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Paperback. Dissects the political debates over contemporary immigration reform in the US Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758434
ISBN
9780814758434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. A day after 'N' first crossed the US border from Mexico, he was caught and then released onto the streets of Tijuana. Undeterred, he crawled back through a tunnel to San Diego, where he entered the United States forever. In this book, he details the constraints, deceptions, and humiliations that characterize alien life "amid the shadows." Series: Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038310
ISBN
9780252038310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.81

Paperback. Explores how Europe's increasingly powerful border regime meets and interacts with its target - the clandestine migrant. This book examines the subterranean migration flow from Africa to Europe, and shifts the focus from the "illegal immigrants" themselves to the vast industry built around their movements. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282520
ISBN
9780520282520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Hardback. Working alongside migrant Filipina hostesses in Japan, Parrenas investigates the impact of being labeled as trafficked victims and explores what governments should do to improve the lives of global migrants. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804777117
ISBN
9780804777117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Gagnier, Rolande. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JKV; KCLT; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624178771
ISBN
9781624178771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.85
€ 70.33

Paperback. Reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, this study shows cancer for what it is. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141187129
ISBN
9780141187129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Hardback. Modern epistemology has run into several paradoxes in its efforts to explain how knowledge acquisition can be both socially based (and thus apparently context-relative) and still able to determine objective facts about the world. In this book, Richmond Campbell attempts to dispel some of these paradoxes. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847689187
ISBN
9780847689187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.39

Paperback. Modern epistemology has run into several paradoxes in its efforts to explain how knowledge acquisition can be both socially based (and thus apparently context-relative) and still able to determine objective facts about the world. In this book, Richmond Campbell attempts to dispel some of these paradoxes. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847689194
ISBN
9780847689194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.20

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813534596
ISBN
9780813534596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Bischoff, Chrisitne; Falk, Francesca; Kafehsy, Sylvia. Num Pages: 178 pages, 55 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 27.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837615371
ISBN
9783837615371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.27

Paperback. An examination of the evolution of poverty and inequality in the era of globalization. It critically examines conventional wisdom, finding that productivity, wages and incomes in poor countries are catching up with those obtained by comparable individuals in the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323481
ISBN
9780881323481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. The defining, best-selling book on the history, origins and development of nationalism Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFP; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784786755
ISBN
9781784786755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. Considers how globalization is imagined by artists, academics, migrants, and entrepreneurs, all of whom traverse boundaries and, at times, engage in conflicted or negotiated multicultural interactions. This title contrasts the imaginaries of previous migrants to the Americas with those who live in transnational circuits. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354734
ISBN
9780822354734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. From racial disturbances in Miami has emerged the image that Blacks, Hispanics and Anglos are pitted against one another for resources. This text explores the construction of ethnic identities and ethnic group conflict, including interviews with politicians, journalists and business people. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917054
ISBN
9780813917054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Paperback. Discusses the contradictions whereby Asians have been included in the workplaces and markets of the US nation-state, yet, through exclusion laws and bars from citizenship, have been distanced from the terrain of national culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318644
ISBN
9780822318644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Hardback. Immigrant Ambassadors explores transformations in Tibetan identity as increasing numbers of Tibetans move from being stateless refugees in India and Nepal to citizens of the United States. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 tables, 2 figures, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1KBB; JFFN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760171
ISBN
9780804760171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. Provides readers with a comprehensive and an overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. This title explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. Num Pages: 544 pages, 101. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 36. Weight in Grams: 850.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274020
ISBN
9780520274020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Dettlaff, Alan J.; Fong, Rowena. Num Pages: 544 pages, Figures: 3,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSP1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 31. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172851
ISBN
9780231172851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. Editor(s): Dettlaff, Alan J.; Fong, Rowena. Num Pages: 544 pages, Figures: 3,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSP1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172844
ISBN
9780231172844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.09
€ 101.08

Hardback. Editor(s): Simmons, Christine M. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634636896
ISBN
9781634636896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.39
€ 156.76

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