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Social issues & processes
Hardcover. Operating without a license and unregulated by any government office, the recovery house provides food, shelter, company, and a bracing self-help philosophy to addicts in an area saturated with drugs and devastated by poverty. This title reveals the intricate relationships the recovery houses have forged with public welfare. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226234083
- ISBN
- 9780226234083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.22
€ 124.22
Paperback. Of the some sixty thousand vacant properties in Philadelphia, half of them are abandoned row houses. Street-level entrepreneurs re purposing hundreds of these empty houses as facilities for recovering addicts and alcoholics. This book presents a study of this recovery house movement and its place in the new urban order wrought by welfare reform. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226234090
- ISBN
- 9780226234090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.01
€ 38.99
€ 31.01
Hardback. Solidarity First examines the concept and practice of social cohesion in terms of its impact on, and significance for, workers in Canada. Editor(s): O'Brien, Robert. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFF; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814393
- ISBN
- 9780774814393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.64
€ 119.64
Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFJ; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621900948
- ISBN
- 9781621900948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.00€ 53.76
€ 58.00
€ 53.76
Hardback. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1170. Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition. 752 pages, Illustrations. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight: 1154.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270169
- ISBN
- 9780520270169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.29
€ 44.99
€ 32.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 29 photographs. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067624
- ISBN
- 9780252067624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.96
€ 29.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. This book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTF; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848130463
- ISBN
- 9781848130463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.36
€ 45.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. Originally published in French under title: Une histoire de la violence. Editions du Seuil, c2008. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647470
- ISBN
- 9780745647470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.08
€ 34.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510713925
- ISBN
- 9781510713925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.83
€ 17.99
€ 12.83
Books and Babies: Pregnancy and Young Parents in Schools
Robert Morrell, Deevia Bhana, Tamara Schefer
Paperback. Being pregnant and a young parent in South African schools is not easy. Books and babies examines why this is the case. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBF; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Human Sciences Research Council
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780796923653
- ISBN
- 9780796923653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
€ 36.63
Paperback. This collection brings together scholars and artists in disability studies, sexuality, queer theory, and feminism, to show how much sexuality studies and disability studies have to learn from each other. Editor(s): McRuer, Robert; Mollow, Anna. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 illustrations, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351542
- ISBN
- 9780822351542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.67
€ 36.99
€ 33.67
Paperback. Draws on feminist theory, African American and Latino/a cultural theories, composition studies, film and television studies, and theories of globalization and counter-globalization. This book articulates the central concerns of crip theory and considers how such a perspective might impact cultural and historical inquiry in the humanities. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 301 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 301
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757130
- ISBN
- 9780814757130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BGX; HRCC7; HRCX4; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736579
- ISBN
- 9781613736579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.50
€ 16.99
€ 16.50
Hardback. Whether in the form of warfare, forced migration, or social prejudice, Australia's sense of nationhood was born from experiences of violence. This book probes this brutal legacy through case studies that range from the colonial frontier to modern domestic spaces, exploring empathy, isolation, and Australians' imagined place in the world. Editor(s): Mason, Robert. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334368
- ISBN
- 9781785334368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.11
€ 160.11
Paperback. "In research, writing, and interpretation, High Noon in Lincoln is a superb book. It is one of the best books (maybe the best) ever written on a violent episode in the West."--Richard Maxwell Brown author of Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism Num Pages: 265 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBJK; HBLL; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826312013
- ISBN
- 9780826312013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
€ 29.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. Describes evidence-based and evidence-supported treatments for traumatized children and adolescents, information on research and theory underlying the interventions, and explanations of treatment protocols. This title focuses particular attention on special populations and cultural differences. Editor(s): Reece, Robert M.; Hanson, Rochelle F.; Sargent, John. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFE1; MBPK; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 213 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412733
- ISBN
- 9781421412733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.44€ 58.97
€ 64.44
€ 58.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JP; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319562841
- ISBN
- 9783319562841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.99
€ 132.99
Hardback. Describes evidence-based and evidence-supported treatments for traumatized children and adolescents, information on research and theory underlying the interventions, and explanations of treatment protocols. This title focuses particular attention on special populations and cultural differences. Editor(s): Reece, Robert M.; Hanson, Rochelle F.; Sargent, John. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFE1; MBPK; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 213 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412726
- ISBN
- 9781421412726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.47€ 84.10
€ 93.47
€ 84.10
Paperback / so. Series: Essentials. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFS; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 3. Weight in Grams: 99.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658159368
- ISBN
- 9783658159368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.90
€ 22.90
Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726802
- ISBN
- 9780896726802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.54
€ 43.99
€ 36.54