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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The award-winning journalist and editor takes us on a tour around modern Britain with a look at 26 subjects and how we relate to them Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Like new.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849833028
- ISBN
- 9781849833028
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Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Britain in 2010: The New Business Landscape focuses on the continuities and discontinuities in the changing social structure of Britain. This text is a landmark vision of the countya s future at a time of unprecedented opportunity. Num Pages: 186 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; JF; JP; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 180 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841121000
- ISBN
- 9781841121000
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.42
€ 13.99
€ 12.42
Hardback. What did Britain look like to the Muslims who visited and lived in the country in increasing numbers from the late eighteenth century onwards? This book is a literary history of representations of Muslims in Britain from the late eighteenth century to the eve of Salman Rushdie's publication of The Satanic Verses (1988). Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBF; DSBH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252592
- ISBN
- 9780230252592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Paperback. Telling the stories of sailor communities in Cardiff and industrial workers in Sheffield, this title tracks the evolution of community organizations and the impact of British government policy on their development. It looks at how different migrant groups in Britain relate to each other under the 'Muslim' umbrella. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848852990
- ISBN
- 9781848852990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.52
€ 32.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Britain is at a cross-roads; from the economy, to the education system, to social mobility, Britain must learn the rules of the 21st century, or face a slide into mediocrity. Brittania Unchained travels around the world, exploring the nations that are triumphing in this new age, seeking lessons Britain must implement to carve out a bright future. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 figures, 1 colour line drawings, 1 colour tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLX; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032232
- ISBN
- 9781137032232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.74
€ 36.99
€ 34.74
Paperback. Examines the contribution of women in building and sustaining the British Empire. This title draws on a range of sources, including diaries and letters home. It provides a panoramic picture of the countless women who departed Britain for India, Australia, the Far East, Canada and Africa - often in search of opportunities unavailable at home. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; BGH; HBG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845950187
- ISBN
- 9781845950187
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
€ 17.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349523498
- ISBN
- 9781349523498
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Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; DSBF; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349523146
- ISBN
- 9781349523146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403945693
- ISBN
- 9781403945693
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Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback. This book analyzes the cosmopolitan lives of British Asian Muslim women. Drawing on interview and online data, the book debunks stereotypical assumptions and explores the multiple and meaningful links that British Asian Muslim women establish within and outside their communities. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349436736
- ISBN
- 9781349436736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This book analyzes the cosmopolitan lives of British Asian Muslim women. Drawing on interview and online data, the book debunks stereotypical assumptions and explores the multiple and meaningful links that British Asian Muslim women establish within and outside their communities. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137013866
- ISBN
- 9781137013866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Hardback. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: AP; DSB; HBJD1; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319500966
- ISBN
- 9783319500966
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Condition: New
€ 119.18
€ 119.18
Paperback. Based on repeat interviews from a range of generational perspectives, this book explores the nature of contemporary British Chinese households and childhoods, examining the extent to which parents identify themselves as being Chinese and how decisions to uphold or move away from 'traditional' Chinese values impacts on their child-rearing methods. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JFSP; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349439287
- ISBN
- 9781349439287
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Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardcover. Based on repeat interviews from a range of generational perspectives, this book explores the nature of contemporary British Chinese households and childhoods, examining the extent to which parents identify themselves as being Chinese and how decisions to uphold or move away from 'traditional' Chinese values impacts on their child-rearing methods. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; JFSL3; JHBK; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026606
- ISBN
- 9781137026606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Paperback. British Cinema brings together leading international scholars to investigate the rich diversity of Britain's film production, and explore the different cultural traditions which have shaped Britain's national identity onscreen. Editor(s): Ashby, Justine; Higson, Andrew. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DB; APF; JFC; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415220620
- ISBN
- 9780415220620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.16
€ 55.16
Hardcover. This offers an understanding of British Cinema between 1928 and 1939 through an analysis of the relationship between the British film industry and other 'culture industries' such as the radio, music recording, publishing and early television. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 250 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC; JFD; KNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897976
- ISBN
- 9780859897976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.49
€ 134.49
Paperback. What role do objects play in realist narratives as they move between societies and their different systems of value as commodities, as charms, as gifts, as trophies, or as curses? This book explores how the struggle to represent objects in British colonial realism corresponded with historical struggles over the material world and its significance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350933
- ISBN
- 9781349350933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 25 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBJM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319501789
- ISBN
- 9783319501789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.46
€ 120.46
Paperback. This collection of essays by leading and emergent critics of twentieth-century fiction offers a wide-ranging and provocative reassessment of the British novel's achievements after modernism. Editor(s): Mackay, M.; Stonebridge, Lyndsey. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540877
- ISBN
- 9781349540877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book offers a unique analysis of the wide-ranging responses of British novelists to the East-West conflict. Hammond analyses the treatment of such geopolitical currents as communism, nuclearism, clandestinity, decolonisation and US superpowerdom, and explores the literary forms which writers developed to capture the complexities of the age. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445905
- ISBN
- 9781349445905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Paperback. An extravaganza of beautiful princesses and stout stable boys, sour-faced witches and king with hearts of gold. Each tale is a masterpiece of storytelling from the hilarious Three Sillies to the delightfully macabre Sammles ghost. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; FQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415286022
- ISBN
- 9780415286022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.69
€ 19.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. aeo Author is a thea known person in the field. aeo Elections are the benchmarks of political life but there is no similar overview. aeo Fully updated to cover 1992 general election and its aftermath. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JFD; JPHF; JPLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198284
- ISBN
- 9780631198284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.30
€ 51.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349429615
- ISBN
- 9781349429615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Hardback. Containing 17 essays by 16 contemporary literary critics, this text presents late-1990s thinking of 17th- to 18th-century literature. It aims to help students and teachers find new approaches to central canonical works and also provides introductions to several of the less well known writers. Editor(s): Robert Demaria., Prof (Vassar College, New York USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197393
- ISBN
- 9780631197393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.12
€ 141.12