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Society & social sciences
Paperback. In the 1940s and 1950s, American advertisers began an unprecedented collaboration with corporations, media, the government, and organized religion. This history traces the remarkable story of how advertisers ensured that they remained significant players in the postwar global order, developing the influential media infrastructure of today. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFDV; KJSA; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347176
- ISBN
- 9781137347176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. Globalism, colonialism, and consumerism have caused unjust suffering (han), for the earth's exploited peoples and the exploited lands. To reverse this tragedy, we need to work for a safer, sustainable planet and renew our inspiration from God as the transforming Spirit who gives, sustains and empowers life to all. Num Pages: 112 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRCM; JFFT; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346681
- ISBN
- 9781137346681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardcover. This book offers a new account of Plato's view of eros, or romantic love, by asserting that Socrates is critical of eros because of its connection to irrational religious beliefs. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345387
- ISBN
- 9781137345387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345370
- ISBN
- 9781137345370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Contemporary life in most nation-states is not truly cultural, but rather "culture-like," especially in large-scale societies. Beginning with a distinction between special events and everyday life, Lewis examines fundamental events including play, ritual, work, and carnival and connects personal embodied habits and large-scale cultural practices. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343987
- ISBN
- 9781137343987
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Deardorff and Dahl examine how the US courts have addressed pregnancy discrimination under federal statutory law. The historical, comparative, and federal and state legal contexts are analyzed in the competing conceptions of pregnancy and employment, exploring implications for gender equality and the treatment of pregnancy in employment. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 black & white tables, 1 colour tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LNHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343048
- ISBN
- 9781137343048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Paperback. Inside Defense brings together scholars, policy experts and practitioners to provide a comprehensive view of the US military to understand the military's role in international politics and its relationship with domestic institutions and society. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343000
- ISBN
- 9781137343000
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Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. This collection of original essays looks at the way in which experiences and representations of femininity are changing, and explores the possibilities for producing 'new' femininities in the twenty-first century. The volume includes a new preface by the editors. Editor(s): Gill, Rosalind; Scharff, Christina. Num Pages: 357 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFFK; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339867
- ISBN
- 9781137339867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.21
€ 100.21
Hardcover. Grassroots Advocacy and Health Care Reform places a detailed account of how the Health Care for America Now campaign in Pennsylvania carried out contemporary issue advocacy in the context of an understanding of American politics. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPP; JPWD; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339195
- ISBN
- 9781137339195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Unbroken Government demonstrates how institutional and electoral characteristics present since the writing of the Constitution influence policy development. Utilizing policy areas as diverse as human spaceflight, clean air, homeland security, and foreign policy, this work shows how these patterns manifest themselves in the policymaking process. Num Pages: 203 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339188
- ISBN
- 9781137339188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Fictional narratives produced in Latin America often borrow tropes from contemporary science fiction to examine the shifts in the nature of power in neoliberal society. King examines how this leads towards a market-governed control society and also explores new models of agency beyond that of the individual. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338754
- ISBN
- 9781137338754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Educational Research
Winkle-Wagner, Rachelle; Hunter, Cheryl A.. E...
Paperback. This book provides new ways of thinking about educational processes using quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Ultimately, it aims at expanding knowledge itself - altering the centre by allowing the margins to inform it - allowing it to be extended to include those ways of knowing that have historically been unexplored or ignored. Editor(s): Hinderliter Ortloff, Debora. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JNA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338266
- ISBN
- 9781137338266
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Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.56
€ 53.37
€ 46.56
Paperback. A lively and engaging study of screen performances of masculinity, focusing on the performance of 'angst' by male actors in the 1990s and 2000s, Masculinity and Screen Performance establishes a framework for studying the relationship between masculinity and performance on and off screen. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APFA; APFN; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137337726
- ISBN
- 9781137337726
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Black Muslims in the U.S. seeks to address deficiencies in current scholarship about black Muslims in American society, from examining the origins of Islam among African-Americans to acknowledging the influential role that black Muslims play in contemporary U.S. society. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137337504
- ISBN
- 9781137337504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. Through his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 268 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HRCC9; JHMC; KNAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336538
- ISBN
- 9781137336538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. The Cultural and Political Intersection of Fair Trade and Justice is an ethnographic study of the effects of Fair Trade on indigenous women, as reported by the women themselves, and seeks to develop a deeper understanding of Fair Trade, globalization, culture, and policy in building justice. Num Pages: 283 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCLT; KJD; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335272
- ISBN
- 9781137335272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Environmental Sustainability in Transatlantic Perspective: A Multidisc...
Achilles, Manuela, Elzey, Dana
Hardcover. Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the combined challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security in the United States and Germany. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; JPB; RNK; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334473
- ISBN
- 9781137334473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardcover. Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFC; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334046
- ISBN
- 9781137334046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This is the first book dedicated to Australian youth gangs, exploring the subtleties and nuances of street life for young men and their quest for social respect. The key focus is on group violence and the ways in which the 'gang' provides a forum for the expression of this violence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSP2; JKVJ; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333841
- ISBN
- 9781137333841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. This book discusses the crisis of caregiving as it affects parents seeking to provide good care for their children and people who care for their aged or disabled relatives. Discussed are alternatives to the present welfare system, a description of the current safety net programs, and an analysis of the privatization of social services. Editor(s): Mandell, Betty Reid. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332974
- ISBN
- 9781137332974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32