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Paperback. Looks at how medical treatments of AIDS have changed and grown; how blood policies were formed; how value-based debates raged and continue to rage over prevention; how communities developed to first respond to the crisis, and later organized to fight for health care; and, how foreign policy is being shaped. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403783
- ISBN
- 9780878403783
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Condition: New
€ 71.29
€ 71.29
Paperback. Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, this title investigates how effectively and under what conditions governments can provide goods for future generations. It examines the effect of institutional structure on the public delivery of these goods. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407026
- ISBN
- 9780878407026
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Condition: New
€ 72.34
€ 72.34
paperback. In our increasingly globalized world, US trade policy stands at the intersection of foreign and domestic affairs. This book explains trade policy in terms of domestic politics, presenting an account of its origins and political significance. Series: Essential Texts in American Government Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCLT; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407446
- ISBN
- 9780878407446
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Condition: New
€ 72.53
€ 72.53
Paperback. Used primarily to decide to abort a fetus that would have been born with mental or physical impairments, prenatal tests arguably reinforce discrimination against and misconceptions about people with disabilities. This title presents a debate about prenatal testing and selective abortion. Editor(s): Parens, Erik; Asch, Adrienne. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBDC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408047
- ISBN
- 9780878408047
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Condition: New
€ 73.76
€ 73.76
Paperback. Policymaking is of its very nature a people-centred business. By explaining why people skills matter, this work provides advice on how policy analysts can develop and use their people skills. Each chapter provides a Skill Building Checklist, discussion ideas, and suggestions for further reading. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: GTC; JPQB; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878409006
- ISBN
- 9780878409006
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Condition: New
€ 71.79
€ 71.79
The Perversion of Autonomy: Coercion and Constraints in a Liberal Soci...
Gaylin, Willard; Jennings, Bruce
paperback. Investigate the contentious intersections of interdependence and autonomy, rights and public responsibility. This title examines the abrasion occurring between America's tradition of personal freedom and privacy, as it rubs against the still valuable if almost vanishing ideals of sacrifice and social order. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPFK; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878409068
- ISBN
- 9780878409068
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Condition: New
€ 72.09
€ 72.09
Paperback. Based on the author's dissertation (Ph.D.--University of Southern Mississippi, 2012). Num Pages: 300 pages, 15 images. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JJ; DNJ; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557288141
- ISBN
- 9781557288141
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.16
€ 27.99
€ 25.16
Hardback. A life-long Republican and ardent conservationist, Russell Train was a catalyst for many of America's important environmental policies that remain in place today. This is a behind-the-scenes account of the politics of the environment over the second half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPQB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559632867
- ISBN
- 9781559632867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.70
€ 51.70
Paperback. Nicols Fox examines contemporary resistance to technology and places it in a surprising historical context. She illuminates the rich but oftentimes unrecognized literary and philosophical tradition that has existed for nearly two centuries, since the first Luddites lifted their sledgehammers in protest against the Industrial Revolution. Num Pages: 424 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559637190
- ISBN
- 9781559637190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.26
€ 82.26
Paperback. This guide to careers in community development describes the many different kinds of community development jobs available in the USA, ranging from community organizing, to financing housing and new businesses, to redeveloping brownfields. It includes advice on how to break into the field. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JKSN; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559637503
- ISBN
- 9781559637503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.24
€ 55.24
The Signing Family. What Every Parent Should Know About Sign Communica...
Stewart, David A.; Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFZ; JNSC1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563680694
- ISBN
- 9781563680694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.14
€ 31.99
€ 26.14
Hardback. From Pity to Pride depicts the history of young, wealthy men in the old South who were barred from high posts because they were deaf, and how they formed their own societies that after the Civil War included deaf northerners. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563682704
- ISBN
- 9781563682704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardback. This book provides a detailed examination of the complex issues surrounding the integration of deaf students into the general classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages, figure, table, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JNK; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563683626
- ISBN
- 9781563683626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.96
€ 58.96
Hardback. An initiative known as the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) strives to improve education by examining and assessing classroom interaction. This book presents research by professors who adopted SoTL methodology to study their classrooms at Gallaudet University, an institution employing American Sign Language and written English. Editor(s): Mulrooney, Kristin J. Series: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSL; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686238
- ISBN
- 9781563686238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.54
€ 89.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLC; JNM; JNSC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686627
- ISBN
- 9781563686627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.88
€ 47.88
Hardback. This book is an ethnographic study of the Deaf community of Utah Valley that examines the role of language ideologies in the negotiation of Deaf identities." Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686870
- ISBN
- 9781563686870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.54
€ 39.54
Paperback. Investigates two areas of technology that affect women's lives: productive (clerical work) and reproductive (health care). Case studies of clerical workers and health care recipients illustrate gender-specify effects of technology, ranging from word processors to treatments for infertility. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566390910
- ISBN
- 9781566390910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.76
€ 38.76
Paperback. Documents and dramatizes the changing face of the American workplace, transformed in the 1980s by immigrant workers in all sectors. This collection of ethnographies aims to capture the stench of meatpacking plants, the clatter of sewing machines, the sweat of construction sites, and the strain of management-employee relations. Editor(s): Lamphere, Louise; etc. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566391313
- ISBN
- 9781566391313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.23
€ 40.23
Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities
Irvine, Janice M.. Ed(S): Irvine, Janice M.
Paperback. Presents new vision of adolescent sexuality shaped by a variety of social factors: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, physical ability, and cultural messages propagated in films, books, and within families. This collection of essays considers a range of cultural influences that form a teenager's sexual identity. Editor(s): Irvine, Janice M. Series: Health, Society, & Policy. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566391368
- ISBN
- 9781566391368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.58
€ 37.58
Paperback. Focuses on Los Angeles as a critical 'world city' in the developing global economy and also as the center of new Asian immigration. This work includes discussions of the settlement patterns of various groups of Asians in relation to the social, economic, and political developments in Asia and the United States. Editor(s): Bonacich, Edna. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSG; JHMP; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392181
- ISBN
- 9781566392181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.51
€ 40.51