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Special Educational Needs: The Key Concepts

By Philip Garner

Exploring the complex issues that surround special educational needs (SEN) both in and out of the classroom, this reader-friendly text considers the impacts that these...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-20720-1 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key American Films

Edited by John White, Sabine Haenni

Fifty Key American Films explores and contextualises some of the most important films ever made in the United States. With case studies from the early...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77297-6 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Thinkers on History

Edited by Marnie Hughes-Warrington

Fifty Key Thinkers on History is a superb guide to historiography through the ages. The cross-section of debates and thinkers covered is unique in its...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36651-9 (Routledge)

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Television Studies: The Key Concepts

By Ben Calvert, Neil Casey, Bernadette Casey, Liam French, Justin Lewis

Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among those aspects of television studies covered...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37150-6 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers

From Structuralism to Post-Humanism

By John Lechte

This revised second edition from our bestselling Key Guides includes brand new entries on some of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth- and twenty-first century: Zizek, Bergson,...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32694-0 (Routledge)

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Economics: The Key Concepts

By Donald Rutherford

An A-Z of contemporary economics in all its forms, Economics: the Key Concepts is an affordable, accessible reference for students, lecturers and economists at every...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40057-2 (Routledge)

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Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

By R.L. Trask Edited by Peter Stockwell

A comprehensive and critical A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics, definitions featured include:

  • terms used in...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41359-6 (Routledge)

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Sport and Physical Education: The Key Concepts

By Wray Vamplew, Tim Chandler, Mike Cronin

An accessible and fully cross-referenced A-Z guide, this book has been written specifically for students of sport studies and physical education, introducing basic terms and...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41747-1 (Routledge)

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Fifty Major Political Thinkers

By Ian Adams, R.W. Dyson

Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40099-2 (Routledge)

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Globalization: The Key Concepts

Edited by Annabelle Mooney, Betsy Evans

Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36860-5 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers

By Dan Cohn-Sherbok

Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers is a panoramic survey of over 2,000 years of Jewish thought, religious and secular, ancient and modern. Now in its second...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77141-2 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theorists

Edited by John Scott

Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theorists covers the life, work, ideas and impact of some of the most important thinkers in this discipline.

Concentrating on...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35259-8 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists

Edited by John Scott

Covering the life, work, ideas and impact of some of the most significant thinkers in sociology, Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists concentrates on figures...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35260-4 (Routledge)

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Art History: The Key Concepts

By Jonathan Harris

Art History: The Key Concepts is a systematic, reliable and accessible reference guide to the disciplines of art history and visual culture. Containing entries on...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31977-5 (Routledge)

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Sociology: The Key Concepts

Edited by John Scott

An essential A-Z guide to the full range of sociological thought, Sociology: The Key Concepts is an important addition to the established and successful Key...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34406-7 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Literary Theorists

By Richard J. Lane

Covering over a century's worth of debate, thinking and writing about literature, this is a unique guide to the lives and works of fifty theorists...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33848-6 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Figures in Islam

By Roy Jackson

The perfect resource for those wishing to learn more about the Muslim culture, its people and its teachings, Fifty Key Figures in Islam explores the...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35468-4 (Routledge)

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Elearning: The Key Concepts

By Robin Mason, Frank Rennie

E-Learning has long been touted as the brave new frontier of education, offering fresh challenges to teachers, students and, indeed, the whole of the education...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37307-4 (Routledge)

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Fifty Major Philosophers

Edited by Kathryn Plant, Diane Collinson

A comprehensive update of the best-selling first edition, this revitalized new text presents readers with a series of clear, well-written entries focusing on fifty of...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34609-2 (Routledge)

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Fifty Major Economists

By Steven Pressman

Building upon the huge success of the previous edition, this updated text provides a clear, comprehensive guide to the most influential individuals in the field...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36649-6 (Routledge)

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Secondary Education: The Key Concepts

By Jerry Wellington

A comprehensive critical survey of the controversies, theories and practices central to secondary education today, this book provides teachers, researchers, parents and policy-makers with a vital...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34404-3 (Routledge)

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Habermas: The Key Concepts

By Andrew Edgar

An independently minded champion of ‘the project of modernity’ in a supposedly post-modern age, Jurgen Habermas (1929- ) is one of the most widely influential...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30379-8 (Routledge)

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Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts

By Susan Hayward

Ranging from Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to Quentin Tarantino, and from auteur theory to the Hollywood Blockbuster, Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts has firmly established...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36782-0 (Routledge)

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Primary Education: The Key Concepts

By Denis Hayes

Presenting a balance of theoretical insight and practical advice, this text is a clear and accessible guide to the key issues relating to primary education. Alphabetically arranged...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35483-7 (Routledge)

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Fifty Major Cities of the Bible

By John Laughlin

From the ruins of the ancient seaside city of Acco, to the small but archaeologically important town of Yokneam, Fifty Major Cities of the Bible...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-22315-7 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Thinkers on Development

Edited by David Simon

The essential guide to the world’s most influential development thinkers, this authoritative text presents a unique guide to the lives and ideas of leading contributors...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33790-8 (Routledge)

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Popular Music: The Key Concepts

By Roy Shuker

Presenting a comprehensive A-Z glossary of the main terms and concepts used in the study of popular music, this fully updated second edition covers key...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34769-3 (Routledge)

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Musicology: The Key Concepts

By David Beard, Kenneth Gloag

Musicology: the Key Concepts provides a vital reference guide for students of contemporary musicology. Its clear and accessible entries cover a comprehensive range of...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31692-7 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Theatre Directors

Edited by Shomit Mitter, Maria Shevtsova

Fifty Key Theatre Directors covers the work of practitioners who have shaped and pushed back the boundaries of theatre and performance. The authors provide clear...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18732-9 (Routledge)

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Archaeology: The Key Concepts

Edited by Colin Renfrew, Paul Bahn

From two of the best-known archaeological writers in the trade, this outstanding resource provides a thorough survey of the key ideas in archaeology, and how...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31758-0 (Routledge)

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Contemporary British Novelists

By Nick Rennison

Featuring a broad range of contemporary British novelists from Iain Banks to Jeanette Winterson, Louis de Bernieres to Irvine Welsh and Salman Rushdie, this book...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-21709-5 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Christian Thinkers

By Peter McEnhill, George Newlands

Fifty Key Christian Thinkers provides both valuable information and stimulating debate on the lives and work of fifty of the most important Christian theologians. This...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-17050-5 (Routledge)

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Psycholinguistics: The Key Concepts

By John Field

Psycholinguistics is an authoritative, wide-ranging and up-to-date A to Z guide to this important field. Cross-referenced, with suggestions for further reading and a full index,...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25891-3 (Routledge)

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Cyberculture: The Key Concepts

By David J. Bell, Brian D. Loader, Nicholas Pleace, Douglas Schuler

The only A-Z guide available on this subject, this book provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the fast-changing and increasingly important world of cyberculture....

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24754-2 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Thinkers in Psychology

By Noel Sheehy

Fifty Key Thinkers in Psychology introduces the life, thought and work of some of the most influential figures who have shaped and developed modern psychology....

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16775-8 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Figures in Management

By Morgen Witzel

Fifty Key Figures in Management is a collection of biographies of fifty people who have helped to make management what it is today - through...

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36978-7 (Routledge)

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Key Writers on Art: The Twentieth Century

Edited by Chris Murray

Key Writers on Art: The Twentieth Century offers a unique and authoritative guide to modern responses to art. Featuring 48 essays on the most important...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-22202-0 (Routledge)

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Key Writers on Art: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

Edited by Chris Murray

Key Writers on Art: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century offers a unique and authoritative guide to theories of art from Ancient Greece to the...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24302-5 (Routledge)

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Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts

By John Hartley

Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts is a book to help you come to terms with terms, compiled by a leading figure in...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26889-9 (Routledge)

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Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts

By Sophia Wellbeloved

This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographic and cultural context of his time. Entries look...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24898-3 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth Century British Politics

By Keith Layborn

This guidebook provides a complete overview of the lives and influence of fifty major figures in modern British political history. Reflecting the changes within...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-22677-6 (Routledge)

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Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts

By Ellis Cashmore

Psychology is an integral element of sport today, from the applied techniques of coaches and athletes, to the socio-psychological behaviour of sport fans. Sport and...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25322-2 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers

By G.R. Evans

Focussing on individuals whose ideas shaped intellectual life between 400 and 1500, Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers is an accessible introduction to those religious, philosophical and...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23663-8 (Routledge)

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Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers

Edited by Yvonne Tasker

Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers examines the work of some of today's most popular, original and influential cinematic voices. Each entry offers both an overview and critique...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18974-3 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Classical Authors

By Rhiannon Ash, Alison Sharrock

A chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers, Fifty Key Classical Authors is an invaluable introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16511-2 (Routledge)

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Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers

Edited by Andrew Edgar, Peter Sedgwick

Featuring over eighty essays, Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers is a seminal guide to the literary critics, sociologists, historians, artists, philosophers and writers who have...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23281-4 (Routledge)

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Business: The Key Concepts

By Mark Vernon

Here is a practical guide to the essentials of business. This book provides everything you need to know about the key concepts and terms, from...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25324-6 (Routledge)

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Fifty Major Thinkers on Education

From Confucius to Dewey

Edited by Joy A. Palmer, Liora Bresler, David Cooper

In this unique work some of today's greatest educators present concise, accessible summaries of the great educators of the past. Covering a time-span from 500...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23126-8 (Routledge)

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Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education

From Piaget to the Present Day

Edited by Liora Bresler, David Cooper, Joy A. Palmer

Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education looks at fifty of the twentieth century's most significant contributors to the debate on education. Among those included are:
* Pierre...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-22409-3 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment

Edited by Joy Palmer, David Cooper, Peter Blaze Corcoran

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-14699-9 (Routledge)

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Eastern Philosophy: Key Readings

By Oliver Leaman

Through key readings from primary and secondary sources this book communicates at first hand the principal features of a remarkable range of Eastern thought -...

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-17358-2 (Routledge)

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Post-Colonial Studies

The Key Concepts

By Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24360-5 (Routledge)

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Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts

By Nigel Rapport, Joanna Overing

Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts is the ideal introduction to this discipline, defining and discussing its central terms with clarity and authority. Among...

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18156-3 (Routledge)

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Fifty Eastern Thinkers

By Diane Collinson, Kathryn Plant, Robert Wilkinson

Close analysis of the work of fifty major thinkers in the field of Eastern philosophy make this an excellent introduction to a fascinating area of...

1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-20284-8 (Routledge)

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Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches

By Neville Morley

Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches is a sourcebook of writings on ancient history. It presents over 500 of the most important stimulating and provocative...

1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16509-9 (Routledge)

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Fifty Contemporary Choreographers

Edited by Martha Bremser, Lorna Sanders

1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-10364-0 (Routledge)

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Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy

By Oliver Leaman

Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy provides an extensive glossary of the main terms and concepts used in Eastern philosophy. The book includes definitions of philosophical...

1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-17363-6 (Routledge)

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Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations

By Martin Griffiths

A unique and comprehensive overview of the key thinkers in international relations in the twentieth century. From Habermas to Rawls, to emerging thinkers in Feminism, Constructivism and...

1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16228-9 (Routledge)

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Philosophy of Education: The Key Concepts

By John Gingell, Christopher Winch

1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-17304-9 (Routledge)

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