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Hardback. Why do Americans know so much about "celebrity criminals" and so little about crime? If crime is down, why is there so much mayhem on television news and in the newspapers? This book seeks to answer these and other questions, to attempt to make sense of crime, crime news and crime policy in the US. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JKV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102926
ISBN
9780231102926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20
€ 81.45

Hardback. Explores how science shaped Thomas Jefferson's views on politics, religion, economics, and social developments in America. This book examines Jefferson's contributions to anthropology, ethnology, comparative linguistics, paleontology, and medicine. It also demonstrates Jefferson's scientific talents, interests, and accomplishments. Num Pages: 176 pages, 23 colour & 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928548
ISBN
9780813928548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.79

Paperback. Each year Congress appropriates billions of dollars for scientific research. Reporter Daniel S. Greenberg reveals here who gets the money and why. The revelations show an overlooked world of false claims where science, money and politics all manipulate each other. Num Pages: 528 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; KCP; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306353
ISBN
9780226306353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Beissinger, Steven R.; Ackerly, David D; Doremus, Holly; Machlis, Gary E. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423005
ISBN
9780226423005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.54

Paperback. "An accessible, passionate indictment of the ignorance, opportunism and social indifference that enriched lawyers and a few plaintiffs, though the available scientific evidence was against them." -New York Times Book Review, Notable Books of 1996 Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LAY; LNTJ; MBQ; MNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393316728
ISBN
9780393316728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.75

Hardback. A critical assay of the rhetorical and cultural obstacles faced by women scientists Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 photographs; 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780252034701
ISBN
9780252034701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.65

Hardback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736459
ISBN
9780804736459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.69

Paperback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736466
ISBN
9780804736466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Reingold, Nathan. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481. 8vo . Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0284966
ISBN
9780226709475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. Aims to reveal that campus capitalism is more complicated and less profitable than media reports would suggest. This book includes interviews with scientists and administrators. It is useful for those who care about scientific research. It shows that industry dollars are dwarfed by government support and other funds. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNMN; PDG; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306254
ISBN
9780226306254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. Suitable for scholars and students of American history, and for scientists and others who want to better understand modern science and science in America, this title offers the significant contributions to the study of the history of science, technology, and medicine during the twentieth century, all drawn from the pages of the journal Isis. Editor(s): Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory; Kaiser, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, 59 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 255 x 26. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226925141
ISBN
9780226925141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; WQH; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vehicule Press Canada
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550652963
ISBN
9781550652963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Provides a set of dialogues with one of the writer-directors in American film. Editor(s): Jackson, Kevin. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; APFB; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 355.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221769
ISBN
9780571221769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.25

Paperback. From the Introduction to the Dogwood Press Edition .. It was the author's desire to write a story devoted solely to blockade-running in the Western Gulf of Mexico. This republished edition includes six first-hand accounts as appendixes, 56 new figures, and a new introduction putting the work in the context of the Denbigh Shipwreck Project. Num Pages: 255 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 157. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979587405
ISBN
9780979587405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.78

Hardback. Neighborhoods, Schools, and Violence furthers this evolution of the merger of social disorganization theories and opportunity theories in explaining the crime potential of place, particularly in Prince George's County, Maryland. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; JFFE; JKV; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739109014
ISBN
9780739109014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.77

Hardback. This book addresses the problems and recommends solutions to improving K-12 schools by examining the context for U.S. schooling, and the ways some schools are improving their teaching and learning. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNLB; JNLC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607093404
ISBN
9781607093404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.22

Paperback. Inner-city schools suffered from far fewer problems a century ago, when black children in most northern cities attended school alongside white children. This title tells the story of how and why these schools came to serve black children so poorly. It compares the circumstances of blacks and white immigrants. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; JFSL1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226569611
ISBN
9780226569611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.29

Paperback. Often overlooked in the infamous history of US internment during World War II is the plight of internee children. Drawn from personal interviews and multiple primary source materials, "Schools behind Barbed Wire" uncovers this chapter in American history. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSL; JNK; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742501713
ISBN
9780742501713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.24

Hardcover. .
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817319168
ISBN
9780817319168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.51

Hardback. While white residents of antebellum Boston and New Haven forcefully opposed the education of black residents, their counterparts in slaveholding Baltimore did little to resist the establishment of African American schools. Such discrepancies, the author argues, suggest that white opposition to black education was not a foregone conclusion. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226542492
ISBN
9780226542492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.34

Paperback. As common schooling emerged in the 1830s, providing white children of all classes and ethnicities with the opportunity to become full-fledged citizens, it redefined citizenship as synonymous with whiteness. This title shows why opposition erupted where it did across the United States in antebellum America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226102986
ISBN
9780226102986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.36

Hardback. Spurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public-school funding, the US spends more per student on K-12 education than almost any other country. This work traces the history of reform efforts and concludes that the principal focus of both courts and legislatures on ever-increasing funding has done little to improve student achievement. Num Pages: 432 pages, 44 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNKG; LNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130002
ISBN
9780691130002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.79

Paperback. By presenting a set of empirical studies, this volume provides a basis for comparisons across sectors on such dimensions as school organization, governance, curriculum, and pedagogy in US elementary and secondary schools. It is of interest to administrators and scholars in education and the sociology of education. Editor(s): Hallinan, Maureen T. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268031015
ISBN
9780268031015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.62

Paperback. Reappraises the tumultuous history of educational progress in Chicago, revealing that the persistent lack of improvement is due not to the extent but rather the type of reform. This book chronicles how Chicago's corporate actors led, abetted, or restrained nearly every attempt to transform the city's school system. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JNK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614509
ISBN
9780700614509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.38

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