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Hardback. A description of the contemporary rural condition and efforts to sustain rural life in one small Minnesota community at the turn of the 21st century. Series: Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire. Num Pages: 176 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742519411
- ISBN
- 9780742519411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.40
€ 162.40
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
€ 134.49
€ 134.49
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€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
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
€ 94.74€ 73.01
€ 94.74
€ 73.01
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
€ 34.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. The Bancroft Prize-winning classic, now completely revised and updated Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465018819
- ISBN
- 9780465018819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.47
€ 41.47
Paperback. aeo Takes a sweeping account of labor history from a social perspective from colonial times to the present, chronologically arranged. aeo Addresses black, white, native American, male, female, adult and child labor into a single volume. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSC; JHBL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207702
- ISBN
- 9780631207702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Board book. Num Pages: 12 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 159 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Kar-Ben Copies Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822589457
- ISBN
- 9780822589457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.02
€ 9.02
Paperback. What are the ties that bind the 'good youth citizen' and the youth activist in the 21st century? Young people are encouraged to save the world via community projects that resemble activism, yet increasingly risk arrest for public acts of dissent. This book explores the cultural dynamics of being young and politically engaged. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JNA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137580016
- ISBN
- 9781137580016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.30
€ 59.30
Hardcover. Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382683
- ISBN
- 9781782382683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.08
€ 155.08
This book will be a vital tool for scholars and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and public policy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887635
- ISBN
- 9780801887635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.19
€ 60.19
Hardback. Series: The Bible and Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 325 pages, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRLK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137592132
- ISBN
- 9781137592132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.96
€ 113.96
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
€ 142.27
€ 142.27
Paperback. The beginning of the twentieth century was an important time in African-American history. Segregation and discrimination were on the rise. Two seminal African American figures - Booker T Washington and W E B Du Bois - began to debate on ways to combat racial problems. Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029957
- ISBN
- 9780842029957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.51
€ 46.99
€ 44.51
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€ 30.97
€ 35.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. This beautiful illustrated book is the result of eight years exhaustive research into the myths, magic and healing power of trees. Num Pages: 368 pages, (b/w illustrations). BIC Classification: JFHF; VXA; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Soft Bound Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780722534083
- ISBN
- 9780722534083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
€ 19.99
€ 15.96
Paperback. This work presents selections from the whole of Pascal's career as a writer, including her adolescent poetry and her pioneering treatise on the education of women. Editor(s): Conley, John J. (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, USA). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226648330
- ISBN
- 9780226648330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752457819
- ISBN
- 9780752457819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. A new perspective on Italian masculinity Num Pages: 248 pages, 42 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216441
- ISBN
- 9780253216441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
€ 25.99
€ 24.10
Paperback. * Controversial appraisal of the role of the unconscious in our political lives* Deals with the Thatcher phenomenon* Urges radical re--reading of Melanie Klein* Author enjoys celebrity for her controversial book on Sylvia Plath. . Series: Bucknell Lectures in Literary Theory. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JMAF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631189244
- ISBN
- 9780631189244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Paperback. Zionism was inspired as a movement - one driven by the search for a homeland for the stateless and persecuted Jewish people. Yet, it trampled the rights of the Arabs in Palestine, and became so controversial that it defies understanding and trumps reasoned public debate. This book aims to analyze the messianic fervor of Zionism. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 352 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130682
- ISBN
- 9780691130682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Paperback. An anthology of writing by Jacqueline Rose, a singular, provocative critic renowned for her commitment to psychoanalytic theory as a uniquely productive way of analyzing literature, culture, politics, and society. Editor(s): Clemens, Justin; Naparstek, Ben. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349785
- ISBN
- 9780822349785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Suggests that there is an irony in the festivities surrounding death and that the American response to death often develops into an event celebrating the ties between family members and friends. The author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals seem meant to benefit the living rather than the dead. Series: Material World. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123806
- ISBN
- 9780813123806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.15
€ 40.15
Paperback. This is the story of Jackie Semha, a young girl born in Tunisia to a loving family and community, yet one in which only boys are celebrated. Her journey from Tunisia, to France, Israel, Canada and finally the United States forces her to confront the disparity between the land of her birth and the land of her mature years. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BG; G; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296412
- ISBN
- 9789652296412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.69
€ 27.99
€ 19.69