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Paperback. Since the end of World War II, poverty in the United States has been a persistent focus of social anxiety, public debate and federal policy. This book argues that poverty will not be reduced or eliminated until the political factors that contribute to its continuation are taken into account. Editor(s): Kushnick, Louis; Jennings, James. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742396
- ISBN
- 9780814742396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Sir Anthony Kenny presents a fascinating and authoritative new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad popular readership, Kenny's lucid and stimulating history will become the definitive work for anyone interested in the people and ideas that shaped the course of Western thought. Series: New History of Western Philosophy. Num Pages: 1080 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1340.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 1088
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199656493
- ISBN
- 9780199656493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.40
€ 26.99
€ 20.40
Hardcover. This stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. The book offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began, and challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122504
- ISBN
- 9781405122504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.94
€ 113.94
Paperback. This stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. The book offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began, and challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122511
- ISBN
- 9781405122511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.25
€ 50.25
Paperback. Offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198758396
- ISBN
- 9780198758396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.18
€ 56.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPA; KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804787000
- ISBN
- 9780804787000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.40
€ 15.99
€ 15.40
Hardback. Editor(s): Barbour, Rosaline S.; Morgan, David L. Num Pages: 300 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137586131
- ISBN
- 9781137586131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.87
€ 206.87
Hardback. Changes in longevity, marriage, and the workplace have undermined Social Security, making the experience of old age increasingly unequal. Anne Alstott's pragmatic, progressive revision would permit all Americans to retire between 62 and 76 but would provide generous early retirement benefits for workers with low wages or physically demanding jobs. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; KFFD1; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088757
- ISBN
- 9780674088757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. Race and Class Struggles in Depression-Era Baltimore. Series: Radical Perspectives. 392 pages, 40 photographs. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353591
- ISBN
- 9780822353591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. A consideration of the power of institutions to shape politics and political life. Believing that constitutionalism needs to go beyond the arbitrary exercise of political power, the contributors argue that it should be designed to achieve economic efficiency, informed democratic control, and other valued political ends. Editor(s): Elkin, Stephen L.; Soltan, Karol Edward. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Chicago University Press Chicago
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226204642
- ISBN
- 9780226204642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Hershberg, Eric; LeoGrande, William M. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPSD; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319311517
- ISBN
- 9783319311517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.46
€ 126.46
Paperback. This powerful, accessible new study explores the contributions that anthropology has made to the study and understanding of Islam. Series: New Departures in Anthropology. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344. Series: New Departures in Anthropology. 230 pages. This powerful, accessible new study explores the contributions that anthropology has made to the study and understanding of Islam. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHMC. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 12. Weight: 374.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521529785
- ISBN
- 9780521529785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.12
€ 34.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 6. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- RAND
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833023506
- ISBN
- 9780833023506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.85
€ 20.85
Hardback. Nancy Rose Hunt tells the affective history of the convergence of biopolitics and colonial violence in the Belgian Congo. By showing how the shifts and interactions between the biopolitical state and the nervous state drove the colonial government's actions toward the Congolese, Hunt provides a new model for theorizing colonialism. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359463
- ISBN
- 9780822359463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. Nancy Rose Hunt tells the affective history of the convergence of biopolitics and colonial violence in the Belgian Congo. By showing how the shifts and interactions between the biopolitical state and the nervous state drove the colonial government's actions toward the Congolese, Hunt provides a new model for theorizing colonialism. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359654
- ISBN
- 9780822359654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Offering a balance between analysis, personal memoir, and foreign policy remedies, this book injects much-needed wisdom into the public discussion of long-term US-Muslim relations. This title argues that an engagement with the Muslim world benefits the national interest of the United States. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135250
- ISBN
- 9780691135250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Clear narrative of the naval dimension of the Peloponnesian War, one of the first conflicts for which we have a detailed narrative source. Num Pages: 288 pages, Approx 10 b/w maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473861589
- ISBN
- 9781473861589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.52
€ 37.99
€ 32.52
Hardback. Michael Tomasello offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral psychology. Based on experimental data comparing great apes and human children, he reconstructs two key evolutionary steps whereby early humans gradually became an ultra-cooperative and, eventually, a moral species capable of acting as a plural agent we ." Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088641
- ISBN
- 9780674088641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.35
€ 54.35
Hardback. A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada's army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826396
- ISBN
- 9780774826396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Hardback. This volume looks at New Zealand's distinctive, systemic alternative to school self-evaluation, with developmental and negotiated approaches ingrained throughout the education system. It details how other nations can adopt this approach and reveal how it might look at different levels of the education system and how these different levels might int Editor(s): Lai, Mei; Kushner, Saville. Series: Advances in Program Evaluation. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JNKC; JNKD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781907047
- ISBN
- 9781781907047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.48
€ 157.48