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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Using a mixed-method approach, Unintended Consequences of Human Actions documents a wide range of unintended and unanticipated consequences of human actions. The major message is the urgent need to review a range of possible outcomes of human actions. During these fragile times "looking down the road" has become imperative. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761854456
- ISBN
- 9780761854456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.40
€ 52.40
Paperback. This book focuses on the various racial and cultural challenges facing African-Americans in the context of present day educational, political, and historical realities. It discusses the psychology of race and power, the plight of the modern black intellectual, and the need to enhance the educational standing of American citizens. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853022
- ISBN
- 9780761853022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.52
€ 58.52
Paperback. This book presents an analysis of female sexuality in the literary texts of two Hispanic feminist writers: Cristina Escofet and Isabel Allende. Both writers create alternative realities and emphasize the use of subconscious knowledge to help readers understand sexuality and make changes in our unjust hierarchical world. Num Pages: 130 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852223
- ISBN
- 9780761852223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Hardback. This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th century America, and also details the Korean immigrants' efforts to regain their lost motherland from Japanese colonialism (1910-1945). Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852193
- ISBN
- 9780761852193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.47
€ 137.47
Paperback. The most "efficient" system is one that controls the human resources by eliminating the human part and turning them into pure resources. Their ultimate organizational goal is to transform people into things, commonly called organizational behavior. This book is about the two best historical examples of such "efficiently-run" resource management. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851875
- ISBN
- 9780761851875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Paperback. This study explores the allegorical-cum-symbolic mode in selected African, African American, and Caribbean literary works, and the discussion of these African, African American, and Caribbean writers' use of the allegorical mode is an attempt to recover the subtext of their works. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851219
- ISBN
- 9780761851219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.00
€ 59.00
Hardback. This book is an in-depth discussion of immigration reform in America, highlighting commonly held myths about immigration and explains which issues America needs to address in order to achieve comprehensive reform. The author poses questions about ethical and political quandaries presented by race and ethnicity. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850052
- ISBN
- 9780761850052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.17
€ 121.17
Hardback. This book brings together a distinguished group of expert scholars from the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University on the main areas of American Jewish life, from colonial Jewish experience to images of Jews in contemporary films. This volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation. Editor(s): Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761847687
- ISBN
- 9780761847687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.16
€ 150.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761839019
- ISBN
- 9780761839019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.17
€ 88.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFX; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761838111
- ISBN
- 9780761838111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.02
€ 121.02
paperback. Europe's Indians, Indians in Europe is an accessible and multidisciplinary synopsis of European iconographies and cultural narratives related to Native Americans. In this pioneering work, European fascination with and phantasmagorias of 'Indianness' are comprehensively discussed, involving perspectives of history, literature, and cultural criticism Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761836896
- ISBN
- 9780761836896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.93
€ 121.93
Hardback. Southerners, Too? challenges the view that 'southern heritage' refers to white southerners only by revealing that, historically and culturally, African-Americans have been integral to southern life and history. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 176 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761828716
- ISBN
- 9780761828716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.16
€ 143.16
Hardback. Wilfred L. David makes a plea for the fundamental reorientation of the economics that guide conventional development discourse, moving toward an emancipatory conversation focusing on human well-being or people-centred liberation. Num Pages: 374 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KCS; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761827559
- ISBN
- 9780761827559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.16
€ 156.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: A; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761821878
- ISBN
- 9780761821878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: G; JFFE1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761819837
- ISBN
- 9780761819837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.93
€ 133.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761813927
- ISBN
- 9780761813927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.10
€ 110.10
Hardback. This book, a product of collaboration and cooperation between two non-Masonic historians and the Grand Lodge of Virginia, is an objective, comprehensive study of the history of Freemasonry in the state of Virginia. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 939.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761811305
- ISBN
- 9780761811305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.71
€ 176.71
The Research Guide for the Digital Age. A New Handbook to Research and...
Burkle-Young, Francis A.; Maley, Saundra Rose
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807797
- ISBN
- 9780761807797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.83
€ 75.83
Hardback. Crossing Mountains provides important insights about integrating Native-language learning into public education. Using case studies of school districts on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, Phyllis Ngai argues that carefully designed and inclusive Native-language programs can benefit communities and students regardless of ethnic identity. Series: Contemporary Native American Communities. Num Pages: 298 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759121225
- ISBN
- 9780759121225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.37
€ 173.37
Hardback. The book is critical to understanding Muslim worldviews today, providing an analysis of ethno-cosmology, emic interpretation of sacred tradition, and crucial insight into modernity, folklore, geography, dreams, imagination, hybridity, and identity transformation. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759121195
- ISBN
- 9780759121195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.91
€ 172.91
Hardback. Tracing dramatic changes in how Americans ate during the 1800s, Food and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century America argues that novelists, along with writers of cookbooks and domestic guides, helped negotiate the meaning of these changes in ways that still shape how Americans eat today. Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759120945
- ISBN
- 9780759120945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.13
€ 153.13
Hardback. Capitalizing on Catastrophe critically explores the phenomenon of 'disaster capitalism,' in which relief efforts for natural disasters and other large-scale disruptions are contracted out to private companies. Editor(s): Gunewardena, Nandini; Schuller, Mark. Series: Globalization and the Environment. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759111028
- ISBN
- 9780759111028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.53
€ 175.53
Paperback. Offers a domestic and international view of processes of delinquency and gang formation and identity. This collection is an introduction to the study of gangs: how we define them, what we know and don't know about gangs. It is suitable for criminal justice, sociology and social work. Editor(s): Short, James F., Jr.; Hughes, Lorine A. Series: Violence Prevention and Policy. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759109391
- ISBN
- 9780759109391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardback. Offers a domestic and international view of processes of delinquency and gang formation and identity. This collection is an introduction to the study of gangs: how we define them, what we know and don't know about gangs. It is suitable for criminal justice, sociology and social work. Editor(s): Short, James F., Jr.; Hughes, Lorine A. Series: Violence Prevention and Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759109384
- ISBN
- 9780759109384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.46
€ 158.46