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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book asks how, in a time of crisis, medieval citizens developed an independent sense of ethics. Witness testimonies from Marseille's court records offer a small window into the neighborhoods of Marseille and reveal how humble people, often women, used the role of witness to become the arbiters of their communities. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBTB; JF; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391994
- ISBN
- 9780230391994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. This book examines evolution of medieval patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus on female suffers in particular. Using feminist revisions of genre-theory, Waugh analyses the concept of counterfeit consciousness in the works of Margery Kempe and Chaucer among others. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 247 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391864
- ISBN
- 9780230391864
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Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. This book addresses the development of 'civil' anti-Semitism in twentieth-century Britain, a crucial and often critically neglected strand of anti-Jewish rhetoric that, prior to 1934, was essential to the legitimization of proto-fascist political and literary discourses, as well as stylistic practices within literary modernism. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391666
- ISBN
- 9780230391666
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Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. This book deconstructs territoriality in the context of current and past European politics to advance international relations scholars' understanding of the uses and limits of territory in European history as well as the origin of an international system. It looks to the future of migration regimes beyond the territorially exclusive state. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JPSL; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391284
- ISBN
- 9780230391284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. A comprehensive survey of the key areas of research in cross-cultural communication, based on the authors' experience in organizing and delivering courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students and in business training in the UK and overseas. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391130
- ISBN
- 9780230391130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.86
€ 191.86
Hardcover. This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the importance of narrative understanding to social agency. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390935
- ISBN
- 9780230390935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. Radio, the most widely used medium in the world, is a dominant mediator of musical meaning. Through a combination of critical analysis, interdisciplinary theory and ethnographic writing about community radio, this book provides a novel theorization of democratic aesthetics, with important implications for the study of old and new media alike. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APW; AV; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390508
- ISBN
- 9780230390508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Hardcover. This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFS; JPWD; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230380202
- ISBN
- 9780230380202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. Engaging in a comprehensive examination of reality TV's advertising and promotional strategies, as well as the commodification of viewers, Consuming Reality dissects the unique and startling relation between mediation and consumption. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT; JFDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230379961
- ISBN
- 9780230379961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Hardcover. Presents the outcomes of a major 14-country project aimed at empowering girls and young women. Provides a discussion of their choices in life, comparing factors such as family background, health, education, employment opportunities and the use of and access to the internet. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369351
- ISBN
- 9780230369351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Hardcover. Draws together contributions from leading figures in the field of surveillance to engage in the discussion of the emergence of accountability as a means to manage threats to privacy. The first of its kind to enrich the debate about accountability and privacy by drawing together perspectives from experienced privacy researchers and policy makers. Editor(s): Neyland, Daniel; Hempel, Leon; Kroener, Inga; Postigo, Hector; Ilten, Carla; Guagnin, Daniel. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 black & white tables, 5 diagrames. BIC Classification: JFF; JPVH; KNSS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369320
- ISBN
- 9780230369320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.54
€ 119.54
Hardcover. In this book, men in politics are the subjects of a gendered analysis with Elin Bjarnegard exploring how male networks are maintained and expanded, seeking to improve our understanding of the rationale underlying male dominance in politics. The role of informal institutions in unpredictable political settings are explored. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369269
- ISBN
- 9780230369269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. This book seeks to set humanism on a new footing. No longer Enlightenment intuitions of an autonomous, disconnected, and rational self but a philosophy oriented towards the relationship between self and other. With this, it seeks to provide an escape from present egotism and narcissism in society. It discusses altruism as well as its limitations. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369160
- ISBN
- 9780230369160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Hardcover. Mediating Memory in the Museum is a contribution to an emerging field of research that is situated at the interface between memory studies and museum studies. It highlights the role of museums in the proliferation of the so-called memory boom as well as the influence of memory discourses on international trends in museum cultures. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; GM; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368866
- ISBN
- 9780230368866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.27
€ 150.27
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; VSPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368644
- ISBN
- 9780230368644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.18
€ 119.18
Hardcover. Repression receives little attention in philosophical literature. This study of cases of repression that inhibit an agent's deliberative access to his reasons argues that an agent cannot correctly deliberate about a reason to overcome repression as if he did so, he would already have overcome repression and so would have no reason to do so. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSJ; JMRN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368507
- ISBN
- 9780230368507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Hardcover. Copyright governance is in a state of flux because the boundaries between legal and illegal consumption have blurred. Trajce Cvetkovski interrogates the disorganizational effects of piracy and emerging technologies on the political economy of copyright in popular music, film and gaming industries. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; LNRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368477
- ISBN
- 9780230368477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. An analysis of literary accounts of suffering from sub-Saharan Africa, this book examines fiction and life-writing in English and French over the last forty years. Drawing on writers from the canonical to the less well-known, it uses close readings to examine the personal, social and political consequences of representing pain in literature. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230367425
- ISBN
- 9780230367425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. This collection of essays by scholars with expertise in a range of fields, cultural professionals and policy makers explores different ways in which the arts and humanities contribute to dealing with the challenges of contemporary society in ways that do not rely on simplistic and questionable notions of socio-economic impact as a proxy for value. Editor(s): Belfiore, Eleonora; Upchurch, Anna. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AB; H; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230366633
- ISBN
- 9780230366633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Hardcover. This book explores how digital communication generates new intimacies and meanings of friendship in a networked society, developing a theory of mediated intimacies to explain how social media contributes to dramatic changes in our ideas about personal relationships, through themes of self, youth, families, digital dating and online social capital. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFP; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230364172
- ISBN
- 9780230364172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Hardcover. Roger examines how developments in new media technologies, such as the internet, blogs, camera/video phones, have fundamentally altered the way in which governments, militaries, terrorists, NGOs, and citizens engage with images. He argues that there has been a paradigm shift from techno-war to image warfare, which emerged on 9/11. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JPS; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363885
- ISBN
- 9780230363885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Paperback. Exploring representations of gender, sexuality and ethnicity in Hindi films, Banaji examines the socio-political contexts and how young audiences in India and the UK construct them. In-depth interviews, observations and photographs provide insights into spectatorship and comparison with theories about Hindi film and popular culture. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363458
- ISBN
- 9780230363458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. From neorealism's resolve to Berlusconian revisionist melodramas, this book examines cinema's role in constructing memories of Fascist Italy. Italian cinema has both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Fascism, reinforcing or challenging stereotypes, remembering selectively and silently forgetting the most shameful pages of Italy's history. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363328
- ISBN
- 9780230363328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. Analyzing action at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, this first ethnography of the site offers a fresh approach to studying the memorial and memory work as potential civic engagement of visitors with themselves and others rather than with history itself. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBWQ; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363304
- ISBN
- 9780230363304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84