Palgrave Macmillan

This timely volume explores the signal contribution George Saunders has made to the development of the short story form in books ranging from CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996) to Tenth of December...

German and Irish Immigrants in the Midwestern United States, 1850-1900Author: Regina DonlonPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jul 12, 2018Number of Pages: 273 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

This book offers an in-depth study of German neoliberalism between 1924 and 1963, arguing that a neoliberal network was established in the interwar period, decades before elite networks in Great...

With the research of German-language children's and youth literature and its media associations in the period from 1900 to 1945 as well as the recording of all data in an online portal for research...

This volume examines the topic of German-language nature writing in a broad historical context spanning more than two centuries. It brings together contributions on the debates of the category...

This textbook provides a history of modern Germany, locating the country?s social, cultural, and political developments within their proper global and transnational context. The author argues that...

This book is a history of a prominent Ghanaian newspaper, the Ashanti Pioneer, as well as well-known figurers in the country itself. It utilizes the stories published in the newspaper to recount the...

This book is a study of an ethnic-Chinese family in Malaysia as it struggled with the upheavals in China during the Land Reform (1945-1953) and the Great Leap Forward (1958-1962). Based on fieldwork...

This book offers an ethnographic study of the lives of girls in the juvenile justice system. Based on rich, narrative accounts, the girls at the center of the study are viewed as confronted with the...

Capitalises on growing academic (and public) interest in women porn consumers Address an identified gap in the literature by presenting empirical work which elicits women's own accounts of their...

This book investigates how girls' automedial selves are constituted and consumed as literary or media products in a digital landscape dominated by intimate, though quite public, modes of...

This book explores the multifaceted dimensions of the Girmitya diaspora and post-memory. The intersections of dis/re-location and memory have always been a focus of scholarly interest and the volume...

This book provides the synthesis and integration of the intellectual and experiential thinking around organisational leadership and development, focusing on three organisations as case studies: Plan...

Gladstone's Influence in America: Reactions in the Press to Modern Religion and PoliticsAuthor: Stephen J. PetersonPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Oct 16, 2018Number of Pages: 243...

This book examines the implications of Brexit for Africa-UK relations amid a ?new scramble? for the continent. Engaging Nkrumah on neo-colonialism and recent scholarship on global coloniality, Langan...

Global Challenges in Water Governance: Environments, Economies, SocietiesAuthor: Jeremy J. SchmidtPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Aug 07, 2017Number of Pages: 123 pagesBinding:...

- Explores academic treatment of children's lives across the Global North and Global South - Offers a unique selection of materials related to global childhoods, young people, families, and education...

This book presents a unique framework for the inclusion of ecomedia in the English language classroom to help learners cultivate global citizenship. Foregrounding learner agency in a world at risk,...

This edited volume addresses current challenges, trends and transformations in global communication governance. Exploring changes in the actors, issues, values and contexts of media and...

Aimed at scholars and graduate students working on topics related to globalization, politics and social movements from across the humanities and the social sciencesBrings together contributors from...

This book is a comprehensive overview of the theory, history, law, institutional framework and culture of global diplomacy. It reflects on the key existential challenges to the institution and...

This book examines the macroeconomic and regulatory impact of domestic and international shocks on the South African economy resulting from the 2009 financial crisis. It also assesses the impact of...

This book contributes to how we conceptualize and investigate the role and influence of knowledge production by international organizations within the field of global education reform. After...

This book provides a critical review of global environmental governance as part of the broader process of sustainably transforming modern society. The author argues for substantial modifications,...

This edited collection assesses governance in forestry programmes and projects, including REDD+ governance. It examines political representation, participation and decentralisation in forest...

Consisting of sixteen original essays by experts in the field, including leading and lesser-known international scholars, Global Frankenstein considers the tremendous adaptability and rich afterlives...

This is the first book that sheds light on global game industries and cultural policy. The scope covers the emerging and converging theory and models on cultural industries and its development, and...

There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, represented on the world stage by 57 states, as well as a host of international organizations and associations. This book critically examines the...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Rethinking the ways global history is envisioned and conceptualized in diverse countries such as China, Japan, Mexico or Spain, this collections...

This open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book?s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on...