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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628. Class, Race, and Family Life. 480 pages, illustrations. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight: 640.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271425
- ISBN
- 9780520271425
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Condition: New
€ 34.13
€ 34.13
Paperback. Crime in most urban areas has been falling since 1991. This title presents a structural and theoretical analysis of the various factors that affect the crime decline, and offers insights into which trends have declined and why. It considers the indicators such as employment, labour market opportunities, skill levels, and housing. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSG; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767856
- ISBN
- 9780814767856
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.31
€ 31.99
€ 29.31
paperback. First systematic medical history of Bolivia for the 20th century, viewing political change from the perspective of public health. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JFSJ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780822339168
- ISBN
- 9780822339168
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, figures. BIC Classification: BM; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807750759
- ISBN
- 9780807750759
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.57
€ 37.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Evelyn Nakano Glenn untangles this complex history in a comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013728
- ISBN
- 9780674013728
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.26
€ 37.99
€ 32.26
Paperback. Focusing on Charleston, South Carolina, Jeff Strickland examines the ways that race, ethnicity, and class shaped the political economy of this vital Southern city during the second half of the nineteenth century. Series: Southern Dissent. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813060798
- ISBN
- 9780813060798
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Condition: New
€ 99.03€ 89.52
€ 99.03
€ 89.52
Paperback. This book shows conclusively that inequalities in health are the scandal of our times in the most unequal of rich nations and calls for immediate action to reduce these inequalities in the near future. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFFJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447305132
- ISBN
- 9781447305132
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.94
€ 38.99
€ 37.94
Paperback. This text argues that although the USA was founded on a principle of equal access to educational and economic opportunity, those who have always been found at the bottom of the educational ladder are black and Latin Americans. It uses case studies to explore the reasons why this happens. Series: Language & Literacy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807733844
- ISBN
- 9780807733844
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. Users of social and health care services play an increasingly significant part within systems of local governance. This report examines the strategies user groups adopt to seek their objectives, and explores issues relating to notions of consumerism and citizenship. It should be read by anyone involved in health and social care policy and practice. Num Pages: 120 pages, 2tabs. BIC Classification: JFFG; JPR; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861340566
- ISBN
- 9781861340566
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.86
€ 30.99
€ 29.86
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health...
Committee On Understanding And Eliminating Ra...
hardcover. Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. This book explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. It offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, and other arenas. Editor(s): Smedley, Brian D.; Stith, Adrienne Y.; Nelson, Alan R. Num Pages: 782 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1361.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- National Academies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 782
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780309085328
- ISBN
- 9780309085328
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Condition: New
€ 117.67€ 113.66
€ 117.67
€ 113.66
Paperback. Race is a factor in government efforts to control dangerous drugs, but the precise ways that race affects drug laws remain difficult to pinpoint. Illuminating this relationship, this book lays out how decades of racism helped shape a punitive US drug policy whose onerous impact on racial minorities has been ignored by Congress and the courts. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKVG; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226684628
- ISBN
- 9780226684628
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.44
€ 31.99
€ 25.44
paperback. Editor(s): Foster, Michael Dylan; Gilman, Lisa. Series: Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 188 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 241.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019400
- ISBN
- 9780253019400
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.48
€ 34.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. Asserting that the organization of sexual difference is a social, not natural, phenomenon, Poovey shows how representations of gender took the form of a binary opposition in mid-Victorian culture. Series: Women in Culture & Society S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780226675305
- ISBN
- 9780226675305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.78
€ 46.99
€ 36.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 341 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; JFFA; JPQB; KCM; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813142463
- ISBN
- 9780813142463
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Condition: New
€ 32.96
€ 32.96
Paperback. Telling the personal stories of Australians in Japan and Japanese in Australia, this book explores issues of race, identity and ambition in times of war and peace. These essays illuminate a variety of fascinating lives and individual achievements, from trade to literature and the arts, the media and the justice system. Editor(s): Ackland, Michael; Oliver, Pamela. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Monash Asia Institute
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876924508
- ISBN
- 9781876924508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.59
€ 31.99
€ 23.59
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 113 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 229.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 113
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531029511
- ISBN
- 9783531029511
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Condition: New
€ 68.33
€ 68.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665082
- ISBN
- 9780816665082
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Condition: New
€ 35.08
€ 35.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583947227
- ISBN
- 9781583947227
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.51
€ 19.99
€ 19.51
Paperback. Shaw, Pennsylvania Department of Education; Sheila Slaughter, University of Georgia; Frances K. Stage, New York University; Aimee LaPointe Terosky, Teachers College, Columbia University; Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner, Arizona State University; Kelly Ward, Washington State University; Lisa Wolf-Wendel, University of Kansas Editor(s): Glazer-Raymo, Judith. Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888632
- ISBN
- 9780801888632
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.80
€ 33.99
€ 28.80
Paperback. Unfinished Business illuminates the challenges in overcoming the current inequities in public education. Fifty years after Brown v. Editor(s): Noguera, Pedro A.; Wing, Jean Yonemura. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470384442
- ISBN
- 9780470384442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.09
€ 19.99
€ 17.09