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Paperback. With its focus on Latina/o communities in the United States, this collection of essays identifies and investigates the salient narrative and aesthetic strategies with which an individual or a collective represents transnational experiences and identities in literary and cultural texts. Editor(s): Concannon, Kevin; Lomeli, Francisco A.; Priewe, Marc. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373628
- ISBN
- 9781349373628
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€ 52.70€ 47.17
€ 52.70
€ 47.17
Visual Synergies in Fiction and Documentary Film from Latin America
. Ed(S): Page, J.; Haddu, Miriam
Paperback. This collection brings together leading international scholars and filmmakers focusing on Latin American cinema. Themes discussed include subjectivity, history, memory, representations of reality, cinema's relation to the public sphere, and issues of production, distribution and marketing. Editor(s): Page, J.; Haddu, Miriam. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 270 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 401.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373642
- ISBN
- 9781349373642
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This book offers a critical reassessment of the 'Asian values' debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a reappraisal of the human rights situation in Asia since then. The chapters in this book contextualize the debate and examine in what ways the issues raised then continue to trouble Asian societies. Editor(s): Avonius, Leena. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 513.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349373666
- ISBN
- 9781349373666
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€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Paperback. This book demonstrates how human rights instruments and values have brought different movements together in the struggle against free trade. Estevez employs a specifically Latin American definition of human rights, thus challenging Eurocentric and Western discourses." Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373857
- ISBN
- 9781349373857
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration. Responding to Global...
. Ed(S): Sanchez-Ancochea, Diego; Shadlen, Ke...
Paperback. Benefiting from a truly Pan-American perspective, these essays evaluate the economics and politics of the new patterns of North-South integration in the particular context of the Americas, questioning if regional and bilateral trade agreements like NAFTA, CAFTA or the FTAA are appropriate mechanisms to promote economic development. Editor(s): Sanchez-Ancochea, Diego; Shadlen, Kenneth C. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373895
- ISBN
- 9781349373895
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€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. Respected film critic Gonzalo Aguilar offers a lucid and sophisticated analysis of Argentine films of the last decade. This is the most complete and up-to-date work in English to examine the 'new Argentine cinema' phenomenon. Aguilar looks at highly relevant films, including those by Lucrecia Martel and Sergio Rejtman. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373918
- ISBN
- 9781349373918
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Taking up such issues as mainstreaming, the male gaze, and female masculinity, this book puts forward provocative readings of little explored texts and offers new insights into the contemporary representation of lesbians. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; D; JFSJ; PNN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374113
- ISBN
- 9781349374113
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€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. This original analysis of correspondence between E.M. Forster and Christopher Isherwood illuminates how these two influential writers grappled with WII, their personal relationships, and their creative works. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374137
- ISBN
- 9781349374137
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€ 65.74
€ 65.74
Paperback. By examining the minister who helped inspire the founding of the Harlem Unitarian Church Reverend Ethelred Brown, Floyd-Thomas offers a provocative examination of the religious and intellectual roots of Black humanist thought. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374175
- ISBN
- 9781349374175
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Denov, Myriam; Maclure, Richard Alexander; Kathryn, Craft. Num Pages: 319 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JKV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374212
- ISBN
- 9781349374212
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€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPS; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 429.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374588
- ISBN
- 9781349374588
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Paperback. This is the first book-length analysis of the rise in power of the Bolivian party Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and its leader, President Evo Morales. Num Pages: 254 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374922
- ISBN
- 9781349374922
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The book reveals how the fantastic is used in modern theatre as a manipulative device to encode the unspeakable and control audience response, challenging conventional readings of all authors who use the fantastic. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; D; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374960
- ISBN
- 9781349374960
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Paperback. The book explores European artists' critical engagement with the images and stories that politicians and the media use to advocate globalization. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; APF; JFD; JPA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374984
- ISBN
- 9781349374984
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Migration and Literature offers a thought-provoking analysis of the thematic and formal role of migration in four contemporary and canonized novelists. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375103
- ISBN
- 9781349375103
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375202
- ISBN
- 9781349375202
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€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. The book narrates the story of how the school, founded by women pioneers of public education in a Rocky Mountain mining settlement, became the centre and sustaining force of the town's community life from its beginning in the 1870s to the present day. Num Pages: 228 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JFSJ; JNB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375226
- ISBN
- 9781349375226
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€ 52.70€ 47.15
€ 52.70
€ 47.15
Paperback. In this edited volume, distinguished scholars and policy analysts explore how China's rise has brought great opportunities for cooperation as well as great challenges for geo-political competition between the United States and China. Editor(s): Zhao, S. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPB; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375479
- ISBN
- 9781349375479
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book presents findings of systematic research into the contested meanings of development and wellbeing from a country, Peru, which has recently experienced both rapid economic growth and deep social conflict. Editor(s): Copestake, James. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JKSN; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375677
- ISBN
- 9781349375677
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€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. By comparing the role and influence of early Christian missionaries with those of Christian NGOs today, this bookcritically assesses the idea of a Christian 'civilizing mission' within the context of China. It provides a local, non-Han perspective based on a rich array of historical, ethnographical, and empirical sources." Series: Culture and Religion in International Relations. Num Pages: 278 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375745
- ISBN
- 9781349375745
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. As many can attest, the prevalence of sexual imagery has increased in modern society over the past half century. In this timely new study, Kenneth Kammeyer traces the historical development of sexual imagery in America and society's preoccupation with it, all within a firm theoretical and sociological framework Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JFSR; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375912
- ISBN
- 9781349375912
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book examines the social, economic and political aftermath of the famous Anglo-American 'destroyers-for-bases' deal of 2nd September 1940 that saw fifty obsolete U.S. destroyers exchanged for 'base colonies' in Trinidad, Bermuda, Newfoundland and the Bahamas. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 311 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375936
- ISBN
- 9781349375936
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€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Paperback. China's leaders areconfronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China from the factory to the local state, and integrating new social groups into existing systems. This book comprises a detailed study of healthcare, disease control, social insurance and social relief." Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349376056
- ISBN
- 9781349376056
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. What is 'authoritarian rule' andis itbest studied? Using the Dominican Republic, this book investigates new methods of analysis, arguingthat it should be imperative to approach authoritarian histories like other histories on the basis of detailed investigations of power relationships, everyday practices and meanings." Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349376070
- ISBN
- 9781349376070
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95