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Hardcover. In three congregations, representing three distinct social locations, Howell goes beneath the surface to argue that even with these Western forms, these Filipino Baptists are actively constructing themselves and the locality itself in terms of this global faith they have made their own. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HRCC92. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606616
- ISBN
- 9780230606616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book narrates and analyzes the southern tours that Booker T. Washington and his associates undertook in 1908-1912, relating them to Washington's racial philosophy and its impact on the various parts of black society. Num Pages: 260 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606524
- ISBN
- 9780230606524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Paperback. This collection looks at the on-going significance of Black Consciousness, situating it in a global frame, examining the legacy of Steve Biko, the current state of post-apartheid South African politics, and the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements. Editor(s): Mngxitama, Andile; Alexander, Amanda; Gibson, Nigel. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606494
- ISBN
- 9780230606494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. This book examines the challenges faced through history by female leaders of Britain. From empress Matilda to Queen Victoria, the author shows how these powerful women succeeded in a male-dominated patriarchal culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606340
- ISBN
- 9780230606340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.87
€ 71.87
Hardcover. This collection of essays explores how Progressivism was the historical catalyst for reforms across the social and political spectrum in Britain for over half a century. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605800
- ISBN
- 9780230605800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This book examines the incorporation of newly accessible mass media into practices of religious mediation in a variety of settings including the Pentecostal Church and Islamic movements, as well as the use of religious forms and image in the sphere of radio and cinema. Series: Religion/Culture/Critique. Num Pages: 292 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605558
- ISBN
- 9780230605558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.80
€ 67.80
Hardcover. The book presents the transition from traditionalism to modernism in connection to two of Kung's most important books on ecclesiology: Structures of the Church (1962) as representing Kung's traditional theology, and On Being a Christian (1974) as a reflection of his modern approach to Christianity. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605404
- ISBN
- 9780230605404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress. Num Pages: 249 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604728
- ISBN
- 9780230604728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.82
€ 116.82
Hardcover. This book focuses on US-UK relations with Jordan for the entire period of King Hussein's reign, explaining Hussein's successes and failures, while emphasizing the declining influence of London and the rising influence of Washington. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604513
- ISBN
- 9780230604513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book examines the internal controversies of the Roosevelt administration in connection with Spain during World War II, the role of the President in these controversies, and the foundations of the policy that was followed from the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War until the launching of Operation Torch in 1942. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBWP; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604506
- ISBN
- 9780230604506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. A thorough survey of the origins and development of the major distinct American commercial entertainments that emerged between over the course of the 19th century and into the 20th, including P.T. Barnum_s American Museum, freak show, and circus, as well as blackface minstrelry, Buffalo Bill_s Wild West Show, and vaudeville. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604490
- ISBN
- 9780230604490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604476
- ISBN
- 9780230604476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This book compares rebel media use in three Mesoamerican rebellions: the Nicaraguan Revolution, the Salvadoran civil war and the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. Directly comparing media use in all three rebellions provides a richer understanding of the role of media in social change, particularly violent change. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 235 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTV; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604438
- ISBN
- 9780230604438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena, and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603752
- ISBN
- 9780230603752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Reading the Sphinx unearths buried conflicts in religion, myth, and the memory of Egypt in the West, illuminating issues of identity, inheritance, gender, and sexuality through cultural productions ranging from Herodotus to Freud. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; DSBF; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603288
- ISBN
- 9780230603288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Did medieval women have the power to choose? This is a question at the heart of this book that explores three court cases from Yorkshire in the decades after the Black Death. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602946
- ISBN
- 9780230602946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. This book applies Revolution in Military Affairs theories to explain the various strategic victories and losses for assorted social forces in Colombia and Mexico. These countries form the ideal comparative case study of RMA, both from above by the state, and below by civil society. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSC; HBTV; JPQ; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602823
- ISBN
- 9780230602823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.92
€ 67.92
Hardcover. This book examines texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski demonstrates that Christian thinkers constructed memories of the Maccabean martyrs that simultaneously appropriated Jewish traditions and obscured the Jewish origins of Christianity. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602793
- ISBN
- 9780230602793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. Piero Gobetti was a radical liberal and critic of Italian politics in the years after World War I, he proposed 'revolutionary liberalism', which guided his opposition to Fascism and inspired key figures in the Italian Resistance. Accessible but critical, this volume is offers a balanced assessment of his enduring significance. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602748
- ISBN
- 9780230602748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. This volume aims to reconstruct and debate a contemporary Christian realist framework, while also applying such a perspective to the issues of contemporary politics such as the Bush Doctrine, the laws of war, democracy and democratization, U.S. participation in international institutions, and apocalyptic terrorism. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602649
- ISBN
- 9780230602649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44