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Humanities
Hardback. Rather than measure the actions of their subjects by reference to either universal rationality or cultural relativism, contributors in this volume describe ordinary people as they value human relationships and reason through the commonplace contradictions of their local way of life in a global age. Editor(s): Sykes, Karen. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609815
- ISBN
- 9780230609815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. This book looks at the bitter factionalism in the last days of China's Ming Dynasty as an ideological struggle between scholar-officials who believed that sovereignty resided in the imperial state and those who believed that it resided with the learned gentry. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611344
- ISBN
- 9780230611344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardback. This book explores the idea of humanity in the modern age of globalization, tracking it in the historical, philosophical, legal, and political realms. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611610
- ISBN
- 9780230611610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. This book explores the idea of humanity in the modern age of globalization, tracking it in the historical, philosophical, legal, and political realms. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611627
- ISBN
- 9780230611627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Hardback. In this book, Block critically examines the political and social critique now directed at the teaching profession, and to look at some ethical positions the teacher regularly and already takes in the course of her daily life in the classroom. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612396
- ISBN
- 9780230612396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 47.16
€ 53.40
€ 47.16
Hardback. Drawing on a wide range of archival evidence, Abigail McGowan argues that crafts seized the political imagination in western India because they provided a means of debating the present and future of the country. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFT; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612679
- ISBN
- 9780230612679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.20
€ 183.20
Paperback. An informative edited volume that surveys the history of the Persian Gulf from ancient times to the present day. Chapters by leading authorities summarize the internal history of the region and highlight the role outsiders, including the Portuguese, Dutch, Ottomans, British and Americans, have played there. Editor(s): Potter, Lawrence G. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612822
- ISBN
- 9780230612822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.96
€ 116.96
Hardback. This book considers European perceptions of their rivals throughout history from the Islamic civilization between the first Crusade in 1095 and the final Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683 to the United States of America from independence in 1776 until the present and investigates Europe's capacity to lead the world. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613058
- ISBN
- 9780230613058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. A political biography of the man responsible for the creation of the Americanwelfare state--and one of the most influential Americans of the 20th century.288 pp. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613652
- ISBN
- 9780230613652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.26
€ 72.26
Hardback. Bringing together historians, sociologists, and political scientists, this volume documents persistent prejudices against consistently marginal groups in China, and the moral claims they have mustered in response. Editor(s): Cheung, Siu Keung. Num Pages: 275 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614239
- ISBN
- 9780230614239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. This book examines the Israel-Palestine conflict from a constructivist perspective. It argues that in the context of international norms and identity factors, a contemporary methodology for the reconstruction of jihad is essential for achievement of a just peace. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614833
- ISBN
- 9780230614833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. Addresses the various political aspects of the Kenyan political mosaic during the time of Bishop David Gitari, later Archbishop 1997-2002. These essays focus on both this courageous man and the various aspects of the political mosaic in Kenya at that time to 2008, in an effort to bring out the religious dimensions of Kenyan and African politics. Editor(s): Knighton, Ben. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HRAM2; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614871
- ISBN
- 9780230614871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardback. This book explores the life and ideas of the enigmatic twentieth century philosopher, mystic, and teacher of esoteric dances George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, performing a hermeneutic textual analysis of all his writings to illuminate the place of hypnosis in his teaching. Foreword by J. Walter Driscoll. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLB; HRLK2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615076
- ISBN
- 9780230615076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
hardcover. The object and scope of this book is the development of marketed consumer credit within the United States from the mid decades of the nineteenth century up until the present day. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHB; KCZ; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615182
- ISBN
- 9780230615182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. The first book to examine Elizabeth I as a learned princess, Learned Queen examines Elizabeth's own demonstrations of erudition alongside literary works produced by such political luminaries as Sir Philip Sidney and Robert Devereux, earl of Essex. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615625
- ISBN
- 9780230615625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. This book explores the commercial modernity of Parisian urban culture and consumer culture in the 19th century. Num Pages: 289 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615830
- ISBN
- 9780230615830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Hardback. This is the first book to systematically integrate 'Jack Tar,' the common seaman, into the cultural history of modern Britain, treating him not as an occasional visitor from the ocean, but as an important part of national life. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615915
- ISBN
- 9780230615915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. Through an examination of the pilgrimages to China that enveloped Taiwan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hatfield advances anthropological understandings of conflict resolution. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HRLF; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616035
- ISBN
- 9780230616035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. This book examines the relationship between the growth of Christianity in Greece and the belief in resurrection from the dead. It gives a clear presentation of various generally unknown aspects about traditional Greek religion, such as stories about people being made physically immortal and the Greek fascination with the flesh. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617292
- ISBN
- 9780230617292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. In Peaceful Islamist Mobilization in the Muslim World: What Went Right, Julie Chernov Hwang presents a compelling and innovative new theory and framework for examining the variation in Islamist mobilization strategies in Muslim Asia and the Middle East. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617674
- ISBN
- 9780230617674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92