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Paperback. This is a collection of analytical and graphic descriptions of Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East in the 19th and early 20th century. Among the specific topics treated are: community autonomy, religious life and leadership, women and family life, education, and social etiquette. Editor(s): Deshen, Shlomo A.; Zenner, Walter P. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; JFC; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333626566
- ISBN
- 9780333626566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardback. Examines the controversy surrounding the UN and its involvement in operations which go beyond traditonal peacekeeping, and recommends changes to the UN and its member states. The book covers issues such as sovereignty and intervention and national commitments to non-traditional missions. Editor(s): Daniel, Donald C. F.; Hayes, Bradd C. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPSN1; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333626535
- ISBN
- 9780333626535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Hardback. Offers several perspectives on the contemporary position of North Korea. The text examines, in the context of the post-Cold War order, US, European Union and British foreign policy towards North Korea, and North Korean responses. Editor(s): Smith, Hazel; etc.; Rhodes, Chris (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, London Guildhall University); Pritchard, Diana (Part-time lecturer, University of Indiana, USA); Magill, Kevin (Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Wolverhampton). Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333626337
- ISBN
- 9780333626337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover. This work examines the principal effects of Soviet rule on Belarus as the prelude to a detailed analysis of the medical and social consequences of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. It places these problems in the contemporary political context of a newly-independent Belarus. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJPR; JPQB; RNP; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333626313
- ISBN
- 9780333626313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.77
€ 118.77
Hardback. The biblical prohibition of images sets Judaism apart, together with Islam, from all other religious systems. This book attempts to explain the reasons for the prohibition - as well as its limits - and then shows how influential it has been in determining aspects of Jewish thinking. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333625958
- ISBN
- 9780333625958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.07
€ 119.07
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333625330
- ISBN
- 9780333625330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.51
€ 148.51
Hardback. Emerging trade blocs in North America and the European Community are altering the global economy and Japan's place in it. This book asks: will trade blocs be trade diverting or create new opportunities for Japanese trade and investment?; and will a new Asian-Pacific trade bloc emerge in response? Editor(s): Mason, T. David; Turay, Abdul M. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KB; 1QFE; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333624852
- ISBN
- 9780333624852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.09
€ 181.09
Paperback. This text revolves around the interplay between culture and catastrophe. It examines various German and Jewish responses to Nazism and its roots, and demonstrates the ongoing relevance of that experience to contemporary culture and collective and individual self-definitions. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JFC; JPA; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333623138
- ISBN
- 9780333623138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. This volume uses a feminist approach to examine issues around breast-feeding. It looks at the sexualization of breasts, the conditions under which the infant feeding takes place, and professional interventions into mothering. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333623114
- ISBN
- 9780333623114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Hardback. This volume uses a feminist approach to examine issues around breast-feeding. It looks at the sexualization of breasts, the conditions under which the infant feeding takes place, and professional interventions into mothering. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333623107
- ISBN
- 9780333623107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
paperback. This text is an attempt to analyze systematically the contrast in the results of post-Stalinist reform in China and Russia. It argues that there emerged a "transition orthodoxy" about how to reform the communist systems of political economy. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; JPFC; KCB; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333622650
- ISBN
- 9780333622650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
Paperback. The central controversy running through this book is whether Mrs Thatcher's "green" speeches of 1988 marked a fundamental shift by the Conservatives or whether they were merely political rhetoric, designed to rule out a temporary surge of popular support for the Green party. Editor(s): Gray, Tim S. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; JPQB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333621219
- ISBN
- 9780333621219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. The central controversy running through this book is whether Mrs Thatcher's "green" speeches of 1988 marked a fundamental shift by the Conservatives or whether they were merely political rhetoric, designed to rule out a temporary surge of popular support for the Green party. Editor(s): Gray, Tim S. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; JPQB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333621202
- ISBN
- 9780333621202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.82
€ 119.82
Hardback. This is a study of the political movement in the Manchester-Salford conurbation, considered Chartism's most important provincial centre. The book explores the aspects of the Chartist experience in the "shock city" of the industrial revolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; JPR; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620526
- ISBN
- 9780333620526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.40
€ 181.40
Hardback. Focusing on electoral support for nationalist parties and for nationalist demands, James G. Kellas provides a detailed and up-to-date survey of nationalist politics in practice. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620465
- ISBN
- 9780333620465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Hardback. A comparative and theoretical account of the heritage and prospects of socialism in Western Europe which characterizes socialist political theory as transformative. The analysis generates a comparative study of European socialist parties and their attitudes to international institutions. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPA; JPFF; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620397
- ISBN
- 9780333620397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Paperback. The aim of this book is to bring together classical, recent and contemporary analyses of the social movement phenomenon. Analysis is represented in several variants of its discursive form: the expository essay, the critique, the general theory, the specific case study and the futuristic meditation. Editor(s): Lyman, Stanford M. Series: Main Trends of the Modern World S. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620199
- ISBN
- 9780333620199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.49
€ 68.49
Hardback. This text offers a study of management decision-making in six Beijing state enterprises during the period 1985 to 1989, when the government adopted decentralization as the key to reforming state industries. It examines the relations between managers, Party and planning authorities. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; JPH; KCC; KJMD; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333619483
- ISBN
- 9780333619483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
Paperback. Examines the transformation since 1945 in the campaign techniques used by political parties. This book analyzes the development of each element of electioneering, as well as overall issues such as agenda setting and negative campaigning. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JPHF; JPL; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333619452
- ISBN
- 9780333619452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Paperback. Gendered distinctions and differences in working life are produced by often hidden practices. What are they like? How do they work? This book creates, through its multidisciplinary approach and empirical data, a wide perspective on gendered practices in working life. Editor(s): Rantalaiho, Liisa; Heiskanen, Tuula. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333618547
- ISBN
- 9780333618547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73