Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. How do NGOs overcome the suspicion and perception of them as Western agents? This book uncovers the skilful manoeuvring that women's NGOs have to perform in order to survive a hostile environment Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113206
- ISBN
- 9780230113206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. This book offers new essays and interviews addressing Wilson's work, ranging from examinations of the presence of Wilson's politics in his plays to the limitations of these politics on contemporary interpretations of Black aesthetics. Also includes an updated introduction assessing Wilson's legacy since his death in 2005. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ANB; DD; DSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113015
- ISBN
- 9780230113015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.16
€ 53.37
€ 47.16
Hardback. This wide-ranging collection of essays contains unexplored themes and theoretical orientations centering on racism and spatial dimensions; the transnational and political Wright; Wright and masculinity, Wright and the American 1950s and 1960s; and some of the first analyses of Wright's recently published A Father's Law (2008). Editor(s): Craven, Professor Alice Mikal; Dow, William. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112810
- ISBN
- 9780230112810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. This important look at CAP combines historical research and analysis with the author's first-hand experience with the organization, providing the first historical narrative of a consequential player in the Black Power Movement. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- PALGRAVE MD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112155
- ISBN
- 9780230112155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach which opens up new ways of understanding urban culture and space. The author approaches the city as essentially a 'material' place where people live, work, and participate in social practices within historical limits set not by sensory experience or cultural meanings but material social conditions. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111592
- ISBN
- 9780230111592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. Broadens the perspective of recent work on the discourse of the Muslim Other in medieval Christendom by investigating pertinent texts, art, and artefacts, situating these local discourses of the Muslim Other in the larger cultural context of proto-Eurocentric discourse. Editor(s): Frakes, Jerold C. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111431
- ISBN
- 9780230111431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.41
€ 149.41
Hardback. This volume analyzes intergenerational solidarity from diverse interdisciplinary angles within the social sciences. It provides analytical tools to advance research and documents how societies are adjusting to major changes that affect the core of the social fabric. Editor(s): Cruz-Saco, Maria Amparo; Zelenev, Sergei. Num Pages: 243 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110748
- ISBN
- 9780230110748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardback. The essays in this collection use the interpretative lens to interrogate the meanings of Meyer's books, making a compelling case for the cultural relevance of Twilight and providing insights on how we can "read" popular culture to our best advantage. Editor(s): Anatol, Giselle Liza. Num Pages: 255 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; DSY; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110670
- ISBN
- 9780230110670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.59
€ 67.59
Hardback. This book brings together fascinating testimonies from thirty inhabitants of the 'Kommunalka,' the communal apartments that were the norm in housing in the cities of Russia during the whole history of the Soviet Union. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBTB; HBTD; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 289 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110168
- ISBN
- 9780230110168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. When themes of historical and cultural identity appear and repeat in popular film, it is possible to see the real pulse of a nation and comprehend a people, their culture and their history. National Identity in Global Cinema describes how national cultures as reflected in popular cinema can truly explain the world, one country at a time. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 187 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108820
- ISBN
- 9780230108820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardback. Contemporary cultural studies have marginalized "agency," namely the power of people to shape social life. Here, Stephen Tumino offers a new materialist challenge to these tendencies and articulates an internationalist cultural theory that puts global agency in the forefront of cultural analysis. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108806
- ISBN
- 9780230108806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. This book is an anthology of work by critical media scholars, media makers, and activists who are committed to advancing social justice. Editor(s): Pooley, Jefferson; Taub-Pervizpour, Lora; Jansen, Sue Curry. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108639
- ISBN
- 9780230108639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardback. This book aims to address this neglect in the European context with concentration on the UK case. Conceptually, it explores the meanings of diaspora and whether this is an appropriate concept to refer to Latin American migration to Europe in particular Editor(s): McIlwaine, Cathy. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 278 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KL; JFFN; JFFS; JPS; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108387
- ISBN
- 9780230108387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardback. A cultural and historical exploration of Italian and Italian American discrimination Editor(s): Connell, William J.; Gardaphe, Fred. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108295
- ISBN
- 9780230108295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. This book explores humanity's most persistent and tragic problem by answering some crucial questions including: How is military power created and asserted? What are weapons of mass destruction and what is the likelihood of them being used? What are the source, methods, and results of terrorism and counterterrorism? Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106994
- ISBN
- 9780230106994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. What are the ties that bind the 'good youth citizen' and the youth activist in the 21st century? Young people are encouraged to save the world via community projects that resemble activism, yet increasingly risk arrest for public acts of dissent. This book explores the cultural dynamics of being young and politically engaged. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JFSP3; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106680
- ISBN
- 9780230106680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.00
€ 61.00
Hardback. Translator(s): Pluecker, John. Series: Theory in the World. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105089
- ISBN
- 9780230105089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 387 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104495
- ISBN
- 9780230104495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.36
€ 117.36
Hardback. Out of the many challenges facing Africa today, there is the tendency of some to manipulate religious and ethnic identities for private interests. The book examines how religion has given rise to these conditions in Africa, by weaving together issues of poverty, wealth, and violent conflicts. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104273
- ISBN
- 9780230104273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104099
- ISBN
- 9780230104099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86