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Paperback. Uses the archetypal concept of the carnival as a framework to interpret the evolution of ASL literature. This title shows how Deaf artists and ASL performers have used and continue to use their art as a means to traverse the barriers between disenfranchisement and privilege. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563685774
ISBN
9781563685774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.25
€ 48.40

Paperback. Circles the globe - from Asia and Russia to Europe and the United Kingdom, from Africa to South America to the United States - profiling the immense diversity of the world's Deaf communities. Editor(s): Monaghan, Leila; Schmaling, Constanze; Nakamura, Karen; Turner, Graham H. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563685781
ISBN
9781563685781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.69
€ 58.39

Paperback. Includes the cultural perceptions by and of deaf people, the assimilation of deaf children to surrounding communities, the role that society's view of deaf people plays in affecting how deaf people view themselves, the impact of bilingualism in deaf communities, and transliteration. Editor(s): Metzger, Melanie. Series: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563685897
ISBN
9781563685897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.25
€ 48.25

Paperback. Research has identified resilience as a key element to success in school. The author searches out ways to develop, reinforce, and alter the factors that encourage resilience in African American deaf and hard of hearing students. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 figure, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JFSL3; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563685941
ISBN
9781563685941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Hardback. Reveals how deaf people in Adamorobe did not live in a social paradise but that they created their own "Deaf Space" by seeking each other out to form a society of their own. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs, 11 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686320
ISBN
9781563686320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.06
€ 60.32

Hardback. Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the linguistically and geographically diverse regions of the world. As in the rest of the world, deaf people live throughout sub-Saharan communities. This is a research on sub-Saharan signed languages and deaf community, organizing has created the opportunity to gather together and the perspectives presented herein. Editor(s): Cooper, Audrey C.; Rashid, Khadijat K. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1HF; CFZ; JFFG; JFSL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 70 x 100 x 15. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686344
ISBN
9781563686344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.06
€ 59.88

Hardcover. Editor(s): Estrada Aranda, Benito; Sleeboom-van Raaij, Ines. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 262 x 22. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686542
ISBN
9781563686542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.32
€ 56.10

Paperback. Analyzes the process of how power is exercised through sexuality and traces the historical conditions that have made possible a gay and lesbian politics. This work explores the invention of a gay and lesbian ethos, through which participation, even for apolitical gays and lesbians, goes beyond a shared culture and perspective. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566391740
ISBN
9781566391740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Through the voices of equity planners who have worked 'in the trenches' of city halls, the authors explore the inner dimensions of social change, economic development, community organizing, and the dynamics of implementing and producing fair housing. Series: Conflicts in Urban & Regional Development. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 tables, 5 figures, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFF; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392105
ISBN
9781566392105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.64

Paperback. Features research on the roles of women in Japan and Korea. Editor(s): Gelb, Joyce; Palley, Marian Lief. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392242
ISBN
9781566392242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

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

paperback. Tracing social and historical problems related to racial identity, this title discusses why race is a matter of such importance in America and examines the treatment of mixed race in law, society, and literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392655
ISBN
9781566392655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.75

Paperback. Bridging the worlds of activism and academia - social movement theory informed with the real experiences of activists - this volume brings together insights from European New Social Movement theorists, US scholars of social movements, and activists involved in social movements from the 1960s to the 1990s. Editor(s): Epstein, Barbara; Flacks, Richard. Num Pages: 269 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFC; JH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393232
ISBN
9781566393232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. While equal opportunity for all candidates is widely recognized as a goal within academia, the implementation of specific procedures to achieve equality has resulted in vehement disputes regarding both the means and ends. This title aims to encourage a reexamination of this issue. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9781566393997
ISBN
9781566393997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.16

Paperback. Takes the reader through a tour of the lives, times, and writings of such key bachelors of Science as Bacon, Descartes, Newton, and Gassendi. This book situates these empiricist philosophers and their canonical reputations within the larger framework of the de facto 'masculinization of science' and 'scientizing of masculinity' in the 17th century. Series: Themes in the History of Philosophy S. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPC; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394369
ISBN
9781566394369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Features interviews, critical essays, and commentary that explores South Asian identity and culture. By examining the social, economic, and historical particularities of people who live 'between the lines' on and between borders, this book reinstates questions of power and privilege, agency and resistance. Editor(s): Vasudeva, Mary. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394680
ISBN
9781566394680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Examines two equally important movements of the early sixties, the New Left and the New Right, both sides equally critical of existing society and both utopian in their visions. This book describes the ways in which the historical reality of the sixties has been dramatically distorted by popular political and social images. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFC; JHM; JPFF; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394789
ISBN
9781566394789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.65

Paperback. Continued economic restructuring has brought service work to center stage in labor and management studies, as well as in the sociology of work, gender, race, and inequality. This work features essays that explore questions of power and control, resistance and empowerment, and innovation and organizing in the lives of front-line service workers. Editor(s): Macdonald, Cameron Lynne; Sirianni, Carmen. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394802
ISBN
9781566394802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.06

Paperback. Examines the creation of an essentialist view of nationhood based on a peasant culture and a "unifying" Hispanic heritage, and the ways in which grassroots organizations challenge and reconfigure definitions of national identity through their own activities and representations. Series: Puerto Rican Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566395496
ISBN
9781566395496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Traces the origins of women in police work, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain secure footholds in big city police departments ironically helped to make modern policework one of the most male dominated occupations in the United States. This book shows how female officers handled the complex gender politics of their work. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566395601
ISBN
9781566395601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Introduces selected topics in federal Indian law. This title covers issues of identity and tribal recognition; reparations for historic harms; the valuation of land in land claims; the return to tribal owners of human remains, sacred items, and cultural property; and, tribal governance and issues of gender and religious freedom. Num Pages: 353 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566395823
ISBN
9781566395823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.49

Paperback. Presents a means for debating the issues connecting the AIDS pandemic to government policy and crime in the Americas. This work tackles the cultural landscape upon which AIDS, accompanied by poverty, drug addiction, and crime, proliferates on a global scale. It layers stories of individuals and events to illustrate the paths of HIV infection. Num Pages: 245 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566396288
ISBN
9781566396288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Tells us about the complex social and political issues depicted by Asian-American playwrights. In this title, the author argues that playwrights produce a different conception of "Asian-America" in accordance with their unique set of sensibilities. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AN; DD; DSG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566396370
ISBN
9781566396370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Since the Stonewall rebellion in 1969, gay and lesbian movements have grown from small outposts in a few major cities to a worldwide mobilization. This book brings together stories of the emergence and growth of movements in more than a dozen nations on five continents. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396455
ISBN
9781566396455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.64

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