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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This innovative study considers why embassies today are especially relevant to the international system, examining the new representation options and global diplomacy techniques in an information age. Rana uniquely presents perspectives from developing states and analyses how embassies can improve their modes of function. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340825
- ISBN
- 9781137340825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Deardorff and Dahl examine how the US courts have addressed pregnancy discrimination under federal statutory law. The historical, comparative, and federal and state legal contexts are analyzed in the competing conceptions of pregnancy and employment, exploring implications for gender equality and the treatment of pregnancy in employment. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 black & white tables, 1 colour tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LNHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343048
- ISBN
- 9781137343048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.84
€ 128.84
An Ethnography of Stress: The Social Determinants of Health in Aborigi...
Victoria Katherine Burbank
Paperback. Health inequality is a global issue. Through a look at a remote Australian Aboriginal community characterized by a degree of premature morbidity and mortality, Burbank uses of cognitive anthropology, epidemiology, evolutionary theory, and social, psychological and biological sciences to illuminate the actions, emotions, and stresses of daily life. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346162
- ISBN
- 9781137346162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. Globalism, colonialism, and consumerism have caused unjust suffering (han), for the earth's exploited peoples and the exploited lands. To reverse this tragedy, we need to work for a safer, sustainable planet and renew our inspiration from God as the transforming Spirit who gives, sustains and empowers life to all. Num Pages: 112 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRCM; JFFT; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346681
- ISBN
- 9781137346681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardcover. This book examines the development of a contemporary internal debate among Muslim minorities living in Western Europe and North America to establish a specific form of Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh al-aqalliyyat attempts to strike a balance between Muslim's religious commitments and their civic identity as citizens in Western liberal states. Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRHT; JFFS; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346698
- ISBN
- 9781137346698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.23
€ 162.23
Paperback. In the 1940s and 1950s, American advertisers began an unprecedented collaboration with corporations, media, the government, and organized religion. This history traces the remarkable story of how advertisers ensured that they remained significant players in the postwar global order, developing the influential media infrastructure of today. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFDV; KJSA; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347176
- ISBN
- 9781137347176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347251
- ISBN
- 9781137347251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. The BSE epidemic, GM foods, avian flu, the growth of supermarkets and the crisis in obesity have shaken consumer trust in food. Uncovering surprising differences between countries, Trust in Food examines this and challenges the idea of the consumer as a sovereign individual, demonstrating how consumption is institutionalized within society. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFCV; JFFT; JH; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352392
- ISBN
- 9781137352392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.57
€ 66.57
Hardcover. The fads, fashions, and media in popular consumer culture frequently make recreational and ideological "fun" of poverty and lower class living. In this book, Halnon delineates how incarceration, segregation, stigmatization, cultural and social consecration, and carnivalization work in the production and consumption of inequality. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352484
- ISBN
- 9781137352484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.96
€ 67.96
Hardcover. A provocative feminist analysis of the moral panics of sexuality, this interdisciplinary edited collection showcases the range of historical and contemporary crises we too often suppress, including vagina dentata, vampires, cannibalism, age appropriateness, breast cancer, menstrual panics, and sex education. Editor(s): Fahs, Breanne; Dudy, Mary; Stage, Sarah. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1; JFSK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353160
- ISBN
- 9781137353160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
White Middle-Class Identities and Urban Schooling (Identity Studies in...
Reay, Diane, Crozier, Gill, James, David
Paperback. This book examines experiences and implications of 'against-the-grain' school choices, where white middle-class families choose ordinary and 'low performing' secondary schools for their children. It offers a unique view of identity formation, taking in matters like family history, locality and whiteness. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFS; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355010
- ISBN
- 9781137355010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. This IPE Classic investigates the interrelations between women's participation in the urban wage economy and their productive and reproductive roles in the household and family. With a new Preface and Foreword, it argues that the household itself is an important determinant of the character and timing of women's labour force participation. Editor(s): Stichter, Sharon; Parpart, Professor Jane L. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355157
- ISBN
- 9781137355157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.03
€ 61.03
Paperback. Masculine Style presents a groundbreaking account of masculine self-fashioning in American literature. Forging new connections between Modernism and the American West, Worden argues for the importance of 'cowboy masculinity,' from the writings of Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, Nat Love, Theodore Roosevelt, and John Steinbeck. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360694
- ISBN
- 9781137360694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Compromise After Conflict. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSJ; JKVM; JKVP; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363299
- ISBN
- 9781137363299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.34
€ 150.34
Hardcover. What happens when prophecies fail? Timothy Jenkins' re-reading of Leon Festinger's classic work on "cognitive dissonance" seeks to answer this question by studying a 50s doomsday group. This volume explores the relations between anthropology and psychology, and between social scientific and natural scientific accounts of human behavior. Num Pages: 110 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRQX; JFHC; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 352 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364456
- ISBN
- 9781137364456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary synthesis that offers a new understanding of childhood in the Middle Ages as a form of master-servant relation embedded in an ancient sense of time as a correspondence between earthly change and eternal order. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; HBLC1; JFSP1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364784
- ISBN
- 9781137364784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour: Men of the Home (Mig...
Gallo, Ester, Scrinzi, Francesca
Hardcover. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379771
- ISBN
- 9781137379771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.48
€ 140.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 237 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AP; GL; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385376
- ISBN
- 9781137385376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.79
€ 128.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 319 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFN; JPP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385888
- ISBN
- 9781137385888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.58
€ 151.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399144
- ISBN
- 9781137399144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardcover. Addressing the specific contexts of communal leadership, educational policy, inter-communal relations, legal reform, media production, public discourse, public opinion, and responses to government policy, this volume examines Western-Muslim relations and makes proposals for enhancing Self-Other interaction to improve societal harmony. Editor(s): Karim, Karim H.; Eid, Mahmoud. Num Pages: 252 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR2; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403681
- ISBN
- 9781137403681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JMQ; MBS; MMJT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405272
- ISBN
- 9781137405272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.24
€ 116.24
Hardcover. This book presents a map of the application of memory studies concepts to the study of translation. A range of types of memory from personal memory and electronic memory to national and transnational memory are discussed, and links with translation are illustrated by detailed case studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408945
- ISBN
- 9781137408945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.59
€ 117.59
Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and...
Iosifidis, Petros, Wheeler, Mark
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 310 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137410290
- ISBN
- 9781137410290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00