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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
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
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
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
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
€ 77.47
€ 77.47
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
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. Newell identifies key speeches in the careers of key leaders in American history at seven critical turning points to look at what it takes to be a statesman. Analysis of the speeches and the events preceding and following show how they grappled with conflicting values, varying demands, and the uncertainties of trying to forge a good society. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330925
- ISBN
- 9781137330925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.06
€ 72.06
Hardcover. The Soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games is explained as the result of a complex series of events and policies that culminated in a strategic decision to not participate in Los Angeles. Using IR framework, D'Agati developes and argues for the concept of surrogate wars as an alternative means for conflict between states. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330611
- ISBN
- 9781137330611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. As outdoor entertainment venues in American cities, pleasure gardens were public spaces where people could explore what it meant to be American. Stubbs examines how these venues helped form American identity and argues the gardens allowed for the exploration of what it meant to be American through performance, both on and off the stage. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AMV; AN; ASZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326867
- ISBN
- 9781137326867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 48.24
€ 53.36
€ 48.24
Hardcover. In this gripping book, Dr. Samli makes the case that the US economy is shifting for the worse, tilting towards a finance-driven economy, and argues that investing in innovation will bring us out of the recession and back to a successful, market-driven economy. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCC; KCF; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325570
- ISBN
- 9781137325570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. After excluding women and African Americans from its ranks for most of its history, the New York City Police Department undertook an aggressive campaign of integration following World War II. This is the first comprehensive account of how and why the NYPD came to see integration as a highly coveted political tool, indispensable to policing. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321930
- ISBN
- 9781137321930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a new generation took over the leading roles in Hollywood films. These untraditional-looking young men were promoted and understood as alienated and ironic everymen, and exerted a powerful, and until now unexplored, influence over a movement often considered the richest in Hollywood's history. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310385
- ISBN
- 9781137310385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Native American Communities on Health and Disability: Borderland Dialo...
Lovern, Lavonna L., Locust, Carol
Hardcover. This volume offers a unique and real dialogue between Western/Academic and Native American/Indigenous voices on the concepts of disability and wellness. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308603
- ISBN
- 9781137308603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Hardcover. Bad Presidents seeks to interpret the meaning of presidential 'badness' by investigating the ways in which eleven presidents were 'bad.' The author brings a unique, and often amusing perspective on the idea of the presidency, and begins a new conversation about the definition of presidential success and failure. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306586
- ISBN
- 9781137306586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. In a life full of momentous episodes, Theodore Roosevelt's fifteen-month post-presidential odyssey to Africa and Europe has never been given its due place. A tale of daring adventure, international celebrity, a friendship lost, and a political legacy transformed, Theodore Roosevelt Abroad is the first full account of this important time in history. Num Pages: 236 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306395
- ISBN
- 9781137306395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Series: Elections, Voting, Technology. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301703
- ISBN
- 9781137301703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.73
€ 126.73
Hardcover. In the case City of Boerne v. Flores, the Supreme Court struck down the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. Waltman offers the first book-length analysis of the act to show how this case contributes to an intense legal debate still ongoing today: Can and should the Supreme Court be the exclusive interpreter of the Constitution? Num Pages: 207 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPVH4; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300638
- ISBN
- 9781137300638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300522
- ISBN
- 9781137300522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. In this first study of Latino/a literature to systematically examine the post-Sixties generation of writers, The Latino/a Canon challenges the ways that Latino/a literary studies imagines the relationship between art, politics, and the market. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299956
- ISBN
- 9781137299956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardcover. According to conventional wisdom, by the late 1800s, the image of Bible as a supernatural and infallible text crumbled in the eyes of intellectuals under the assaults of secularizing forces. This book corrects the narrative by arguing that in America, the road to skepticism had already been paved by the Scriptures' most able and ardent defenders. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299659
- ISBN
- 9781137299659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Hardcover. Looking at a century of American theatre, McDaniel investigates how race-based notions of maternal performance become sites of resistance to cultural and political hierarchies. This book considers how the construction of mothering as universally women's work obscures additional, equally constructed subdivisions based in race and class. Series: What is Theatre?. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299567
- ISBN
- 9781137299567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.85
€ 53.36
€ 46.85
Paperback. Defying the general belief that American citizenship is in decline, Sanford claims that Generation X is actually taking positions of civic leadership and authority as Baby Boomers retire. By exploring traditional instruments of social capital, civic culture and political science, she attempts to make us understand this maligned generation better. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299277
- ISBN
- 9781137299277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95