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Hardcover. The book provides a fresh perspective on the shifting media landscape within Washington DC, re-evaluating journalist-source relationships, the power dynamic within the media corps, and the ways in which technology have changed the description of DC political news - detailing the ways in which media relationships are changing within Washington DC. Num Pages: 204 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JM; JFD; JFFS; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398598
- ISBN
- 9781137398598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. The book discussed how contemporary political campaigns are increasingly sensitive to candidate-centered appeals, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their own candidate to determine how their personalities, backgrounds, and likability and background fit into a campaign narrative, theme, and issue agenda. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPHL; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398604
- ISBN
- 9781137398604
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Canadian Historical Writing presents an archaeology of contemporary Canadian historical writing within the theory and practice of historiography. Drawing on international debates within the fields of literary studies and history, the book focuses on the roles played by time, evidence, and interpretation in defining the historical. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398888
- ISBN
- 9781137398888
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Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. Much research is devoted to the decision-making power and precedent set by the Supreme Court. Less attention, however, is given to the strategic behavior during case selection. This book argues that case selection is done strategically, and by means of various criteria - influencing its constitutional position and importance. Num Pages: 202 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399915
- ISBN
- 9781137399915
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book examines the nature of representation in democracy, focusing specifically on the factors shaping constituent evaluations of the US House Representatives and the resulting implications for government. Num Pages: 154 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137402028
- ISBN
- 9781137402028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. Through the prism of intimacy, Burleigh sheds light on eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century American texts. This insightful study shows how the trope of the family recurred to produce contradictory images - both intimately familiar and frighteningly alienating - through which Americans responded to upheavals in their cultural landscape. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404077
- ISBN
- 9781137404077
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Nabokov gained international fame with Lolita, a highly erotic and morally disturbing novel. Through its comprehensive study of the amorous and sexual behaviors of Nabokov's characters this book shows how Eros, both as a clown or a pervert, contributes to the poetic excellence of his novels and accounts for the unfolding of the plots. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404589
- ISBN
- 9781137404589
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. "Soft" Counterinsurgency reviews the promises and achievements of Human Terrain Teams, the small groups of social scientists that were eventually embedded in every combat brigade in Iraq and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 118 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; HBWS5; JHBC; JWA; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404800
- ISBN
- 9781137404800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Hardcover. Pynchon and Philosophy radically reworks our readings of Thomas Pynchon alongside the theoretical perspectives of Wittgenstein, Foucault and Adorno. Rigorous yet readable, Pynchon and Philosophy seeks to recover philosophical readings of Pynchon that work harmoniously, rather than antagonistically, resulting in a wholly fresh approach. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405494
- ISBN
- 9781137405494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Hart Crane's Queer Modernist Aesthetic argues that the aspects of experience which modernists sought to interrogate - time, space, and material things - were challenged further by Crane's queer poetics. Reading Crane alongside contemporary queer theory shows how he creates an alternative form of modernism. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137407757
- ISBN
- 9781137407757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. As American security became increasingly dependent on technology to shape the consciousness of its populace and to defend them, science fiction shows like The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and The X-Files both promoted the regime's gendered logic and raised significant questions about that logic and its gendered roles. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408884
- ISBN
- 9781137408884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book covers arguments made by various sides of the political-religious divide from the past 30 years, showing what the actual differences are between these groups. By stressing the typically ignored similarities, the book better informs partisans and the public to move debate forward. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; JPFK; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409140
- ISBN
- 9781137409140
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Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. Serial Memoir chronicles the phenomenon of seriality in memoir, a transition in life writing toward repeated acts of self-representation in the later twentieth century. Such a shift demonstrates a new way to understand and represent constantly-shifting subjectivities and their ambivalent relationship to the concept and structure of the archive. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137410320
- ISBN
- 9781137410320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Five presidents (Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama) have been elected to and served a second term. Seemingly free from electoral pressure, each president has taken a unique approach to their second term, and the book seeks to unpack the rationale behind their decisions and actions in their final years of power. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137410986
- ISBN
- 9781137410986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. How has contemporary American theatre presented so-called undocumented immigrants? Placing theatre artists and their work within a context of on-going debate, Guterman shows how theatre fills an essential role in a critical conversation by exploring the powerful ways in which legal labels affect and change us. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412485
- ISBN
- 9781137412485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.85
€ 53.37
€ 46.85
Hardcover. Democracy promotion is an established principle in US and EU foreign policies today, but how did it become so? This comparative study explores the promotion of democracy, focusing on exponents from emerging democracies alongside more established Western models, and investigates the impact of democratic interests on foreign policy. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; JPB; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414465
- ISBN
- 9781137414465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. The way detectives access and attain the 'truth' about a crime is an important indicator of how they relate to contemporary political developments. This book explores these methods of detection and positions the genre in a specific political, aesthetic, narrative and industrial context. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425652
- ISBN
- 9781137425652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.67
€ 110.67
Hardcover. In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden leaks, the Obama administration has been hard pressed to yield to greater transparency and openness to constructive change. This book provides a catalyst toward greater transparency, increased public awareness of the urgent need for constructive change, and the insight into what such change would require. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; JPZ; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426215
- ISBN
- 9781137426215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. Examining novelists, bloggers, and other creators of new media, this study focuses on autobiography by American black women since 1980, including Audre Lorde, Jill Nelson, and Janet Jackson. As Curtis argues, these women used embodiment as a strategy of drawing the audience into visceral identification with them and thus forestalling stereotypes. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428851
- ISBN
- 9781137428851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. The fat female body is a unique construction in American culture that has been understood in various ways during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Analyzing post-WWII stage and screen performances, Mobley argues that the fat actress's body signals myriad cultural assumptions and suggests new ways of reading the body in performance. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430663
- ISBN
- 9781137430663
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Examining a wide range of source material including popular culture, literature, photography, television, and visual art, this collection of essays sheds light on the misrepresentations of Latina/os in the mass media. Editor(s): Hernandez, Ellie D.; Gibson, Eliza Rodriguez Y. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431073
- ISBN
- 9781137431073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. In this book, five scholars square off in a lively debate over the ethics of drones and their contentious use. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPSF; JPVH; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432612
- ISBN
- 9781137432612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Looking at national peace organizations alongside lesser-known protest collectives, this book argues that anti-nuclear activists encountered familiar challenges common to other social movements of the late twentieth century. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; HBTW; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432834
- ISBN
- 9781137432834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Offering a one-of-a-kind approach to music and literature of the Americas, this book examines the relationships between musical protagonists from Colombia, Cuba, and the United States in novels by writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alejo Carpentier, Zora Neale Hurston, and John Okada. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; 2AB; 2ADS; AV; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433329
- ISBN
- 9781137433329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80