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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book brings a psychological perspective to the often overlooked and understudied topic of women's experiences of migration, covering topics such as memory, place, language, race, social class, work, violence, motherhood, and intergenerational impact of migration. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137521460
- ISBN
- 9781137521460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
hardcover. Editor(s): Hooper, Glenn. Num Pages: 295 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520821
- ISBN
- 9781137520821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.40
€ 161.40
Hardcover. Family members are increasingly likely to provide caregiving for older adults as the US population ages. This book summarizes what we know about caregiving by spouses and other intimate partners, adult children, siblings, grandchildren, friends, and other relatives, as well as by members of racial, ethnic, and sexual minority groups. Num Pages: 150 pages, 9 black & white tables, 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBK; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520678
- ISBN
- 9781137520678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City: The Poor Among Us
Nunez, Ralph da Costa, Sribnick, Ethan G.
Hardcover. In Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City, Nunez and Sribnick explore the world of New York's poor children and families, from the era of European settlements to the present day. The book examines successes and failures of past efforts, providing historical context often lacking in contemporary policy debates. Num Pages: 331 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFA; JFFB; JFFN; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520296
- ISBN
- 9781137520296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Paperback. Taking a close look at ordinary people 'telling their own story', Nancy Thumim explores self-representations in contemporary digital culture in settings as diverse as reality TV, online storytelling, and oral histories displayed in museums. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFC; JFDT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520173
- ISBN
- 9781137520173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.37
€ 71.37
Hardcover. Exclusion is the main predicament faced by people with disabilities across contexts and cultures, yet it is one of the least academically studied concepts. This book offers an applied linguistics perspective on critical and timely issues in disability research, filling in a number of gaps in discourse analysis and disability studies. Series: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse. Num Pages: 240 pages, 37 figures. BIC Classification: CFGR; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519566
- ISBN
- 9781137519566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardback. This cutting edge volume investigates how Hong Kong's economic structure and neoliberal policies have contributed to class inequality in China's global city. Specific topics include educational stratification, attitudes towards works, political attitudes, and class identifications. Series: Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517555
- ISBN
- 9781137517555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. This book is a social critique of the cultural taboo of the female virginity in the Middle East. It highlights the unobtainability of this cultural myth and its multilevel destructive influences on various aspects of social life. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ; JFSR2; JHBK5; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517470
- ISBN
- 9781137517470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
The Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil: The Landless Rural Workers ...
Robles, Wilder, Veltmeyer, Henry
Hardcover. The Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil examines the interrelationships among peasant mobilization, agrarian reform and co-operativism in contemporary Brazil. Series: Social Movements and Transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFA; JHB; JPWF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517197
- ISBN
- 9781137517197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. Exploring how football impacts on people's everyday lives, this volume uses anthropological research methods to scrutinize the social fields of football fans and the specific socio-cultural contexts in which they are embedded, taking into account processes of Europeanization, globalization, commercialization and migration. Editor(s): Schwell, Alexandra; Kowalska, Malgorzata; Buchowski, Michal. Series: Football Research in an Enlarged Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFCA; JHBS; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516961
- ISBN
- 9781137516961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. Through both cultural and literary analysis, this book examines gender in relation to late Qing and modern Chinese intellectuals, including Mu Shiying, Bai Wei, and Lu Xun. Tackling important, previously neglected questions, Zhu ultimately shows the resilience and malleability of Chinese modernity through its progressive views on femininity. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 198 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516893
- ISBN
- 9781137516893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516855
- ISBN
- 9781137516855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.58
€ 105.58
Hardcover. Few women's voices have survived from the antiquity period, but evidence shows that, especially in the area of religion, women were influential in Greek culture. Drawing on Socrates' Symposium, Nye advances this notion by not only exploring the original religious meaning of Diotima's teaching but also how that meaning has been lost throughout time. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP3; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516015
- ISBN
- 9781137516015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
Hardcover. This book is a study of the objectives of Islamic Finance in the modern banking space and offers insight into the effects of changes and developments occurring in Islamic banking products and services. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 figures, 57 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515650
- ISBN
- 9781137515650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Regulating Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in the United States
Bayefsky, Michelle; Jennings, Bruce
Hardback. Reproductive technology allows us to test embryos' genes before deciding whether to transfer them to a woman's uterus. Embryo selection raises many ethical questions but is virtually unregulated in the United States. This comprehensive study considers the ethical, medical, political, and economic aspects of developing appropriate regulation. Series: Palgrave Series in Bioethics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; JPA; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 307.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515438
- ISBN
- 9781137515438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary reader offers a fascinating exploration of the intersection of biopolitics and utopia by employing a range of theoretical approaches. Each essay provides a unique application of the two concepts to topics spanning the social sciences and humanities. Editor(s): Stapleton, Patricia; Byers, Andrew. Series: Palgrave Series in Bioethics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514745
- ISBN
- 9781137514745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. Mexican figures like La Virgen de Guadalupe, la Malinche, la Llorona, and la Chingada reflect different myths of motherhood in Mexican culture. For the first time, Melero examines these instances of portrayed motherhood as a discursive space in the political, cultural, and literary context of early twentieth century Mexico. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514615
- ISBN
- 9781137514615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardcover. This book examines the struggles that unfolded in Latin America over the memory of the pasts of political violence experienced by the countries of the continent in the second half of the twentieth century: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Editor(s): Montano, Eugenia Allier; Crenzel, Emilio A. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514486
- ISBN
- 9781137514486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.98
€ 160.98
Hardcover. Although philosophers debate the morality of open borders, few social scientists have explored what would happen if immigration were no longer limited. This book looks at three examples of temporarily unrestricted migration in Miami, Marseille, and Dublin and finds that the effects were much less catastrophic than opponents of immigration claim. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DDF; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBD; JPSL; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513915
- ISBN
- 9781137513915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardback. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513465
- ISBN
- 9781137513465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early M...
. Ed(S): Fleiner, Carey; Woodacre, Elena
Hardback. Editor(s): Fleiner, Carey; Woodacre, Elena. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 269 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513144
- ISBN
- 9781137513144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.12
€ 194.12
Welfare State Transformations and Inequality in OECD Countries
. Ed(S): Wulfgramm, Melike; Bieber, Tonia; Le...
Hardback. Editor(s): Wulfgramm, Melike; Bieber, Tonia; Leibfried, Stephan. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKSB; JPQB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137511836
- ISBN
- 9781137511836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.39
€ 117.39
Hardback. This book addresses the question of why the European middle classes were ready to accept some of the key features of neo-liberalism. Series: Palgrave Master Series. Num Pages: 123 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHB; JPFK; JPFM; KJVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137511607
- ISBN
- 9781137511607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.92
€ 79.92
Rethinking Transit Migration: Precarity, Mobility, and Self-Making in ...
Basok, Tanya, Bélanger, Danièle, Rojas Wies...
Hardcover. Questioning the notion of transit migration, the book examines factors that shape Central American migrants' mobility and immobility in the transnational space, comprised on Central American countries, Mexico, and the US. Series: Mobility and Politics. Num Pages: 129 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137509741
- ISBN
- 9781137509741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.54
€ 71.54