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Paperback. The purpose of this book is to examine and analyze Americanization, De-Americanization, and racialized ethnic groups in America and consider the questions: who is an American? And what constitutes American identity and culture? Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137331403
- ISBN
- 9781137331403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.57
€ 94.57
Paperback. This book discusses the crisis of caregiving as it affects parents seeking to provide good care for their children and people who care for their aged or disabled relatives. Discussed are alternatives to the present welfare system, a description of the current safety net programs, and an analysis of the privatization of social services. Editor(s): Mandell, Betty Reid. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332974
- ISBN
- 9781137332974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
A Century of American Economic Review: Insights on Critical Factors in...
Torgler, Benno, Piatti, Marco
Hardcover. By using information collected from numerous American Economic Review publications from the last 100 years, Torgler and Piatti examine the top publishing institutions to determine their most renowned AER papers based on citation success. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333049
- ISBN
- 9781137333049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.50
€ 77.50
Hardcover. Bringing together core selections from and analysis of material documenting the uneasy collaboration between Herbert and Eisenhower, this collection incisively uses primary sources to illuminate the 1952 Republican nomination fight, the second Hoover Commission, and other key episodes during the Eisenhower presidency. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334084
- ISBN
- 9781137334084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Environmental Sustainability in Transatlantic Perspective: A Multidisc...
Achilles, Manuela, Elzey, Dana
Hardcover. Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the combined challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security in the United States and Germany. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; JPB; RNK; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334473
- ISBN
- 9781137334473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. Black Muslims in the U.S. seeks to address deficiencies in current scholarship about black Muslims in American society, from examining the origins of Islam among African-Americans to acknowledging the influential role that black Muslims play in contemporary U.S. society. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137337504
- ISBN
- 9781137337504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardcover. Unbroken Government demonstrates how institutional and electoral characteristics present since the writing of the Constitution influence policy development. Utilizing policy areas as diverse as human spaceflight, clean air, homeland security, and foreign policy, this work shows how these patterns manifest themselves in the policymaking process. Num Pages: 203 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339188
- ISBN
- 9781137339188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Grassroots Advocacy and Health Care Reform places a detailed account of how the Health Care for America Now campaign in Pennsylvania carried out contemporary issue advocacy in the context of an understanding of American politics. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPP; JPWD; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339195
- ISBN
- 9781137339195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Moving away from territorially-bound narratives toward a more kinetic conceptualization of identity, this book represents the first analysis of the politics of American identity within the fiction and memoirs of Isabel Allende. Craig offers a radical transformation of societal frameworks through revised notions of place, temporality, and space. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSH; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339973
- ISBN
- 9781137339973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover. The first scholarly study of the rich body of poetry that emerged from the post-war American suburbs, Gill evaluates the work of forty poets, including Anne Sexton, Langston Hughes, and John Updike. Combining textual analysis and archival research, this book offers a new perspective on the field of twentieth-century American literature. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340221
- ISBN
- 9781137340221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
NASA in the World: Fifty Years of International Collaboration in Space...
Krige, John, Callahan, Angelina Long, Maharaj...
Paperback. Since its inception, NASA has participated in over 4,000 international projects, yet historians have almost entirely neglected this remarkable aspect of the agency's work. This groundbreaking work is the first to trace NASA's history in a truly international context, drawing on unprecedented access to agency archives and personnel. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 370 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBTW; JPS; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340924
- ISBN
- 9781137340924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. Birmingham, Alabama looms large in the history of the twentieth-century black freedom struggle, but to date historians have mostly neglected the years after 1963. Here, author Robert Widell explores the evolution of Birmingham black activism into the 1970s, providing a valuable local perspective on the "long" black freedom struggle. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340955
- ISBN
- 9781137340955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. Inside Defense brings together scholars, policy experts and practitioners to provide a comprehensive view of the US military to understand the military's role in international politics and its relationship with domestic institutions and society. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343000
- ISBN
- 9781137343000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Hardcover. Deardorff and Dahl examine how the US courts have addressed pregnancy discrimination under federal statutory law. The historical, comparative, and federal and state legal contexts are analyzed in the competing conceptions of pregnancy and employment, exploring implications for gender equality and the treatment of pregnancy in employment. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 black & white tables, 1 colour tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LNHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343048
- ISBN
- 9781137343048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. The manuscript explains why the United States and Europe perceive threats in the world so differently and why those differences often come close to fracturing trans-Atlantic relations. Series: Governance, Security and Development. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JPB; JPSL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343260
- ISBN
- 9781137343260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. This critical study of the literary magazines, underground newspapers, and small press publications that had an impact on Charles Bukowski's early career, draws on archives, privately held unpublished Bukowski work, and interviews to shed new light on the ways in which Bukowski became an icon in the alternative literary scene in the 1960s. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343543
- ISBN
- 9781137343543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardcover. Offering a transdisciplinary analysis of works by Gloria Anzaldua, Cherrie Moraga, Ana Castillo, Emma Perez, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, and Sandra Cisneros, this book explores how radical Chicanas deal with tensions that arise from their focus on the body, desire, and writing. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343574
- ISBN
- 9781137343574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345370
- ISBN
- 9781137345370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Corporate Governance and Finance Law is designed to educate students, researchers, and practitioners on the legal aspects of corporate financial markets within the United States, the Eurozone, and China. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 300 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 1QFE; LAM; LNC; LNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346513
- ISBN
- 9781137346513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Paperback. This is the first definitive study of the presidency of America's least understood and most under-appreciated Chief Executive. Combining government with private resources, Hoover became the first president to pit government action against the economic cycle, setting precedents and spawning ideas employed by his successor and all future presidents. Num Pages: 560 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346735
- ISBN
- 9781137346735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.71
€ 102.71
Paperback. In the 1940s and 1950s, American advertisers began an unprecedented collaboration with corporations, media, the government, and organized religion. This history traces the remarkable story of how advertisers ensured that they remained significant players in the postwar global order, developing the influential media infrastructure of today. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFDV; KJSA; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347176
- ISBN
- 9781137347176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. From mop-wielding turn-of-the-century housewives to modern soccer moms, American advertising from the late 1800s to today has been consistently depicted housework as women's work. This book analyzes print and TV ads, ad agency documents, and trade journals to show how the housewife framed household work as exclusively feminine care for the family. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFDV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347237
- ISBN
- 9781137347237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardcover. Dialectical Democracy through Christian Thought offers an accessible yet theologically groundbreaking intervention into the battle over the role of government in the market. This book shows that the fight over policy involves a fundamental disagreement about who we are as human beings: independent individuals, or essentially social creatures. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM2; HRCM; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347268
- ISBN
- 9781137347268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Paperback. The intricate diplomacy that led to the peace agreement in Bosnia, known as the Dayton Accords, is here revealed in unprecedented detail. Based on thousands of still-classified government documents and dozens of interviews with key participants, this is a comprehensive story of high-level diplomacy, told from the inside. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348050
- ISBN
- 9781137348050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73