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Hardcover. This work highlights the high rates of delinquency and academic failure among new Asian Americans, and reveals shortcomings in the way schools educate "language minority" students. The author offers suggestions for ways in which schools might do a better job of educating all students. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JNA; JNK; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787901226
- ISBN
- 9780787901226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.11
€ 50.11
The Other Side of Middletown. Exploring Muncie's African American Comm...
Lassiter, Luke Eric; Goodall, Hurley; Campbel...
Hardback. Prompted by the overt omission of Muncie's black community from the famous study by Lynd and Lynd, "Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture", this book uncovers the neglected part of the story of Middletown, a well-known pseudonym for the Midwestern city of Muncie, Indiana. It is a useful resource for community research. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759104839
- ISBN
- 9780759104839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.72
€ 148.72
Hardback. For many living in U.S. cities, social services come not from the government but from local churches. Based on the first census of congregations ever conducted in any American city, this book provides an authoritative account of the functioning of congregations, their involvement in social services, and their support of other organizations. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239492
- ISBN
- 9780812239492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.54
€ 90.54
Paperback. These essays discuss members of the "other" New York Jewish Intellectuals, men and women who lived in New York during the 1930s and 40s, and who wrote and worked in a different intellectual circle from the one inhabited by those known as the New York Jewish Intellectuals. Num Pages: 394 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814746608
- ISBN
- 9780814746608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, and inequitable in their distribution. This book argues that the solution is to offer choice to users and to encourage competition among providers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129365
- ISBN
- 9780691129365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.01€ 52.52
€ 68.01
€ 52.52
Paperback. Offers a vision of Henry James as a social critic whose later works can be read as rich with homo-erotic suggestiveness. Drawing from work in queer and feminist theory, this book argues that the most fruitful approach to James is one that ignores the elitist portrait of the formalist master. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321477
- ISBN
- 9780822321477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.09
€ 27.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Arsic, Branka; Wolfe, Cary. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667482
- ISBN
- 9780816667482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Hardback. Migration and intermarriage between Mexican women and men from Asia, Europe, and the United States transformed Baja California into a multicultural society. This book tells the story of working-class communities and how they constituted the racially and ethnically diverse landscape of Baja California from 1850 to 1954. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 b/w images, 3 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291638
- ISBN
- 9780520291638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.18€ 53.37
€ 69.18
€ 53.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152709
- ISBN
- 9780231152709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.77€ 41.40
€ 52.77
€ 41.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152716
- ISBN
- 9780231152716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.95
€ 29.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226769622
- ISBN
- 9780226769622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.77€ 44.89
€ 52.77
€ 44.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 260 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226324463
- ISBN
- 9780226324463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.69
€ 30.99
€ 24.69
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813519111
- ISBN
- 9780813519111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Paperback. Examines the channels of cooperation between American and West German student movements throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and the reactions these relationships provoked from the US government. This title demonstrates the strong transnational connections between New Left groups on both sides of the Atlantic. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBLW3; HBTB; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152462
- ISBN
- 9780691152462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813577982
- ISBN
- 9780813577982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.55
€ 41.99
€ 41.55
Hardback. Series: War Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813577999
- ISBN
- 9780813577999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.11
€ 171.11
Paperback. The first and only book to cover the World War II exploits and contributions of Detachment 101 considered by many to be the forerunner of today's Special Forces in Burma against the Japanese Imperial Army." Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620180
- ISBN
- 9780700620180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.19
€ 42.19
Paperback. When Roger Bechan was six, his mother packed his suitcase and took him to the Oklahoma Society for the Friendless. He never saw her again. This book offers an unsentimental look at Bechan's life in the child welfare system of Depression-era Oklahoma. Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; BGA; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654034
- ISBN
- 9780875654034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.32
€ 20.32
Hardcover. A story of survival within an impersonal child-care system, a story filled with vivid characters, pathos, surprising humor, and the tenacity of a young boy who longs for a normal home and can't understand why his mother abandoned him or who his father is. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b&w photos, 14 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653556
- ISBN
- 9780875653556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.58
€ 24.99
€ 24.58
Paperback. Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, the author asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 29 halftones. 17 tables. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJP; JFSG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162553
- ISBN
- 9780691162553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.61
€ 24.99
€ 18.61
Hardback. This is a study of the rise of two-party competition in South Carolina. During the two decades covered, the interplay between two clear factions shaped the growth of the party. In this text, the author demonstrates the implications of these developments for the rightward shift in national politics. Series: Studies in Modern American History. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102428
- ISBN
- 9780739102428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520064591
- ISBN
- 9780520064591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Presents an analysis of the origins of Catholic moral theology in the United States. This title traces the historical development of moral theology which offers a legal model of morality including an emphasis on canon law. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406357
- ISBN
- 9780878406357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.79
€ 70.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226152653
- ISBN
- 9780226152653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01