Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. Explores the entire landscape of Black radio from the early days - when the white public accepted the black-face buffoonery of "The Amos and Andy Show" and "Beulah" as a fair depiction of African-American life - to the rise of personality jocks and the contemporary scene of corporate buyouts and uncertain fate. Num Pages: 334 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396677
- ISBN
- 9781566396677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.00
€ 35.99
€ 35.00
Paperback. This work shows how immigrants in the USA responded to the Civil War. It stresses the social and political situation in the US from which the phenomonon of the ethnic regiments emerged, the relationships the groups had within larger society, and the impact the war had on the ethnics. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBW; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218288
- ISBN
- 9780823218288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.61
€ 41.99
€ 37.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138668409
- ISBN
- 9781138668409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.98€ 70.67
€ 111.98
€ 70.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, 55 black & white halftones, 5 bl. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHB; MBS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 191. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 14th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138668324
- ISBN
- 9781138668324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.53
€ 112.53
Paperback. In this stimulating book, William Cockerham, a leading medical sociologist, assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. He argues that stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles, and unpleasant living and work conditions can all be directly associated with illness. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNS; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661209
- ISBN
- 9780745661209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.51
€ 28.51
Paperback. The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe. This work provides a comprehensive inquiry into the Famine from Ireland to western Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058917
- ISBN
- 9780691058917
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.62
€ 54.99
€ 39.62
Paperback. This study shows how changes in trade policies in the United States and other industrial countries could help reduce poverty in developing countries. Num Pages: 100 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323658
- ISBN
- 9780881323658
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415559324
- ISBN
- 9780415559324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.84
€ 40.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Forgotten Dead uncovers a neglected chapter in the story of American racial violence, the first comprehensive study of lynching of hundreds of persons of Mexican origin or descent. Num Pages: 322 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190610692
- ISBN
- 9780190610692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.87
€ 55.87
Hardback. Focusing on sites of friction in property regimes, this book reveals that a politics of place can help local actors build bases of autonomy to withstand, and even reshape, the forces of globalization. Editor(s): Coleman, William D. Series: Globalization and Autonomy Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774820172
- ISBN
- 9780774820172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Paperback. Focusing on sites of friction in property regimes, this book reveals that a politics of place can help local actors build bases of autonomy to withstand, and even reshape, the forces of globalization. Editor(s): Coleman, William D. Series: Globalization and Autonomy Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774820189
- ISBN
- 9780774820189
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Condition: New
€ 33.91
€ 33.91
Paperback. At St John's Bread and Life, a soup kitchen in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, over a thousand people line up for food five days a week. This title takes the reader through the years before and after welfare reform to show how poverty has become "ordinary," a fact of life to millions of Americans and to the thousands of social workers. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134588
- ISBN
- 9781592134588
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hazelden
- Edition
- Hallmark
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592859801
- ISBN
- 9781592859801
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.33
€ 20.99
€ 20.33
Paperback. Offers information on how race-sensitive admissions policies work and defines the effects they have had on over 45,000 students of different races. This book reveals demonstrates what effect the termination of these policies would have on the number of minority students at different kinds of selective institutions. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 544 pages, 103 line illus. 93 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFJ; JFSL; JNMF; JNMN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050195
- ISBN
- 9780691050195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.86
€ 42.99
€ 30.86
Hardback. Although there is no simple solution to inequality, this book makes clear that education offers numerous exciting possibilities for progress. Editor(s): Tierney, William G. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26, 26 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFA; JN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417677
- ISBN
- 9781421417677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.45€ 68.44
€ 75.45
€ 68.44
Paperback. Although there is no simple solution to inequality, this book makes clear that education offers numerous exciting possibilities for progress. Editor(s): Tierney, William G. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26, 26 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFA; JN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417684
- ISBN
- 9781421417684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.51
€ 40.99
€ 34.51
Paperback. Addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States Num Pages: 201 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFH; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732403
- ISBN
- 9780814732403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. These technologies convey American attitudes about work, leisure, convenience, credit, and travel, but as Marling shows, they take root overseas in ways that are anything but "American." Num Pages: 248 pages, 5, 3 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883538
- ISBN
- 9780801883538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.04
€ 40.99
€ 34.04
Paperback. In short, punchy essays by distinguished researchers from across a range of disciplines, this book provides a new way of understanding globalization, moving away from the standard accounts of global forces, economic flows, and capitalist dynamics, to show how ordinary practices and artefacts are crucial elements and symbols of globalization. Editor(s): Thrift, Nigel; Tickell, Adam; Woolgar, Steve. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; KCP; RGCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199212637
- ISBN
- 9780199212637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.04
€ 75.04
Paperback. A study of the evolution of the Community Economic Development movement, paying particular attention to the institutional and legal mechanisms it utilises. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328155
- ISBN
- 9780822328155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21