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paperback. A collection of interviews with 17 of the foremost African-American philosophers cover issues such as Black existentialism, racism, Black women philosophers within the academy, affirmative action and the conceptual parameters of African-American philosophy. Editor(s): Yancy, George. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415921008
- ISBN
- 9780415921008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.74
€ 69.74
Paperback. Looking at how crime penetrates private business, government, and the every day lives of the people, this collection examines the impact of criminal enterprises on the legitimate ecomony and the ability of states to promote the rule of law. Editor(s): Farer, Tom J. Series: An Inter-American Dialogue Book. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVM; JP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415923019
- ISBN
- 9780415923019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by Themselves: E...
. Ed(S): Sollors, Werner; Holt, Hamilton
paperback. Contains autobiographies of ordinary people - new immigrants and sharecroppers, cooks and fishermen, women and men working in sweatshops, in the city, and on the land. Editor(s): Sollors, Werner; Holt, Hamilton. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; GBCB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415925105
- ISBN
- 9780415925105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.61
€ 59.61
Paperback. 'The Black Studies Reader' takes on the history and future of this multi-faceted academic field. Editor(s): Bobo, Jacqueline; Michel, Claudine; Hudley, Cynthia (University of California, Santa Barbara). Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415945547
- ISBN
- 9780415945547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.03
€ 85.03
paperback. A history of the welfare rights programme of the 1960s which sought to organize the poor to make demands upon the system and in the process create a more humane welfare program. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415945790
- ISBN
- 9780415945790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.42
€ 69.42
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic account of the everyday cross-cultural living and schooling experiences of six culturally-diverse families in urban America. This title explores the complexity within each family as they make sense of their daily relations in terms of race, ethnicity, class, and gender. Num Pages: 228 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415955652
- ISBN
- 9780415955652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.93
€ 46.93
paperback. Examines high-stakes standardized testing in order to illuminate what is really at stake for students, teachers, and communities negatively affected by such testing. This title traces standardized testing's origins in the Eugenics and Social Efficiency movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. Series: Critical Social Thought. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JNKD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415990714
- ISBN
- 9780415990714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.64
€ 53.64
paperback. Probes the implications of the emergence of the leaders for the future of African American politics. This title presents a theoretical framework based on the interaction of three factors: black leaders' crossover appeal, their political ambition, and connections to the black establishment. Editor(s): Gillespie, Andra. Num Pages: 352 pages, 43 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415992169
- ISBN
- 9780415992169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.09
€ 72.09
Paperback. Series: Routledge Communication Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JMB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415994149
- ISBN
- 9780415994149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.77
€ 79.77
Paperback. Between 1492 and 1820, about two-thirds of the people who crossed the Atlantic to the Americas were Africans. Over the years, however, huge strides have been made in the study of the history of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world. This collection brings together some of the key contributions to this growing body of scholarship. Editor(s): Dubois, Laurent; Scott, Julius S. Series: Rewriting Histories. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415994460
- ISBN
- 9780415994460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 588 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 90 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKSN2; JNH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 587
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415998499
- ISBN
- 9780415998499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.64
€ 83.64
Paperback. Assessment plays a powerful role in the process of education in the US and has a disproportionately negative impact on students who do not come from middle-class backgrounds. This guide looks at the issues in educational assessment and provides knowledge, techniques, and strategies to design and implement valid assessments for use in classrooms. Editor(s): Basterra, Maria del Rosario; Trumbull, Elise; Solano Flores, Guillermo. Series: Language, Culture, and Teaching Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 black & white tables, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFDM; JNFR; JNKD; JNSV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415999809
- ISBN
- 9780415999809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.77
€ 80.77
Paperback. Ranging across American culture of the middle 20th century this study depicts the shifting characterizations of teens from invisible young adults to young soldiers in training, to bobby soxers and zoot suiters, to rock'n'rollers and juvenile delinquents, from hippies to savvy consumers. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465007660
- ISBN
- 9780465007660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.67
€ 28.67
Paperback. Winner examines the latest scientific evidence about the biological basis of giftedness as well as the role played by parents and schools in fostering exceptional abilities. In this fascinating book, she uncovers and explores nine myths about giftedness, and shows us what gifted children are really like. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC; JNSP; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 203 x 29. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465017591
- ISBN
- 9780465017591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
What really works in student retention? Increasing Persistence offers a compendium on college student persistence that bridges the gaps between theory, research, and successful practice. Anchored by ACT, Inc. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470888438
- ISBN
- 9780470888438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKSN2; JNH; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780495007814
- ISBN
- 9780495007814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.95
€ 103.95
paperback. Contains key concepts, skills to master, a brief discussion of the ideas of the section, and worked-out examples with tips on how to find the solution. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNZ; PBKA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning United States
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780495560647
- ISBN
- 9780495560647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.16
€ 184.16
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780495914891
- ISBN
- 9780495914891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.44
€ 110.44
American Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties, Volume II
Stephens, Jr. Otis H., Scheb, II John M.
Paperback. Civil Rights and Liberties. 656 pages. Covers a range of topics in constitutional law. Providing the legal, historical, political, and cultural contexts for the set of edited decisions from the United States Supreme Court cases, this title emphasizes trends in major areas of constitutional interpretation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JNT. Dimension: 253 x 210 x 25. Weight: 1184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780495914907
- ISBN
- 9780495914907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.85
€ 112.85
Paperback. Georges Duby in productivity and originality stands at the forefront of active medievalists in France and in the world. This collection contains 15 of his short articles. It also includes several essays that explore the evolution of nobility, knighthood, the noble family, and the ideals of chivalry across the central Middle Ages. Translator(s): Postan, Cynthia. Num Pages: 254 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520042711
- ISBN
- 9780520042711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.54
€ 36.54