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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Harold Fisch explores the biblical influence on the style and structure of landmark works by Fielding, Defoe, George Eliot, Kafka, Dostoevsky and others. Whilst the great novelists could not manage without the Bible, at the same time 'it would not do'. The book concludes with two chapters on the Israeli novelists S.Y. Agnon and A.B. Yehoshua. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HRA; HRLB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714096
- ISBN
- 9780333714096
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Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardback. An attempt to re-create and examine the literary culture of 1798, the culture on which Wordsworth and Coleridge decided to make their "experiment". This is a book in which Wordsworth and Coleridge vie for attention, as they did in 1798, with many other writers, including Schleiermacher. Editor(s): Cronin, Richard. Series: Romanticism in Perspective. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714089
- ISBN
- 9780333714089
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Condition: New
€ 181.09
€ 181.09
Hardback. Since 1957, more than 45 countries have received aid from China, yet little has been known about the effectiveness or impact of this assistance. This book provides an account of China's experience as an aid donor in rural Africa. Series: Macmillan International Political Economy S. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; GTF; JFSF; JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333712801
- ISBN
- 9780333712801
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Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardback. This is an ethnographic study of Malay Muslim enterprise and entrepreneurial culture among the beneficiaries of the New Economic Policy (NEP) in Malaysia, a government programme of action intended to develop the indigenous Malay population in an ethnically-polarized nation. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1QFM; JFSR2; JHM; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 465.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333712757
- ISBN
- 9780333712757
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Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardback. A comparative and interdisciplinary study of issues of citizenship, culture, ethnicity and migration with contributions from North America, Europe and Australia by philosophers, historians, sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists. Provides a critique of the illiberal status quo in western democracy. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMP; JPFK; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333712436
- ISBN
- 9780333712436
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Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Hardback. Investigating the perceptions of political actors towards EMU in Europe, this research is based on personal interviews in key organizations in Britain, France and Germany. It examines why actors perceived EMU to serve or frustrate their interests. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JFFS; JPSN2; KCBM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333712009
- ISBN
- 9780333712009
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Condition: New
€ 181.17
€ 181.17
Hardback. A collection of essays on theoretical approaches to childhood which formulates and presents new ideas about the construction of childhood as a cultural identity. Editor(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711484
- ISBN
- 9780333711484
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Condition: New
€ 119.57
€ 119.57
Paperback. An exploration of the social space occupied by both gender and ethnicity, which uses examples ranging from Punjabi families in the UK and Surinamese migrants in Amsterdam, to Hindu and Muslim women and black nurses in Britain, the African and Asian diasporas, and gender identity in post-Soviet Latvia. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711125
- ISBN
- 9780333711125
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Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. This work focuses on the tradition of "philosemitism" which manifested itself in Britain and elsewhere in the English-speaking world during every significant international outbreak of anti-semitism during the century after 1840. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699508
- ISBN
- 9780333699508
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Condition: New
€ 119.54
€ 119.54
Hardback. An analysis of institutional dynamics which develops the argument that social policy development in Korea is not due to common exogenous factors such as international or union pressure but the desire of government to have itself legitimated. The book is part of the ST ANTHONY'S series. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JFF; JKS; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699270
- ISBN
- 9780333699270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.87
€ 118.87
Hardback. This volume examines how Jefferson, in the process of inventing the USA as the first new nation of the Romantic era, sought to find an appropriate imagery to represent the people, their homeland and the cultural ideal to which they should aspire. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333698242
- ISBN
- 9780333698242
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Condition: New
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
Paperback. The chapters in this book illustrate, from a number of different perspectives, the ways in which power is located and articulated through gendered negotiations and acted out within the changing and differing setting of the household. Editor(s): McKie, Linda; Bowlby, Sophie R.; Gregory, Susan. Num Pages: 230 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695746
- ISBN
- 9780333695746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover. The chapters in this book illustrate, from a number of different perspectives, the ways in which power is located and articulated through gendered negotiations and acted out within the changing and differing setting of the household. Editor(s): McKie, Linda; Bowlby, Sophie R.; Gregory, Susan. Num Pages: 245 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695739
- ISBN
- 9780333695739
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Condition: New
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
Hardback. In the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES series,a cross-national analysis of the changing identities of various national and ethnic groups.It features case studies of contemporary Eastern European national identities and ethnic minorities looking at their new political influence and efforts to revive suppressed cultures. Editor(s): Taras, Ray. Series: International Council for Central and East European Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFC; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695531
- ISBN
- 9780333695531
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Condition: New
€ 119.15
€ 119.15
Hardback. A collection of essays by leading Chinese and Russian scholars which explore the political, economic, diplomatic and strategic responses of Russia and China to newly independent states in Central Asia as both countries search for a post communist and post cold war order. Editor(s): Zhang, Yongjin; Azizian, Rouben. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FC; 1FPC; JFSL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333694671
- ISBN
- 9780333694671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.26
€ 119.26
Hardback. Analyzing the profound changes in UK youth crime in the 1980s, this text posits the French Social Prevention Initiative of the 1980s as an alternative model for a genuinely "joined up", social democratic response to the increasingly complex problem of youth crime in Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP2; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333692011
- ISBN
- 9780333692011
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Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Negotiating Citizenship: Migrant Women in Canada and the Global System
Stasiulis, Daiva K., Bakan, Abigail B.
Hardcover. This title explores the growing inequalities associated with nation-based citizenship from the perspective of migrant women workers who have made their way from impoverished Third World countries to work in Canada in the caregiving industries of domestic service and nursing. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689608
- ISBN
- 9780333689608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.15
€ 119.15
Hardback. This publication is a sociological study of the ideological formation of Chinese intellectuals, their place in the social structure and their role in influencing and effecting social and political change. It includes histories of prominent figures from the Chinese intellectual community. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689448
- ISBN
- 9780333689448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.61
€ 119.61
Paperback. This text provides theoretical insight and analysis of the power relations between women's activism, Islamist thought and the Egyptian state. Comtemporary feminist debates among women's NGOs are examined, and the different perceptions of gender roles among Islamist men and women are contrasted. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFFK; JFSR2; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333688175
- ISBN
- 9780333688175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
The New Regionalism and the Future of Security and Development
. Ed(S): Hettne, Bjorn; Sunkel, Osvaldo
Paperback. This text is dedicated to the implications of the new regionalism for global security and development. The fourth volume in the five-volume "The New Regionalism Series", it features contributions from the UNU/WIDER project on new regionalism. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn; Sunkel, Osvaldo. Series: The New Regionalism. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687147
- ISBN
- 9780333687147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48