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Society & culture: general
Hardback. By participating in the everyday life of fitness professionals, gym-goers and bodybuilders, The Global Gym explores fitness centres as sites of learning. The authors consider how physical, psychological and cultural knowledge about health and the body is incorporated into people's identity in a local and global gym and fitness context. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBS; JMRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346612
- ISBN
- 9781137346612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. This is the tale of the lost city below the Scottish capital, chronicling Edinburgh's history, its structure and the lives of its inhabitants. The book discusses the lost city's rediscovery, the stories that made it legendary, the areas where it existed, and where to find the parts that remain. Num Pages: 176 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; HBJD1; JFSG; WQH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840182316
- ISBN
- 9781840182316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. This book is about how China strives to rebuild its soft power through communication. It recounts China's efforts by examining a set of public diplomacy tactics and programs in its pursuit of a 'new' and 'improved' global image. These case studies invites the reader to a more expansive discussion on the instruments of soft power. Editor(s): Wang, J. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291373
- ISBN
- 9781349291373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artefact and component of cultural hierarchies. Contributors engage with archival research, cultural theory, literary and bibliometric analysis (amongst a range of other approaches) to contextualize the publisher's series in terms of its cultural and economic work. Editor(s): Spiers, J. Num Pages: 270 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329205
- ISBN
- 9781349329205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Vietnam's political development has entered an extraordinary, if indeterminate, phase. Comprising contributions from leading Vietnam scholars, this volume comprehensively explores the core aspects of Vietnam's politics, providing a cutting-edge analysis of politics in one of East Asia's least understood countries. Editor(s): London, J. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349467365
- ISBN
- 9781349467365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.70
€ 137.70
paperback. This book is a collection of papers presented and discussed at the 1992 Claremont Conference. Its contributing authors come from various disciplines that share a concern with models and criteria for inter-religious understanding, including religious studies, philosophy of religion, theology, comparative studies, and feminist philosophy. Editor(s): Kellenberger, J. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349230198
- ISBN
- 9781349230198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. This anthology tackles three key issues: how social capital is discussed within the contexts of racial inequality, how this dialogue informs public policy regarding neighbourhood revitalization and economic development, and how effective a strategy utilization of social capital is for improving inner city living conditions. Editor(s): Jennings, J. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHB; JP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538782
- ISBN
- 9781349538782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Paperback. Brings together and compares/contrasts the writing/influence of the two most important theorists in film studies today: Gilles Deleuze and Slavoj Zizek. Editor(s): Jagodzinski, J. Num Pages: 299 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341559
- ISBN
- 9781349341559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Friedman, J. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 285 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289615
- ISBN
- 9781349289615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Editor(s): Dowson, J. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2003
- SKU
- V9781349724406
- ISBN
- 9781349724406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Collins, J. Num Pages: 234 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCB; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349503988
- ISBN
- 9781349503988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Paperback. This book is the first to deal with the world composition of television ratings. It focuses on the peoplemeter, a 25 year old technology which succeeds in homogenizing very different populations and television practices. It provides a fascinating account of the production of figures on which the whole world of popular culture depends. Editor(s): Bourdon, J. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466337
- ISBN
- 9781349466337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. During the first half of the twentieth century, Japanese immigrants entered Brazil by the tens of thousands. Examining these significant but rarely studied transnational movements and the experiences of Japanese-Brazilians, this book includes essays that rethink complex issues of ethnicity and national identity. Editor(s): Lesser, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822331483
- ISBN
- 9780822331483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.49
€ 33.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624660320
- ISBN
- 9781624660320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.80
€ 35.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Described by others as quaint and exotic, or as depraved and threatening, and as successful and exemplary, the Chinese in America have rarely been asked to describe themselves in their own words. This title provides an intimate and textured history of the Chinese in America from their arrival during the California Gold Rush to the present. Editor(s): Yung, Judy; Chang, Gordon G.; Lai, Him Mark. Num Pages: 486 pages, 52 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243101
- ISBN
- 9780520243101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. This book stages a series of interventions and inventions of urban space between 1880 and 1930 in key literary texts of the period. Making sharp distinctions between modernity and modernism, the volume reassesses the city as a series of singular sites irreducible to stable identities, concluding with an extended reading of The Waste Land . Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284399
- ISBN
- 9781349284399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This study traces the resurgence of a conservative suffrage leadership, questions the inevitability of the narrow franchise granted to women in 1918, and suggests that something important was lost, especially to the Labour party and to feminism, when a broad vision of democracy and patriotism became a casualty of war, self-interest and jingoism. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- SKU
- V9781349284689
- ISBN
- 9781349284689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardback. Editor(s): Fenner, J.V. Num Pages: 203 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 188 x 19. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 203
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600217371
- ISBN
- 9781600217371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.40€ 81.20
€ 115.40
€ 81.20
Hardcover. Examines Mendelssohn's relationship to the past, shedding light on the construction of historical legacies that, in some cases, served to assert German cultural supremacy only two decades after the composer's death. Editor(s): Thym, Jurgen. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 350 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 31 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AVGC5; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464741
- ISBN
- 9781580464741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.27
€ 115.27
hardcover. Num Pages: 476 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2090
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975898
- ISBN
- 9781403975898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.62€ 196.88
€ 242.62
€ 196.88