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The Americas
Paperback. Offering a different approach to the study of ethnicity in the neoliberal market, this work focuses on the Arabs in Brazil. It examines how Brazilians of Syrian-Lebanese descent have gained greater visibility and prominence as the country has embraced its globalizing economy, particularly its relations with Arab Gulf nations. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135400
- ISBN
- 9781592135400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Explores how US citizens participate in local government. This book focuses on what makes ordinary Americans become involved in and attempt to influence public policy issues that concern them. It fills a void in our understanding of the actual participatory practices of "civically engaged" citizens. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 Tables, 1 Figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135707
- ISBN
- 9781592135707
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
Hardcover. Explores a complex issue - integration of Blacks into White America - from multiple perspectives: within the United States, globally, and in the context of movements for social justice. This book explains how racial troubles in the US are symptomatic of the troubled relationship between the white and dark worlds globally. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135721
- ISBN
- 9781592135721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.82
€ 98.82
Paperback. Explores a complex issue - integration of Blacks into White America - from multiple perspectives: within the United States, globally, and in the context of movements for social justice. This book explains how racial troubles in the US are symptomatic of the troubled relationship between the white and dark worlds globally. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135738
- ISBN
- 9781592135738
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
Hardcover. Introducing radical counter-visions of race and slavery, this title focuses on Chinese labourers who worked side by side with African slaves in Cuba. This title presents an examination of writings by Chinese coolies that raises theoretical and methodological questions regarding freedom, race, diaspora, trans-nationalism, and globalization. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 tables, 2 illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592135813
- ISBN
- 9781592135813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Paperback. This is a reexamination of John Dewey's idea of schools, specifically community schools, as the best places to grow a democratic society that is based on racial, social, and economic justice. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135929
- ISBN
- 9781592135929
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.05
€ 29.99
€ 27.05
Paperback. In the mid-1960s, Winberg Chai, a young academic and the son of Chinese immigrants, married an Irish-American artist. This book offers a depiction of the racism suffered by them in rural South Dakota. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; 3JJPN; BM; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592136162
- ISBN
- 9781592136162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.15
€ 31.99
€ 28.15
Paperback. In Savoring the Salt, a host of poets, scholars, writers, political activists and filmmakers recall Toni Cade Bambara, a woman whose voice and vision played a vital role in shaping African American culture in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Holmes, Linda Janet; Wall, Cheryl A. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592136254
- ISBN
- 9781592136254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Assesses the GSOC strike, using a variety of publications dealing with the teaching assistants. This book offers lessons on what the GSOC strike says about the role of the university in public life, and how the pressure for universities to realign themselves along the lines of private corporations has broad implications for higher education. Editor(s): Krause, Monika; Nolan, Mary; Palm, Michael; Ross, Andrew. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 tables, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JNMN; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592137411
- ISBN
- 9781592137411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.59
€ 36.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. A pioneering study of women's movements in two developing-world revolutions and post-revolutionary transitions to neo-liberal democracies Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 1KLCN; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138296
- ISBN
- 9781592138296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.53
€ 38.99
€ 34.53
Paperback. During the Second World War, Chinese Americans contributed to the war effort by joining the armed forces and working in the defense industries. This title traces the history of the 14th Air Service Group, a segregated outfit of Chinese Americans sent to China in support of the American Army Air Corps and the Chinese Air Force. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138401
- ISBN
- 9781592138401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardback. It used to be that raves were grassroots organized, anti-establishment, unlicensed all-night drug-fueled dance parties held in abandoned warehouses or an open field. This book explores the dance music, drug use and social deviance that are part of the pulsing dynamics of this collective. Num Pages: 242 pages, 7 Tables, 19 Halftones, 2 Figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AVGV; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592139330
- ISBN
- 9781592139330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.95
€ 98.95
Paperback. New Deal photographs reveal the inexorable "pull of the city" even as they lament the demise of rural America Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 144 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; AJC; HBJK; HBLW; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592139989
- ISBN
- 9781592139989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.33
€ 33.99
€ 30.33
Paperback. Editor(s): Lord, Nancy. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; RNK; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Alaska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781602232839
- ISBN
- 9781602232839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.78
€ 26.99
€ 21.78
Paperback. A unique and original reading of the American imaginary Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611680003
- ISBN
- 9781611680003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. A valuable reference guide to Ohio in the Civil War Editor(s): Miller, Richard F. Num Pages: 932 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; GBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 932
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611686883
- ISBN
- 9781611686883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.55€ 90.32
€ 110.55
€ 90.32
Paperback. A nonpartisan clarion call for civic renewal to restore American democracy Num Pages: 308 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611687958
- ISBN
- 9781611687958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.91
€ 43.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. The chaos, complicity, and deadly consequences of the Boston Marathon bombing Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781611688498
- ISBN
- 9781611688498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.56
€ 32.99
€ 25.56
paperback. Through the lens of children's literature, explores the largely untold story of secular Yiddish schools in America Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 illus. (11 colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSP1; JFSR1; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781611689877
- ISBN
- 9781611689877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.95
€ 43.99
€ 33.95
Hardback. Intends to identify both successes and challenges faced by Black female students accessing and matriculating through institutions of higher education. This volume is aimed toward garnering an understanding of the educational trajectories and experiences of Black females, independent of and in comparison to their peers. Editor(s): Chambers, Crystal Renee; Sharpe, Rhonda V. Series Editor(s): Frierson, Henry T. Series: Diversity in Higher Education. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JNKS; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781780525020
- ISBN
- 9781780525020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.07
€ 126.07