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The Americas
Paperback. Moving beyond the realm of traditional "church history," this book offers a survey of American religion since World War II. Identifying the major trends and telling moments within major denominations, it asks how these religious groups have shaped, and been shaped by, some of the important and divisive issues and events of the last half century. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121552
- ISBN
- 9780231121552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. George Gallup's polling techniques achieved fame when he predicted that Franklin D Roosevelt would be reelected president in 1936. This work traces Gallup's intellectual and methodological developments, examining his comprehensive approach to market research. It takes a look at the film industry's use of opinion polling in the 1930s and '40s. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; KJSM; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121330
- ISBN
- 9780231121330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Takes a look at the film industry's use of opinion polling in the 1930s and '40s. George Gallup's polling techniques first achieved fame when he accurately predicted that Franklin D Roosevelt would be reelected president in 1936. This work traces Gallup's intellectual and methodological developments, examining his approach to market research. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; KJSM; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121323
- ISBN
- 9780231121323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.52
€ 134.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Carnes, Mark C. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 32. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121279
- ISBN
- 9780231121279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Hardback. Editor(s): Carnes, Mark C. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121262
- ISBN
- 9780231121262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.18€ 63.58
€ 83.18
€ 63.58
Paperback. Presenting a history of the Bronx, this book describes how the once-infamous New York City borough underwent one of the most successful and inspiring community revivals in American history. It shows how the Bronx interacted with and was affected by the rest of New York City as it grew from a small colony in Manhattan into a sprawling metropolis. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 69 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121156
- ISBN
- 9780231121156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120616
- ISBN
- 9780231120616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Employing a sizeable collection of data on party members, activists, and elites, Geoffrey Layman examines the role of religion in the Democratic and Republican parties, and the ways in which religion has influenced the political process from the early 1960s through the late 1990s. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HRA; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120586
- ISBN
- 9780231120586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.53€ 97.24
€ 129.53
€ 97.24
Hardback. Many urban residents, especially persons of colour, are or have been involved in the juvenile and/or criminal justice system. This volume discusses correctional supervision and the needs of individuals. It aims to address the strengths of individuals and how can they can be capitalized on. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JKSN; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120401
- ISBN
- 9780231120401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Hardback. Arguing that critical reporting in South America can be better understood as watchdog journalism than as investigative reporting of the American or European variety, this text examines the country's historical absence of a critical press and discusses the evolution of journalistic culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSR; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119740
- ISBN
- 9780231119740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Hardback. Gross traces the relation of lesbians and gays to the media and astutely points to the latter's lingering inability to embrace the complex reality of gay identity. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBT; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119528
- ISBN
- 9780231119528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.78
€ 109.33
€ 82.78
Hardback. A history of public broadcasting, the book questions public television's common-sense priorities and argues that its tendency to reject popular culture has undermined its capacity to serve the people it claims to represent. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119429
- ISBN
- 9780231119429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.56
€ 109.33
€ 82.56
Hardback. This book focuses on the externally driven difficulties of service workers and agencies in shaping services-such as the consequences of recent conservative social policies on agency life and the way in which the present political environment influences services through privatization. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFSG; JKSB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119306
- ISBN
- 9780231119306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.53€ 97.24
€ 129.53
€ 97.24
Hardback. Shows how the evolution of the greeting card reveals the fundamental power of economic organization to enable and constrain experiences of longing, status, desire, social connectedness, and love and to structure and determine the most private, internal, and intimate of feelings. This book covers the development of the greeting card industry. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 85 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118781
- ISBN
- 9780231118781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.56
€ 109.33
€ 82.56
Hardback. David Gutierrez and his contributors have produced this volume that provides interpretations of recent Latino history, including the six major groups, as well as insight into the major areas of contention and debate that characterize Latino scholarship in the early 21st century. Editor(s): Gutierrez, David G. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118088
- ISBN
- 9780231118088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Hardback. Focusing on an impoverished city on the periphery of La Paz, the Bolivian capital, Gill examines the ways in which neoliberal policies reorder social relations among poor men and women-and between them and the state. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118040
- ISBN
- 9780231118040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 90.24
€ 118.84
€ 90.24
Hardback. Using Dominicans in New York City as a case study, Ramona Hernandez challenges the old belief that workers necessarily migrate from one region to another because of supply and demand or because of a de facto government policy to make people leave or stay. As a result, she shows that the traditional correlation between migration and economic progress does not always hold true. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KJD; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFN; JHBL; KCB; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116220
- ISBN
- 9780231116220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.12
€ 104.58
€ 79.12
Hardback. Analyzes the experiences of Filipino men in Los Angeles's Little Manila, from the 1920s to the end of World War II. This book discusses Filipino boxers' challenge to white America's assumptions about race; the meanings behind zoot suit fashions; and taxi dance halls, where Filipino men crossed racial boundaries by dancing with Anglo women. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b& w halftones, 9 color halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115926
- ISBN
- 9780231115926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.32
€ 134.32
Paperback. Are the factors that initiate democratization the same as those that maintain a democracy already established? Editor(s): Anderson, Lisa. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 figures & tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115919
- ISBN
- 9780231115919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. In this collection of articles, the various authors examine the interaction of gays and lesbians with the democratic process in regards to public policy, public opinion, and political representation. Editor(s): Riggle, Ellen D. B.; Tadlock, Barry L. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSK; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115858
- ISBN
- 9780231115858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37