Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Mouzelis puts forward a post-Marxist conceptual framework which overcomes economic reductionism while retaining some distinctive features of the Marxist paradigm which are seen to be indispensable for an examination of how whole social orders are constituted, maintained and transformed. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333578155
- ISBN
- 9780333578155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.24
€ 38.24
Hardback. This text studies the relationship between Christianity and Japan whereby the impact of Japan on the religion is viewed alongside the more frequently cited influence of Christianity on Japanese society. This encounter is examined from a series of political, literary and historical perspectives. Editor(s): Breen, John; Williams, Mark. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAB; HRC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333589380
- ISBN
- 9780333589380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardcover. Written by practising social science researchers, this book provides a background to the conflict in Northern Ireland. Much of the material used arises from the research carried out at the Centre for the Study of Conflict at the University of Ulster. Editor(s): Dunn, Seamus. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFFE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333607176
- ISBN
- 9780333607176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Paperback. This work examines the influence of Victorian definitions of gender on the cultural processes of reading and canon formation in 19th-century England. The analysis focuses on four canonical and popular novelists - Emily Bronte, Anthony Trollope, Charles Reade and Charlotte Yonge. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 221.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333622179
- ISBN
- 9780333622179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.32
€ 39.32
Hardcover. This work provides an analysis of the development of female insurgency in France between 1789 and 1871, placing particular emphasis on the conflicts that took place from 1830 to 1851. The author aims to demonstrate that a tradition of women's protest evolved from the 1789 Revolution. Num Pages: 232 pages, tables, maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFFK; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641743
- ISBN
- 9780333641743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.99
€ 193.99
Hardback. This collection analyses some of the factors that contribute to racism and exclusion in Britain and Germany such as citizenship laws, racial violence, discrimination in education and employment, anti-semitism and the rise of the far right. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 301 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; JFFJ; JFSL; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333643174
- ISBN
- 9780333643174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardcover. Based on theoretical and empirical research, this work focuses on significant themes such as the oligarchic state structure dominated by the military and bureaucracy, civil society, and Islam and the formation of Muslim identity in British India. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF; JFC; JFS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333646663
- ISBN
- 9780333646663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardback. This detailed study of Williams unlocks his late sociology of culture. It covers previously overlooked aspects, such as his critique of Birmingham cultural studies, his use of an Adorno-like approach to 'cultural production', his 'social formalist' alternative to structuralism and post-structuralism and his approach to 'the media'. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JFC; JFD; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333666623
- ISBN
- 9780333666623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. A major aim of this text is to highlight alternative ways of thinking about the effects of culture on international relations, and to stimulate discussion on the relative merit of these various approaches. Editor(s): Jacquin-Berdal, Dominique; Oros, Andrew Lee; Verweij, Marco. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333693803
- ISBN
- 9780333693803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Hardback. This study analyses poor relief in pre-industrial Europe, 1800-1850, as a survival strategy of the poor and a control strategy of the elites. A simple model of poor relief is presented, and tested against the historical records. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333696033
- ISBN
- 9780333696033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
hardcover. A growing interest in political Islam has assumed significant ideological and intellectual dimensions especially in recent years. Rather than viewing it as Islam versus the rest, or tradition against modernity, this volume, without overlooking the tensions, also acknowledges the mutualities. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JHM; JPFK; JPFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333718346
- ISBN
- 9780333718346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Hardback. What is literary noir? How do British and American noir thrillers relate to their historical contexts? In considering such questions, this study ranges over hundreds of novels, analyzing the politics and poetics of noir. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333720455
- ISBN
- 9780333720455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Hardback. In the twentieth century, glamour has often been associated with the cinema and its stars, though fashion, 'high society', popular music, shopping, glossy magazines and advertising have all sought to harness its allure. The authors explore the origins and uses of the aura of glamour and trace its history and power as a language of visual seduction. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBTB; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333733806
- ISBN
- 9780333733806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. The Holocaust is both a point of reference in the past and a point of moral interdiction and imperative in the present. Yet how is the modern reader to relate it to the present? The essays in this book examine the problems of representation in literature of these poignant and horrific events. Editor(s): Leak, Andrew N.; Piazis, George. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333738870
- ISBN
- 9780333738870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.27
€ 71.27
Hardback. The 1960s represented a defining turning point in the politics and cultures of western societies. This volume shows how the sixties continue to influence contemporary debates on globalization and democracy, and argues that the implications of the "long sixties" are still not fully realized. Editor(s): Andrews, Geoff; etc.; Cockett, Richard (Lecturer in History, Royal Holloway College, University of London); Hooper, Alan (Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Hertfordshire); Williams, Michael. Num Pages: 217 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741474
- ISBN
- 9780333741474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. Stressing the variety of ways in which consumption is structured and organized through cultures and showing how these cultural technologies construct the person, the senses and the self, this text stands at the interface of the sociologies of culture and consumption. Editor(s): Hearn, Prof. Jeff; Roseneil, Sasha. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747162
- ISBN
- 9780333747162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. This text explores the complex relationship between public policy and scandal. It describes the process whereby scandals are constructed and pursued, and demonstrates how scandals coincide with key shifts in public policy, in ways that are more complex and reciprocal than might first appear. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFM; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747629
- ISBN
- 9780333747629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. This work challenges contemporary thinking on memory by examining the complex ways in which the social inheritance of the Nazi Holocaust is gendered. It considers how the past is handed down in the US, Poland and Britain through means such as historiography, autobiographies, films and museums. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC; JFSJ; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333761472
- ISBN
- 9780333761472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Hardback. Stereotypes continue to dominate contemporary Anglo-German relations. By assessing their impact on the personal sphere and that of communication, the media, business, and politics, this study aims to show that awareness of stereotypes can be part of a realistic assertion of identity. Editor(s): Emig, Rainer. Series: Anglo-German Foundation. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; JFCX; JFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793411
- ISBN
- 9780333793411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. During the Northern Irish Troubles of the late 1960s, a war of words has accompanied and interpenetrated with the actual conduct of violence in highly complex ways. This book considers how literature of the period engages and participates in this war of words. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBH; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333794128
- ISBN
- 9780333794128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38