The Americas
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The Americas
paperback. The author situates the work experience in Latin America's broader history in a chronological order and divided into five periods. With each period, he discusses the chief economic, political and social characteristics as they relate to work, identifying with continuities from the previous period. Num Pages: 220 pages, tables, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765602084
- ISBN
- 9780765602084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.94
€ 57.94
Paperback. Presents a fresh approach to understanding the American combat soldier's experience in Vietnam. This book integrates such topics as the political culture, the experiences of training, the Vietnam experience, and the 'homecoming', and offers an overview of the 870,000 'grunts' who bore the brunt of the fighting in the jungles of South Vietnam. Num Pages: 272 pages, halftones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWS2; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765622860
- ISBN
- 9780765622860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.69
€ 53.69
Paperback. Examines black newspapers in general and four in particular - the "Chicago Defender", the "Pittsburgh Courier", the "Black Dispatch", and the "Jackson Advocate" - and their coverage of national events. The beginnings of the black press are detailed, focusing on how they reported the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. Num Pages: 205 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786426072
- ISBN
- 9780786426072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.61
€ 36.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786443482
- ISBN
- 9780786443482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
Hardcover. Health Care in the United States discusses the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system. This resource includes examples, tables, and a glossary with key terms and acronyms to help understand important concepts. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787995478
- ISBN
- 9780787995478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKPT; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477393
- ISBN
- 9780801477393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489853
- ISBN
- 9780801489853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.16
€ 48.16
Paperback. It is a confrontation, he suggests, that was enacted thousands of times across the slaveholding Americas as white men strained to suppress black culture and blacks resisted- determined to preserve their heritage and beliefs. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 472 pages, 73ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801839566
- ISBN
- 9780801839566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.46
€ 48.46
hardcover. This book reveals the important role lawyers, law, and courts play in struggles over educational resources, especially when it comes to the translation of policy goals into legal claims. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 1KBBSK; LNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford Law Books United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763530
- ISBN
- 9780804763530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.34
€ 144.34
Because of the Kids: Facing Racial and Cultural Differences in Schools...
Obidah, Jennifer E. (Assistant Professor, Gra...
paperback. Here, the authors recount how they set out on a collaborative three-year study to explore the impact of racial and cultural differences in one of their urban, middle school classrooms. They describe how they learned to confront and deal with the challenges they faced. Series: Practitioner Inquiry Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1; JNA; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Teachers College Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807740125
- ISBN
- 9780807740125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.97
€ 32.97
Pedagogy, Policy, and the Privatized City: Stories of Dispossession an...
Kristen L. Buras, Jim Randels, Kalamu Ya Sala...
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; JFSG; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Teachers College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807750896
- ISBN
- 9780807750896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.74
€ 37.74
paperback. First published at the height of the Vietnam War, this book argues that America's involvement in the conflict arose substantially from an over-confident and unilateral interpretation of history, and that the mistake is one from which lessons can still be learned. Num Pages: 112 pages, map, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 165.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Westview Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813331959
- ISBN
- 9780813331959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
paperback. Now revised and updated, this book examines the variety of ways that citizens in the United States engage in their communities and American politics and where the line dividing acceptable and unacceptable discourse and activities lies. Series: Dilemmas in American Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Westview Press United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813344577
- ISBN
- 9780813344577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.18
€ 62.18
Paperback. A comprehensive critique on the partisan printer-editors of the early American republic. Author Jeffrey L. Pasley challenges historians to re-evaluate previously held assumptions about early American party development. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 544 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921778
- ISBN
- 9780813921778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.59
€ 56.59
Paperback. Examining events surrounding the test case of the right of Blacks to armed self-defense in the 1960s, this book tells the story of a Southern Black community's struggle to defend themselves against the Ku Klux Klan and other racists. This book heavily influenced the leader of the Black Panthers. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 128 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814327142
- ISBN
- 9780814327142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.70
€ 30.70
Paperback. Detroit is home to one of the largest and most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East. This collection of memoirs, poetry, interviews and essays brings together the work of 25 contributors to paint a colourful portrait of Detroit's Arab community. Editor(s): Abraham, Nabeel; Shryock, Andrew. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; DQ; HBTB; JFSG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814328125
- ISBN
- 9780814328125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.50
€ 39.50
Paperback. A study of the most racially conscious aspect of the Conservative movement and its impact on politics and current public policy. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPFM; JPFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814330203
- ISBN
- 9780814330203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.84
€ 32.84
Paperback. Today America's nonprofit sector, long a critically important part of the nation's social and economic fabric, is more important than ever. This book explains how and why they developed and how they interact with one another in the ongoing battle for the soul of America's nonprofit world. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815724254
- ISBN
- 9780815724254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.47
€ 33.47
paperback. President Nixon's historic trip to China in February 1972 marked the beginning of a new era in Sino-American relations. For the first time since 1949, the two countries established high-level official contacts and transformed their relationship from confrontation to collaboration. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 37.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815734659
- ISBN
- 9780815734659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.79
€ 35.79
Paperback. Drawing on the world of scholarship and from personal experience, Robert A. Katzmann examines governance in judicial-congressional relations. After identifying problems, he offers ways to improve understanding between the two branches. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution Washington
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815748656
- ISBN
- 9780815748656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.06
€ 31.06
Hardcover. Details the rich culture and history of the country of Peru. Series: Brief History. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816081448
- ISBN
- 9780816081448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.10
€ 182.10
Mexican Americans and the Law: ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!...
Reynaldo Anaya Valencia, Sonia R. García, He...
Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816522798
- ISBN
- 9780816522798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 27 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816648313
- ISBN
- 9780816648313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.05
€ 32.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; JFSK2; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665549
- ISBN
- 9780816665549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.04
€ 35.04