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Society & culture: general

Paperback. This volume is designed first to provide a theoretical orientation and historical perspective on the rise of the middle classes in modern civilization, and second, to portray the social and political roles these classes have played and continue to play in the United States over the past century. Editor(s): Vidich, Arthur J. Series: Main Trends of the Modern World S. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333617595
ISBN
9780333617595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333637418
ISBN
9780333637418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.82

Hardcover. An inter-disciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The text is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its social role. Editor(s): Tauber, Alfred I. Series: Main Trends of the Modern World S. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333646328
ISBN
9780333646328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.64

Paperback. An inter-disciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The text is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its social role. Editor(s): Tauber, Alfred I. Series: Main Trends of the Modern World S. Num Pages: 419 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333646335
ISBN
9780333646335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.89

Hardcover. A collection of articles that examine the world's holy places both past and present, in terms of their construction, function and historical significance. The text also includes investigations into peoples' perceptions of sacred sites and the influence that they can exert. Editor(s): Kedar, Professor Benjamin Z.; Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLF; HRLK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333661291
ISBN
9780333661291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.00

Paperback. Examining the security, trade, and cultural aspects of the United States-European Union relationship, this work focuses on: NATO, the NACC, and the OSCE; the new issues in the new World Trade Organization; the structural factors affecting NAFTA-EU relations; and cultural issues. Editor(s): Wiener, Jarrod. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; JFC; JPSN2; JWK; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669860
ISBN
9780333669860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Hardcover. In this study of AIDS in Southern Africa, economists, demographers and health planners present methods of understanding the likely course of the disease, drawn from recent research and thinking by social scientists on the relationship between epidemic disease, economic growth and human resources. Editor(s): Cross, Sholto; Whiteside, Alan W., OBE. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 451.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669891
ISBN
9780333669891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.77

Paperback. In this study of AIDS in Southern Africa, economists, demographers and health planners present methods of understanding the likely course of the disease, drawn from recent research and thinking by social scientists on the relationship between epidemic disease, economic growth and human resources. Editor(s): Cross, Sholto; Whiteside, Alan W., OBE. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669907
ISBN
9780333669907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.15

Paperback. This title is a collection of essays on the structures and strategies of Early Modern culture as embodied in issues of gender, sexuality and politics by a group of critics from the new generation of Early Modern specialists. Editor(s): McMullan, Gordon. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333676660
ISBN
9780333676660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.36

Hardcover. Russia, the former Soviet Union and the lands of the former Hapsburg Empire have a complex pattern of ethnic settlement which has extended great influence on their historical development. This volume seeks new interpretations and confronts issues such as Russian Muslim relations. Editor(s): Morison, John. Series: International Council for Central and East European Studies. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVUR; HBTB; JFC; JHBD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333695500
ISBN
9780333695500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.17

Hardcover. This volume addresses a range of issues which underlie the notions of European identity. Among them are: what does it mean to be a European?; what ideologies have shaped the political debate over the last two centuries?; and, what place will minorities find in the Europe of the 21st century? Editor(s): Andrew, Joe; Crook, Professor Malcolm; Holmes, Diana; Kolinsky, Eva. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333724446
ISBN
9780333724446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.10

Hardcover. This volume deals with the politics of ethnicity in east central Europe. The major part of the book focuses upon the nature of identity and inter-ethnic relations in the Central European region of Silesia. Editor(s): Cordell, Karl. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Macmillan Pub Co
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333731710
ISBN
9780333731710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.38

Hardcover. Using a variety of religious perspectives, of Catholicism, Protestantism, Hinduism, Quakerism, with considerations of Islam and the New Age, this collection deals with properties of virtue in relation to the person, celibacy, hope, and apocalypse, mourning, moral ambiguity. Editor(s): Flanagan, Kieran; Jupp, Peter C. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JFM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333750100
ISBN
9780333750100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.38

Hardcover. This work examines four organizations (including the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition) where women have been active. It discusses the processes and structures created by these groups in order to work democratically across differences. Editor(s): Davies, Celia; Roulston, Carmel. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFFK; JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 451.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333760659
ISBN
9780333760659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.36

Hardcover. Focusing on Britain, USA, Canada and Australia, this work addresses the religions, social and political issues facing South Asian diasporas and examines how they have been effected by 9/11 and Britain's 7/7 as well as the bombings in Bali and Mumbai. It also examines how religions from South Asia have been reconstructed within Western settings. Editor(s): Hinnells, Professor John R. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JFSR; JHMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333774014
ISBN
9780333774014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Hardcover. There has been a notable upsurge of interest in the body, both in terms of empirical and theoretical study and debate. Contributions to this book move these debates forward by considering a range of bodies as active in their own construction in social and economic processes. Editor(s): Watson, Nick; Cunningham-Burley, Sarah. Series: Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference Volume Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JHMC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333774489
ISBN
9780333774489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.62

Hardcover. This collection investigates the meaning of the widely used term "warlordism" in contemporary global politics. The introduction develops an analytical framework in order for scholars to understand the range and differing intensity of differing types of warlordist and sub-state conflict. Editor(s): Rich, Paul B. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333775035
ISBN
9780333775035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.65

Hardcover. This volume explores diverse ways of researching and theorizing the body. It draws together a range of work and different approaches to researching the body are examined through these contributions which include autobiography, case studies, interviews and participant observation. Editor(s): Cunningham-Burley, Sarah; Backett-Milburn, Kathryn. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFF; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333775950
ISBN
9780333775950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.28

Hardcover. The demolition of the Babri Mosque at Ayodhya on 6th December 1992 was as an event as important as it was unexpected. In this book nine scholars explore the significance of this action for the Hindu and Muslim communities in India, especially the relations between them. Editor(s): Sharma, Arvind. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333794067
ISBN
9780333794067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.99

Hardcover. Discusses the role of cultural and political identities in generating (or settling) conflicts. This book attempts to work out a theoretical frame of reference and to analyze the Mediterranean as a case study. It explores religion in terms of transformation and evolving political identities. Editor(s): Cerutti, Furio; Ragionieri, Rodolfo. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1DV; JFSL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333800911
ISBN
9780333800911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.77

Hardcover. Demonstrates how social policy reform in China has been driven by economic transformation, as structural change produced knock on effects in people's lives. Marketization in social policy creates needs and raises issues that challenge accepted notions of public and private responsibilities. Editor(s): Wong, Linda; Flynn, Norman. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHBA; JKS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333917794
ISBN
9780333917794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.07

Hardcover. Since 1960, over 20 new universities have been built in the northern regions of Canada, Russia, the United States, the Nordic countries and Japan. This volume analyzes the role of the new circumpolar universities in northern development. Editor(s): Nord, Douglas C.; Weller, Geoffrey R. (both Professors of International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada). Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QMP; 3JJP; JFC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 453.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333917831
ISBN
9780333917831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.07

Hardback. This volume draws on sociologically and ethnographically oriented work from a number of disciplines to allow the reader to compare developments in the different Eastern European states, and to examine the interplay of language issues, ethnic nationalism, and processes of state formation. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPR; CFB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333929247
ISBN
9780333929247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.15

Hardcover. This volume focuses on the European dimensions of international business, exploring and challenging increasingly dominant views held about about globalization and universal modes of management. Editor(s): Hughes, Michael D.; Taggart, James H. Series: Academy of International Business (UKI) Series. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333945315
ISBN
9780333945315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.22

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