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paperback. Setting education in its political context, this book offers a history of good intentions, ranging from the birth of modern schooling and modern examination, to the rise (and fall) of meritocracy. In challenging all that is well-intentioned in education, this book reveals how our educational commitments are always underwritten by violence.

Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNB; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349445042
ISBN
9781349445042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.36

Paperback. Setting education in its political context, this book, now in paperback, offers a history of good intentions, ranging from the birth of modern schooling and examination, to the rise (and fall) of meritocracy. In challenging all that is well-intentioned in education, it reveals how our educational commitments are always underwritten by violence. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNA; JNL; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137593924
ISBN
9781137593924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. Editor(s): Ellis, Walter T. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Har/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634639002
ISBN
9781634639002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.75
€ 146.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226730431
ISBN
9780226730431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Nineteenth-century Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island, bags heavy with silks from their villages in Bengal. Demand for "Oriental goods" took these migrants on a curious path, from New Jersey's boardwalks to the segregated South. Bald's history reveals cross-racial affinities below the surface of early twentieth-century America. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674503854
ISBN
9780674503854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.92

Paperback. Examines the history of political and intellectual life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Bengal to show how the concept can take on a life of its own in different contexts. This interdisciplinary study is suitable for historians and anthropologists, as well as scholars of South Asia and colonialism. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734941
ISBN
9780226734941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.96

Hardcover. A powerful new tool for all forensic accountants, or anyone who analyzes data that may have been altered Benford's Law gives the expected patterns of the digits in the numbers in tabulated data such as town and city populations or Madoff's fictitious portfolio returns. Series: Wiley Corporate F&A. Num Pages: 330 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVF1; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118152850
ISBN
9781118152850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.92
€ 68.15

Hardcover. Editor(s): Watson, Travis F.; Gibson, Leroy. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619422933
ISBN
9781619422933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 291.48
€ 200.65

Hardback. Study of progressivism's influence on the creation of the US Air Force and its use of precision bombing to end wars more quickly Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 392 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803233980
ISBN
9780803233980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3. BIC Classification: HRCC1; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801481130
ISBN
9780801481130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 558 pages, 25 black and white drawings, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756461
ISBN
9780814756461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Following a theorist-by-theorist approach to personality theories, this book uncovers how the personal histories, conflicts, and intentions of each theorist contributed to his or her portraits of people. Theories are introduced with scrupulous attention to historical, experimental, and clinical research. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 189 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
8th Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471724124
ISBN
9780471724124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 306.35

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783463060
ISBN
9781783463060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Num Pages: 112 pages, 87 b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JWG; KNGV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764343780
ISBN
9780764343780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. This collective biography records the contributions of 11 women educators and social activists concerned with issues of difference in schools and society during the last 100 years. It reveals their importance to contemporary debates about gender, pluralism and education in a democracy. Editor(s): Crocco, Margaret Smith; Davis, O. L., Jr. Num Pages: 304 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JHBA; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847691128
ISBN
9780847691128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Paperback. What do we know about the possible poisons that industrial technologies leave in our air and water? How reliable is the science that federal regulators and legislators use to protect the public from dangerous products? This book shows that ideological or economic attacks on research are part of an extensive pattern of abuse. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; LNKJ; MBP; RNC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047143
ISBN
9780674047143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.10

Paperback. Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the legal system, the history of science and medicine, eugenics, and genetics. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFG; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719503
ISBN
9780814719503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. This highly topical book aims to undermine unsubstantiated myths by examining Muslim integration in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, states which dominate the debate on minority integration and the practice of Muslim religious traditions. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847428875
ISBN
9781847428875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.70

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Steinmetz, Bernd; Ries, Heinz A; Gunther, Johannes. Num Pages: 291 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810012449
ISBN
9783810012449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.30

hardcover. An insightful study of the inner life of the Zionist leader responsible for the creation of the state of Israel Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180459
ISBN
9780300180459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

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