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The Americas
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, chiefly Illustrations (some col.), 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; AMB; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645046
- ISBN
- 9780816645046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.45
€ 18.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. During the first half of the twentieth century military victory parades in New York became an iconic part of the American cultural memory - ticker tape and soldiers returning to their sweethearts symbolized the joy of a nation at peace. This book focuses on organizers, spectators, and soldiers. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; ASZP; HBTB; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593397450
- ISBN
- 9783593397450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 b/w photos, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764332869
- ISBN
- 9780764332869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.28
€ 18.99
€ 14.28
Hardback. The Rat Bastard Protective Association was an inflammatory, close-knit community of artists who lived and worked in a building they dubbed Painterland in the Fillmore neighborhood of midcentury San Francisco. This book presents new and little-known archival material in this authorized account of these artists and their circle. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53 color photographs, 57 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 186 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1054.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289451
- ISBN
- 9780520289451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.87
€ 54.99
€ 39.87
Paperback. Looks at a range of commercial objects and phenomenon, from television and toys to comic books and magazines. The author looks at the often unspoken assumptions about class, nation, ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation that underscored both media images (like those of 1960s space missions) and social policies of the mass-produced suburb. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 440 pages, 37 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJP; GTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326960
- ISBN
- 9780822326960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.13
€ 41.99
€ 37.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449468
- ISBN
- 9780801449468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.62
€ 36.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. An analysis of eight of the largest US welfare programmes affecting children. Programmes discussed include: Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the Food Stamp Program, WIC and School Lunch, Head Start and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB1; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270. "8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Paperback Copy. As New. 1st Edition". Keywords: "Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Economics - General,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Social Sciences - Social Issues - Social Welfare & Services - Child Welfare,Subjects - Society, Pol"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Routledge,an imprint of Taylor &
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KON0521012
- ISBN
- 9783718656240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 21.99€ 4.99
€ 21.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Features ideas for making welfare policy just and effective. This book offers a contextual approach to understanding topics such as the development of assets-based approaches to helping the poor. It stresses the importance of understanding the ways we talk about welfare, the ways it is studied, and attention to what is not being discussed and why. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 407. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133024
- ISBN
- 9781592133024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.97
€ 32.97
Paperback. A guide to the history of the American welfare program. Editor(s): Nadasen, Premilla; Mittelstadt, Jennifer; Chappell, Marisa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white tables, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415989794
- ISBN
- 9780415989794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.46
€ 57.46
Paperback. Under the welfare reform act of 1996, welfare was the first and most basic safety net program to be sent back to state control. This title examines how the welfare policymaking process has changed. It probes the nature of state welfare politics under devolution and contrasts it with welfare politics on the national level. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408924
- ISBN
- 9780878408924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.36
€ 75.36
paperback. A powerful expose of a deeply-rooted but woefully ignored form of racial blindness, Welfare Racism is an important first step toward more humane and rational policies for the men, women, and children who have been ravaged by the current system. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415923415
- ISBN
- 9780415923415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.72
€ 74.72
Hardcover. During the 1990s the United States undertook the greatest social policy reform since the Social Security Act of 1935. A crucial resourse for policy economists, social policy specialists, and other professionals concerned wi th welfare policy. Series: RAND Corporation Research Study. Num Pages: 352 pages, 45 line illustrations; 27 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018914
- ISBN
- 9780674018914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.05€ 76.52
€ 83.05
€ 76.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 42 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKSB1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 42
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833028815
- ISBN
- 9780833028815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.76
€ 12.76
Hardback. Puts the Renaissance Faire back at the historical centre of the American counterculture Num Pages: 359 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771389
- ISBN
- 9780814771389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.21
€ 77.21
Hardcover. Tells the story of the disastrous housing market during the Great Depression and the extent to which an immensely popular New Deal relief program, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), was able to stem foreclosures by buying distressed mortgages from lenders and refinancing them. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226082448
- ISBN
- 9780226082448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.76
€ 43.99
€ 34.76
paperback. Henry Wells (1805-78) and William Fargo (1818-81) first worked together when they broke the Post Office monopoly on mail service along the Erie Canal in the 1840s. This title presents the story of Henry Wells and his drivers; his accountants; and, how they built a lasting empire in a business most entrepreneurs thought too risky to try. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTK; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 274 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803283039
- ISBN
- 9780803283039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.38
€ 15.38
paperback. A study that defines 'literature' broadly, considering the letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians who lived through the war as well as the poetry and prose of Welsh America's more 'professional' writers. It looks at ways in which the Civil War effected the articulation of Welsh-American national identity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AFW; DNF; DSBF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Chicago University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708320198
- ISBN
- 9780708320198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.35
€ 14.35
Paperback. Series: African American. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486427645
- ISBN
- 9780486427645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 152 color photographs and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; WQH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 221 x 12. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325007
- ISBN
- 9780764325007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.29
€ 25.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. This text examines jazz icons such as Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker whilst also incorporating the careers of other West Coast jazz men, both well-known and obscure, in a basic history of the California scene. Num Pages: 428 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536. Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960. 428 pages, 12 b&w photographs. This text examines jazz icons such as Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker whilst also incorporating the careers of other West Coast jazz men, both well-known and obscure, in a basic history of the California scene. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 28. Weight: 514.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 428
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217294
- ISBN
- 9780520217294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.60
€ 35.99
€ 26.60