Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Uprootedness, exile and forced displacement, be they due to conflict, persecution or so-called 'development', are conditions which characterise the lives of millions across the globe. This book analyses a range of displacement situations, including development 'oustees', refugees and internally displaced persons. Editor(s): Grabska, Katarzyna; Mehta, Lyla. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522251
- ISBN
- 9780230522251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Paperback. This book analyzes the outstanding development problems confronting Africa today, and the policies necessary for improving Africa's governance, economic performance, and the very possible achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPA; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375202
- ISBN
- 9781349375202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Chinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's "afterglow" (a state of crisis and decay within digital culture). Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349503612
- ISBN
- 9781349503612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.66
€ 65.66
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kuriakose, K. K. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 266 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594545535
- ISBN
- 9781594545535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.53€ 126.58
€ 182.53
€ 126.58
Hardcover. The Soviet Union was the first country to give women equal rights and equal pay, but this was not carried through in practice. This study applies modern econometrics to survey data collected in the USSR. Analysis of data from Russia shows how legislative equality hid actual discrimination. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 591.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333734148
- ISBN
- 9780333734148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
paperback. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AV; JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- SKU
- V9781349311491
- ISBN
- 9781349311491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847662906
- ISBN
- 9780847662906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.16
€ 113.16
Hardback. In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in Conversation illuminates the extent to which gender shaped conversational interaction and demonstrates the significance of conversation as a rhetorical practice for women. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298620
- ISBN
- 9780230298620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Approaching the writings of Mary Wroth through a fresh 21st-century lens, this volume accounts for and re-invents the literary scholarship of one of the first "canonized" women writers of the English Renaissance. Essays present different practices that emerge around "reading" Wroth, including editing, curating, and digital reproduction. Editor(s): Larson, K.; Miller, N.; Kahn, Peggy. Num Pages: 311 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349502479
- ISBN
- 9781349502479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.46
€ 106.46
Hardback. Medellin, Colombia, used to be the most violent city on earth, but in recent years, allegedly thanks to its 'social urbanism' approach to regeneration, it has experienced a sharp decline in violence. The author explores the politics behind this decline and the complex transformations in terms of urban development policies in Medellin. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFE; JPA; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137397355
- ISBN
- 9781137397355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Screenwriting in a Digital Era examines the practices of writing for the screen from early Hollywood to the new realism. Looking back to prehistories of the form, Kathryn Millard links screenwriting to visual and oral storytelling around the globe, and explores new methods of collaboration and authorship in the digital environment. Series: Palgrave Studies in Screenwriting. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFD; APFN; D; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344659
- ISBN
- 9781349344659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Mills, K.; Karp, David Jason. Series: Global issues series. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS; JPA; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349499199
- ISBN
- 9781349499199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.73
€ 47.73
Paperback. North Korea's foreign policy behavior has long intrigued scholars, puzzled laymen, frustrated negotiators, and aggravated policy-makers. This book brings together the work of ten of the world's foremost scholars on North Korea to critically analyze the key factors that are shaping North Korea's foreign policy behavior and its future direction. Num Pages: 242 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349287970
- ISBN
- 9781349287970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology. Sociology often centres on humans; however, other animals are everywhere in society.Kay Peggs explores the significant contribution that sociology can make to our understanding of human relations with other animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292581
- ISBN
- 9780230292581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.13
€ 71.13
Paperback. Thisbook contextualizes21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290635
- ISBN
- 9781349290635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Num Pages: 458 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; JFSF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 219 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Practical Action Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853390586
- ISBN
- 9781853390586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.80
€ 53.99
€ 52.80
Paperback. Exploring the forms and meanings of mediated politics beyond the news cycle, this book encompasses genres drawn from television, radio, the press and the internet, assessing their individual and collective contribution to contemporary political culture through textual analysis and thematic review. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346226
- ISBN
- 9781349346226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.22
€ 38.22
Paperback. Over the past two decades in the United States, a profound reorientation of human attention has taken shape. This book addresses the recent cultural anxiety about attention as a way of negotiating a crisis of the self that is increasingly managed, mediated, and controlled by technologies. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349434534
- ISBN
- 9781349434534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.80
€ 126.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Jomo, K. S. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; KCA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349122899
- ISBN
- 9781349122899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Paperback. Establishing the meaning of globalizations and development and exploring how they interact are crucial to understanding the expansion of the global economy. This text addresses the implication of globalization for economic development in the South in general, including references to Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Jomo, K. S.; Nagaraj, Shyamala. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTF; JFFS; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave MD
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919668
- ISBN
- 9780333919668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460212
- ISBN
- 9781349460212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. "Explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in "Sch'onberg," Germany. Shinozaki examines how these spatially immobile migrants inhabit different locations within the city, and how they maintain sustained transnational engagements through parenting and religious practices"-- Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK; JHBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488971
- ISBN
- 9781349488971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Paperback. This book brings a new dimension to the critical debate about the complex relationship of Woolf to the marketplace and commodity culturethrough a focus on the gift economy at work in Woolf's writing, exploring the political subversiveness of the gift and its significance inher modernist aesthetics." Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349546015
- ISBN
- 9781349546015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. Using experiences of the white, English, working-classes in Manchester, this book explores the local frustrations with feeling 'ignored' and 'neglected' by the government through articulations of fairness. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331109
- ISBN
- 9781349331109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17