Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the importance of narrative understanding to social agency. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390935
- ISBN
- 9780230390935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. A comprehensive survey of the key areas of research in cross-cultural communication, based on the authors' experience in organizing and delivering courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students and in business training in the UK and overseas. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391130
- ISBN
- 9780230391130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.88
€ 205.88
Hardcover. This book deconstructs territoriality in the context of current and past European politics to advance international relations scholars' understanding of the uses and limits of territory in European history as well as the origin of an international system. It looks to the future of migration regimes beyond the territorially exclusive state. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JPSL; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391284
- ISBN
- 9780230391284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book addresses the development of 'civil' anti-Semitism in twentieth-century Britain, a crucial and often critically neglected strand of anti-Jewish rhetoric that, prior to 1934, was essential to the legitimization of proto-fascist political and literary discourses, as well as stylistic practices within literary modernism. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391666
- ISBN
- 9780230391666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. 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: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 247 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391864
- ISBN
- 9780230391864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. This book asks how, in a time of crisis, medieval citizens developed an independent sense of ethics. Witness testimonies from Marseille's court records offer a small window into the neighborhoods of Marseille and reveal how humble people, often women, used the role of witness to become the arbiters of their communities. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBTB; JF; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391994
- ISBN
- 9780230391994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. This book takes a fascinating look at the role of the Arab-Islamic world in the rise of the West. It examines the cultural transmission of ideas and institutions in a number of key areas, including science, philosophy, humanism, law, finance, commerce, as well as the Arab-Islamic world's overall impact on the Reformation and the Renaissance. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230393202
- ISBN
- 9780230393202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.80
€ 149.80
Hardcover. Through readings of postcolonial theory and examination of post-9/11 novels, film, and hip-hop music, this book studies how North African immigrants to Spain translate and transfer cultural and political memory from one land to another. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QRM; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230393370
- ISBN
- 9780230393370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. Many disasters are approached by researchers, managers and policymakers as if they have a clear beginning, middle and end. But often the experience of being in a disaster is not like this. This book offers non-linear, non-prescriptive ways of thinking about disasters and allows the people affected by disaster the chance to speak. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506978
- ISBN
- 9780230506978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. The idea of an Aryan race became an important feature of imperial culture in the nineteenth century, feeding into debates in Britain, Ireland, India, and the Pacific. This work traces the emergence and dissemination of Aryanism within the British Empire. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507036
- ISBN
- 9780230507036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09
Hardcover. This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun. Series: Consumption and Public Life. 248 pages, 0. This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507494
- ISBN
- 9780230507494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. The mass media, press and television have always been central in the formation of corporate identity and the promotion of business image and reputation. This volume provides a new perspective into the interrelationships between media and organizations across three dimensions: Media as Business, Media in business and Business in the media. Editor(s): Morsing, Mette. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KJP; KJSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515512
- ISBN
- 9780230515512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardcover. This work explores contemporary debates on migration and integration, focussing on Euro-Muslims. It critically engages with republicanist and multiculaturalist policies of integration and claims that integration means more than cultural and linguistic assimilation of migrant communities. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516793
- ISBN
- 9780230516793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. Whom a prime minister or president will not shake hands with is still more noticed than with whom they will. Public identity can afford to be ambiguous about friends, but not about enemies. Barker examines the accounts of how enmity functions in the cultivation of identity, how essential or avoidable it is, and what the global consequences are. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPHC; JPHL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516816
- ISBN
- 9780230516816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Exploring current approaches to addressing boys' education in schools, this book highlights the limitations of structural reform initiatives and the failure to address the impact of socioeconomic status, race, sexuality, disability and hegemonic masculinity on both boys' and girls' participation in schooling. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JNF; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517011
- ISBN
- 9780230517011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Placing gender at the centre of the debate about young children and multimedia, particularly video games, the book develops a relational approach to game play using an account of affect. The book explores central issues of violence and parental regulation and argues that economic relations are not remote from the micro relations of playing. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517172
- ISBN
- 9780230517172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. In a search for a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between gender, language and religious identity, this book gathers a global range of studies from the field of linguistics. It connects language use to both a religious and gender identity and shows how language works to unite, oppress, liberate or fracture the various participants. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; HR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517295
- ISBN
- 9780230517295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. The book brings together for the first time John Addington Symonds' key writings on homosexuality, and the entire correspondence between Symonds and Havelock Ellis on the project of Sexual Inversion. The source edition contains a critical introduction to the sources. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517394
- ISBN
- 9780230517394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. The book explores the relationship between embodiment and the production of the key structures which frame agency to map out potential for social change. It uses modalities of ageing embodiment in the context of sport participation in later life, specifically Master athletics, including barriers, opportunities and physiological dimensions. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBS; JHMC; WSKC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517592
- ISBN
- 9780230517592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. In the first book-length study of this topic, D.W. McKiernan examines the way mainstream commercial cinema represents society's complex relationship with the idea and practice of community in the context of rapidly changing social conditions. Films examined include Ae Fond Kiss, The Idiots and Monsoon Wedding. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517615
- ISBN
- 9780230517615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book explores the gendered nature of the historical emergence of modern finance markets and their expansion to a now global scale. It analyses the ways in which women were and still are marginalized in terms of financial activity and associated structures of power which play a critical role in shaping the contemporary global political economy. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPS; KCM; KCP; KFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517936
- ISBN
- 9780230517936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. The author argues that in the post-9/11 era, North America is evolving from a primarily economic space to a strategic 'securitized' one and that NAFTA has been used by the US as a regulatory framework for dealing with the pressures of globalization that have emerged in the post-Cold War era. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFFS; JP; KCLT1; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517967
- ISBN
- 9780230517967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book examines a range of public debates on the Nazi legacy in Germany since Schroder's SDP-Green coalition came to power in 1998. A central theme is the 'dialectic of normality' whereby references to Nazi past impact upon present normality. The book is a valuable resource for students of contemporary German politics, history and culture. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230518049
- ISBN
- 9780230518049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Voluntary Action and Illegal Drugs: Health and Society in Britain Sinc...
Mold, Alex, Berridge, Virginia
Hardcover. A unique exploration of the changing ideas about the place of voluntarism and health care within society in Britain since the 1960s. By considering the work of voluntary organisations with illegal drug users, the authors provide a lens through which wider developments in the relationship between the state and civil society are examined. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFH1; JKSN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521407
- ISBN
- 9780230521407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92