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Paperback. In The Price of the Ticket, Fred Harris contends that Obama's success has, in reality, exacted a negative price. His victory has not only utterly transformed the forms of black politics that emerged in the 1960s and which laid the foundation for his eventual ascendance, Harris claims-it has profoundly weakened them. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL3; JP; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199325238
ISBN
9780199325238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.23

Paperback. Documents the uneasy place Jews have held in America's racial culture since the late nineteenth century. This book traces Jews' often tumultuous encounter with race from the 1870s through World War II, when they became vested as part of America's white mainstream and abandoned the practice of describing themselves in racial terms. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136318
ISBN
9780691136318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.35

Hardcover. Jacob Katz was one of the greatest Jewish historians of the 20th century. In this volume, ten scholars critically discuss Katz's work with an appreciation for Katz's importance in reshaping the way Jewish history is studied. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008465
ISBN
9780674008465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. Television drama and the rhetoric of U.S. cultural identity Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073120
ISBN
9780252073120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

Num Pages: 506 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; JFSL3; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 42. Weight in Grams: 930.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813142715
ISBN
9780813142715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.80

Hardback. A collection of the translated letters of the 17th-century correspondent and friend of Descartes, Princess Elisabeth. Her questions provoked Descartes to think about ethics and the passions. The volume contains a running commentary on the historical, biographical and intellectual context. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; HPC; HPQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847692644
ISBN
9780847692644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 diagrams. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Probity Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957573802
ISBN
9780957573802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.46

Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491977
ISBN
9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290. Restoring the Soul of a Woman. 240 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 14. Weight: 290.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Repackaged ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764208492
ISBN
9780764208492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.54

Hardback. Provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. This volume focuses on the origins and evolution of Islamic political ideas and related subjects, covering central terms, concepts, personalities, movements, places, and schools of thought across Islamic history. Editor(s): Bowering, Gerhard; Crone, Patricia; Kadi, Wadad; Stewart, Devin J.; Zaman, Muhammad Qasim; Mirza, Mahan. Num Pages: 704 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: GBC; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 211 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1598.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134840
ISBN
9780691134840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.93
€ 82.20

Hardback. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine articulates the ideas, methods, and practices of narrative medicine. Written by the originators of the field, this book provides the authoritative starting place for any clinicians or scholars committed to learning of and eventually teaching or practicing narrative medicine. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBC; JWK; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199360192
ISBN
9780199360192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JPA; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349224418
ISBN
9781349224418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 180.50

Hardback. Examines the methodological development of the principles of Islamic political economy in its theoretical and applied aspects. This is carried out in a general equilibrium framework using the theory of social choice. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JP; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333535394
ISBN
9780333535394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333382448
ISBN
9780333382448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.02

paperback. A scholar of race and a leader in the Afro-Asian solidarity movement, Cedric Dover embodied the 20th-century cosmopolitan redefinition of racial identity. Tracing Dover's evolution through his relationships with W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, this book tracks racial identity in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349503353
ISBN
9781349503353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.67

Hardcover. A scholar of race and a leader in the Afro-Asian solidarity movement, Cedric Dover embodied the 20th-century cosmopolitan redefinition of racial identity. Tracing Dover's evolution through his relationships with W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, this book tracks racial identity in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137484093
ISBN
9781137484093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.26

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMC; JKVP1; JMK; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137532411
ISBN
9781137532411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.00

Hardback. Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. This book shows how schools and prisons became so intertwined. It tells what this mean for students, communities, and a democratic society? Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 b&w line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JKVP; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281455
ISBN
9780520281455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.72
€ 71.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 24 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 42.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
PM Press
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604860436
ISBN
9781604860436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.53

Paperback. Alexander Korda's masterpiece "The Private Life of Henry VIII" was arguably the most important British film of the pre-war period and a critical and box-office success. Greg Walker's book examines the film itself, its makers and its place in the cinematic and cultural history of the period. Series: British Film Guides. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860649097
ISBN
9781860649097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.55

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