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Hardback. The Rat Bastard Protective Association was an inflammatory, close-knit community of artists who lived and worked in a building they dubbed Painterland in the Fillmore neighborhood of midcentury San Francisco. This book presents new and little-known archival material in this authorized account of these artists and their circle. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53 color photographs, 57 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 186 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289451
ISBN
9780520289451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449468
ISBN
9780801449468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.91

Paperback. An analysis of eight of the largest US welfare programmes affecting children. Programmes discussed include: Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the Food Stamp Program, WIC and School Lunch, Head Start and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB1; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270. "8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Paperback Copy. As New. 1st Edition". Keywords: "Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Economics - General,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Social Sciences - Social Issues - Social Welfare & Services - Child Welfare,Subjects - Society, Pol"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Routledge,an imprint of Taylor &
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KON0521012
ISBN
9783718656240
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 21.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. A guide to the history of the American welfare program. Editor(s): Nadasen, Premilla; Mittelstadt, Jennifer; Chappell, Marisa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white tables, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415989794
ISBN
9780415989794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.31

Paperback. Under the welfare reform act of 1996, welfare was the first and most basic safety net program to be sent back to state control. This title examines how the welfare policymaking process has changed. It probes the nature of state welfare politics under devolution and contrasts it with welfare politics on the national level. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878408924
ISBN
9780878408924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.38

paperback. A powerful expose of a deeply-rooted but woefully ignored form of racial blindness, Welfare Racism is an important first step toward more humane and rational policies for the men, women, and children who have been ravaged by the current system. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415923415
ISBN
9780415923415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.04

Hardcover. During the 1990s the United States undertook the greatest social policy reform since the Social Security Act of 1935. A crucial resourse for policy economists, social policy specialists, and other professionals concerned wi th welfare policy. Series: RAND Corporation Research Study. Num Pages: 352 pages, 45 line illustrations; 27 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018914
ISBN
9780674018914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.33
€ 76.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 42 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKSB1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 127.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
RAND United States
Number of pages
42
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833028815
ISBN
9780833028815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.21

Paperback. A documentary history of welfare policy in the U.S. Editor(s): Mink, Gwendolyn; Solinger, Rickie. Num Pages: 817 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
817
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756546
ISBN
9780814756546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.08

Hardback. Puts the Renaissance Faire back at the historical centre of the American counterculture Num Pages: 359 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771389
ISBN
9780814771389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.42

Hardcover. Tells the story of the disastrous housing market during the Great Depression and the extent to which an immensely popular New Deal relief program, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), was able to stem foreclosures by buying distressed mortgages from lenders and refinancing them. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226082448
ISBN
9780226082448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.51

paperback. Henry Wells (1805-78) and William Fargo (1818-81) first worked together when they broke the Post Office monopoly on mail service along the Erie Canal in the 1840s. This title presents the story of Henry Wells and his drivers; his accountants; and, how they built a lasting empire in a business most entrepreneurs thought too risky to try. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTK; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 274 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803283039
ISBN
9780803283039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 152 color photographs and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; WQH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 221 x 12. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325007
ISBN
9780764325007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.45

Paperback. This text examines jazz icons such as Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker whilst also incorporating the careers of other West Coast jazz men, both well-known and obscure, in a basic history of the California scene. Num Pages: 428 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536. Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960. 428 pages, 12 b&w photographs. This text examines jazz icons such as Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker whilst also incorporating the careers of other West Coast jazz men, both well-known and obscure, in a basic history of the California scene. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 28. Weight: 514.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
428
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217294
ISBN
9780520217294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 250 Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 335 x 290 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2300.
Publisher
Gibbs M. Smith Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423624394
ISBN
9781423624394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 38.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888394590
ISBN
9780888394590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. The story of Reconstruction is about how a middle class formed in America and how its members defined what the nation would stand for, both at home and abroad. Presenting the history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, this book provides an understanding of the Reconstruction. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 b&w illustrations + 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300136302
ISBN
9780300136302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KNTT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has some minor shelf wear, otherwise as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
William Morrow
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
SKU
KCG0000924
ISBN
9780062496768
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The first collection of its kind in scope and ambition, this volume brings together the most prominent western writers of the current generation to create new visions of the American West--"the West that is still becoming" Editor(s): Stegner, Lynn; Rowland, Russell. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726864
ISBN
9780292726864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Auther, Elissa; Lerner, Adam. Num Pages: 448 pages, 92 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677269
ISBN
9780816677269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. Tells the story of Hollywood. This book takes us from the discovery of oil in the Twenties with the story of the tycoon Edward Doheny and traces the growth of corruption through the syndicates, the mob, and the movie studios - from the beginnings of the film industry to the end, with News Corp and Rupert Murdoch. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APF; BGF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701291
ISBN
9781784701291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Sex can be an oppressive force, a tool to shame, divide, and control a population. But it can also be a force for change, for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. The author uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide a coherent picture of Mexican-American sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSL4; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532691
ISBN
9780226532691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Sex can be an oppressive force, a tool to shame, divide, and control a population. But it can also be a force for change, for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. The author uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide a coherent picture of Mexican-American sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSL4; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532684
ISBN
9780226532684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

Hardcover. This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illlustrations, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240207
ISBN
9780393240207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.62

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