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Paperback. In the 1990s, policy specialists made "dependency" the issue and crafted incentives to get people off welfare. This work gives an account of the thinking behind these very different views of "the poverty problem," in a century-spanning inquiry into the politics, institutions, ideologies, and social science that shaped poverty research and policy. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691102559
ISBN
9780691102559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. A collection of 14 essays on sexual behaviour, from adolescence to old age, and covering such groups as singles, married couples, homosexuals and African-American men and women. This volume also looks at topics such as the effects of chronic disease and medication on sexual functioning. Editor(s): Rossi, Alice S. Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. Num Pages: 435 pages, 11 line drawings, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
435
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226728704
ISBN
9780226728704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.61

Hardcover. The Ghetto Tarot mixes the magical with the real world, and activates the imagination. The mystical and ancient tarot cards come alive in this modern, vivid and provocative deck. Num Pages: 208 pages, 186 colour. BIC Classification: 1KJH; AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 240. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Edition Lammerhuber Austria
Edition
Multilingual
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9783901753978
ISBN
9783901753978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.42
€ 69.99

Hardback. The sleek lines and gleaming facades of the architecture of the late 1940s and 1950s reflect a culture fascinated by the promise of the Jet Age. This work draws on a vast range of sources to argue that the aesthetics of mid-century modern architecture reflect an increasing fascination with 'glamour'. Num Pages: 272 pages, 125 black-&-white illustrations & 40 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300116540
ISBN
9780300116540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 59.26

Paperback. The real story behind the making of THE COLOR PURPLE in the author's own words Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819593
ISBN
9780753819593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; DQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Press, The
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595589866
ISBN
9781595589866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.77

Paperback. Draws on the history of recorded interactions with bears and provides telling photographs, which depict the evolving bear-human relationship. This book traces the reaction of Yellowstone National Park visitors to the NPS's efforts - from warnings by Yogi Bear to the increasing promotion of key ecological issues and concerns. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; WNH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 3. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614585
ISBN
9780700614585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

Hardback. This book explores how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and the passage of redress legislation in 1988. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 figures, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JWXR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745345
ISBN
9780804745345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

paperback. Editor(s): Cheese Board Colletive. Num Pages: 272 pages, pho. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WBN; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ten Speed Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781580084192
ISBN
9781580084192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.84

Paperback. Bringing together diverse perspectives, including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, semiotics, and textual analysis, this is the first anthology to focus exclusively on the murders of more than five hundred women and girls in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Editor(s): Gaspar de Alba, Alicia; Guzman, Georgina. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b&w photos, 1 figure, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ1; JFSL4; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292723177
ISBN
9780292723177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

Paperback. A collection of excerpts from the "American Lives" series. Editor(s): Christensen, Alicia. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bison Original United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803228054
ISBN
9780803228054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.08

Paperback. Examines the Latina subject whose work as dramatist, actress, theorist, and/or critic further defines the field of theater and performance in the United States. This book considers the emergence of a Latina aesthetics developed in the United States, but simultaneously linked with Latin America. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 b&w photos, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; AN; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212856
ISBN
9780253212856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

Hardback. From 1886 to 1913, hundreds of Chiricahua Apache men, women, and children lived and died as prisoners of war in Florida, Alabama, and Oklahoma. Their names, faces, and lives have long been forgotten. Based on extensive archival research, From Fort Marion to Fort Sill offers long-overdue documentation of the lives and fate of many of these people. Editor(s): Delgadillo, Alicia. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243798
ISBN
9780803243798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Malloy, Alicia E. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611229882
ISBN
9781611229882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.00
€ 70.11

Hardcover. Old Cuba presents an insider s view of the splendid colonial-era sites of the storied island nation, from the grand apartments and magnificent cathedral of Old Havana to the plantation homes of Pinar del Rio. Num Pages: 208 pages, 180 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; ACN; ACQ; ACV; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 229. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847858477
ISBN
9780847858477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.51
€ 53.32

Hardcover. Published to celebrate the Parrish Art Museum's wide-ranging collection, 'American Landscapes' charts the development of the landscape genre over two centuries. Num Pages: 104 pages, 45 col, 5 b&w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AFC; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 256 x 17. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832744
ISBN
9781904832744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Dismantles the discourses that "frame" women who rebel against patriarchal strictures as "bad women" and offers empowering models of struggle, resistance, and rebirth. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 colour and 37 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292758506
ISBN
9780292758506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.78

Paperback. A general text on Mexican history, combining political, economic, and historical information. Translator(s): Klatt, Andy. Num Pages: 411 pages, 22 line illustrations, 58 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244917
ISBN
9780520244917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Places migrants at the centre of pressing concerns, contending that border crossers have long been vital to social change Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716496
ISBN
9780814716496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Dona Marina (La Malinche).. Pocahontas.. Sacagawea - their names live on in historical memory because these women bridged the indigenous American and European worlds. This title investigates the many roles played by go-betweens in the colonization of sixteenth-century Brazil. Num Pages: 391 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712768
ISBN
9780292712768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613745366
ISBN
9781613745366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.18

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rebane, Alisa L. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; JPSF; JWXF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 257 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613242490
ISBN
9781613242490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 337.48
€ 226.86

Paperback. With styles ranging from traditional to abstract, this volume features works spanning late nineteenth-century and twentieth-century American art. It includes paintings that play on the boundaries between reality and fantasy and are rendered in an expressive style which does not directly imitate the natural world. Num Pages: 140 pages, 87 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 806. Westheimer Family Collection. 140 pages, 87 colour illustrations. With styles ranging from traditional to abstract, this volume features works spanning late nineteenth-century and twentieth-century American art. It includes paintings that play on the boundaries between reality and fantasy and are rendered in an expressive style which does not directly imitate the natural world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC. Dimension: 301 x 228 x 11. Weight: 806.
Publisher
Oklahoma Museum of Arts
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780911919073
ISBN
9780911919073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 105 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AMV; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679799
ISBN
9780816679799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

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