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Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349453122
ISBN
9781349453122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Paperback. The first of its kind, this collection will explore the ways that literature and journalism have intersected in the work of American writers. Covering the impact of the newspaper on Whitman's poetry, nineteenth-century reporters' fabrications, and Stephen Colbert's alternative journalism, this book will illuminate and inform. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349453191
ISBN
9781349453191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFF; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349453368
ISBN
9781349453368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.29

Paperback. Drawing on case studies across the Asia-Pacific region, Gaming in Social, Locative and Mobile Media explores the 'playful turn' in contemporary everyday life, and the role of mobile devices, games and social media in this transformation. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; UML. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349453535
ISBN
9781349453535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

Paperback. The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it in its sociopolitical context. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349453610
ISBN
9781349453610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Paperback. This book tackles unanswered questions on British Muslims and political participation: What makes religion a salient 'political' identity for young Muslims (over any other identity)? How do young British Muslims identify themselves and how does it relate to their political engagement? A fascinating insight into the lives of young British Muslims. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFSL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349453863
ISBN
9781349453863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.77

paperback. This book explores how and why the EU and its member states define immigration policies. A comparison of EU negotiations on five EU immigration directives reveals interests of actors in EU integration and whether common policies aim at a restriction or expansion of immigration to the EU. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349453887
ISBN
9781349453887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. This study examines representations of early modern female consorts and regnants via extra-literary emblematics such as paintings, jewelry, miniature portraits, carvings, placards, masques, funerary monuments, and imprese. Editor(s): Barrett-Graves, Debra. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454082
ISBN
9781349454082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. This collection traces women educators' professional lives and the extent to which they challenged the gendered terrain they occupied. The emphasis is placed on women's historical public voices and their own interpretation of their 'selves' and 'lives' in their struggle to exercise authority in education. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; JNB; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454181
ISBN
9781349454181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Examining the global significance of the freight container, with particular emphasis on the perspectives of the US and China, Globalization Contained considers the implications of the freight container as an agent of change for the future of the global economy and global security. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCB; KCG; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454501
ISBN
9781349454501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

Paperback. Reality Effects brings together the reflections of leading film scholars and critics from Latin America, the UK and the United States on the re-emergence of the real as a prime concern in contemporary Argentine and Brazilian film, and as a main reason for the acclaim both cinematographies have won among international audiences in recent years. Editor(s): Andermann, Jens; Bravo, Alvaro Fernandez. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454617
ISBN
9781349454617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Paperback. Examining popular contexts of Greek revivalism associated with women, Comet challenges the masculine narrative of English Classicism by demonstrating that it thrived in non-male spaces, as an ephemeral ideal that betrayed a distrust of democratic rhetoric that ignored the social inequities of the classical world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454655
ISBN
9781349454655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454723
ISBN
9781349454723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

paperback. Using insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the history of sexuality, Holmberg explores the ambiguity that drives male bonding. Personal interviews with Mamet and with the actors who have interpreted his major roles shed light on how and why men bond with each other and complement close analysis of Mamet's texts. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AP; AS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454761
ISBN
9781349454761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454808
ISBN
9781349454808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.52

Paperback. Children have been exploited as performers and wooed energetically as consumers throughout history. These essays offer scholarly investigations into the employment and participation of children in the entertainment industry with examples drawn from historical and contemporary contexts. Editor(s): Arrighi, Gillian; Emeljanow, Victor. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; JFC; JFSP. 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
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454822
ISBN
9781349454822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.18

Paperback. This volume explores the variety of forms, strategies and practices of Islamic organizations in Europe and the United States. It focuses on the reactions of organized Muslims at local, national, and transnational levels to the on-going debates on their integration into society and the structures of state-church relations. Editor(s): Kortmann, Matthias; Rosenow-Williams, Kerstin. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454860
ISBN
9781349454860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

paperback. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; D; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349455027
ISBN
9781349455027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Paperback. In Shanghai in the early twentieth century, a hybrid theatrical form, wenmingxi, emerged that was based on Western spoken theatre, classical Chinese theatre, and a Japanese hybrid form known as shinpa. This book places it in the context of its hybridized literary and performance elements, giving it a definitive place in modern Chinese theatre. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455041
ISBN
9781349455041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.37

Paperback. What is the fundamental nature of the filmic object: is it a commodity or is it, can it be, art? What would that mean - can it still matter? This book introduces the thought of Theodor Adorno into film studies to repair the schism that characterizes the field, as historical and cultural modes of analysis displace theoretical and philosophical ones. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; HPC; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455065
ISBN
9781349455065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Paperback. This edited volume examines the political, social, and economic developments in contemporary Spain, with a particular focus on the period of the Socialist government (2008-11), the 2011 elections, and the challenges facing Spain and the new Popular Party government. Editor(s): Field, B.; Botti, Alfonso. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455157
ISBN
9781349455157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Gwynne, Joel; Muller, Nadine. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; APFN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455232
ISBN
9781349455232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.88

Paperback. This book examines the internet as a form of power in global politics. Focusing on the United States' internet foreign policy, McCarthy combines analyses of global material culture and international relation theory, to reconsider how technology is understood as a form of social power. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455256
ISBN
9781349455256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Lee, K. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JKSN; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455270
ISBN
9781349455270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

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