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Social issues & processes
Hardback. Examines how the ongoing struggle over the Washington Redskins team name raises important questions about how white Americans perceive American Indians, about the cultural power of consumer brands, and about continuing obstacles to inclusion and equality. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803278646
- ISBN
- 9780803278646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.52
€ 29.99
€ 25.52
Reducing Firearm Injury and Death: A Public Health Sourcebook on Guns
Karlson, Trudy; Hargarten, Stephen
paperback. This work addresses the problems created by the ownership and use of guns and how they can be solved. The authors emphasize that guns can be made safer if there were changes in the design, marketing and technology of firearms, thus reducing the numbers of injuries and fatalities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 b&w illustrations, 23 figures. BIC Classification: JFFE; MMKB; WSXS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813524214
- ISBN
- 9780813524214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.08
€ 45.08
Paperback. The book includes an analysis of the constitutionality of many recommended policies and data from a national public opinion poll that reflects support among the majority of Americans-including gun owners-for stronger gun policies. Editor(s): Webster, Daniel W.; Vernick, Jon S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; LNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411101
- ISBN
- 9781421411101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.09
€ 17.09
Reducing the Burden of Injury: Advancing Prevention and Treatment
Committee On Injury Prevention And Control; I...
paperback. Describes the cost and magnitude of the injury problem in America and looks at the response by the public and private sectors, including: data and surveillance needs; research priorities; trauma care systems development; infrastructure support, including training for injury professionals; firearm safety; and coordination among federal agencies. Editor(s): Bonnie, Richard J.; Fulco, Carolyn E.; Liverman, Catharyn T. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JKSW; MBP; MMKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- National Academies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309065665
- ISBN
- 9780309065665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.43€ 50.11
€ 52.43
€ 50.11
Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility
Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences An...
Hardcover. Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work? This work addresses these questions, and explores the ways in which different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted. Editor(s): Bonnie, Richard J.; O'Connell, Mary Ellen. Num Pages: 760 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- HAR/CDR
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309089357
- ISBN
- 9780309089357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.85
€ 52.99
€ 47.85
paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books (US) United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780825307997
- ISBN
- 9780825307997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.70
€ 18.99
€ 15.70
hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFJ; JFSL1; KNTC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813586304
- ISBN
- 9780813586304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.97
€ 168.97
Paperback. A self-described beneficiary (and, at times, victim) of affirmative action confronts the problems spawned by our national obsession with racial measurement. Carter provides a thoughtful analysis of this controversial issue, arguing that affirmative action often allows the nation to escape inexpensively from its moral obligation to undo the legacy of slavery. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JKS; JPQB; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465068692
- ISBN
- 9780465068692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.94
€ 26.99
€ 24.94
Hardcover. Tells the life history of Benjy Lopez, and includes Benjy Lopez' return and life in Puerto Rico as a successful businessman. This autobiographical exposes the half-truth that the typical experience of the ordinary Puerto Rican transposed to New York City, is exclusively defined by privation, fear, prejudice, and culture shock. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Markus Wiener Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558764835
- ISBN
- 9781558764835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.85€ 100.69
€ 111.85
€ 100.69
Paperback. Tells the life history of Benjy Lopez which includes Benjy Lopez' return and life in Puerto Rico as a successful businessman. This autobiographical account exposes the half-truth that the typical experience of the ordinary Puerto Rican transposed to New York City, is exclusively defined by privation, fear, prejudice, and culture shock. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Markus Wiener Publishers
- Edition
- Reflections on Puerto Rican Life
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558764842
- ISBN
- 9781558764842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. Western Europe became a multiethnic society in a fit of absence of mind. This book tackles uncomfortable questions about immigration and Islam head-on, and asks: Why can't we face the truth? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSR2; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027777
- ISBN
- 9780141027777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.67
€ 20.99
€ 16.67
hardcover. Presents a research in employment policy. This title addresses the reform of the unemployment insurance system. Editor(s): Bassi, Laurie J.; Woodbury, Stephen A. Series: Research in Employment Policy. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762305070
- ISBN
- 9780762305070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.10
€ 153.10
The Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training and to improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the south-eastern United States. This book illustrates how the activists failed because they were indecisive about the fundamental nature of their mission. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBTB; JFFA; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125091
- ISBN
- 9780813125091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.91
€ 48.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19, 17 black & white tables, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JM; JFFC; JPRB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801453854
- ISBN
- 9780801453854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.62
€ 147.62
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Law. Num Pages: 110 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 7. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642402661
- ISBN
- 9783642402661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; JFFA; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816640942
- ISBN
- 9780816640942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.36
€ 19.99
€ 18.36
Hardback. Series: Critical Studies of Education. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319530789
- ISBN
- 9783319530789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.43
€ 123.43
Paperback. Shows the capacities of film and video to bear witness to the cultural, political, and psychological imperatives of the AIDS crisis. This book explains how queer films and videos made in response to the AIDS epidemics in North America, Europe, Australia, and South Africa challenge assumptions about historical trauma and politics of gay visibility. Num Pages: 336 pages, 63 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFH2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346012
- ISBN
- 9780822346012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.42
€ 33.99
€ 30.42
Hardcover. This text explores quality of life issues among chronically ill or disabled people from across the globe. It considers the lived experience and subjective well being of these people and also addresses the challenges of psychometric measurement and comparison. Editor(s): Manderson, Lenore; Warren, Narelle. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBNH9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730175
- ISBN
- 9789400730175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.07
€ 124.07
Paperback. This text explores quality of life issues among chronically ill or disabled people from across the globe. It considers the lived experience and subjective well being of these people and also addresses the challenges of psychometric measurement and comparison. Editor(s): Warren, Narelle; Manderson, Lenore. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; MBNH; MBNH9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400792463
- ISBN
- 9789400792463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.56
€ 123.56