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Paperback. This text examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare. Matthew Crenson argues that the prehistory of the welfare system was played out not on the stage of national politics or class conflict but in the micropolitics of institutional management. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JKSB1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005549
- ISBN
- 9780674005549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.07
€ 52.99
€ 44.07
Paperback. Provides an history of the planning, design, and construction of the six-building Getty Center in Los Angeles, one of the great cultural complexes. This book takes us behind the scenes of the thirteen-year-long, one-billion-dollar project. Num Pages: 216 pages, 136 b/w photographs, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217300
- ISBN
- 9780520217300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Presents the history of New Orleans' early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 to its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. This book presents an account of New Orleans' wild youth. It features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued women, and carousing travelers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour plates, 8 halftones, 5 maps, 1 figure, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226138428
- ISBN
- 9780226138428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28, 27 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; JFSG; JP; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781501700477
- ISBN
- 9781501700477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.56
€ 38.56
Hardcover. Explores the century-long process whereby the Massachusetts Bay Colony went from a distant outpost of the incipient British Empire to a stable society integrated into the transatlantic economy. This title demonstrates how small infrastructure improvements established the foundation for more ambitious, overseas adventures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 map, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926360
- ISBN
- 9780813926360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.71
€ 53.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBT; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825245
- ISBN
- 9780774825245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.10
€ 106.10
Hardback. Throughout history, civilized advance has been propelled by man's pursuit of profit motive and financed by surplus capital won in that pursuit. This work explains the vital lessons learned from that history and explores what they posit for 21st century economic governance producing a message to public officials, entrepreneurs, and scholars alike. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742551909
- ISBN
- 9780742551909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Hardcover. Complement to the Cambridge Historical Commission's five-volume Survey of architectural history in Cambridge, completed in 1977. Num Pages: 968 pages, 1116 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; AMVD; AMX; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 266 x 56. Weight in Grams: 3316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262034807
- ISBN
- 9780262034807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
Hardback. How New York's mayor's urban development plans rely on a blending of Moses and Jacobs Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439909690
- ISBN
- 9781439909690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.90
€ 93.90
Paperback. How New York's mayor's urban development plans rely on a blending of Moses and Jacobs Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439909706
- ISBN
- 9781439909706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. A photographic guide that traces the evolution of University of Chicago's campus architecture from the university's founding in 1890 to its plans for the twenty-first century. It features the work of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Ives Cobb, Holabird & Roche, Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Netsch, and, Cesar Pelli. Num Pages: 186 pages, 100 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMG; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226046808
- ISBN
- 9780226046808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Chicken - both the bird and the food - has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women since the slavery era. This book examines the complexity of black women's legacies using food as a form of cultural work. It focuses on the ways black women have forged their own self-definitions and relationships to the "gospel bird". Num Pages: 312 pages, 41 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856864
- ISBN
- 9780807856864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.61
€ 45.61
Hardback. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation's political economy. This biography weaves together three engrossing stories. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273757
- ISBN
- 9780520273757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Explores the professional practice of health promotion and, in particular, how individuals and organizations can become more effective in undertaking and supporting such practice. Num Pages: 152 pages, 12 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811507
- ISBN
- 9780774811507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.67
€ 112.67
Hardback. Building Gotham thus demonstrates how a group of ambitious professionals overcame the limits of traditional means of decision-making and developed the city-building practices that enabled New York to become America's first mega-city. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16, 10 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870736
- ISBN
- 9780801870736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.04
€ 61.04
Building Culture: Studies in the Intellectual History of Industrializi...
Richard F. Teichgraeber III
Hardcover. Num Pages: 199 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039256
- ISBN
- 9781570039256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.80
€ 59.80
Hardback. Focuses on backroom politics and gives readers an insider's perspective on the efforts of policymakers from three presidential administrations to get past the naysayers and effect real and lasting policy changes. This title offers an overview of policymaking during the Clinton and George W Bush administrations. Editor(s): Levin, Martin A.; DiSalvo, Daniel; Shapiro, Martin M. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7, 4 graphs, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405087
- ISBN
- 9781421405087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.13€ 63.34
€ 70.13
€ 63.34
Paperback. Focuses on backroom politics and gives readers an insider's perspective on the efforts of policymakers from three presidential administrations to get past the naysayers and effect real and lasting policy changes. This title offers an overview of policymaking during the Clinton and George W Bush administrations. Editor(s): Levin, Martin A.; DiSalvo, Daniel; Shapiro, Martin M. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7, 4 graphs, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405094
- ISBN
- 9781421405094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.31
€ 42.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 144 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764351129
- ISBN
- 9780764351129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.20
€ 31.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JPQ; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833033321
- ISBN
- 9780833033321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.33
€ 25.33
Paperback. This work follows the evolution of the pattern book houses and how they represented the notion of home and community in American historical memory. The book also includes illustrations of such communities. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AM; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761989639
- ISBN
- 9780761989639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Paperback. How does one design an intervention for a specific culture, ecology, and time? How do we respond to both disaster relief and long-term restoration? This work defines these questions and presents strategies for rebuilding Gulf Coast communities. Editor(s): Roettger, Betsy. Num Pages: 169 pages, 497 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 1KBBSM; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977102457
- ISBN
- 9780977102457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.33
€ 37.33
Paperback. Includes strategies for addressing specific Common Core standards and also provides answers to the most important questions across various content areas, including: What is academic language and how does it differ by content area? How can language-building activities support content understanding for students? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CBW; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118744857
- ISBN
- 9781118744857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.54
€ 30.99
€ 23.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1KBBSM; JFSL3; JNB; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226394626
- ISBN
- 9780226394626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.05€ 48.68
€ 57.05
€ 48.68