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Paperback. Homesteader in Iowa, a 49er in the California Gold Rush, and editor of his town-s local paper, Edmund Booth epitomized the classic 19th-century pioneer, except for one difference - he was deaf. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781563682735
- ISBN
- 9781563682735
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.85
€ 37.99
€ 29.85
paperback. This ethnography investigates the meaning of learning in the lives of ultra-orthodox Jewish women. Presenting a picture of the Gur Hassidic community in Israel, the author explores the relationship between women's literacy and their subordination. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; CFC; JFSJ1; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555873967
- ISBN
- 9781555873967
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Condition: New
€ 34.80
€ 34.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226349442
- ISBN
- 9780226349442
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBTB; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816681655
- ISBN
- 9780816681655
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- African American Images
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934155707
- ISBN
- 9781934155707
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.06
€ 18.99
€ 17.06
Paperback. Argues that an effective citizenship education helps students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and values needed to function effectively within their cultural communities, nation states, regions, and the global community. Series: Multicultural Education Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Teachers´ College Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807748121
- ISBN
- 9780807748121
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. _<'Parents and teachers..will find Mullin's witty, humane advice gently instructive._>' -- Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JNK; JNLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819180629
- ISBN
- 9780819180629
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.53
€ 21.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JNA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 401.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349296873
- ISBN
- 9781349296873
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Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.15
€ 52.70
€ 47.15
Educating from Marx: Race, Gender, and Learning (Marxism and Education...
Mojab, Shahrzad, Carpenter, Sara
Hardcover. Educators have been working to develop an important body of literature on neo-liberalism, capitalism, and imperialism. This combines original empirical studies with literature review from critical adult education and feminist theory to examine the theories, and practices of adult education from a Marxist-Feminist perspective. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JNA; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115811
- ISBN
- 9780230115811
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Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.27
€ 52.70
€ 47.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JKV; JKVP; JKVQ2; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349497157
- ISBN
- 9781349497157
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Condition: New
€ 137.91
€ 137.91
Paperback. A new comparative ethonography of five Israeli schools that use state-of-the-art educational approaches to help change Israel's conflicted society, this book gives an important glimpse of individuals and institutions who bravely operate as social and educational entrepreneurs who strive to change Israeli society. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHMC; JN; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349533954
- ISBN
- 9781349533954
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Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 46.04
€ 52.70
€ 46.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSF; JHMC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994093
- ISBN
- 9780295994093
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Despite improvements in girls relative academic success at the school leaving level, this book examines how and why girls' education remains subordinated to that of the boys'. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 362. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-130) and index. Commissioning organisation: Carrie F. Paechter. xi, 137 p. 26 cm. Publishers cloth. As new with dw." Keywords: "Subjects - Education & Languages - Education Studies & Teaching - Philosophy of Education,Subjects - Education & Languages - Education Studies & Teaching - Sociology of Education - Gender,Subjects - E"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- RoutledgeFalmer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0164379
- ISBN
- 9780750707749
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 53.88
€ 53.88
Hardback. This work analyzes the conflict between the higher education movement's emphasis on intellectual achievement and the Victorian novel's continuing dedication to a narrative in which women's success is measured by the achievement of emotional rather than intellectual goals. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 458. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821414026
- ISBN
- 9780821414026
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Condition: New
€ 46.48
€ 46.48
Paperback. This research project offers a new perspective on post-sixteen transitions. Combing secondary data with narrative accounts it describes how young people in the UK make choices at the end of their compulsory schooling and provides a dynamic model of decision-making and a thorough critique of current research in the area, beyond fashionable concepts. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JNM; JNRV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540693
- ISBN
- 9781349540693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JNKC; JNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403986238
- ISBN
- 9781403986238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; JN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349384013
- ISBN
- 9781349384013
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Formal education is important in creating enlightened and active citizens. However, despite an increase in education attainment since the 1970s, political engagement has not risen at a commensurate level. This text explores how and why education affects citizenship in these ways. Num Pages: 290 pages, 33 line drawings, 44 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JNA; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226583891
- ISBN
- 9780226583891
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.85
€ 37.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. This book describes how neoliberalism as societal philosophy works to limit human potential in our school systems. Analyzing contemporary school reform and control, punishment, and pathologization in schools, this book outlines a theory of emancipation and a process by which pedagogy can build solidarity in classrooms and society more broadly. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JNA; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349479788
- ISBN
- 9781349479788
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Condition: New
€ 60.19
€ 60.19
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFFJ; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643151
- ISBN
- 9780691643151
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Condition: New
€ 181.96
€ 181.96
Hardback. This book challenges the uncritical use of the long held dictum of the development discourse that education empowers women. Situated in the post-structuralist feminist position it argues that in its current state the educational discourse in Pakistan actually disempowers women. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JNFN; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618534
- ISBN
- 9780230618534
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Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 46.61
€ 52.70
€ 46.61
Hardback. Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648316
- ISBN
- 9780745648316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. Series: Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648323
- ISBN
- 9780745648323
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Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. In this famous study, the author argues that the familiar correlation between educational training and job performance is a myth and that the upgrading of the supply of labor is meaningless unless we reconsider the nature of the demand. A lengthy new introduction by the author extends his critique into the 1990s. Series: Ewp Foundations of Sociology. Num Pages: 266 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780971242753
- ISBN
- 9780971242753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.16
€ 52.16