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Paperback. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this book provides an account of modern adoption's history. It also details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327600
- ISBN
- 9780226327600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this volume provides the account of modern adoption's history. It details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226327594
- ISBN
- 9780226327594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Paperback. In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-Africa's 'Iron Lady' - was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West African nation. This memoir shares the inside story of her rise to power. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 Page Black and White Insert. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061353482
- ISBN
- 9780061353482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Hardback. This book investigates Tankizs building program by identifying the works that he commissioned, exploring the nature of his participation in these works, and situating them within the broader contexts of architectural development in the region and patronage during the Mamluk period. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 269 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780970819949
- ISBN
- 9780970819949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.75
€ 88.75
Paperback. Though they are almost completely absent from the historical record, Palestinian women were extensively involved in the unfolding national struggle in their country during the British mandate period. This history studies the development of the Palestine women's movement between 1920 and 1948. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st PAPERBACK
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237902
- ISBN
- 9780520237902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400992931
- ISBN
- 9789400992931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 248.93
€ 248.93
Paperback. Why Britain was capitalist but not bourgeois Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JPFC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 279 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784781033
- ISBN
- 9781784781033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.61
€ 29.99
€ 23.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136785
- ISBN
- 9781405136785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136778
- ISBN
- 9781405136778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.19
€ 112.19
Paperback. Less than a half century ago, China experienced a cataclysmic famine, which was particularly devastating in the countryside. This book examines the role of food in one rural Chinese community, as it has shaped everyday lives over the course of several tumultuous decades. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b/w photos, 1 map, 10 charts, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293526
- ISBN
- 9780520293526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. While many have studied China's rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in a period of rapid economic transformation. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260955
- ISBN
- 9780520260955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Pollak, Ellen. Series: The Cultural Histories Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 bw illus. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 244 x 18. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350009806
- ISBN
- 9781350009806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.20
€ 44.99
€ 34.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCD; WCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935623809
- ISBN
- 9781935623809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.31
€ 40.31
Hardcover. In A Theater of Diplomacy, Ellen R. Welch argues that theater served not merely as a decorative accompaniment to negotiations, but rather underpinned the practices of embodied representation, performance, and spectatorship that constituted the culture of diplomacy in this period. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812249002
- ISBN
- 9780812249002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardcover. Children's work is a controversial subject both in the sciences of sociology and history. This book includes articles that examine children's work from the mid-1800's and until the 1990's. It is the result of an inter-Nordic research project about children's work in the Nordic countries involving various five Nordic countries. Editor(s): De Coninck-Smith, Ning; Sandin, Bengt; Sandin, Ellen. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778382696
- ISBN
- 9788778382696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.57
€ 31.99
€ 23.57
Hardcover. First-person stories and period photographs present a unique insight into university lore from the vantage point of students and alumni. Series: University of Alberta Centennial Series. Num Pages: 776 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 214 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 757
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644640
- ISBN
- 9780888644640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 36.27
€ 45.99
€ 36.27
Paperback. The McCarthy era was a bad time for freedom in America. Encompassing far more than the brief career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was the most widespread episode of political repression in the history of the United States. This title gives us the complete post-Cold War account of McCarthyism. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 38. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 602
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048703
- ISBN
- 9780691048703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. Arguing on recent cognitive evidence that reading a Bible is much more difficult for human brains than seeing images, this book exposes the depth and breadth of Protestant theologians' misunderstandings about how people could reform their spiritual lives - how they could literally change their minds. Num Pages: 254 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HPN; HRCC9; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006317
- ISBN
- 9780230006317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173285
- ISBN
- 9780231173285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Rewriting the History of School Mathematics in North America 1607-1861
Ellerton, Nerida F.; Clements, M. A. (Ken)
Paperback. This book examines the fundamental influence of the cyphering tradition on mathematics education in North American colleges, schools, and apprenticeship training classes between 1607 and 1861. It includes rare photos of original cyphering books. Num Pages: 226 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JNKC; JNU; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401780957
- ISBN
- 9789401780957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610948
- ISBN
- 9780691610948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638997
- ISBN
- 9780691638997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.50
€ 140.50
Hardcover. Confessions of the Shtetl explores Jewish conversions to a variety of Christian confessions in the Russian empire, with special attention to the relations of trust and attraction between Jews and Christians that facilitated religious conversions in the provincial heartland of Jewish Eastern Europe. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBTB; HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798280
- ISBN
- 9780804798280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.40
€ 82.40
Hardcover. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413777065
- ISBN
- 9780413777065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.79
€ 24.99
€ 21.79