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Paperback. This is a reexamination of John Dewey's idea of schools, specifically community schools, as the best places to grow a democratic society that is based on racial, social, and economic justice. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135929
- ISBN
- 9781592135929
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.05
€ 29.99
€ 27.05
Hardcover. Introducing radical counter-visions of race and slavery, this title focuses on Chinese labourers who worked side by side with African slaves in Cuba. This title presents an examination of writings by Chinese coolies that raises theoretical and methodological questions regarding freedom, race, diaspora, trans-nationalism, and globalization. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 tables, 2 illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592135813
- ISBN
- 9781592135813
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Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
paperback. Taking a look at white supremacy, this work argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. This work shows how whiteness works in respect to Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. It also analyzes the centrality of whiteness to US culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Revised, Expanded ed.
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134946
- ISBN
- 9781592134946
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.59
€ 36.99
€ 33.59
paperback. A groundbreaking effort to find the "common language" between two of the most important philosophical thinkers of the twentieth century, Forms in the Abyss promises to be one of the most significant contribution to our critical understanding of western thought in recent memory. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 585. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134403
- ISBN
- 9781592134403
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Observations of animals playing, solving problems, and behaving fairly toward each other reveal a range of animal behaviors and show that the ethical treatment of animals is a significant issue. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133482
- ISBN
- 9781592133482
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.36
€ 35.99
€ 32.36
Paperback. Details the transformation of alcohol from virtue to vice and back again, how it was thought of as both scourge and medicine. This title tells us how the great American thirst developed over the centuries, and how reform movements and laws (some of which, the author says, were "comic masterpieces of the legislator's art") sprang up to combat it. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBT; WBXD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592132690
- ISBN
- 9781592132690
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. When the locals and the rest of the world say 'New York', they mean Manhattan, a crowded island of commercial districts and residential neighborhoods, skyscrapers and tenements, fabulously rich and abjectly poor cheek by jowl. This title tells the story of the dreams that inspired the changes in the landscape and the problems that eluded solution. Editor(s): Rosenzweig, Roy; Benson, Susan Porter; Brier, Stephen; Rozenweig, Roy. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 73 b&w illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMVD; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 17. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592132355
- ISBN
- 9781592132355
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 47.99
€ 53.99
€ 47.99
Paperback. Presents the attacks on the United States in historical perspective. This volume comments on the dangers of seeing the events of September 11 as splitting the nation's history into "before" and "after." It argues eloquently that no useful understanding of the present is possible without an unobstructed view of the past. Editor(s): Rosenzweig, Roy. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GTB; HBJK; HBLX; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781592132034
- ISBN
- 9781592132034
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.35
€ 33.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JHBL; JPFF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131976
- ISBN
- 9781592131976
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.64
€ 35.99
€ 32.64
Paperback. The Manhattan Project was a sprawling research and industrial enterprise. It also included women in every capacity. Although women participated in all aspects of the Manhattan Project, their contributions are either omitted or only mentioned briefly in most histories of the project. This title presents this hidden story. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 264 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBT; JFSJ1; JWMN; PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592131921
- ISBN
- 9781592131921
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.36
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€ 32.36
Paperback. Explores the relationship between the well-established practice of oral history and the burgeoning field of memory studies. This work explains the processes by which oral histories move beyond interviews with individual people to become articulated memories shared by others. Editor(s): Hamilton, Paula; Shopes, Linda. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592131419
- ISBN
- 9781592131419
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.90
€ 41.99
€ 36.90
Paperback. Tells the story of immigrants labour struggles, examining how unions can learn from their example, and explaining their activism in the face of terrific odds. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130412
- ISBN
- 9781592130412
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.45
€ 34.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Composed at the request of the Royal Spanish Chronicler of the Indies, this title presents the history of Puerto Rico. This title records the history of the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico as well as the political, social, military, economic, and natural history of the island. Translator(s): Vidal, Jaime R. Series: ECOS Hispanic Caribbean Religious Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJP; 3JD; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 74th ed.
- SKU
- V9781589661899
- ISBN
- 9781589661899
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.79
€ 26.99
€ 21.79
Paperback. Explores what it means to be human, to live in a shared world, and resist the tendency to flee reality and seek pleasure in material pursuits. This book examines the writings of three modern thinkers, Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger, and Soren Kierkegaard. It is for anyone interested in philosophy, psychology, religion, or cultural anthropology. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589661226
- ISBN
- 9781589661226
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.07
€ 19.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584659822
- ISBN
- 9781584659822
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.28
€ 36.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. The first book to examine religious feminist activists in Israel, the U.S., and Kuwait Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; HRJ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584659730
- ISBN
- 9781584659730
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. A provocative look at the centrality of desire for "the Land" among early settlers in pre-state Israel Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781584659686
- ISBN
- 9781584659686
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.14
€ 36.99
€ 29.14
Hardcover. A comprehensive account of early papermaking in America Num Pages: 436 pages, 105 illus. BIC Classification: GBCT; HBJK; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781584659648
- ISBN
- 9781584659648
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Condition: New
€ 141.26€ 115.84
€ 141.26
€ 115.84
Paperback. A remarkable, in-depth study of Jewish history, culture, and memory in a historic and contemporary German city Num Pages: 328 pages, 46 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584659228
- ISBN
- 9781584659228
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.01
€ 42.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. A history of the complex relationship between a school and a people Num Pages: 280 pages, 28 illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEH; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584658443
- ISBN
- 9781584658443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.56
€ 32.99
€ 25.56