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Hardback. The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War, from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the social dimensions of the war's messy aftermath. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425683
- ISBN
- 9781137425683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.72
€ 129.72
Paperback. Crossroads: Performance Studies and Irish Culture, now available in paperback, is a seminal collection of essays, written by an international cohort of scholars, that addresses the complex and exciting intersections of Irish and performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425713
- ISBN
- 9781137425713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardback. In this book Paddy McQueen examines the role that 'recognition' plays in our struggles to construct an identity and to make sense of ourselves as gendered beings. It analyses how such struggles for gender recognition are shaped by social discourses and power relations, and considers how feminism can best respond to these issues. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425980
- ISBN
- 9781137425980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Johnson argues that Aristotle's Politics needs to be understood as a 'two-layered' treatise - the first being Aristotle's political theory, and the second as a set of questions for statesmen and politicians. Employing this model, the book sets about to provide a reconceptualization of Politics as a multi-layered, canonical work. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426192
- ISBN
- 9781137426192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book engages a complex subject that mainline theologies avoid, Indigenous Australia. The heritages, wisdoms and dreams of Indigenous Australians are tormented by the discriminating mindsets and colonialist practices of non-Indigenous peoples. This book gives special attention to the torments due to the arrival and development of the church. Editor(s): Havea, Jione. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426666
- ISBN
- 9781137426666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the complex and conflicted topic of beauty in cultural, arts and medicine, looking back through the long cultural history of beauty, and asking whether it is possible to 'recover beauty'. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426734
- ISBN
- 9781137426734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. The rise and fall of the British Empire profoundly shaped the history of modern Scotland and the identity of its people. By examining the opinions of Scots towards the empire from numerous professional and personal backgrounds, Scotland emerges as a nation inextricably linked to the British Empire. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1QDB; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427298
- ISBN
- 9781137427298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ; JPVH; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427373
- ISBN
- 9781137427373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85
Hardcover. Since the late 1970s China has undergone a great transformation, during which time the country has witnessed an outpouring of competing schools of thought. This book analyzes the major schools of political thought redefining China's transformation and the role Chinese thinkers are playing in the post-Mao era. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427809
- ISBN
- 9781137427809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Christianity in Chinese Public Life: Religion, Society, and the Rule o...
Carpenter, Joel, Den Dulk, Kevin
Hardcover. This book analyzes the interaction of religion, society, and governance in China - suggesting it is much more subtle and complex than common convention suggests. The edited work addresses civic engagement, religion, Christianity, and the rule of law in contemporary Chinese society. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 141 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRAM2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427878
- ISBN
- 9781137427878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. This collection of essays argues that there is an pre-history, that is, a longer tradition of the transnationalization of historical culture and historical science. It seeks to substantiate the claim that history writing reflected the globality of its time as much as followed the nationalization of the societies in which it was produced. Editor(s): Middell, Matthias; Roura i Aulinas, Lluis. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428097
- ISBN
- 9781137428097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.27
€ 131.27
The Uses of the Middle Ages in Modern European States. History, Nation...
. Ed(S): Evans, R. J. W.; Marchal, Guy P.
Paperback. An assessment of the role of the Middle Ages in national historiography and in modern conceptions of national identity, looking at relatively young nations, and regions which claim national traditions but were slow to achieve, or regain, separate statehood. Examples range from Ireland and Iceland through Austria and Italy to Finland and Greece. Editor(s): Evans, R. J. W.; Marchal, Guy P. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJD; HBLC; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 272 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428110
- ISBN
- 9781137428110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalisation and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalisation. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428127
- ISBN
- 9781137428127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Disputed Territories and Shared Pasts: Overlapping National Histories ...
Frank, Tibor, Hadler, Frank
Paperback. A collection of essays on European historiography, focussing on the overlapping national histories in Europe presenting many of the contested areas through conflicting historiographies. Sponsored by the European Science Foundation, this unique volume is part of Writing the Nation, a major international project. Editor(s): Frank, Tibor; Hadler, Frank. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 448 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 21 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428134
- ISBN
- 9781137428134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.96
€ 129.96
Hardcover. Servant Leader Human Resource Management provides a comprehensive conceptual framework based on a dignity enhancing stewardship model that integrates and balances mission achievement with motive, means and ends integrity from both a line manager and human resource department perspective. Num Pages: 276 pages, 15 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRCV; KJMB; KJMD; KJMV2; KJWB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428363
- ISBN
- 9781137428363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
Hardcover. Examining the connection between the concept of authority and the transformation of the Ismaili imamate, Authority without Territory is the first study of the imamate in contemporary times with a particular focus on Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary leader of Shi'a Imami Ismaili Muslims. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: HRHP; JFC; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428790
- ISBN
- 9781137428790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428882
- ISBN
- 9781137428882
Paperback
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137429933
- ISBN
- 9781137429933
Hardback
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430229
- ISBN
- 9781137430229
Hardback
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430281
- ISBN
- 9781137430281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65