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The Changing Face of Death. Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal....
. Ed(S): Howarth, Glennys; Jupp, Peter C.
Hardback. This work argues that attitudes to death and to disposal are formed culturally. It examines the factors in the formation and decline of such attitudes by analyzing specific issues from the 15th to the 20th century. Editor(s): Howarth, Glennys; Jupp, Peter C. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638637
- ISBN
- 9780333638637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. This text utilizes an analysis of mortality to acknowledge shifts of emphasis in cultural and religious traditions. A central concern is the diversity of representations of death to be found within the varying cultural, religious, medical and legal systems of contemporary western societies. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638620
- ISBN
- 9780333638620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Paperback. A collection of essays for departments of sociology/anthropology, Caribbean and religious studies. Topics covered include: cultural continuity between Rastafari and Reviva; the Ndyuka and Winti religions; the symbolism of dreadlocks and Rastafari integration in British society. Editor(s): Chevannes, Barry. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 1QSC; HRK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333637777
- ISBN
- 9780333637777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.12
€ 72.12
Hardback. This examination of his fiction and non-fiction reveals Huxley's significance for cross-disciplinary debates between religion, science and literature, and provides examples of the transmission or refraction of knowledge from one discourse to another. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333637678
- ISBN
- 9780333637678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. This study redraws the world of the overseas Japanese. Using the Japanese language press of Brazil, it explains the development of a community with its own, often aggressively independent or ironic views of identity, institutions, education, leisure, and on Japan itself. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333636862
- ISBN
- 9780333636862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
hardcover. Against the broad historical background of economic globalization and dwindling nation-state resources, this text examines the impact of the end of the Cold War and of the geo-political transformation of Europe on a wide range of issues. Editor(s): Chafer, Tony; Jenkins, Brian. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333636664
- ISBN
- 9780333636664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Hardback. Concentrating on the period after World War I, when many Arab intellectuals became disillusioned with Britain and France due to the occupation of their countries, this work on Arab nationalism examines the connection between this modern trend and 19th-century German Romantic nationalism. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBG; HBLW; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333636466
- ISBN
- 9780333636466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Hardcover. This title examines Deleuze's philosophical assessment of Spinoza and appraises his arguments concerning the absolute, the philosophy of mind, epistemology and moral and political philosophy. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634677
- ISBN
- 9780333634677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.45
€ 129.45
Paperback. Explores and exposes the roots of philosophical misogyny, with lesser known authors such as Otto Weininger placed alongside pieces from Plato and Nietzsche. This anthology should be interesting to those exploring the relationship between women and society, women and the academy. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634240
- ISBN
- 9780333634240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.97
€ 60.97
Hardback. By exposing how they failed to satisfy their own prescriptions for appropriate poor relief, this volume asks whether the "Charity Organisation Society" was itself morally equipped to castigate others about sin. The book provides quantitative and qualitative analyses of primary source data. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633793
- ISBN
- 9780333633793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.12
€ 194.12
Hardback. This enquiry into the historiographical quality of Shakespeare's histories assumes that Shakespeare's staging of English history helped to shape a new historiographical outlook. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633298
- ISBN
- 9780333633298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardcover. This text offers an assessment of Jean-Paul Sartre as an exemplary figure in the evolving political and cultural landscape of post-1945 France. Case studies on such subjects of Gaullism, communism and art criticism illustrate the continuing relevance and appeal of Sartre to the contemporary world. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633212
- ISBN
- 9780333633212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardcover. This study aims to contribute to scholarship on the social history of modern Italy by examining welfare thinking and policies from the 19th century to the fascist period. Num Pages: 444 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JKS; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 495 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333632611
- ISBN
- 9780333632611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333632390
- ISBN
- 9780333632390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333632031
- ISBN
- 9780333632031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.76
€ 128.76
The Impact of Michel Foucault on the Social Sciences and Humanities
. Ed(S): Lloyd, Moya; Thacker, Andrew
Hardback. Provides an assessment of the wide-ranging impact of Michel Foucault's work within the social sciences and humanities. This book includes textual readings of Foucault's work along with overviews of how his work has been taken up in subjects such as history and philosophy. Editor(s): Lloyd, Moya; Thacker, Andrew. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333631263
- ISBN
- 9780333631263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.71
€ 193.71
The Stasi. East German Intelligence and Security Service, 1917-89.
Childs, David; Popplewell, Richard James
Hardback. The Stasi were among the most successful security and intelligence services in the Cold War. In this study of the organization, two British experts reveal how the Stasi operated. The work tells a story of unbridled power, misguided idealism, treachery, widespread opportunism and lonely courage. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333630945
- ISBN
- 9780333630945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Most world religions proclaim that life continues beyond the grave and attempt to answer such questions as: Will we remember our former lives? Will we have bodies? Such issues serve as the basis of these essays which provide a framework for understanding concepts of the Hereafter. Editor(s): Cohn-Sherbok, Dan; Lewin, Christopher. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333630730
- ISBN
- 9780333630730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardback. By taking key areas of Britain's overseas policy - summitry, the Middle East, defence, Empire and Europe - this volume looks at Macmillan's attempts to establish a new foreign policy agenda after Suez. It offers a critical reappraisal of British foreign policy between 1957 and 1963. Editor(s): Aldous, Richard; Lee, Sabine. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333630532
- ISBN
- 9780333630532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.61
€ 193.61
Hardcover. The essays collected here all take issue with the claim that the Victorian period is the antithesis of our own. They show how characteristic postmodern anxieties and celebrations concerning truth, certainty and identity informed Victorian culture at all levels. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Groves Dictionaries Inc
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333629017
- ISBN
- 9780333629017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12