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Hardback. A decade of budgetary, policy, and ideological contention has resulted in American universities being run by management models and the nation is seen by some to have lost its vision of the public good and the necessary components of a democracy. This work seeks to redress these trends. Series: Culture and Politics Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742510470
- ISBN
- 9780742510470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.66
€ 179.66
Paperback. Examining the significant influence of the Soviet Union on the work of four major African American authors - and on twentieth-century American debates about race, this book remaps black modernism, that reveals the importance of the Soviet experience in the formation of a black transnationalism. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329909
- ISBN
- 9780822329909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Provides practical help to music educators about working and interacting with a wide range of individuals and groups, including district administrators, school board members, principals, counselors, other teachers, the media, parents, the community, arts organizations, and government officials. Num Pages: 85 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 220 x 7. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- MENC - The National Association for Music Education United States
- Number of pages
- 85
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940796522
- ISBN
- 9780940796522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.80
€ 27.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 178 pages, 49 b&w photos, 64 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AMVD; HBJK; JFSG; KCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781477309414
- ISBN
- 9781477309414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.65
€ 47.65
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JMAF; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501334481
- ISBN
- 9781501334481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.42
€ 24.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. A lone policewoman disarms a knife-wielding schizophrenic; two officers drag a woman from a railway line seconds before an express train roars past; an undercover cop clings onto the bonnet of a drug-dealer's car as it speeds through a busy town centre. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472108326
- ISBN
- 9781472108326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardcover. Performance assessment is a hot topic in school systems, and educators continue to analyze its costs, benefits, and feasibility as a replacement for high-stakes testing. Until now, researchers and policymakers have had to dig to find out what we know and what we still have to learn about performance assessment. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118456187
- ISBN
- 9781118456187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.11
€ 36.99
€ 29.11
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126449
- ISBN
- 9780691126449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49€ 50.61
€ 64.49
€ 50.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 line illus. BIC Classification: JM; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165561
- ISBN
- 9780691165561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.86
€ 29.99
€ 21.86
Hardback. Beyond the Box gives students and couch potatoes alike a better understanding of what it means to watch television in an era of profound technological change. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161237
- ISBN
- 9781405161237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.24
€ 103.24
Paperback. Beyond the Box gives students and couch potatoes alike a better understanding of what it means to watch television in an era of profound technological change. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161244
- ISBN
- 9781405161244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.24
€ 41.24
Paperback. Over the years, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This title explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they endeavor to find their place in the US. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269590
- ISBN
- 9780520269590
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardback. The German-Jewish experience through the rise of Nazism in 1933 was characterized by an explosion of cultural and intellectual creativity. This work seeks to explain this phenomenon and analyze how the German-Jewish legacy has permeated modes of Western thought and sensibility, and why these emigres occupy an iconic place in contemporary society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122236
- ISBN
- 9780691122236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.77€ 41.64
€ 52.77
€ 41.64
Hardback. Sets the lives and work of Huguenot goldsmiths in the context of the different societies in which they lived and worked. This title examines the lives and work of Huguenot goldsmiths in France during times of tolerance of the Protestant religion in the 16th and 17th centuries. Editor(s): Murdoch, Tessa. Num Pages: 172 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; JFSR1; KCZ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192624
- ISBN
- 9781845192624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.16
€ 128.16
Paperback. Includes nine sections organized around themes such as everyday life, sex and gender, and science. This title features articles and book excerpts focused on bodies using tools and participating in rituals, on bodies walking and eating, and on the female circumcision controversy, as well as pieces on medical classifications, and spirit possession. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret M.; Farquhar, Judith. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 93. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338451
- ISBN
- 9780822338451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.97
€ 41.99
€ 40.97
Paperback. How many sexes are there? What is the relationship between sex and gender? Is gender a product of nature, or nurture, or both? In Beyond the Binary, Shannon Dea addresses these questions while introducing readers to evidence and theoretical perspectives from a range of cultures and disciplines, and from sources spanning three millennia. Num Pages: 190 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812837
- ISBN
- 9781554812837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.66
€ 38.66
Paperback. William E. Sedlacek--one of the nation's leading authorities on the topic of noncognitive assessment--challenges the use of the SAT and other standardized tests as the sole assessment tool for college and university admissions. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118660577
- ISBN
- 9781118660577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.08
€ 48.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160733
- ISBN
- 9780691160733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. An analysis of the complex relationship between the structure of Nazareth's quarters and the relations between its ethnic communities. Based on interviews and a survey of 300 families, this book examines both the positive and negative effects of Nazareth's residential patterns. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; RGC; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207117
- ISBN
- 9780226207117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.29
€ 51.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at "Barricada", the official daily newspaper of the Sandinista Front in the 1980s. Even during the period of the Nicaraguan Revolution, a more professional agenda also motivated the journalists and editors of this party-run paper. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 338 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTV; JPWQ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 585. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896802230
- ISBN
- 9780896802230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.59
€ 34.99
€ 33.59