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Social issues & processes

Paperback. Multidisciplinary social science perspective. Covers history, contemporary issues, the economy, and comparative studies on immigration to the US. Selections by the most important figures in this field. Editor(s): Jacobson, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557869166
ISBN
9781557869166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.42

Paperback. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169101
ISBN
9780691169101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473865
ISBN
9781611473865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.17

Paperback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283732
ISBN
9780520283732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520283725
ISBN
9780520283725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 72.77

paperback. To study the settlement process of undocumented migrants, this work examines one of Houston's Maya communities, the approximately 900 Maya from a township in the Department of Totonicapan, Guatemala. It traces this Maya community from its genesis in 1978 to the complex effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFN; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392570
ISBN
9781566392570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 164 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739125359
ISBN
9780739125359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.64

Paperback. At a time when anti-immigrant feeling is rising among the American public and when immigration is often cast in economic or deviant terms, this book humanizes the controversy by exploring the harsh realities of the migrants' desperate journeys. Drawing on over 300 interviews, it focuses on the role of religion and faith in surviving the journey. Num Pages: 238 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066144
ISBN
9780674066144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.87

Hardcover. Jessie Fauset's and Nella Larsen's novels raise important questions about gender and race. This book looks at Fauset's "Plum Bun" and "Comedy: American Style" and Larsen's "Quicksand" and "Passing", finding them revisionary and subversive. It looks at their work rather than at their lives. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915531
ISBN
9780813915531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42

Paperback. Translator(s): Leggatt, Jeremy. BIC Classification: JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611450132
ISBN
9781611450132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.75

Hardback. Describes the strengths, the strategies, and the resilience that a therapist needs to work with alcoholics and addicts. Num Pages: 236 pages, tables, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMJT; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765701411
ISBN
9780765701411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.15

Hardback. How can we comprehend the sociopolitical processes that give rise to extreme violence, ethnic cleansing, or genocide? This title demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina while respecting the specificities of each appalling phenomenon. Series: The CERI Series in Comparative Politics & International Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFFE; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231142823
ISBN
9780231142823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.67

Hardcover. Editor(s): Aurifeille, Jacques-Marie; Svizzero, Serge; Tisdell, Clement A. Num Pages: 278 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 188 x 24. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600216367
ISBN
9781600216367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.60
€ 132.29

Hardcover. Editor(s): Aurifeille, Jacques-Marie; Medlin, Christopher; Tisdell, Clem. Num Pages: 233 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFS; KC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607418122
ISBN
9781607418122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.64
€ 94.91

Paperback. Series: Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1; JPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199755912
ISBN
9780199755912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX4; HRCX6; JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 217.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556126178
ISBN
9781556126178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.24

Hardcover. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; JFFN; JPB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797627
ISBN
9780804797627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Hardback. This ethnographic account invites readers to consider a fascinating case of globalized labor -- a Korean-owned and managed factory in China, operated by Chinese laborers, where the clash of cultures, traditions, and classes threatens both productivity and peace on the factory floor. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; GTF; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784542
ISBN
9780804784542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Paperback. In the passionate debate over globalization, critics have blamed it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Now the economist, Bhagwati, reveals that globalization, when properly governed, is in fact the most powerful force for social good in the world today. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195330939
ISBN
9780195330939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Harker, Jaime; Farr, Cecilia Konchar. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DS; HBJK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081347
ISBN
9780252081347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

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