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Paperback. Over the past two decades in the United States, a profound reorientation of human attention has taken shape. This book addresses the recent cultural anxiety about attention as a way of negotiating a crisis of the self that is increasingly managed, mediated, and controlled by technologies. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349434534
- ISBN
- 9781349434534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.80
€ 126.80
Paperback. Taking insights from the philosophy of science and technology, theories of participatory democracy and Critical Theory, the author tackles and explores how democratic participation in scientific research and technological innovation could be possible, as a deliberative means of improving the rational basis for the development of modern society. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356737
- ISBN
- 9781349356737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; HPQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349511921
- ISBN
- 9781349511921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Paperback. How could something as seemingly transcendental as the human mind have arisen from far simpler material beginnings? This book provides a comprehensiveoverview of evolution from pre-life andearly life forms through increasing complexity to advanced cognitive systems using a new framework based ondynamic systems theory." Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMBT; JMM; JMR; MBS; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322114
- ISBN
- 9781349322114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. Exploring the forms and meanings of mediated politics beyond the news cycle, this book encompasses genres drawn from television, radio, the press and the internet, assessing their individual and collective contribution to contemporary political culture through textual analysis and thematic review. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346226
- ISBN
- 9781349346226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.22
€ 38.22
paperback. Num Pages: 458 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; JFSF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 219 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Practical Action Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853390586
- ISBN
- 9781853390586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.39
€ 53.99
€ 53.39
Paperback. Thisbook contextualizes21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290635
- ISBN
- 9781349290635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology. Sociology often centres on humans; however, other animals are everywhere in society.Kay Peggs explores the significant contribution that sociology can make to our understanding of human relations with other animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292581
- ISBN
- 9780230292581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.74
€ 71.74
Paperback. North Korea's foreign policy behavior has long intrigued scholars, puzzled laymen, frustrated negotiators, and aggravated policy-makers. This book brings together the work of ten of the world's foremost scholars on North Korea to critically analyze the key factors that are shaping North Korea's foreign policy behavior and its future direction. Num Pages: 242 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349287970
- ISBN
- 9781349287970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843310525
- ISBN
- 9781843310525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.46
€ 140.46
Paperback. Although freedom is America's core value, few Americans have a clear idea of what it means or - worse - enjoy much freedom in any of its conventional meanings. Drawing from republican tradition, the book critiques the contemporary American value of freedom as it appears in politics, the economy, and culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493289
- ISBN
- 9781349493289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
paperback. With the rise of the knowledge economy, universities are under pressure to embrace not just their traditional missions of teaching and research but a third mission of serving economic and social development. This book examines the major strategies that governments in East Asia have adopted to promote this kind of innovation in the education sector. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNM; KCM; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458288
- ISBN
- 9781349458288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 47.16
€ 53.40
€ 47.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Mills, K.; Karp, David Jason. Series: Global issues series. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS; JPA; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349499199
- ISBN
- 9781349499199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.15
€ 48.15
Paperback. Screenwriting in a Digital Era examines the practices of writing for the screen from early Hollywood to the new realism. Looking back to prehistories of the form, Kathryn Millard links screenwriting to visual and oral storytelling around the globe, and explores new methods of collaboration and authorship in the digital environment. Series: Palgrave Studies in Screenwriting. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFD; APFN; D; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344659
- ISBN
- 9781349344659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Paperback. Editor(s): White, John Kenneth; Rankin, David M.; Beachler, Donald W.; McMahon, Kevin J. Num Pages: 237 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403968814
- ISBN
- 9781403968814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Paperback. The first detailed and systematicstudy of the social science of poverty aspracticed by the Victorian experts who had so much influence on relief policy in this area, and who were among the founders of British social science. The book examines what they knew, or what they thought they knew, about the poor." Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300099
- ISBN
- 9781349300099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349543809
- ISBN
- 9781349543809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardback. Medellin, Colombia, used to be the most violent city on earth, but in recent years, allegedly thanks to its 'social urbanism' approach to regeneration, it has experienced a sharp decline in violence. The author explores the politics behind this decline and the complex transformations in terms of urban development policies in Medellin. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFE; JPA; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137397355
- ISBN
- 9781137397355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardback. Illustrated with both archival and contemporary portraits and drawings, Stonewall Jackson provides a complete portrait of the general in both words and images. 8-page color insert. B&W photos throughout. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBWJ; JWT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878332205
- ISBN
- 9780878332205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.94
€ 33.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. This is a broad-ranging and ambitious attempt to rethink aesthetic and literary studies in terms of an "anthropology" of symbolic media generally. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734639
- ISBN
- 9780804734639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.66
€ 112.66