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Hardcover. As the fortieth anniversary of the Nixon resignation approaches, it is time to take a fresh look at Watergate's impact on the American political system and to consider its significance for the historical reputation of the president indelibly associated with it. Editor(s): Genovese, Michael A.; Morgan, Iwan W. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 219 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 471.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116498
- ISBN
- 9780230116498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Paperback. As the fortieth anniversary of the Nixon resignation approaches, it is time to take a fresh look at Watergate's impact on the American political system and to consider its significance for the historical reputation of the president indelibly associated with it. Editor(s): Genovese, Michael A.; Morgan, Iwan W. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 219 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116504
- ISBN
- 9780230116504
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Drawing on a wide range of studies of Europe, the United States, Asia, and Africa, the contributions gathered here consider how political history, business history, the history of science, cultural history, gender history, intellectual history, anthropology, and even environmental history can help us decode modern consumer societies. Editor(s): Berghoff, Hartmut; Spiekerman, Uwe. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116627
- ISBN
- 9780230116627
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Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. This book explains how and why cities on the African continent have grown at such a rapid pace, how municipal authorities have tried to cope with this massive influx of people, and how long-time urban residents and new-comers interact, negotiate, and struggle over access to limited resources. Editor(s): Murray, Martin J.; Myers, Garth Andrew. Num Pages: 332 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSG; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116641
- ISBN
- 9780230116641
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Condition: New
€ 119.58
€ 119.58
Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Gordon-Chipembere, Natasha. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117792
- ISBN
- 9780230117792
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Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardcover. This exciting collection offers a range of undutiful feminist voices of our time. Editor(s): Gunkel, Henriette; Nigianni, Chrysanthi; Soderback, Fanny. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230118317
- ISBN
- 9780230118317
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Condition: New
€ 139.62
€ 139.62
Hardcover. Sunni-Shi'i relations have undergone significant transformations in recent decades. In order to understand these developments, the contributors to the present volume demonstrate the complexity of Sunni-Shi'i relations by analyzing political, ideological, and social encounters between the two communities from early Islamic history to the present. Editor(s): Litvak, Meir; Bengio, Ofra. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120921
- ISBN
- 9780230120921
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Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Hardcover. Bringing together contributions from international scholars, this book explores the changing nature of young people's transitions and challenges assumptions about pathways from education into employment in contemporary society. Editor(s): Brooks, Rachel. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHBL; JNRV; KJWX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201637
- ISBN
- 9780230201637
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Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Hardcover. Through analyzing recent change within six industries this book develops a resolutely interdisciplinary approach to studying globalization. By combining questions and methodologies from institutionalist economics and political science, it proposes a generalizable model for studying the politics of industry. It then tests a causal hypothesis. Editor(s): Jullien, Bernard; Smith, Andy. Series: Globalization and Governance. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201682
- ISBN
- 9780230201682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardcover. What does it take to become a citizen of a particular nation? Is it justified to restrict membership of a society, and if so, on what grounds? This book explores a series of pressing, controversial issues surrounding the acquisition of citizenship, in theory and practice. Editor(s): Calder, Gideon; Cole, Phillip; Seglow, Jonathan. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203198
- ISBN
- 9780230203198
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Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Hardcover. The history of translation has focused on literary work but this book demonstrates the way in which political control can influence and be influenced by translation choices. New research and specially commissioned essays give access to existing research projects which at present are either scattered or unavailable in English. Editor(s): Rundle, Christopher; Sturge, Kate. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; JFD; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203549
- ISBN
- 9780230203549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. Containing expert contributions from a variety of scholars working in these areas of research, this book explores contemporary concerns in economic development and globalization as well as examining how the issues have changed since Ajit Singh first began working on these subjects. Editor(s): Arestis, Philip; Eatwell, John. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203587
- ISBN
- 9780230203587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.56
€ 119.56
Hardcover. Taking aim at the belief in utopia's demise, this collection of original essays offers a new look at the vibrant renewal of utopianism emerging in response to the challenges of globalization. It consider questions of hope and transformation associated with the utopian desire for social change. Editor(s): Hayden, Professor Patrick; El-Ojeili, Chamsy. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPF; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203594
- ISBN
- 9780230203594
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Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Hardcover. Which practices count as resistance? Why, where, and how does resistance emerge? When is resistance effective, and when is it truly progressive? In addressing these questions, this book brings together novel theoretical and empirical perspectives from a diverse range of disciplinary and geographical locales. Editor(s): Cheliotis, Leonidas K. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JFM; JKV; JPV; YQH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210394
- ISBN
- 9780230210394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. This volume breaks new ground by asking how our understandings of gender can be informed by exploring the socio-technical relations of ICTs in health care, and how far an appreciation of the ways in which gender works can inform and improve our understanding of how ICTs are being developed, implemented, and used in health care contexts. Editor(s): Balka, Ellen; Green, Eileen; Henwood, Flis. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 237 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216341
- ISBN
- 9780230216341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship. Editor(s): Bramham, Peter; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216839
- ISBN
- 9780230216839
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Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making. Editor(s): Antonopoulos, Rania; Hirway, Indira. Num Pages: 366 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSJ1; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217300
- ISBN
- 9780230217300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.08
€ 120.08
Hardcover. Numerous claims have been made for a sexual Blake, from post-lapsarian pessimist to free-loving hippie. Queer Blake raises a flag for the weird, perverse, camp and gay directions of the artist's life and work. The contributors occupy diverse positions, illustrating what fresh interpretations result when heterosexuality is ditched as an ideal. Editor(s): Bruder, Helen P.; Connolly, Tristanne. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218369
- ISBN
- 9780230218369
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Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Hardcover. This book provides a focused and critical international overview of the intersections between race, crime perpetration and victimization, and criminal justice policy and practice responses to crime perpetration and crime victimization. Editor(s): Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JKV; LNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554. International Perspectives. 368 pages, 5 graphs, 5 figures, 36 black & white tables. Editor(s): Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita. This book provides a focused and critical international overview of the intersections between race, crime perpetration and victimization, and criminal justice policy and practice responses to crime perpetration and crime victimization. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JKV; LNF. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 26. Weight: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220294
- ISBN
- 9780230220294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.38
€ 63.38
Paperback. This volume explores the global spread of English or global Englishes, and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), focusing specifically on Asian Englishes. It is unique in the range of diverse perspectives across the languages and cultures by its contributors. Editor(s): Murata, Kumiko; Jenkins, Jennifer. Num Pages: 244 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; EBA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221031
- ISBN
- 9780230221031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43
Hardcover. An international line-up of scholars examines the role of the intellectual in the twenty-first century, looking at the gap between contemporary cultural theory and cultural practice, and asking whether knowledge and methodologies in the humanities can intervene in everyday politics and vice-versa. Editor(s): Firat, Begum Ozden; De Mul, Sarah; Van Wichelen, Sonja. Num Pages: 206 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221956
- ISBN
- 9780230221956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Hardcover. Paying attention to the historically specific dimensions of objects such as the photograph, the illustrated magazine and the collection, the contributors to this volume offer new ways of thinking about nineteenth-century practices of reading, viewing, and collecting, revealing new readings of Wordsworth, Shelley, James and Wilde, among others. Editor(s): Cale, Luisa; Di Bello, Patrizia. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221970
- ISBN
- 9780230221970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardcover. Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts. Editor(s): Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462. Priests, Monks and Masculinity in the Middle Ages. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. 288 pages, 0. Editor(s): Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ2. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222205
- ISBN
- 9780230222205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardcover. Bringing together disability theorists and medical sociologists for the first time in this cutting-edge collection, contributors examine chronic illness and disability, disability theory, doctor-patient encounters, lifeworld issues and the new genetics. Editor(s): Scambler, Graham; Scambler, Sasha. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222700
- ISBN
- 9780230222700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.93
€ 149.93