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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The 'invisible hand', Adam Smith's metaphor for the morality of capitalism, is explored in this text as being far more subtle and intricate than is usually understood, with many British realist fiction writers (Austen, Dickens, Gaskell, Eliot) having absorbed his model of ironic causality in complex societies and turned it to their own purposes. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331581
- ISBN
- 9781349331581
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Who was the early twentieth-century masculine middlebrow reader? How did his reading choices respond to his environment? This book looks at British middlebrow writing and reading from the late Victorian period to the 1950s and examines the masculine reader and author, and how they challenged feminine middlebrow and literary modernism. Editor(s): MacDonald, K. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331604
- ISBN
- 9781349331604
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€ 66.00
€ 66.00
paperback. An in-depth account of EU policies in the area of public service broadcasting, focusing mainly on the application of the European State aid rules. The book discusses when, how and with what impact the European Commission deals with public service broadcasting. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPP; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349331772
- ISBN
- 9781349331772
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; DSB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331833
- ISBN
- 9781349331833
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€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly. It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating new tensions, or relaxing such tensions. Editor(s): Pfau-Effinger, Birgit. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JFSP31; JHB; JKSB1; JPB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331932
- ISBN
- 9781349331932
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Employing the first analysis of the entire population of any British town, this book examines how overseas migrants affected society and culture in South Shields near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Resituating Britain within global processes of migration and cultural change, it recasts British society pre-1940 as culturally and racially dynamic and diverse. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331970
- ISBN
- 9781349331970
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€ 150.16
€ 150.16
Paperback. The music industry is undergoing immense change. This book argues that the transformations occurring across the various music industries - recording, live performance, publishing - can be characterised as much by continuity as by change, raising complex questions about the value of music commodities. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332038
- ISBN
- 9781349332038
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume brings together a series of essays that interrogate the notion of figuration in Indian cinemas. The essays collectively argue that the figures which exhibit maximum tenacity in Indian cinema often emerge in the interface of recognizable binaries: self/other, Indian/foreign, good/bad, virtue/vice, myth/reality and urban/rural. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFD. 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
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332090
- ISBN
- 9781349332090
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€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. This book brings together for the first time a large collection of essays (including three new ones) of a leading writer on diplomacy. They challenge the fashionable view that the novel features of contemporary diplomacy are its most important, and use new historical research to explore questions not previously treated in the same systematic manner Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332144
- ISBN
- 9781349332144
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€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Paperback. Focusing on Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee as authors, critics and Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, this book explores shifting representations of disability in 20th and 21st century literature and proposes new ways of reading their works in relation to one another, whilst highlighting the ethical, aesthetic and imaginative challenges they pose. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332267
- ISBN
- 9781349332267
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book explores the construction of identities within a lesbian group, outlining interactive tactics used in the production of mutually-negotiated norms of authenticity. Using ethnography and discourse analysis, a range of group-specific personae are revealed to be continually reworked and reproduced within the women's interaction. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 265.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332342
- ISBN
- 9781349332342
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. " At a time of significant change in the precarious world of female individualization, this collection explores such phenomena by critically incorporating the parameters of popular media culture into the overarching paradigm of gender relations, economics and politics of everyday life. "-- Editor(s): Kim, Y. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332465
- ISBN
- 9781349332465
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ; JHB. 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
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332489
- ISBN
- 9781349332489
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€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Changing Female Identities explores the influence of parental figures, the role models that women adopt, the diverse feelings that arise as a result of family mandates and the emotions that arise from cooperation or competition among siblings. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KJC; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332540
- ISBN
- 9781349332540
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€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Paperback. Based on presentations given at a session of a 2009 international conference sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; GTB; JFC; JFCX; JFD; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332670
- ISBN
- 9781349332670
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€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332694
- ISBN
- 9781349332694
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. By conversing with the main bodies of relevant literature from Migration Studies and Memory Studies, this overview highlights how analysing memories can contribute to a better understanding of the complexities of migrant incorporation. The chapters consider international case studies from Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and the Middle East. Editor(s): Kleist, J. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFN; JHM; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332830
- ISBN
- 9781349332830
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€ 66.95
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Paperback. This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countries with different policy regimes and trajectories. Editor(s): Gonzalez Menendez, Maria; Gomez Anson, Silvia. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBL; JPB; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332915
- ISBN
- 9781349332915
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€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Paperback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPS; JPSD; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332939
- ISBN
- 9781349332939
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This collection analyzes philosophical, psycho-analytic and aesthetic contexts of the discourse of melancholia in British and postcolonial literature and culture andseeks to trace the multi-faceted phenomenon of melancholia from the early modern period to the present. Texts discussed range from Shakespeare and Milton to Coetzee and Barker." Editor(s): Middeke, M.; Wald, Christina. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349333073
- ISBN
- 9781349333073
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95