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Paperback. Reappraises the tumultuous history of educational progress in Chicago, revealing that the persistent lack of improvement is due not to the extent but rather the type of reform. This book chronicles how Chicago's corporate actors led, abetted, or restrained nearly every attempt to transform the city's school system. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JNK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614509
- ISBN
- 9780700614509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.08
€ 43.08
Paperback. This text gives us a way of understanding our depression which matches our experience and which enables us to take charge of our life and change it. It is for depressed people, their family and friends, and for all professionals and non-professionals who work with depressed people. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: JM; MJN; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583912867
- ISBN
- 9781583912867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.35
€ 28.35
Paperback. Talks about what it is to be and to have a sibling. This work helps us to recognise the various experiences involved in sibling relationships as a result of the fundamental drive for survival and validation, enabling us to reach a deeper understanding of our siblings and ourselves. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415390484
- ISBN
- 9780415390484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588340
- ISBN
- 9781595588340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. This book examines the problems of public health provision in historical perspective. It outlines the development of public health in Britain from the ancient world, through the medieval and early modern periods to the modern state. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JKSW; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415200363
- ISBN
- 9780415200363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Paperback. Children who have difficulty with handling a pen or pencil or who have problems with organising movements at a cerebral level are at a great disadvantage in school no matter what their intellectual and academic levels may be. Num Pages: 226 pages, references, further reading lists, glossary, index. BIC Classification: JNS; JNU; YQTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861561015
- ISBN
- 9781861561015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Helly, Dorothy O.; Reverby, Susan M. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497025
- ISBN
- 9780801497025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 44.90
€ 50.99
€ 44.90
Paperback. "This impressive contribution to the anthropology of Europe is the first full-length study in English of the Patum, a Corpus Christi fire festival unique to the town of Berga, in the foothills of the Catalan Pyrenees (Spain). It also marks the emergence of an important scholar.. Highly recommended."-Choice Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218497
- ISBN
- 9780812218497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. A study of the pervasiveness of diagnostic testing and the potential it offers institutions to classify, categorize and ultimately control individuals. The ethical, social and legal implications of technologies that can lead to new forms of discrimination are also included. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMBT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226571294
- ISBN
- 9780226571294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 7 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110037
- ISBN
- 9780231110037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Hardback. The indigenous rights movement in Africa Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMP; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356208
- ISBN
- 9780253356208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.18
€ 76.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253025357
- ISBN
- 9780253025357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253025203
- ISBN
- 9780253025203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.25
€ 86.25
Paperback. A gendered consideration of cultural change and the religious encounter among the Maasai. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29 b&w photos, 5 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217622
- ISBN
- 9780253217622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. The indigenous rights movement in Africa Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223050
- ISBN
- 9780253223050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Situating the Maasai in the larger political, economic, and social context of Kenya and world events, this book shows how broader forces have had an impact on the construction of Maasai lifeways, especially gender relations. It focuses on how development has affected Maasai lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214515
- ISBN
- 9780253214515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Based on long-term ethnographic research, this book explores the intersection of "gender" and "modernity" as they are mediated in the lives and subjectivities of diverse individuals and groups. Editor(s): Hodgson, Dorothy L. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240134
- ISBN
- 9780312240134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723596
- ISBN
- 9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596. A Revisionist History of Footbinding. 360 pages, Illustrations, map. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight: 566.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253902
- ISBN
- 9780520253902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. A companion volume to "Symmetries of Culture", this book applies the method of symmetry analysis to actual case studies from cultures around the world. It explores how cultural information is embedded in the symmetrical structure of pattern. It is intended as a reference for anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians, and mathematicians. Editor(s): Washburn, Dorothy K. Num Pages: 392 pages, 204 illus., 19 in color. BIC Classification: ABA; ACBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983660
- ISBN
- 9780295983660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.95
€ 70.95