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Society & social sciences
Hardcover. Recently, we have witnessed a rearticulation of the traditional relationship between the past, present and future, broadening historiography's range from studying past events to their later impact and meaning. The volume proposes to look at the perspectives of this approach called mnemohistory, and argues for a redefinition of the term 'event'. Editor(s): Tamm, Marek. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 figures, 1 maps. BIC Classification: HBA; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470171
- ISBN
- 9781137470171
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMQ; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470553
- ISBN
- 9781137470553
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Condition: New
€ 122.29
€ 122.29
Hardback. Offering an introduction to clanism and tribalism in the Gulf of Aden area, Dr Lewis uses these concepts to analyse security in Yemen, Somalia, Somaliland and the broader region. This historical overview of conflict in each country, and the resulting threats of piracy and terrorism, will benefit both the casual reader and student of development. Num Pages: 166 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JWDG; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470744
- ISBN
- 9781137470744
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Obsolescence is fundamental to the experience of modernity, not simply one dimension of an economic system. The contributors to this book investigate obsolescence as a historical phenomenon, an aesthetic practice, and an affective mode. Editor(s): Tischleder, Babette Barbel; Wasserman, Sarah. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470898
- ISBN
- 9781137470898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.12
€ 162.12
Hardcover. This collection, comprising essays by an array of scholars from Europe and the United States, offers a new look at transatlantic political activity since 1800. It reperiodizes transatlantic politics to include early and mid-19th and post-1945 eras, while showing the ideological heterogeneity of transatlantic political exchange Editor(s): Scroop, Daniel; Heath, Andrew. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTK; HBTQ; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470959
- ISBN
- 9781137470959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Presidential hopefuls frequently claim they are qualified because their job experience is the same as a great president. However they ignore the failed presidents who shared the same pathway. This book evaluates all the presidents systematically to determine how prior professional experience influences presidential performance. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471048
- ISBN
- 9781137471048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Human Rights Education Beyond Universalism and Relativism: A Relationa...
Al-Daraweesh, Fuad, Snauwaert, Dale T.
Hardcover. Through the preservation of the social, political, and cultural autonomies of peoples within diverse cultural contexts, Al-Daraweesh and Snauwaert propose a relational epistemology for human rights education. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471079
- ISBN
- 9781137471079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book argues that there is an ongoing planetary crisis, in both the social and natural worlds, that is of urgent importance. This demands a new politics, a politics of total liberation, one that grasps the need to unite the disparate movements for human, animal, and earth liberation. In the book, Best outlines a way forward despite challenges. Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471116
- ISBN
- 9781137471116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.24
€ 116.24
A Political History of the Editions of Marx and Engels's "German ideol...
Carver, Terrell, Blank, Daniel
Hardcover. This revolutionary study recounts the political history through which manuscripts of 1845-46, famously abandoned by Marx and Engels, were fabricated into a book The German Ideology in the 1920s. Series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471154
- ISBN
- 9781137471154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Gold, the Dollar and Watergate: How a Political and Economic Meltdown ...
Onno de Beaufort Wijnholds
Hardcover. The book examines the problems that Nixon faced during his presidential term, focusing on economics but the role of politics is also highlighted. The convergence of the gold-dollar crises, oil crises and Watergate imbroglio posed a unique political and economic threat to global stability. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; JPHL; KCL; KCP; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 614.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471352
- ISBN
- 9781137471352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Paperback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471673
- ISBN
- 9781137471673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. How is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? Henry offers the first comprehensive understanding of the show as a satire and explores the ways in which The Simpsons participates in the so-called "culture war" debates taking place in American society. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471789
- ISBN
- 9781137471789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.66
€ 72.66
The Revised European Neighbourhood Policy. Continuity and Change in EU...
. Ed(S): Bouris, Dimitris; Schumacher, Tobias
Hardback. Editor(s): Bouris, Dimitris; Schumacher, Tobias. Num Pages: 306 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471819
- ISBN
- 9781137471819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.48
€ 194.48
Hardcover. The author aims to develop conceptual refining and theoretical reframing of the productivist welfare capitalism thesis in order to address a set of questions concerning whether and how productivist welfarism has experienced both continuity and change in East Asia. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JKSB; JPRB; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471840
- ISBN
- 9781137471840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Faith, Secularism, and Humanitarian Engagement: Finding the Place of R...
Ager, Alastair, Ager, Joey
Hardcover. Strengthening local humanitarian engagement demands not only rethinking dominant understandings of religion, but also revisiting the principles and practices of humanitarianism. This book articulates key aspects of the 'transborder discourse' necessary for humanitarian dialogue in the 21st century. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 131 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472137
- ISBN
- 9781137472137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.80
€ 115.80
Hardcover. The book presents interpretations of culture, health, politics, and religion in Sweden today, Sweden transforms from the well-functioning but existentially bland economic wonder to a more fragmented and gloomy society. Contributors include scholars from film studies, literary studies, political science, religious studies and theology Editor(s): Demker, Marie; Leffler, Yvonne; Sigurdson, Ola; Wolff, Janet. Num Pages: 205 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HRA; JFC; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472229
- ISBN
- 9781137472229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide. Through observation in kindergartens in Fiji, Brison examines how schools instil these ideas in Suva children. Teachers have different goals depending on the social background of the families while students create friendships through shared experience of toys, gender roles, and mass media. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 213 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; JFSC; JHMC; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472267
- ISBN
- 9781137472267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Offering a dialogue between anthropology and literature, culture, and media, this book presents fine-grained ethnographic vignettes of monsters dwelling in the contemporary world. These monsters hail from Aboriginal Australia, the Pacific, Asia, and Europe, and their presence is inextricably intertwined with the lives of those they haunt. Editor(s): Musharbash, Yasmine; Presterudstuen, Geir Henning. Num Pages: 237 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1M; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472793
- ISBN
- 9781137472793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 87 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JNFR; JNKD; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472861
- ISBN
- 9781137472861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Harrington, Stephen. Series: Palgrave Entertainment Industries. Num Pages: 252 pages, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472892
- ISBN
- 9781137472892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.40
€ 150.40