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Hardback. Child labor greatly contributed to the cultural and economic success of the British Victorian theatrical industry. This book highlights the complexities of the battle for child labor laws, the arguments for the needs of the theatre industry, and the weight of opposition that confronted any attempt to control employers. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; AN; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503176
- ISBN
- 9781137503176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
hardcover. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 293 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FMM; HBTQ; JFC; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503435
- ISBN
- 9781137503435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Hardback. This book argues that ancient democracy did not stop at the door of economic democracy, and that ancient Athens has much to tell us about the relationship between political equality and economic equality. Athenian democracy rested on a foundation of general economic equality, which enabled citizens to challenge their exclusion from politics. Num Pages: 106 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3D; HBLA; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503473
- ISBN
- 9781137503473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Paperback. Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded beauty culture and in what ways skin, clothes and hair could be used to represent racial, class and gender identities, and to convey political, religious and philosophical ideals. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503688
- ISBN
- 9781137503688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardcover. The Social Practice of Human Rights bridges the conventional scholar-practitioner divide by focusing on the space between. In capturing this cutting edge research program, the volume proposes a perspective that motivates critical self-reflection of the strategies that drive communities dedicated to the advocacy and implementation of human rights. Editor(s): Pruce, Joel R. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503763
- ISBN
- 9781137503763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Building on contemporary efforts to theorize conflicts related to borders, migration, and belonging, this book transforms existing analyses in order to propose critical interventions. The chapters are written from multiple disciplinary perspectives and present rigorous empirical and theoretical analyses to advocate progressive transformation. Editor(s): Bauder, Harald; Crook, Nora. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JHM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503800
- ISBN
- 9781137503800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardback. Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenets, and traces the workings of the industry through medical research and in-depth interviews. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFH; JMA; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503831
- ISBN
- 9781137503831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Freedom in the Anthropocene: Twentieth-Century Helplessness in the Fac...
Stoner, Alexander M., Melathopoulos, Andony
Hardcover. Freedom in the Anthropocene illuminates the Anthropocene from the perspective of critical theory. The authors contextualize our current ecological predicament by focusing on the issues of history and freedom and how they relate to our present inability to render environmental threats and degradation recognizable and surmountable. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JHBA; RNA; RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503879
- ISBN
- 9781137503879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 251 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503909
- ISBN
- 9781137503909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.83
€ 138.83
Hardback. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPWL; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503930
- ISBN
- 9781137503930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.46
€ 160.46
Hardcover. The claim is frequently made on behalf of African moral beliefs and practices that they do not objectify and exploit nature and natural existents like Western ethics does. This book investigates whether this is correct and what kind of status is reserved for other-than-human animals in African ethics. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HPD; HPQ; HPS; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504043
- ISBN
- 9781137504043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.17
€ 105.17
The Arab Spring and the Geopolitics of the Middle East. Emerging Secur...
Yossef, Amr; Cerami, Joseph R.
Hardback. In this study, which highlights a renewed emphasis in international affairs on regional studies, the co-authors provide an assessment of the revolutionary changes in the politics and security of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Num Pages: 96 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPB; JPH; JPS; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504074
- ISBN
- 9781137504074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.48
€ 93.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504319
- ISBN
- 9781137504319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardcover. This study outlines the emerging cultural turn in Peace Studies and provides a critical understanding of the cultural dimension of reconciliation. Taking an anthropological view on decentralization and peacebuilding in Indonesia, it sets new standards for an interdisciplinary research field. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTJ; JHMC; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504340
- ISBN
- 9781137504340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 167 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504708
- ISBN
- 9781137504708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Hardback. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 213 pages, 11 colour illustrations, 11 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; AVGL; JHBS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504807
- ISBN
- 9781137504807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.77
€ 160.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Lahusen, Christian; Giugni, Marco. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA; JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504869
- ISBN
- 9781137504869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Not everyone finds goals easy to select or focus on, despite escalating evidence of their importance in education. This book offers a simple action research approach to goal pursuit, favoring depth, informed decision making, and an improvement orientation. It presents practical, yet academically informed, ideas, and has real case study examples. Num Pages: 125 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNC; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505118
- ISBN
- 9781137505118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.20
€ 53.36
€ 46.20
Hardcover. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the international development policies of ten Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU between 2004 and 2007. The contributors offer the first thorough overview of the 'new' EU member states' development cooperation programmes, placing them in a larger political and societal context. Editor(s): Horky-Hluchan, Ondrej; Lightfoot, Simon. Series: Eadi Global Development Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 black & white tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 1QFE; 3JMC; JPQB; JPSN2; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505408
- ISBN
- 9781137505408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 259 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMA; JMM; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505569
- ISBN
- 9781137505569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.61
€ 105.61