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The Memory Phenomenon in Contemporary Historical Writing. How the Inte...
Patrick H. . Ed(S): Hutton
Hardback. Editor(s): Hutton, Patrick H. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494641
- ISBN
- 9781137494641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Paperback. The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive and engaging account of the idea of social injustice, this book covers a whole range of issues, including distributive justice, exploitation, torture, moral motivations, democratic theory, voting behaviour and market socialism. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494900
- ISBN
- 9781137494900
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardback. While there are five important festschriften on Toyin Falola and his work, this book fulfills the need for a single-authored volume that can be useful as a textbook. I develop clearly articulated rubrics and overarching concepts as the foundational basis for analyzing Falola's work. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBA; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495167
- ISBN
- 9781137495167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. Lack begins with a discussion of Max Weber's analysis of the disenchantment of the world and proceeds to develop Heidegger's philosophy in a way that suggests a "re-enchantment" of the world that faces the modern condition squarely, without nostalgia. Num Pages: 118 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HPX; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495303
- ISBN
- 9781137495303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Paperback. By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells a story about scenic images on the page, stage, and beyond that helped American audiences see the everyday landscapes and exotic destinations from a modern perspective. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137496645
- ISBN
- 9781137496645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.24€ 50.29
€ 58.24
€ 50.29
Paperback. This book demonstrates the international dimension of eugenic racial policy and of scientific racism over the course of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497000
- ISBN
- 9781137497000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
Hardcover. Analyzing contemporary Chinese literature, film, and television, Shen shows the significance of nationalism for the mass imagination in post-socialist China. Chapters move from the intellectual idealism of the 1980s, through the post-Tiananmen transition, to the national cinema of the 1990s, and finally to the Internet literature of today. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497420
- ISBN
- 9781137497420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardback. An entrepreneur and educator highlights the surprising influence of humanities scholarship on biomedical research and civil liberties. This spirited defence urges society to support the humanities to obtain continued guidance for public policy decisions, and challenges scholars to consider how best to fulfil their role in serving the common good. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: H; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497451
- ISBN
- 9781137497451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.19
€ 116.19
Hardback. Genius as a historical concept, rather than as a presumed trans-historical fact, is surprisingly underexamined, even as millions of daily decisions-personal, institutional, and governmental-are made according to unexamined assumptions about it. The essays in this book show that the origins and uses of concepts of genius warrant careful examination. Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.; McMahon, Darrin M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497659
- ISBN
- 9781137497659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Queens Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette bear striking similarities as historical figures, particularly given the periods of violent revolution in which they lived. This novel comparative study explores how these queens perceived their roles as wives, mothers, and heads of royal households. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497727
- ISBN
- 9781137497727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.94
€ 116.94
Hardcover. This book explores the suffering of social class and how traditional biomedical models for mental illness do not adequately account for the stresses of poverty. Turning to mental health user testimonies, this book equips ministers and counsellors to become working class advocates. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV3; JKSN2; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497826
- ISBN
- 9781137497826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. This book studies Korean American girls between thirteen and nineteen and their formation with regard to self, gender, and God in the context of Korean American protestant congregational life. It develops a hybrid methodology of de-colonial aims and indigenous research methods, aiming to facilitate transformative life in faith communities. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HRCC9; HRCV4; HRCX6; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 357.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497833
- ISBN
- 9781137497833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.35
€ 77.35
Hardback. Series: Information Technology and Global Governance. Num Pages: 366 pages, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; DNJ; HBTV; JFD; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497895
- ISBN
- 9781137497895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Hardback. Yolande of Aragon is one of the most intriguing of late medieval queens who contrived to be everywhere and nowhere, operating seamlessly from backstage and center stage. She is acknowledged as having been shrewd and intelligent - an eminence grise whose political and diplomatic agency secured the throne of France for her son-in-law, Charles VII. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499127
- ISBN
- 9781137499127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardback. Philosophy of Leadership has been written to arouse curiosity, not to satisfy it. The authors point out ideas about leadership which draw upon both ancient and modern wisdom. This book develops a philosophy of leadership by tracing the evolution of Western ideas from philosophical perspectives, ancient and modern. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499189
- ISBN
- 9781137499189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.15
€ 227.15
Hardback. This edited volume conceives of International Relations (IR) not as a unilateral project, but more as an intellectual platform. Its contributors explore Islamic contributions to this field, addressing the theories and practices of the Islamic civilization and of Muslim societies with regards to international affairs and to the discipline of IR. Editor(s): Abdelkader, Deina; Adiong, Nassef Manabilang; Mauriello, Raffaele. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499318
- ISBN
- 9781137499318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. How do two ideologically opposed governments co-operate? The Unionist government struggled to answer this question during the sixties and seventies. This book charts the development of this government's policy towards its neighbor in Southern Ireland and explains how it ended up in a total stalemate with the emergence of the Troubles. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499530
- ISBN
- 9781137499530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. Williamson explains, defends, and applies Kant's theory of emotion. Looking primarily to the Anthropology and the Metaphysics of Morals, she situates Kant's theory of affect within his theory of feeling and focuses on the importance of moral feelings and the moral evaluation of our emotions. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499813
- ISBN
- 9781137499813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. Science and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical approach that focuses on achieving some of the key practical goals shared by ethicists. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499844
- ISBN
- 9781137499844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
hardcover. The first of its kind, this Open Access 'Report' is a first step in assessing the state of the humanities worldwide. Based on an extensive literature review and enlightening interviews the book discusses the value of the humanities, the nature of humanities research and the relation between humanities and politics, amongst other issues. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137500267
- ISBN
- 9781137500267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.16
€ 40.16