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Hardback. A reconstruction of Henri Poincare's anti-realist philosophy of mathematics. Although Poincare is recognized as the greatest mathematician of the late 19th century, his contribution to the philosophy of mathematics is generally not highly regarded. Series: Macmillan Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333558324
- ISBN
- 9780333558324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Hardback. This work examines the rise of the femme fatale as a prominant fictional type in late nineteenth-century British culture, in the light of biological determinism, imperialism, race, theories about female sexuality, degeneration and evolutionary theory. Series: Women's Studies at York/Macmillan S. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333556122
- ISBN
- 9780333556122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.20
€ 181.20
Hardback. In sections covering the new-born infant, child education, and child mortality, this book deals with images of children, with adults' attitudes towards them, and with concepts of childhood as reflected in legal, theological, philosophical, and medical writings from Medieval Muslim society. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFSP1; JFSP2; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333555989
- ISBN
- 9780333555989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.50
€ 180.50
hardcover. Examining the historical, political, cultural and economic links between the littoral states of the Baltic, this book analyzes what has caused such a strong sense of regional identity. It also looks at the ways in which this identity has survived the Cold War and how it can be used in future links. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; 1DVUE; 1DVUF; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333555859
- ISBN
- 9780333555859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.45
€ 180.45
Paperback. This text analyzes the changing context and conditions of production and livelihood amongst Southeast Asia's peasants since the beginning of the 19th century. Series: A Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFSF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333552940
- ISBN
- 9780333552940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Hardback. Contains essays on the image of Western life as presented by Russian writers who have emigrated from the Soviet Union. The authors include Aksenov, Gladilin, Zinink and Loseff, as well as scholars from the Soviet Union, America, France, Germany and Britain. Editor(s): McMillin, Arnold. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSBH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550410
- ISBN
- 9780333550410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.65
€ 118.65
Hardback. This text is concerned with social issues and problems that affect women throughout the world, the policies and practices that impinge on their human rights, and the programmes around the globe that are successfully changing their conditions. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JKS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550304
- ISBN
- 9780333550304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardback. The aim of this book is to present a long-term perspective on the City of London, seeking to examine, explain and evaluate the combination of trends and circumstances that have made it what it is today. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550250
- ISBN
- 9780333550250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.23
€ 119.23
Hardback. All arts and sciences, in their own way, ultimately try to come to grips with reality. What sets philosophy, theology and religion apart is that they grapple with ultimate reality. In these essays, written in honour of Professor Hick, world scholars in these fields share their most recent insights. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333548363
- ISBN
- 9780333548363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.20
€ 181.20
Hardcover. This is a collection of articles on schools, individuals and topics within the mainstream of the history of economic thought. The principal schools are the physiocrats and the English classical economists and the principal individuals include Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus and Frank W. Taussig. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333548264
- ISBN
- 9780333548264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.37
€ 181.37
Hardback. In 1990 ten per cent of Indian babies died in their first year - in Kerala the rate was less than three per cent. Kerala also boasted India's longest life expectancy and highest female literacy. This book explains how the combination of politics and women has produced the Kerala model. Series: Cambridge Commonwealth Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333548080
- ISBN
- 9780333548080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 294.58
€ 294.58
Hardback. This study analyses the tactics which the German state and its agencies used to regulate the size and balance of population to accord with their social, economic and political beliefs rather than with the views and wishes of individuals. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFMA; JHBD; JHBF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333547717
- ISBN
- 9780333547717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.68
€ 181.68
hardcover. Examines the nature of the relationship among the different religious communities in the Ottoman Empire. In particular, the book regards the situation of the Jews in the Turkish Republic. Num Pages: 394 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 661.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333547366
- ISBN
- 9780333547366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.14
€ 182.14
Paperback. The author attempts to dispel what he believes to be the myth of modern Japan, and finds that it is not the extraordinary success it is frequently claimed to be. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JH; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333545683
- ISBN
- 9780333545683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.45
€ 36.45
Paperback. This text provides an introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation. It not only covers the period up to and including the election of Neil Kinnock as the leader of the Labour Party but also concentrates on the problems of the parliamentary leadership. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; JFCX; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 9 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333542675
- ISBN
- 9780333542675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.14
€ 46.14
Hardback. Challenging the law and order perspective on victims' rights and the false contest that is usually created between those rights and the rights of offenders, this book examines the ways in which victim initiatives emerged, their timing and the seemingly ulterior motives they are meant to serve. Editor(s): Fattah, Ezzat A. Num Pages: 447 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKS; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333542224
- ISBN
- 9780333542224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.76
€ 191.76
Hardback. The contributors to this volume examine the political, social and economic problems associated with the rebirth of an independent Polish state. Editor(s): Latawski, Paul. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; HBJD; JFF; JP; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333539552
- ISBN
- 9780333539552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. An examination of the hardships endured by women, especially in Third World countries, due to the gender-blind analytical frameworks of government and international financial organizations. The authors in this volume offer alternative strategies for combating recession and poverty. Editor(s): Afshar, Haleh; Dennis, Carolyne. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333537435
- ISBN
- 9780333537435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333535868
- ISBN
- 9780333535868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. The social sciences are predominantly developments of the Enlightenment, extensions of the methods of Newtonian science. This book details essays of recent social theorists who have brought the presuppositions of Enlightenment thinking under critical scrutiny. Editor(s): Doherty, Joe; Graham, Elspeth; Malek, Mo. Series: Communications & Culture. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JMA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333534526
- ISBN
- 9780333534526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Hardback. Examines such topics as the autobiographical basis of Gordimer's fiction, her relationship to feminism, the place of the white woman in black Africa, the ambiguity of revolutionary politics, her ambivalent relationship to Judaism, her use of irony, the symbolism of landscape, and other topics. Editor(s): King, Bruce. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333534168
- ISBN
- 9780333534168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.04
€ 181.04
Paperback. A revised and expanded version of the 1989 BBC Reith lectures. Other work by the author includes "Arpentage de la poesie contemporaine", and "Conrad and the West". Other work by the editor includes "America since 1920" and "Kissing cousins: an interpretation of British and American culture". Editor(s): Snowman, Daniel (Chief Producer, BBC, Features, Radio). Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 187.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333533284
- ISBN
- 9780333533284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.74
€ 55.74
Hardback. Camus' "L'Etranger" has become an internationally read book of modern literature. The essays contained in this book celebrate its continuing influence and include studies of Camus' narrative, explorations of the Algerian setting of the novel, comparative studies and feminist perspectives. Editor(s): King, Adele. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532942
- ISBN
- 9780333532942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Hardback. A reconsideration of the abstract death and afterlife ideas of the 1890s in the light of modern critical thought. The contributors essays draw on a range of approaches and are broadly inter-disciplinary. Editor(s): Stokes, John. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532683
- ISBN
- 9780333532683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.06
€ 181.06