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Paperback. This book, now in paperback, develops a comprehensive understanding of the motivations and experiences of students who choose to study abroad for the whole or part of a degree. It includes case studies of students from East Asia, Europe and the UK, and considers the implications of their movement for contemporary higher education. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 71. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345998
- ISBN
- 9781137345998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Paperback. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338399
- ISBN
- 9781349338399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565446
- ISBN
- 9780813565446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. With new and updated material. The first academic anthology to critically and explicitly address the representation of lesbian and bisexual women on a range of television series. This timely collection provides high-quality interdisciplinary essays which address lesbian and bisexual representation in popular television shows. Editor(s): Beirne, Rebecca. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340985
- ISBN
- 9780230340985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. Traditional legal borders are increasingly contested in the present day. This book explores the nature, implications, and future of legal 'borders' - geographic and intellectual - in the twenty-first century's dramatically changing global context. Num Pages: 322 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349441822
- ISBN
- 9781349441822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Paperback. Based on an extensive interview study with lesbian, transgender and queer BDSM practitioners, this book sheds new light on sexuality and current theoretical debates in gender and queer studies. It critically discusses practices of establishing consent, pushing boundaries, playing with gender and creating new kinds of intimacies and embodiments. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493142
- ISBN
- 9781349493142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.59
€ 193.59
Paperback. "In association with the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London." Editor(s): Balfour, Robert J. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319558
- ISBN
- 9781349319558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. How old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first lesbian? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily gay? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714151007
- ISBN
- 9780714151007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Abjection and Representation is a theoretical investigation of the concept of abjection as expounded by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horror (1982) and its application in various fields including the visual arts, film and literature. It examines the complexity of the concept and its significance as a cultural category. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; APF; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351114
- ISBN
- 9781349351114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Hardback. Offers a research narrative of the way an urban school community speaks about race and ethnic relationships in times of change. This book analyses the history of multicultural policy and practice in Australia. It also presents a comprehensive methodological framework to explore the complex interactions that shape race and ethnic relationships. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402064579
- ISBN
- 9781402064579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.02
€ 132.02
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847181169
- ISBN
- 9781847181169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.30
€ 57.30
Hardback. This book draws on the narratives of white women as English language teachers in the neocolonial world of international development. It explores the paradoxes of language as aid, and questions the mythical power of English to deliver on the promises of a brighter future for the developing world. Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; EB; GTF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847693044
- ISBN
- 9781847693044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.52
€ 156.52
Hardback. This book draws on a range of sources, including tales of castaways, fictional narratives, and interviews with teachers in conversation schools and universities in Japan, to explore many current concerns around teacher identity, gender, and intercultural sexuality in global English language teaching. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; EB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137331786
- ISBN
- 9781137331786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Paperback. Providing a new perspective on migration and sex work in Europe, this book is based on interviews with migrant women in the sex sector.It brings together issues of migration, labour and political subjectivity in order to refocus scholarly and policy agenda away from sex slavery and organized crime, towards agency and citizenship." Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFN; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314768
- ISBN
- 9781349314768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Hardback. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403982759
- ISBN
- 9781403982759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 166 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1966
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789024701872
- ISBN
- 9789024701872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68
Paperback. During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the US for the first time. This book places the growth of the Deaf community at the heart of the story of deaf education and explains how the unexpected emergence of Deafness provoked the pedagogical battles that dominated the field of deaf education in the nineteenth century. Series: Words Made Flesh. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJK; JFFG; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479883738
- ISBN
- 9781479883738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Experts from ethicists and political philosophers to clinicians and trade unionists seek answers to a number of key ethical questions to further a deeper understanding of the ethics of health worker migration. Editor(s): Shah, R. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349309412
- ISBN
- 9781349309412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Why do screen narratives remain so different in an age of convergence and globalisation that many think is blurring distinctions? This collection attempts to answer this question using examples drawn from a range of media, from Hollywood franchises to digital comics, and a range of countries, from the United States to Japan Editor(s): Pearson, R. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349481927
- ISBN
- 9781349481927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Gender, Equality and Difference During and After State Socialism examines gender as a socially and culturally constructed phenomenon which is influential in and influenced by state-led policies and structures, as well as social practices and relations and which shapes the experiences and lives of women and men. Editor(s): Kay, R. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357284
- ISBN
- 9781349357284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Are current patterns within women's occupations a function of external limitations on initial ambitions, or do women simply prefer distinct types of work? Including case studies of fire fighting and teaching, this book offers a qualitative exploration of girls' and women's reported journeys towards their work choices. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349361625
- ISBN
- 9781349361625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book examines evolution of medieval patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus on female suffers in particular. Using feminist revisions of genre-theory, Waugh analyses the concept of counterfeit consciousness in the works of Margery Kempe and Chaucer among others. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 247 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351787
- ISBN
- 9781349351787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Editor(s): Trevino, Russell M. Num Pages: 156 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFSL9; RBGD; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608768905
- ISBN
- 9781608768905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.21€ 117.83
€ 171.21
€ 117.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Tainio, Risto; Merilainen, Susan; Makinen, Jukka; Laihonen, Maarit. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Copenhagen Business School Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763002516
- ISBN
- 9788763002516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81