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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Countering the commonplace view of teaching as inclusive, this collection highlights the persistence of inequalities in the teaching profession. It explores the ways in which gender, ethnicity, social class and other identity markers shape teachers' experiences in a range of institutional and national contexts. Editor(s): Moreau, Marie-Pierre. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JNMT; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460410
- ISBN
- 9781349460410
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€ 125.79
€ 125.79
Paperback. This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460373
- ISBN
- 9781349460373
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Rhys Matters, the first collection of essays focusing on Rhys's writing in over twenty years, encounters her oeuvre from multiple disciplinary perspectives and appreciates the interventions in modernism, postcolonial studies, Caribbean studies, and women's and gender studies. Editor(s): Wilson, M.; Johnson, K. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460274
- ISBN
- 9781349460274
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460212
- ISBN
- 9781349460212
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Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Lee, H.; Lim, L. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JFD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460199
- ISBN
- 9781349460199
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Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Paperback. As outdoor entertainment venues in American cities, pleasure gardens were public spaces where people could explore what it meant to be American. Stubbs examines how these venues helped form American identity and argues the gardens allowed for the exploration of what it meant to be American through performance, both on and off the stage. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460021
- ISBN
- 9781349460021
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€ 53.37€ 45.65
€ 53.37
€ 45.65
paperback. This collection examines the intersections and dynamics of bordering processes and citizenship politics in the Global North and Australia. By taking the political agency of migrants into account, it approaches the subject of borders as a genuine political and socially constructed phenomenon and transcends a state-centered perspective. Editor(s): Russ-Sattar, Sabine. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA; JPQB; JPVH; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459865
- ISBN
- 9781349459865
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€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459827
- ISBN
- 9781349459827
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Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. With studies of China, India, West Africa, South America and Europe, this book provides a global perspective on food consumption in the modern world. Combing ethnographic, historical and comparative analyses, the volume celebrates the contributions of Jack Goody to the anthropology of food. Editor(s): Klein, Jakob A.; Murcott, Anne. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBL; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459742
- ISBN
- 9781349459742
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Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
paperback. This collection brings together an interdisciplinary pool of scholars to explore the relationship between children and borders with richly-documented ethnographic studies from around the world. The book provides a penetrating account of how borders affect children's lives and how children play a constitutive role in the social life of borders. Editor(s): Spyrou, Spyros; Christou, Miranda. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSP; JHB; JKSB1; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349459711
- ISBN
- 9781349459711
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Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459636
- ISBN
- 9781349459636
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€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. Contributors from diverse backgrounds explore a range of issues in relation to the media and journalism's role in ascribing meaning to tourism practices. This fascinating account offers a thoroughly international and interdisciplinary perspective on an increasingly important field of journalism scholarship. Editor(s): Hanusch, Folker; Fursich, Elfriede. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSL; KNTJ; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459599
- ISBN
- 9781349459599
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; HBTD; HPK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 451.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459544
- ISBN
- 9781349459544
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€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. By analysing the folk stories and personal narratives of a cross-section of Palestinians, Sirhan offers a detailed study of how content and sociolinguistic variables affect a narrator's language use and linguistic behaviour. This book will be of interest to anyone engaged with narrative discourse, gender discourse, Arabic studies and linguistics. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459513
- ISBN
- 9781349459513
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
paperback. Editor(s): Coman, R.; Kostera, Thomas; Tomini, Luca. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349459391
- ISBN
- 9781349459391
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€ 65.54
€ 65.54
Paperback. Drawing on international and multidisciplinary expertise, this pioneering edited collection analyzing Islam in contemporary Ethiopia challenges the popular notion of a 'Christian Ethiopia' imagined as the century-old, never colonized Abyssinia, isolated in the highlands and dominated by Orthodox Christianity. Num Pages: 267 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HRAC; HRAX; HRH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459315
- ISBN
- 9781349459315
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Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFD; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459292
- ISBN
- 9781349459292
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Condition: New
€ 65.72
€ 65.72
Paperback. Offering a cross-media exploration of Israeli media on Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of Israel's most sacred national rituals, over the past six decades, this fascinating book investigates the way in which variables such as medium, structure of ownership, genre and targeted audiences shape the collective recollection of traumatic memories. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459278
- ISBN
- 9781349459278
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Condition: New
€ 65.48
€ 65.48
Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Chang...
. Ed(S): Ha, Huong; Dhakal, Tek Nath
Paperback. Academics and practitioners from across Asia and beyond revisit the issues and impact of climate change in Asia. They examine the preconditions for good governance regarding climate change, and the role of state and non-state actors in climate change governance, and explore different political-legal frameworks. Editor(s): Ha, Huong; Dhakal, Tek Nath. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPSN; RGB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459254
- ISBN
- 9781349459254
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Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. How does the performance of blackness reframe issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality? Here, the contributors look into representational practices in film, literature, fashion, and theatre and explore how they have fleshed out political struggles, while recognizing that they have sometimes maintained the mechanisms of violence against blacks. Editor(s): Lemoine, Xavier; Rocchi, Jean-Paul. Num Pages: 289 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459155
- ISBN
- 9781349459155
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Condition: New
€ 63.07€ 53.87
€ 63.07
€ 53.87