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Social issues & processes
Paperback. Editor(s): Pregowski, Michal Piotr; Wlodarczyk, Justyna. Series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537409
- ISBN
- 9781557537409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.30
€ 36.99
€ 30.30
Paperback. Presents a heartwarming account of dynamic relationships and outcomes involving a therapist, his therapy animals, and his patients, gathered from almost two decades of ongoing practice. It is a narrative of Dr. Aubrey H. Fine's experiences and his growing respect for the power of the animals' effects on his patients and himself. Series: New Direction in the Human-Animal Bond. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFZ; MMH; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537669
- ISBN
- 9781557537669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.42
€ 23.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Wortham, Robert A. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 431
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602582002
- ISBN
- 9781602582002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.26
€ 71.26
Paperback. Managing the challenges of governance is more than merely managing people and resources; it is about managing the values that intersecting cultures attach to people and resources. This book provides an exploratory introduction to the history and trends of major ethical cultures around the globe. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602582484
- ISBN
- 9781602582484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.13
€ 71.13
Hardcover. Women who transformed their own flesh into Word Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602587533
- ISBN
- 9781602587533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26
€ 70.26
Hardback. This text examines the Martinsville case. In 1949, a white woman in Martinsville accused seven young black men of raping her. They were found guilty and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out, amid a storm of protest from civil-rights advocates and death-penalty opponents. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFF; JFSL1; JPVH; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915678
- ISBN
- 9780813915678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65
€ 64.65
Hardback. A study of civil rights litigation from the late 1960s through to the early 1980s. Its primary focus is on the areas of school desegregation, employment and housing discrimination, and voting rights. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFF; JFSL1; JPVH; JPWF; LNB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915722
- ISBN
- 9780813915722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.08
€ 96.08
hardcover. 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 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917047
- ISBN
- 9780813917047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.83
€ 76.83
hardcover. In this sensitive account, Ann Kimble Loux tells of her family's painful experiences when they adopted two abused sisters, and the traumatic years that followed. The author conveys the social and individual human costs of child abuse and neglect, and calls for reforms in the adoption process. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917108
- ISBN
- 9780813917108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.89
€ 51.89
paperback. This volume demonstrates how visions of home, past and present have helped to shape African-American's sense of place, often under hostile conditions. It focuses on the ways in which an exiled people has located itself through such activities as "yard work". Editor(s): Gundaker, Grey. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918242
- ISBN
- 9780813918242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.51
€ 37.51
Paperback. This text examines the Martinsville case, in 1949, in which a white woman in Martinsville accused seven young black men of raping her. They were found guilty and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out, amid a storm of protest from civil-rights advocates and death-penalty opponents. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFF; JFSL1; JPVH; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918303
- ISBN
- 9780813918303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
Paperback. Fowler provides a psychoanalytic treatment of Faulkner's work, employing a poststructuralist feminist methodology to assess the symbolic meanings of race and gender in "The Sound and the Fury", "As I Lay Dying", "Light In August", "Absalom, Absalom!", and "Go Down, Moses". Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFFK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919782
- ISBN
- 9780813919782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.85
€ 32.85
Hardback. Between 1815 and 1861 thousands of planters formed a unique emigrant group in American history. A slaveholding, landed elite, southerners from Georgia and South Carolina uprooted themselves, heading for their society's borderlands. This study examines this emigration and the debate surrounding it. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921174
- ISBN
- 9780813921174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.08
€ 47.08
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive look at the political behavior of immigrants. Focusing on the period from 1965 to the year 2020, this volume tackles the questions such as, what is the meaning of citizenship, and what is its political relevance? How are immigrants changing our notions of racial and ethnic categorization? Editor(s): Lee, Taeku; Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick; Ramirez, Ricardo. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925455
- ISBN
- 9780813925455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.00
€ 77.00
Paperback. The foreign-born population in the United States comes in disproportionately large numbers from Latin America and Asia. Focusing on the period from 1965 to the year 2020, this work presents an evidence-based examination of the consequences that these demographic changes might have for the contemporary politics of the United States. Editor(s): Lee, Taeku; Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick; Ramirez, Ricardo. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables & 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925547
- ISBN
- 9780813925547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.94
€ 36.94
hardcover. How are we to think about religion and violence in the contemporary world, especially in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001? In this collection of essays, the contributors provide insights from and implications for the Western monotheistic traditions of Judaism and Christianity and their engagement with the secular world. Editor(s): Crockett, Clayton. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRLP5; JFFE. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925615
- ISBN
- 9780813925615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.20
€ 70.20
paperback. How are we to think about religion and violence in the contemporary world, especially in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001? In this collection of essays, the contributors provide insights from and implications for the Western monotheistic traditions of Judaism and Christianity and their engagement with the secular world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; HRJ; HRLP5; JFFE. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925622
- ISBN
- 9780813925622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.44
€ 34.44
Hardback. Exploring violence as part of political economy and rejecting stereotypical explanations of African violence as endemic or natural to African cultures, this work includes essays that examine a continent where the boundaries on acceptable force are shifting and the distinction between violence by the state and against the state is not always clear. Editor(s): Bay, Edna G.; Donham, Donald L. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTZ; JFFE; JPW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925691
- ISBN
- 9780813925691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.09
€ 71.09
Hardback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926384
- ISBN
- 9780813926384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.97
€ 81.97
Hardback. 'Thou shalt not kill' is arguably the most basic moral and legal principle in any society. Yet while some killers are pilloried and punished, others are absolved and acquitted, and others are lauded and lionized. Why? This title provides an assessment of pure sociology. Series: Studies in Pure Sociology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928265
- ISBN
- 9780813928265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.52
€ 52.52