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The Americas

Paperback. This book explores how the arrival of Latin American immigrants in the United States shifts racial classifications for newcomers, for the society receiving them, and for the people they leave behind. Num Pages: 268 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804777964
ISBN
9780804777964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Covers the various terrain of African American music, from bebop to hip-hop. This title offers an account of the author's own musical experiences with family and friends on the South Side of Chicago, evoking Sunday-morning worship services, family gatherings with food and dancing, and jam sessions at local nightclubs. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 293 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
293
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243330
ISBN
9780520243330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Addresses the convergence of race, gender, and technology in the telephone industry. This title shows how, as technology changed from a manual process to a computerised one, sexual and racial stereotypes enabled management to manipulate both the workers and the workplace. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFK; JPA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325734
ISBN
9780822325734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.55

Paperback. Race Policy and Multiracial Americans looks at the impact of multiracial people on race policies-where they lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in the USA and how they can be used to promote racial justice. This much-needed book is essential reading for anyone interested in race relations and social justice. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447316503
ISBN
9781447316503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.20

Paperback. A provocative examination of prevailing thought on race and ethnicity in American society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804753272
ISBN
9780804753272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. A contribution to the history of American violence. It focuses on the bedrock issues of race and class, analysising the quick of urban-industrial life in the early twentieth century. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st THUS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065866
ISBN
9780252065866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. "A fascinating account of the extraordinary life of W. E. B. Du Bois's widow: a complex, creative woman who lived a colorful, meaningful life." (Essence) "Horne is the first biographer to grant Shirley Graham Du Bois her due." (Boston Globe) Num Pages: 363 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736487
ISBN
9780814736487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. This book offers a detailed picture of Jamaica before and after independence. A 1961 journal sheds light on the political and social context before independence, while a 1968 journal shows how independence dissolved dissident forces and identifies the origins of Jamaica's current two party politics. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137540775
ISBN
9781137540775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Paperback. Series: Mulicultural Education Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFC; EBA; JNFR; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807755129
ISBN
9780807755129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Paperback. SquiresMichael J. WattsElvin Wyly Editor(s): Chakravartty, Paula; Silva, Denise Ferreira da. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410012
ISBN
9781421410012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.19

Paperback. Editor(s): LaVeist, Thomas A.; Isaac, Lydia A. Series: Public Health/Vulnerable Populations. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118049082
ISBN
9781118049082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.41

Hardcover. This book examines race, ethnicity, crime and criminal justice in the Americas and moves beyond the traditional focus on North America to incorporate societies in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Editor(s): Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; JFSL; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230251984
ISBN
9780230251984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

Paperback. Series: Criminology and Justice Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages, 5 black & white tables, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JKV; LNDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415522144
ISBN
9780415522144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

hardcover. Features essays that address a number of important topics - employment, wage inequality and discrimination, health, crime, and housing and credit markets - and answer a series of interrelated questions: Is racism a significant variable in the competitive allocation of market goods and services? Editor(s): Mason, Patrick L.; Williams, Rhonda M. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
1997th Edition
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398936
ISBN
9780792398936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403974594
ISBN
9781403974594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.42

Paperback. Tells the story of social injustice, racialized policing, nationally profiled shootings, and the ambiguousness of black life in a suburban context.This title examines a fraught police-citizen interface, where blacks are segregated and yet forced to negotiate overlapping spaces with their more affluent white counterparts. Num Pages: 268 pages, 16 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFP; JFSL3; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282391
ISBN
9780520282391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Brazil has undertaken affirmative action in its universities on an unprecedented scale. An expert group of international scholars puts the new policies in historical, political, and legal context; evaluates their outcomes for students and universities; and demonstrates that the policies have been successful in addressing racial inequality. Editor(s): Johnson, Ollie Andrew, III; Heringer, Rosana. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137485144
ISBN
9781137485144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.73

paperback. The intent of Race, Racialization, and Antiracism in Canada and Beyond is to probe systemic forms of racism, as well as to suggest strategies for addressing them. Editor(s): Johnson, Genevieve Fuji; Enomoto, Randy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802095046
ISBN
9780802095046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.41

Hardcover. While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' - that is, race as a biological and sociological concept - played within the global and cultural Cold War. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230321434
ISBN
9780230321434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardcover. Details Reverend Bradby's work during the Great Migration and the interwar period, when his Second Baptist Church became an important hub for Detroit's African American community. Series: Great Lakes Books Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; BGX; HRCC92. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814332917
ISBN
9780814332917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.82

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