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Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City: The Poor Among Us
Nunez, Ralph da Costa, Sribnick, Ethan G.
Hardcover. In Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City, Nunez and Sribnick explore the world of New York's poor children and families, from the era of European settlements to the present day. The book examines successes and failures of past efforts, providing historical context often lacking in contemporary policy debates. Num Pages: 331 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFA; JFFB; JFFN; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520296
- ISBN
- 9781137520296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 59 pages, tables, charts & illus. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 203 x 6. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 59
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606921715
- ISBN
- 9781606921715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.65€ 50.93
€ 70.65
€ 50.93
Paperback. Theory of Unipolar Politics studies the durability and peacefulness of the post-Cold War international system. Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b/w illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 187 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107677753
- ISBN
- 9781107677753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.65
€ 46.65
Hardcover. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403964786
- ISBN
- 9781403964786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.75
€ 68.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552664070
- ISBN
- 9781552664070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.67
€ 21.99
€ 20.67
hardcover. Num Pages: 143 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CB; JNKD; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137524386
- ISBN
- 9781137524386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Paperback. For anyone who doesn't "fit in," this book offers survival strategies for managing the dynamics of difference and mentoring others who are targeted because they are different. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JNK; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781506303024
- ISBN
- 9781506303024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 1 diagrames, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DS; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801453830
- ISBN
- 9780801453830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. Using accounts of films, popular film magazines and documents not readily available to an English-speaking audience, as well as case studies focusing on the key issues of each epoch, this volume illuminates the complex and changing relationship between cinema and Spanish national identity. Series: National Cinemas. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, notes glossary bibliography filmography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APF; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415220606
- ISBN
- 9780415220606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.59
€ 60.59
Paperback. Explores how scalar blindness skews our understanding of these cultures and the debates they inspire. This book elaborates on indigenous modes of "being many" that have been eclipsed by scale-blind anthropology, which generally uses its large-scale conceptual language of persons, relations, and ethnic groups for even tiny communities. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 b/w, 4 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293427
- ISBN
- 9780520293427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Explores how scalar blindness skews our understanding of these cultures and the debates they inspire. This book elaborates on indigenous modes of "being many" that have been eclipsed by scale-blind anthropology, which generally uses its large-scale conceptual language of persons, relations, and ethnic groups for even tiny communities. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 b/w, 4 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520293403
- ISBN
- 9780520293403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 73.24
€ 94.22
€ 73.24
paperback. How is Palestine, and the Palestinians against whom these young Israelis will potentially be required to use force, portrayed in the school system? This book provides a fresh scholarly contribution to the Israeli-Palestinian debate, and can be relevant to the fields of Middle East Studies and Politics widely. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JNL; JPVN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780765051
- ISBN
- 9781780765051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Hardcover. Based on a series of lectures the author gave in Mexico City in February 2010. Series: Jewish Identity in Postmodern Society. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235827
- ISBN
- 9781936235827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.18
€ 106.18
Paperback. Representing the coming of age of a new generation of unashamedly globalised, open-minded and irreverent Afghans, the reportage in this book belongs to one of the most original Afghan voices heard since the toppling of the Taliban. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; DNJ; HBWS4; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042314
- ISBN
- 9781849042314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Communication and Aging (Routledge Communication Series)
Nussbaum, Jon F.; Pecchioni, Loretta L.; Robi...
paperback. Understanding how the elderly adapt to significant changes in their environment provides insight into both the process of communication and the process of ageing. The purpose of this book is to help readers understand how important these communicative relationships are. Series: Routledge Communication Series. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805833324
- ISBN
- 9780805833324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.81
€ 93.81
Hardcover. Vivid eyewitness accounts from 43 survivors from the Italian army's short-lived and disastrous campaign on the Eastern Front. Recaptures in the words and sober reflections of the men who fought there the harrowing experience of this lunatic mission in which the Italians suffered roughly 75,000 dead." Translator(s): Penuel, John. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619085
- ISBN
- 9780700619085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.10
€ 87.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342847
- ISBN
- 9780822342847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; GTB; GTJ; HBJH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784536947
- ISBN
- 9781784536947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.03
€ 189.03
The Princess and the Philosopher. Letters of Elisabeth of the Palatine...
Nye, Andrea; Elisabeth, Princess
Hardback. A collection of the translated letters of the 17th-century correspondent and friend of Descartes, Princess Elisabeth. Her questions provoked Descartes to think about ethics and the passions. The volume contains a running commentary on the historical, biographical and intellectual context. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; HPC; HPQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692644
- ISBN
- 9780847692644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.32
€ 184.32
Nye argues that the hard power approaches of earlier military-industrial eras have been largely supplanted by soft power approaches that seek to attract, inspire, and persuade rather than dictate. Nye shows that the most effective leaders are actually those who combine hard and soft power skills. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH; JPHL; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195335620
- ISBN
- 9780195335620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.93
€ 44.93