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How to Build a Life in the Humanities: Meditations on the Academic Wor...
Grafton, Anthony, Sullivan, Jr, Garrett A.
Paperback. A follow-up to the popular Graduate Study for the 21st Century, this book seeks to expand professional development to include the personal aspects of daily lives in the humanities. How to Build a Life in the Humanities delves into pressing work-life issues such as post-tenure depression, academic life with children, aging, and adjuncting. Editor(s): Semenza, Greg Colon; Sullivan, Garrett A., Jr. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: H; JNM; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428882
- ISBN
- 9781137428882
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Condition: New
€ 36.20
€ 36.20
Hardcover. This book opens up the philosophical life force that informs the construction of Hip-hop by turning the gaze of the philosopher upon those blind spots that exist within existing scholarship. This book illustrates the abundance of philosophical meaning in the textual and graphic elements of hip hop, placing hip-hop within the philosophical canon. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGR; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137429933
- ISBN
- 9781137429933
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. This book examines the emotional aspects of revolutionary experience during a critical turning point in both Russian and Jewish history - the 1905 revolution. Shtakser argues that radicalization involved an emotional transformation, which enabled many young revolutionaries to develop an activist attitude towards reality. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430229
- ISBN
- 9781137430229
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. This book offers a series of critical commentaries on, and forced encounters between, different thinkers. At stake in this philosophical and psychoanalytical enquiry is the drawing of a series of diagrams of the finite/infinite relation, and the mapping out of the contours for a speculative and pragmatic production of subjectivity. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430281
- ISBN
- 9781137430281
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€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This volume is devoted to the shaping of British foreign and defence policymaking in the twentieth century and illustrates why it's relatively easy for states to lose their way as they grope for a safe passage forward when confronted by mounting international crises and the antics of a few desperate men. Editor(s): Murfett, Malcolm. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431479
- ISBN
- 9781137431479
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Condition: New
€ 150.47
€ 150.47
Hardcover. This volume examines British and US attitudes towards the means and mechanisms for the facilitation of an Arab-Israeli reconciliation, focusing specifically on the refugee factor in diplomatic initiatives. It explains why Britain and the US were unable to reconcile the local parties to an agreement on the future of the Palestinian refugees. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFFD; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431509
- ISBN
- 9781137431509
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardback. In Psychosocial aspects of niqab wearing Nina Bosankic explores the various motives which lead young women living in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina to adopt the niqab (full face veil). She uses a grounded theory approach to examine this decision which is often viewed as controversial from both within and outside Islam. Num Pages: 118 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRHP; JHBT; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431608
- ISBN
- 9781137431608
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Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Feeling Present in the Physical World and in Computer-Mediated Environ...
Waterworth, John, Riva, Giuseppe
Hardcover. This concise volume presents for the first time a coherent and detailed account of why we experience feelings of being present in the physical world and in computer-mediated environments, why we often don't, and why it matters - for design, psychotherapy, tool use and social creativity amongst other practical applications. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMH; JMR; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431660
- ISBN
- 9781137431660
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Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardcover. This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432773
- ISBN
- 9781137432773
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Looking at national peace organizations alongside lesser-known protest collectives, this book argues that anti-nuclear activists encountered familiar challenges common to other social movements of the late twentieth century. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; HBTW; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432834
- ISBN
- 9781137432834
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
hardcover. For a full month in the autumn of 1812 the 2,000-strong garrison of the fortress the French had constructed to overawe the city of Burgos defied the Duke of Wellington. In this work a leading historian of the Peninsular teams up with a leading conflict archaeologist to examine the reasons for Wellington's failure. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432896
- ISBN
- 9781137432896
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. Making an important addition to the highly Britain-dominated field of imperial studies, this book shows that, like numerous other evangelicals operating throughout the colonized world at this time, Danish missionaries invested remarkable resources in the education of different categories children in both India and Denmark. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1FKA; HBTB; HBTQ; HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432988
- ISBN
- 9781137432988
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Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
The Transmedia Archaeology: Storytelling in the borderlines of science...
Scolari, Carlos, Bertetti, Paolo, Freeman, Ma...
Hardcover. In this book, the authors examine manifestations of transmedia storytelling in different historical periods and countries, spanning the UK, the US and Argentina. It takes us into the worlds of Conan the Barbarian, Superman and El Eternauta, introduces us to the archaeology of transmedia, and reinstates the fact that it's not a new phenomenon. Num Pages: 107 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434364
- ISBN
- 9781137434364
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Condition: New
€ 82.44
€ 82.44
Hardcover. This monograph is based on archival research and close readings of James Joyce's and W. B. Yeats's poetics and political aesthetics. Georges Sorel's theory of social myth is used as a starting point for exploring the ways in which the experience of art can be seen as a form of religious experience. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; HPN; HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434760
- ISBN
- 9781137434760
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Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardcover. Fabos and Isotalo address the issue of forced migration and mobility in the Muslim world. Their work explores the tensions between Muslim religious conceptions of space and place and new policies of 'migration management' and secure borders. Editor(s): Fabos, Anita Hausermann; Isotalo, Riina. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434869
- ISBN
- 9781137434869
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Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. This work explores the reasons for the Allied intervention into Russia at the end of the Great War and examines the military, diplomatic and political chaos that resulted in the failure of the Allies and White Russians to defeat the Bolshevik Revolution. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 maps, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; GTJ; HBJD; HBWN; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435712
- ISBN
- 9781137435712
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Condition: New
€ 140.18
€ 140.18
Hardcover. An insightful account of the devastating impact of the Great War, upon the already fragile British colonial African state of Northern Rhodesia. Deploying extensive archival and rare evidence from surviving African veterans, it investigates African resistance at this time. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMZ; 3JJF; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435774
- ISBN
- 9781137435774
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Condition: New
€ 140.01
€ 140.01
Hardcover. This book argues that Fromm is a vital and largely overlooked contribution to twentieth-century intellectual history, and one who offers a refreshingly reconfigured form of humanism that is capable of reintegrating explicitly humanist analytical categories and schemas back into social theoretical (and scientific) considerations. Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436399
- ISBN
- 9781137436399
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Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. South Africa's current political upheavals are the most significant since the transition from apartheid. Its powerful trade unions are playing a central role, and the political direction they take will have huge significance for how we understand the role of labour movements in struggles for social justice in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPHC; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436597
- ISBN
- 9781137436597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. The concentrations camps that existed in the colonised world at the turn of the 20th Century are a vivid reminder of the atrocities committed by imperial powers on indigenous populations. This study explores British, American and Spanish camp cultures, analysing debates over their legitimacy and current discussions on retributive justice. Series: Rhetoric, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPB; JPVR; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137437105
- ISBN
- 9781137437105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99