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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This book argues for the ethical relevancy of contemporary fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Through reading novels by such writers as David Foster Wallace, Richard Powers, and Irvine Welsh, this book looks at how these works seek to transform the ways that readers live in the world. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
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- New
- SKU
- V9781349537655
- ISBN
- 9781349537655
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book examines the relationship between the literary and bioscientific cultures of the period as a means of exploring the ways in which the comprehension and representation of the human body fundamentally shapes a variety of the period's communal and national visions. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537594
- ISBN
- 9781349537594
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€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Paperback. This book explores the intersections of film, justice, and the state in comparative perspective across a range of major Asian countries, including India, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The contributing authors cross the conventional border between the analysis of on-screen and off-screen intersections of law and cinema. Editor(s): Creekmur, Corey K.; Sidel, Mark. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; JFC; JFD; JP; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537556
- ISBN
- 9781349537556
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€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
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- New
- SKU
- V9781349537532
- ISBN
- 9781349537532
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Much has been written about the wealth of nations, the history of unequal distribution and zones of affluence and deprivation within and between societies. This book explores why some Asian nations are more prosperous than others through an examination of how their interaction with and utilization of resources has changed over the centuries. Editor(s): Boomgaard, P.; Bankoff, Greg. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; KCN; KCP; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537440
- ISBN
- 9781349537440
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€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Paperback. This book reveals the full extent of electricity's significance in Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century literature and culture. It provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of canonical American authors from the American Renaissance onwards. As well as many fascinating hitherto under-studied writers. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537327
- ISBN
- 9781349537327
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€ 61.84
€ 61.84
paperback. This book offers the first sustained assessment of the ways in which recent contemporary philosophy and cultural theory - including the work of Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Eric Santner, Slavoj Zizek, and Alenka Zupancic - can illuminate Early Modern literature and culture. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537303
- ISBN
- 9781349537303
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€ 61.56
€ 61.56
Paperback. This book is a documentary survey of Hong Kong history, from the 1920s to the mid-1960s, from the perspective of the Maryknoll Sisters, as recorded in their diaries written during that period. It is a priceless collection of first-hand materials on the social history of Hong Kong. Editor(s): Chu, C. Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; HRAX; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537280
- ISBN
- 9781349537280
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€ 62.54
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Paperback. This book explores the regulation of intimate relationships today. It uses fascinating and at times salacious material as well as historical and contemporary legal-political sources. Addressing questions ranging from whether a virgin can be a party to adultery, to whether a man can be a wife each chapter deals with changing themes of conjugality. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537266
- ISBN
- 9781349537266
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€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Paperback. The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the sub-genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537242
- ISBN
- 9781349537242
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€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Paperback. Through analysis of eight English novels of the Nineteenth century, this work explores the ways in which the novel contributes to the formation of ideology regarding the family, and, conversely, the ways in which changing attitudes toward the family shape and reshape the novel. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537167
- ISBN
- 9781349537167
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€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Paperback. Dowdy uncovers and analyzes the primary rhetorical strategies, particularly figures of voice, in American political poetry from the Vietnam War-era to the present. He brings together a unique and diverse collection of poets, including an innovative section on hip hop performance. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537143
- ISBN
- 9781349537143
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€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS; JFC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537082
- ISBN
- 9781349537082
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€ 62.54
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Paperback. This collection analyzes the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient to contemporary times. The contributors propose a new, global understanding of commerce and culture, to reconfigure how we understand the way great cultures interact, and present a new constellation of diplomacy, literature, and geopolitics. Editor(s): Katz, Nathan; Chakravarti, Ranabir; Sinha, Braj M.; Weil, Shalva. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRA; HRAX; JFC; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537006
- ISBN
- 9781349537006
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€ 62.15
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Paperback. An in-depth look at the AIDS crisis in Russia and Eurasia. Editor(s): Twigg, Judyth L. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFF; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536986
- ISBN
- 9781349536986
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€ 61.44
€ 61.44
paperback. This book is a penetrating study of the long conflict between China and Japan. Drawing upon history, geopolitics and geoeconomics, this volume examines these important Asian powers at the bilateral, regional, and global levels. Contributors examine issues including oil feuds, the Taiwan factor, and implications for U.S. interests in Asia Pacific. Editor(s): Hsiung, James C. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536955
- ISBN
- 9781349536955
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€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. N.B. this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title. Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. Using literary and social analysis, this book examines a range of modern Arab American literary fiction and illustrates how socio-political phenomena have affected the development of the Arab American novel. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536870
- ISBN
- 9781349536870
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€ 61.44
€ 61.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536795
- ISBN
- 9781349536795
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€ 61.47
€ 61.47
Paperback. This study enriches understanding of East Africa's refugee situation by examining the conditions that gave rise to it and how the refugees themselves sought to reconstruct their lives. Focusing on the 1990s, Veney compares Kenya and Tanzania, two nations that did not generate many refugees, but become important hosts for the general region. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536726
- ISBN
- 9781349536726
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€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Paperback. After its succes de scandale in France in 1856, Flaubert's Madame Bovary was widely adapted, sometimes so closely they were dismissed as plagiarism yet they achieved canonical status in their national traditions. This study traces Madame Bovary's journey abroad and asks why the novel was given such import in foreign literatures." Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536689
- ISBN
- 9781349536689
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€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Paperback. This study examines certain key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru's viceregal capital. Through analysis of seventeenth-century ceremonies of state and local religious rituals, this book asserts that colonial Lima was culturally diverse and its rich population more integrated than historiography would suggest. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536641
- ISBN
- 9781349536641
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€ 129.13
€ 129.13
The Uses of Institutions. The U.S., Japan, and Governance in East Asia...
. Ed(S): Ikenberry, G. John; Inoguchi, Takash...
Paperback. This book explores the ways that institutions play a role - or fail to - in Japanese and American approaches to regional governance in East Asia. It uses recent studies on the logic and dynamics of institutions to determine the logic of order within the East Asia region. The central focus is on bilateral and multilateral regional institutions. Editor(s): Ikenberry, G. John; Inoguchi, Takashi. Num Pages: 254 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536627
- ISBN
- 9781349536627
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book looks at the relationship of literary criticism to the social construction of race in Brazil. Isfahani-Hammond considers Gilberto Freyre's model of master/slave synthesis and examines what "multiculturalism" means after the turn of the century. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 205 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JFSL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536580
- ISBN
- 9781349536580
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
paperback. Marla Morris explores Jewish intellectuals in society and in the university using psychoanalytic theory. Morris examines Otherness as experienced by Jewish intellectuals who grapple with anti-Semitism within the halls of academia. She claims that academia breeds uncertainty and chaos. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JMAF; JNK; JPQB; RBGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536528
- ISBN
- 9781349536528
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€ 54.99€ 43.41
€ 54.99
€ 43.41