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The Americas
Paperback. Conceived within a clandestine relationship between a black man and a married white woman, Spain was born in Mississippi during the mid-1950s. This title portrays the dehumanizing conditions in the prisons, the pervasive abuses in the criminal justice system, and the case for overturning Spain's conspiracy conviction. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; JFSL3; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566397506
- ISBN
- 9781566397506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.45
€ 38.99
€ 38.45
Paperback. Examines the way in which education and the media act as immobilizing social forces to shape the Latino world that exists despite the best efforts of many Mexican Americans and other Latinos. This book focuses on social issues that impede the progress of Latinos. Num Pages: 257 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 458. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566397438
- ISBN
- 9781566397438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.17
€ 34.17
Paperback. Combining personal memoir and historical narrative, this title argues for a reassessment of unionism in American life during the second half of the twentieth century and a recasting of "official memory." It traces the history of union steelworkers after World War II. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; KCZ; KNJH; KNXB1; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566397391
- ISBN
- 9781566397391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.91
€ 34.99
€ 33.91
paperback. Presents an account of how Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain. This book shows how the problem of human smuggling will continue for as long as China's citizens are deprived of fundamental human rights and economic security. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, 24 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397339
- ISBN
- 9781566397339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Investigates intact marriages to examine the impact of fresh expectations in a culture of divorce. This title examines the shifting meanings of divorce and gender for two generations of middle-class, married couples. It states that the social and economic conditions support and undermine the efforts of spouses to redefine the meaning of marriage. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 289 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397254
- ISBN
- 9781566397254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Tells us about the complex social and political issues depicted by Asian-American playwrights. In this title, the author argues that playwrights produce a different conception of "Asian-America" in accordance with their unique set of sensibilities. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AN; DD; DSG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566396370
- ISBN
- 9781566396370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Presents a means for debating the issues connecting the AIDS pandemic to government policy and crime in the Americas. This work tackles the cultural landscape upon which AIDS, accompanied by poverty, drug addiction, and crime, proliferates on a global scale. It layers stories of individuals and events to illustrate the paths of HIV infection. Num Pages: 245 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566396288
- ISBN
- 9781566396288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.91
€ 33.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Scandals, including questionable fund-raising tactics by the administration, have brought campaign finance reform into the forefront of the news and the public consciousness. This title goes beyond the partial, often misleading, news stories and official records to explain how our campaign system operates. Num Pages: 271 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHF; JPHV; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566396264
- ISBN
- 9781566396264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Introduces selected topics in federal Indian law. This title covers issues of identity and tribal recognition; reparations for historic harms; the valuation of land in land claims; the return to tribal owners of human remains, sacred items, and cultural property; and, tribal governance and issues of gender and religious freedom. Num Pages: 353 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395823
- ISBN
- 9781566395823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.49
€ 47.49
Paperback. Traces the origins of women in police work, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain secure footholds in big city police departments ironically helped to make modern policework one of the most male dominated occupations in the United States. This book shows how female officers handled the complex gender politics of their work. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395601
- ISBN
- 9781566395601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Examines the creation of an essentialist view of nationhood based on a peasant culture and a "unifying" Hispanic heritage, and the ways in which grassroots organizations challenge and reconfigure definitions of national identity through their own activities and representations. Series: Puerto Rican Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395496
- ISBN
- 9781566395496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.91
€ 33.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Continued economic restructuring has brought service work to center stage in labor and management studies, as well as in the sociology of work, gender, race, and inequality. This work features essays that explore questions of power and control, resistance and empowerment, and innovation and organizing in the lives of front-line service workers. Editor(s): Macdonald, Cameron Lynne; Sirianni, Carmen. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394802
- ISBN
- 9781566394802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.06
€ 43.06
Paperback. Examines two equally important movements of the early sixties, the New Left and the New Right, both sides equally critical of existing society and both utopian in their visions. This book describes the ways in which the historical reality of the sixties has been dramatically distorted by popular political and social images. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFC; JHM; JPFF; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394789
- ISBN
- 9781566394789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.65
€ 40.99
€ 40.65
paperback. Tracing social and historical problems related to racial identity, this title discusses why race is a matter of such importance in America and examines the treatment of mixed race in law, society, and literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392655
- ISBN
- 9781566392655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.75
€ 40.99
€ 40.75
paperback. To study the settlement process of undocumented migrants, this work examines one of Houston's Maya communities, the approximately 900 Maya from a township in the Department of Totonicapan, Guatemala. It traces this Maya community from its genesis in 1978 to the complex effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFN; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392570
- ISBN
- 9781566392570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.03
€ 34.99
€ 34.03
hardcover. Editor(s): de Garcia, Barbara Gerner; Karnopp, Lodenier Becker. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JNFR; JNSC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781563686740
- ISBN
- 9781563686740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.15€ 56.36
€ 66.15
€ 56.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686443
- ISBN
- 9781563686443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.19
€ 44.19
hardcover. This new book offers high school ASL teachers and program administrators concrete information on why students take ASL for foreign language credit, how they learn new signs and grammar, and how different learning techniques determines their achievement in ASL. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFZ; JNLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781563686429
- ISBN
- 9781563686429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.39
€ 54.99
€ 42.39
Hardcover. Published to commemorate Gallaudet University's 150th anniversary, this book traces the historic path that Gallaudet traveled to become the finest institution of higher education for deaf people throughout the world. Num Pages: 208 pages, 75 colour plates, 90 sepia, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNB; JNM; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 85 x 110 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781563685958
- ISBN
- 9781563685958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.87€ 59.88
€ 70.87
€ 59.88
Paperback. Research has identified resilience as a key element to success in school. The author searches out ways to develop, reinforce, and alter the factors that encourage resilience in African American deaf and hard of hearing students. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 figure, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JFSL3; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685941
- ISBN
- 9781563685941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Uses the archetypal concept of the carnival as a framework to interpret the evolution of ASL literature. This title shows how Deaf artists and ASL performers have used and continue to use their art as a means to traverse the barriers between disenfranchisement and privilege. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685774
- ISBN
- 9781563685774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.11€ 48.40
€ 56.11
€ 48.40
Paperback. Beginning signers can now improve their recognition of the most commonly used signs with this easy-to-follow handbook. Illustrates 800 common signs organized by topics including food, travel, family, sports and more. 800 illustrations. Num Pages: 176 pages, 800 sign illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 248 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563681301
- ISBN
- 9781563681301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.33
€ 19.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781563681226
- ISBN
- 9781563681226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Hardcover. Series: Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781559385206
- ISBN
- 9781559385206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.31
€ 118.31