developed from an award-winning research project, examines the experience of African-American GIs in Germany since 1945 and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104723
- ISBN
- 9780230104723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
hardcover. Through the speeches, essays and interviews of some of the most compelling individuals in American history who stood against the key conflicts of their lifetimes, this book gives remarkable insight into wartime dissent in the U.S. from the revolutionary war to the war on terror. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104846
- ISBN
- 9780230104846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
hardcover. Many refer to Pope Benedict XVI as "the Mozart of Theology." Who are the thinkers who have informed his theology? What events, and which religious devotions, have shaped his personality? This study attempts to shed light on the unifying melody of the policies and positions of a pontificate charged with spiritual and theological depth. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105409
- ISBN
- 9780230105409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.91
€ 68.91
Hardback. Covering topics such as the Soviet monopoly over information and communication, violence in the gulags, and gender relations after World War II, this festschrift volume highlights the work and legacy of Sheila Fitzpatrick offers a cross-section of some of the best work being done on a critical period of Russia and the Soviet Union. Editor(s): Alexopoulos, Golfo; Tomoff, Kiril; Hessler, Julie. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105492
- ISBN
- 9780230105492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardback. The early modern period was rife with attempts to re-imagine the world and the human place within it. This volume looks at natural philosophers, playwrights, historians, and other figures in the period 1500-1700 as a means of accessing the plethora of world models that circulated in Europe during this era. Editor(s): Kavey, Allison B. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105881
- ISBN
- 9780230105881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.02
€ 139.02
Hardback. This book explores the relationship between custom and Islamic law and seeks to uncover the role of custom in the construction of legal rulings. On a deeper level, however, it deals with the perennial problem of change and continuity in the Islamic legal tradition (or any tradition for that matter). Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; LAB; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105928
- ISBN
- 9780230105928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. The first full-length study of Madrid's transformation from the dreary home of a former dictatorship to a modern and vibrant city. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106413
- ISBN
- 9780230106413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardback. Holocaust as Fiction seeks to explain and critically evaluate the extraordinary success of Schlink's internationally acclaimed novel, The Reader, the widely read "Selb" detective trilogy, and two popular films based closely on his work. Num Pages: 268 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJH; DSBH; DSK; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108073
- ISBN
- 9780230108073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.82
€ 116.82
Hardback. This book examines the social and cultural consequences of a war normally looked at for its role in the story of Italian unification - the convergence of French, Austrian, and Piedmont-Sardinian armies in northern Italy in 1859, referred to in Italy as the "Second War for Independence." Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108134
- ISBN
- 9780230108134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
hardcover. This volume introduces the concept of Islamist extremist 'master narratives' and offers a method for identifying and analyzing them. Drawing on rhetorical and narrative theories, the chapters examine thirteen master narratives and explain how extremists use them to solidify their base, recruit new members, and motivate actions. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108967
- ISBN
- 9780230108967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. Weimar Culture Revisited is the first book to offer an accessible cross-section of new cultural history approaches to the Weimar Republic. This collection uses an interdisciplinary approach and focuses on the everyday workings of Weimar culture to explain the impact and meaning of culture for German's everyday lives during this fateful era. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109421
- ISBN
- 9780230109421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. This book looks critically at various constructions of the Indian citizen from 1991 to 2007, the period when economic liberalization became established government policy. Examining differing images of citizenship and its rules and rituals, Chowdhury sheds light on the complex interactions between culture and political economy in the New India. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109513
- ISBN
- 9780230109513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. The authors select sermons by Martin Luther King Jr. and Jeremiah Wright to as a framework to examine the meaning of God in America as part of the formational religio-political narrative of the country. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109568
- ISBN
- 9780230109568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44