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Hardcover. Jean Gerson and Gender examines the deployment of gendered rhetoric by the influential late medieval politically active theologian, Jean Gerson (1363-1429), as a means of understanding his reputation for political neutrality, the role played by royal women in the French royal court, and the rise of the European witch hunts. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488824
- ISBN
- 9781137488824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. Series: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPHV; JPW; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488640
- ISBN
- 9781137488640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.93
€ 161.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 213 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487742
- ISBN
- 9781137487742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.23
€ 116.23
Hardback. Editor(s): Rembis, Michael A. Num Pages: 355 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JHMC; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487681
- ISBN
- 9781137487681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.63
€ 139.63
Paperback. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487469
- ISBN
- 9781137487469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.44
€ 126.44
Hardcover. This collection interrogates sports in Latin America as a key terrain in which nation is defined and populations are interpellated through emotionally charged practices (state policy, media representations, and sports play itself by professionals, national teams and amateurs) of inclusion and exclusion. Editor(s): Fernandez l'Hoeste, Hector D.; Irwin, Robert McKee; Poblete, Juan. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JHBS; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487186
- ISBN
- 9781137487186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.35
€ 150.35
Hardcover. This book analyzes the ways in which US policy toward Iraq was dictated by America's broader Cold War strategy between 1958 and 1975 and shows where Iraq fits into the broader historiography of the Cold War in the Middle East. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBTW; JFSL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487117
- ISBN
- 9781137487117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.12
€ 161.12
Hardcover. Disability and Disaster adds disaster research to the expanding area of disability studies. The book includes writings by international scholars and first-hand narratives from individuals with disabilities affected by disasters around the globe. Hazards described in these narratives include earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, and war. Editor(s): Kelman, Ilan; Stough, Laura M. Series: Disaster Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 1 black & white halftones, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 table. BIC Classification: JFFC; JFFG; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485991
- ISBN
- 9781137485991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.18
€ 138.18
Hardcover. Performing Punk is a rich exploration of subcultural contrasts and similarities among punks. By investigating how punk is made, for whom, and in opposition to what, this book takes the reader on a journey through the lesser-known aspects of the punk subculture. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGU; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485915
- ISBN
- 9781137485915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Paperback. Significantly updated and expanded, this indispensable resource offers students and scholars alike real advice in navigating the ever-changing academic landscape. Offering practical guidance on graduate school, dissertation-writing, job interviews, promotions, retirement, publications, conferences, and so much more, this is the essential resource. Editor(s): Hunt, Mary E.; Ali, Kecia. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 9. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485731
- ISBN
- 9781137485731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Hardcover. Inverting the traditional focus of ethnic studies on blackness as the object of scrutiny, this book explores dominant forms of white masculinity as seen by African American authors placed alongside certain white writers. Author analyzes texts by Herman Melville, Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Frederick Douglass, and James Baldwin. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485601
- ISBN
- 9781137485601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Violent Neoliberalism explores the complex unfolding relationship between neoliberalism and violence. Employing a series of theoretical dialogues on development, discourse and dispossession Cambodia, this study sheds significant empirical light on the vicious implications of free market ideology and practice. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMC; JFFE; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485328
- ISBN
- 9781137485328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Paperback. Drawing from a wide spectrum of disciplines, the essays in this collection examine in different national contexts the consequences of the "Latin American multicultural turn" in Afro Latino social movements of the past two decades. Editor(s): Rahier, Jean. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL3; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485182
- ISBN
- 9781137485182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Hardcover. Chinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's "afterglow" (a state of crisis and decay within digital culture). Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485175
- ISBN
- 9781137485175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; JFFJ; JFSJ; JNB; WSBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485083
- ISBN
- 9781137485083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin...
. Ed(S): Ascher, William; Mirovitskaya, Natal...
Paperback. This collection of case studies explains the pathways between development patterns, economic strategies, and violence in Latin America. Editor(s): Ascher, William; Mirovitskaya, Natalia. Series: Politics, Economics, and Inclusive Development. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485014
- ISBN
- 9781137485014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Paperback. This interdisciplinary study explores the interaction between memory and transitional justice in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay and develops a theoretical framework for bringing these two fields of study together through the concept of critical junctures. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSU; JFF; JPA; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485007
- ISBN
- 9781137485007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardback. What are the functions of optimism in modern societies? How is hope culturally transmitted? What values and attitudes does it reflect? This book explores how and why powerful institutions propagate 'cultures of optimism' in different domains, such as politics, work, the family, religion and psychotherapy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484802
- ISBN
- 9781137484802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork in Kuwait and throughout the Arabian Peninsula, this book explores what cultural elites in the Arab Gulf region have to say about women's political and cultural rights and how their faith is or is not related to their politics. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HRH; JFFK; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484772
- ISBN
- 9781137484772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.54
€ 71.54
Hardcover. This study focuses upon governance and social organisation within the Chinese village and explores the extent to which farmers have autonomy vis-a-vis their economic and political activities in an attempt to understand the relationship between farmers and the state in a rapidly changing China. Series: The Cultural and Social Foundations of Education. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JPFC; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484680
- ISBN
- 9781137484680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18