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The Americas
paperback. Explores the social changes that account for the growth of intermarriage as well as the lingering prejudices that oppress racially mixed families. This book traces race prejudice to the various institutions that were structured to maintain white privilege, but the core analysis is about what happens when people of different races decide to marry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398268
- ISBN
- 9781566398268
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
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Paperback. Helps you Examine the power of traditional Southern attitudes toward race and religion, and consider the "don't ask, don't tell" attitude about homosexuality in some communities. This title shows how gay culture is thriving in the form of women's festivals, gay bars, and unusual networks like that of Asian and Pacific Islanders in Atlanta. Editor(s): Dews, C.L.; Law, Carolyn Leste. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 531.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398145
- ISBN
- 9781566398145
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.67
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€ 34.67
Paperback. Focusses on basic ethical systems in forestry and forest management. This title also includes: philosophical issues in forestry ethics, codes of ethics in forestry and related natural resource sciences such as fisheries science and wildlife biology, ethical advocacy and whistleblowing in government resource agencies, and ecoforestry. Series: Environmental Ethics, Values, & Policy. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; RNA; RNPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397858
- ISBN
- 9781566397858
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.34
€ 50.99
€ 45.34
Paperback. Spotlighting Asian Americans on both sides of the motion picture camera, this book examines the aesthetics, material circumstances, and politics of a broad spectrum of films released in the last thirty years. It focuses in particular on the growing presence of Asian Americans as makers of independent films and cross-over successes. Editor(s): Liu, Sandra. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 56 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 16. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397766
- ISBN
- 9781566397766
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.77
€ 38.99
€ 37.77
Paperback. Well over thirty million people in the United States speak a primary language other than English. Nearly twenty million of them speak Spanish. And these numbers are growing. This book lays out the two approaches to language policy - linguistic assimilation and linguistic pluralism - in clear and accessible terms. Series: Mapping Racisms. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397551
- ISBN
- 9781566397551
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.12
€ 42.99
€ 38.12
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
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.99
€ 42.99
€ 37.99
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
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
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
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.59
€ 36.99
€ 33.59
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.36
€ 32.99
€ 32.36
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
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.53
€ 32.99
€ 32.53
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
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
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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
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.59
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€ 33.59
Paperback. Little attention has been paid to the Latino movements of 1960's and 1970's in the literature of social movements. This book looks at the organizations of the Puerto Rican movement, which emerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a response to US colonialism on the island and to the poverty and discrimination faced by Puerto Ricans on the mainland. Editor(s): Velazquez, Jose E. Series: Puerto Rican Studies. Num Pages: 381 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; HBTV; JFSL; JKS; JPWD; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396189
- ISBN
- 9781566396189
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.12
€ 42.99
€ 38.12
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.85
€ 52.99
€ 46.85
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
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
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
€ 36.99€ 33.59
€ 36.99
€ 33.59
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
€ 47.99€ 42.48
€ 47.99
€ 42.48
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
€ 45.99€ 40.17
€ 45.99
€ 40.17
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
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.32
€ 45.99
€ 40.32
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
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
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
€ 65.92€ 55.59
€ 65.92
€ 55.59
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
€ 53.99€ 41.88
€ 53.99
€ 41.88
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
€ 70.63€ 59.14
€ 70.63
€ 59.14