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Hardcover. Today's "clash of civilizations" between the Islamic world and the West are in many ways rooted in 19th-century resistance to Western hegemony. This compellingly argued and carefully researched transnational study details the ways in which Japan served as a model for Ottomans in attaining "non-Western" modernity in a Western-dominated global order. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 372 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 698.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384591
- ISBN
- 9781137384591
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Condition: New
€ 123.76
€ 123.76
Hardcover. Scholars from three continents collaborate to create a truly global understanding of curriculum in the world's most populous country. This book discusses major topics in curriculum studies in China and shows how Chinese scholars understand their field's history, circumstances, and place in a globalized world. Editor(s): Pinar, William F. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNA; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384034
- ISBN
- 9781137384034
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Condition: New
€ 101.36€ 84.37
€ 101.36
€ 84.37
Hardcover. For more than a decade, international troops have been deployed to Afghanistan. Out of all NATO members, this mission was the most difficult for Germany that had thus far never engaged in combat and offensive military activities. This book analyses how Germany's experiences in Afghanistan have changed the country's strategic culture. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FCA; JPS; JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383785
- ISBN
- 9781137383785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Hardcover. In Kerala, Vakkom Moulavi motivated Muslims to embrace modernity, especially modern education, in order to reap maximum benefit. In this process, he initiated numerous religious reforms. However, he held fairly ambivalent attitudes towards individualism, materialism and secularization, defending Islam against the attacks of Christian missionaries. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRHP; HRHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383136
- ISBN
- 9781137383136
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Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardcover. Study of different forms of political and market capitalism in emerging countries in Central Europe and Southeast Asia emerging post-colonial and communist eras. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white tables, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1FK; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383051
- ISBN
- 9781137383051
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Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. The first ethnographic study of the trend toward religious, parochial schooling in urban Pakistan, this book provides data from over fifty-Karachi area schools to establish the complex reasons middle- and upper-class families enroll in religious Islamic schools. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSR2; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382467
- ISBN
- 9781137382467
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Condition: New
€ 50.67€ 44.92
€ 50.67
€ 44.92
Hardcover. This is the first investigation of the roles of autobiography in teacher education to be informed by concepts and examples from China, Europe, and North and South America. Unique and timely, this volume addresses multiple movements of teacher education reform worldwide. Editor(s): Pinar, William F.; Zhang, Hua. Series: Curriculum Studies Worldwide. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNA; JNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382399
- ISBN
- 9781137382399
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Condition: New
€ 101.36€ 84.74
€ 101.36
€ 84.74
Hardcover. This book investigates the relationship between the Chinese Communist Party's crucial goal of using the propaganda system to consolidate its power within the domestic political environment and its prominent recent attempts to use propaganda overseas to increase China's international power. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382146
- ISBN
- 9781137382146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Hardcover. In this dynamic and wide-ranging collection of essays, prominent scholars examine the condition of church-state relations in the United States, France, and Israel. Their analyses are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ethnography and demography to political science, gender studies, theology, and the law. Editor(s): Berlinerblau, Jacques; Fainberg, Sarah; Nou, Aurora. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FBH; 1KBB; HRAM; HRAX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381156
- ISBN
- 9781137381156
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. This book proposes a new theoretical and methodological approach to the investigation and explanation of intercultural differences in conflict management strategies and relational (politeness) strategies in workplace settings, taking the Chinese workplace as its focus. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381033
- ISBN
- 9781137381033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardcover. Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World presents a new reading of the English East India Company 1660-1720. It shows how innovative works - covering natural history, ethnography, theology, linguistics, medicine, and agriculture - were created amid early modern struggles for supremacy in Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, 3 tables, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTQ; KCZ; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380197
- ISBN
- 9781137380197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.93
€ 154.93
Hardcover. The Glubb Reports studies papers written by General Sir John Glubb, the long-serving British commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion. It covers issues such as the role of tribes and desert control, the impact of Palestine, the Arab Legion's role in the first Arab-Israeli war, the expansion of the Arab Legion, and Glubb's dismissal in 1956. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380104
- ISBN
- 9781137380104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.17
€ 64.17
Hardcover. This book analyses the reform movement in Iran and the Egyptian opposition movement since the early 1990s in their historical contexts. It argues that the contemporary movements seen on the streets of the regions today represent the culmination of over twenty years of mobilisation by social movements. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1HBE; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFFJ; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378996
- ISBN
- 9781137378996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.48
€ 65.48
Hardcover. A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378736
- ISBN
- 9781137378736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.02
€ 112.02
Hardcover. Entrepreneurial Rise in South-East Asia examines the start-up scene environments in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. Editor(s): Walter, Christian. Series: Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth. Num Pages: 349 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; KJD; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378675
- ISBN
- 9781137378675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.16
€ 123.16
Hardback. This book provides a history of sovereign debt, defaults and international financial control in the Middle East and the Balkans between 1870 and 1914. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Num Pages: 243 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 1FB; 3JH; 3JJC; KCLF; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378538
- ISBN
- 9781137378538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.77
€ 175.77
Religion, Politics, and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief
Romirowsky, Asaf; Joffe, Alexander H.
Hardcover. This book examines the leading role of the Quaker American Friends Service Committee in the United Nations relief program for Palestine Arab refugees in 1948-1950 in the Gaza Strip. Using archival data, oral histories, and biographical accounts, it provides a detailed look at internal decision-making in an early non-governmental organization. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPS; JPW; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378163
- ISBN
- 9781137378163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.17
€ 64.17
Hardback. Volatility in Korean Capital Markets summarizes the Korean experience of volatile capital flows, analyzes the economic consequences, evaluates the policy measures adopted, and suggests new measures for the future. Editor(s): Chung, Kyuil; Kim, Soyoung; Park, Hail; Choi, Changho; Shin, Hyun Song. Num Pages: 292 pages, 77 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; KFFM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375292
- ISBN
- 9781137375292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.87
€ 122.87
Hardcover. This book examines modern dance as a form of embodied resistance to political and cultural nationalism in India through the works of five selected modern dance makers: Rabindranath Tagore, Uday Shankar, Shanti Bardhan, Manjusri Chaki Sircar and Ranjabati Sircar. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375162
- ISBN
- 9781137375162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. This book explores the role of education in the formation of the Singapore developmental state. The book provides a historical study of citizenship education in Singapore, whereby a comparative study of history, civics and social studies curricula, and the politics and policies that underpin them are examined. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JNF; JNK; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137374592
- ISBN
- 9781137374592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
hardcover. This cultural and political study examines British perceptions and policies on India's Afghan Frontier between 1918 and 1948 and the impact of these on the local Pashtun population, India as a whole, and the decline of British imperialism in South Asia. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKA; 1FKP; 1QDB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137374004
- ISBN
- 9781137374004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.65
€ 133.65
Hardcover. The Political Economy of Imperial Relations offers a much needed historical and theoretical intervention into the relationship between Britain and Malaya after the Second World War. It challenges existing accounts and details a strong continuity in this relationship from 1945 until 1960. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FMM; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373977
- ISBN
- 9781137373977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. This book traces the history of 'girls' aesthetics,' where adult Japanese women create art works about 'girls' that resist motherhood, from the modern to the contemporary period and their manifestation in Japanese women's theatrical and dance performance and visual arts including manga, film, and installation arts. Series: Contemporary Performance Interactions. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACX; AN; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372970
- ISBN
- 9781137372970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.68
€ 143.68
Hardcover. This book focuses on various issues of energy, energy efficiency and environmental policy in China. It discusses different aspects on how China may maintain its fast economic growth through good management of energy consumption and development of various energy sources. Editor(s): Yao, Shujie; Herrerias Talamantes, Maria Jesus. Series: The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCG; KCN; RNFY; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 222 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372048
- ISBN
- 9781137372048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47