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The Americas
Paperback. Takes a look at the successes and failures of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Opponents of NCLB criticize it as underfunded and unworkable, in its attempt to square the competing demands of elite- and street-level realities, while supporters see it as a radical educational reform. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 figures, 35 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069798
- ISBN
- 9780472069798
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Condition: New
€ 40.31
€ 40.31
Paperback. Political parties have long sought to expand their electoral coalitions by making marginal changes to the way they project themselves to the public. This title offers an analysis of how political parties use racial images to make cosmetic changes to their parties' images, even when the parties do not alter their platforms. Series: Politics of Race & Ethnicity S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 figures, 28 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069675
- ISBN
- 9780472069675
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Condition: New
€ 37.81
€ 37.81
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the American gaming landscape. This book summarizes the legal framework supporting the gaming industry and reviews the costs and benefits of casinos by showing how tax base and job growth vary widely with site-specific factors. It offers both regional and sector comparisons of the gaming industry. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 figures, 42 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KNSP; WDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069651
- ISBN
- 9780472069651
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Condition: New
€ 55.60
€ 55.60
Paperback. Includes essays on an expansive list of subjects, among them the literary correspondence of William Maxwell; the meaning of the author's own role as poet laureate of the state of Maryland; the journals of Louise Bogan, and how they reveal Bogan's struggle with her own personal fears as well as the reconstruction of herself as a writer; and more. Series: Writers on Writing. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069477
- ISBN
- 9780472069477
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Condition: New
€ 30.94
€ 30.94
Paperback. Suzan Lori-Parks is one of America's most distinctive playwrights. Part of the "Michigan Major Dramatists" series, this book offers a guide to Parks' dramatic works. It traces the evolution of Parks' art from her earliest experimental pieces to the hugely popular "Topdog/Underdog" to her wide-ranging forays into fiction, music, and film. Series: Michigan Modern Dramatists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069460
- ISBN
- 9780472069460
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Condition: New
€ 29.26
€ 29.26
Paperback. Examines farmers' lives on the island of St Lucia amidst the threat of market loss for their primary export product, bananas. This ethnography is of interest to those in the fields of social movements and activism, labor, Afro-Caribbean populations and those concerned with African Diaspora studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJWWL; JHMC; KCLT; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069354
- ISBN
- 9780472069354
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Condition: New
€ 41.92
€ 41.92
Paperback. Since her suicide, fascination with the poet Sylvia Plath has never waned. Plath has been the subject of a novel ("Wintering", by Kate Moses), a feature film ("Sylvia", starring Gwyneth Paltrow), and a film documentary. This book provides an assessment of Plath's life and work, offering essays by leading critics and scholars. Editor(s): Helle, Anita. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour illustrations, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069279
- ISBN
- 9780472069279
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Condition: New
€ 39.40
€ 39.40
Paperback. With discussions of Edward Albee's famous plays, such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "Three Tall Women", as well as his lesser known works, this guide reveals the heart of his drama, highlighting the themes of sex, death, loneliness, and time that have occupied the playwright during his almost fifty years in the theater. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069194
- ISBN
- 9780472069194
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Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. About reading poetry with an awareness of class and its themes. This book features nine essays, which deal with the question of class as reflected in the works of Tracie Morris, Tillie Olsen, Melvin Tolson, William Carlos Williams, Walt Whitman, and others. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069170
- ISBN
- 9780472069170
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Condition: New
€ 31.45
€ 31.45
Paperback. An account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants, this book brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the modern system of capital punishment. It explains how attorneys' skills and abilities influence the determination of which capital defendants are sentenced to death. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069118
- ISBN
- 9780472069118
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Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
Paperback. Presents an argument that the educational system is the subject of legislative punishment and the instrument of punishment for children. This book analyzes the connections between a culture of economic punishment of schools and the imposition of punitive controls as a vicious cycle that creates fear and develops passive and dependent citizens. Series: Law, Meaning & Violence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069057
- ISBN
- 9780472069057
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Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
Self-Financed Candidates in Congressional Elections (Contemporary Poli...
Prof. Jennifer A. Steen Ph.D.
Paperback. Presents an empirical study of self-financed candidates. This book thoroughly disproves the notion that self-funded candidates can buy a legislative seat, proving that the vast majority of self-financers do not win their elections. Instead, it gives a truer understanding of self-financers' actual influence on campaign competition and rhetoric. Series: Contemporary Political and Social Issues. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 tables, 19 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069033
- ISBN
- 9780472069033
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Condition: New
€ 37.81
€ 37.81
Paperback. Scott Abernathy exposes contradictions in the policies of American educational reform in School Choice and the Future of American Democracy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 charts, 33 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069019
- ISBN
- 9780472069019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.04
€ 41.04
Paperback. Collects the commentary of the later years and last days of one of America's most powerful and unique poets. This book synthesizes the author's views on poetic experimentation, the distinction between consciousness and sensibility, and "heretical" intellection, which is to say the components of his poetics of aggression. Editor(s): Richey, Joseph. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068623
- ISBN
- 9780472068623
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Condition: New
€ 29.94
€ 29.94
Jurors' Stories of Death: How America's Death Penalty Invests in Inequ...
Benjamin Dov Fleury-Steiner
Paperback. Fleury-Steiner draws on the experiences of white and black jurors in capital punishment trials to discuss the effect of race on the sentencing process in America. He shows how jurors rely on narratives that deny defendants their individuality and complexity, while reinforcing the jurors' own moral superiority. Series: Law, Meaning & Violence. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068609
- ISBN
- 9780472068609
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Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Paperback. A passionately intelligent, exquisitely illustrated guide to the native trees of the North American continent that offers an informative and entertaining blueprint for rebuilding the biosphere Num Pages: 214 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RGBL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 277 x 13. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068517
- ISBN
- 9780472068517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.16
€ 36.99
€ 35.16
Paperback. This eclectic, wide-ranging anthology of essays, art, poetry, fiction, and memoir gathers distinguished contributors, from Wole Soyinka to Joyce Carol Oates Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFCA; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068456
- ISBN
- 9780472068456
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Condition: New
€ 41.99
€ 41.99
Paperback. This detailed history of early baseball in rural Michigan focuses on the evolution of America's pastime from child's game to organized sport and challenges the notion that baseball's development was strictly an East Coast phenomenon Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 656.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068265
- ISBN
- 9780472068265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.82
€ 25.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. American history as theater, and theater as the heart of American life Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068111
- ISBN
- 9780472068111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.25
€ 44.25
Paperback. Explores the convergences of U.S. water policy and the literature of the American West Series: Studies in Literature & Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472067565
- ISBN
- 9780472067565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.20
€ 38.20