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Society & culture: general
Paperback. When parents form families by reaching across social barriers to adopt children, where and how does race enter the adoption process? How do agencies, parents, and the adopted children themselves deal with issues of difference in adoption? This volume engages writers from both sides of the Atlantic to take a close look at these issues. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JFSP; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB; VSP. 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
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446087
- ISBN
- 9781349446087
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Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Paperback. Tamsin Barber addresses the experience of the British-born Vietnamese as an overlooked minority population in 'super-diverse' London, exploring the emergence of the pan-ethnic 'Oriental' category as a new form of collective consciousness and identity in Britain. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JP. 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
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446063
- ISBN
- 9781349446063
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€ 61.72
€ 61.72
paperback. Although there has emerged a huge interest in the Muslim communities in Britain since 9/11 and 7/7, few academic studies have focused on the political processes within Muslim communities and the impacts these have on civic engagement. This book examines the political biographies and religious identities of British Muslims of Pakistani descent. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. 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
- 215
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349446049
- ISBN
- 9781349446049
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Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Paperback. Argues that Shakespeare is anti-political, dissecting the nature of the nation-state and charting a surprising form of resistance to it, using sovereign power against itself to engineer new forms of selfhood and relationality that escape the orbit of the nation-state. It is these new experiences that the book terms 'the life of the flesh'. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. 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
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445981
- ISBN
- 9781349445981
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Condition: New
€ 61.16
€ 61.16
Paperback. In this book, Parent puts together a history of representations of the 1944 mutiny in Senegal. Combining firsthand analysis of the works and their intertextual interactions as well an external perspective, Parent engages with history, literature, film, poetics, and politics and highlights the importance of remembering the past. Num Pages: 222 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445967
- ISBN
- 9781349445967
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Condition: New
€ 61.36
€ 61.36
Paperback. Bernhard Weicht provides a multi-layered analysis of how we understand and construct care in everyday life, the meanings it has for ourselves, our families, our relationships, identities and our sense of society and what is right and proper, making an original contribution to the discussion of the nature of care ethics and its political potential. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JHBC; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445943
- ISBN
- 9781349445943
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Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Paperback. This book offers a unique analysis of the wide-ranging responses of British novelists to the East-West conflict. Hammond analyses the treatment of such geopolitical currents as communism, nuclearism, clandestinity, decolonisation and US superpowerdom, and explores the literary forms which writers developed to capture the complexities of the age. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445905
- ISBN
- 9781349445905
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Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Paperback. "This book developed out of an international symposium titled "Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition: Towards an Integration of Language, Culture and Cognition" at the University of Otago, New Zealand, 21-22 January 2011." Editor(s): Yamaguchi, M (Tochigi Research Laboratories); Tay, D; Blount, B. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; HP; JFSR; JHM; 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
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445882
- ISBN
- 9781349445882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Paperback. Comparing the experience of East Asia and Latin America since the mid-1970s, Elson identifies the key internal factors common to each region which have allowed East Asia to take advantage of the trade, financial, and technological impact of a more globalized economy to support its development, while Latin America has not. Num Pages: 287 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCG; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445844
- ISBN
- 9781349445844
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Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 250 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; JFC; JFSP; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445783
- ISBN
- 9781349445783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.56
€ 61.56
Paperback. Through policy and intervention national governments in Europe have long held an active interest in railways, an interest that has transferred to the supranational level via the EU commission. This book explores why the EU Commission has been so slow in creating an EU railway policy, pointing the finger at strong resistance by national governments Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; 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
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445714
- ISBN
- 9781349445714
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Condition: New
€ 61.13
€ 61.13
Paperback. British Women's Life Writing, 1760-1840 brings together for the first time a wide range of print and manuscript sources to demonstrate women's innovative approach to self-representation. It examines canonical writers, such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Robinson, and Helen Maria Williams, amongst others. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445578
- ISBN
- 9781349445578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Paperback. The Oslo Process of September 1993 to January 2001 ultimately brought about a permanent break in American Judaism's traditional wall-to-wall support for any Israeli government. Drawing on extensive new sources, Rubin analyzes what this meant for the American and Israeli Jewish communities critical constituencies in past and future negotiations." Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBL; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445417
- ISBN
- 9781349445417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFC; JFD; JFSR; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445271
- ISBN
- 9781349445271
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Condition: New
€ 61.31
€ 61.31
Paperback. This book contributes to the growing literature on the biopic genre by outlining and exploring the conventions of the postfeminist biopic. It does so by analyzing recent films about the lives of famous women including Sylvia Plath, Frida Kahlo, Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. 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
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445257
- ISBN
- 9781349445257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Paperback. This account of the global switch to digital television, from its origins to its emerging outcomes, provides an understanding of how digital television is converging with the Internet. It pictures a future in which the democratic role of the media, freedom of expression and democratic participation can be enhanced. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445219
- ISBN
- 9781349445219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Ekstrom, Mats; Tolson, Andrew. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JPA; JPHF; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445196
- ISBN
- 9781349445196
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Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Matheson, Sue. Num Pages: 259 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; APFN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445073
- ISBN
- 9781349445073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Paperback. This book explores the role of religion in the lives of Brazilian migrants in London and on their return 'back home'. Working with the notion of religion as lived experience, it moves beyond rigid denominational boundaries and examines how and where religion is practiced in migrants' everyday lives. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445028
- ISBN
- 9781349445028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Paperback. This book examines, in Andean national contexts, the impacts of the 'Latin American multicultural turn' of the past two decades on Afro Andean cultural politics, emphasizing both transformations and continuities. Num Pages: 255 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; JHM; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444960
- ISBN
- 9781349444960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59