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Hardback. In the Philippines, an increase in labor migration has created transnational migrant families, where children grow up apart from one or both parents, forced to work outside the country. This book offers a look at the lives of the children in these families; the impact of distance on intergenerational relationships; and gender norms in the families. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749442
ISBN
9780804749442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.32

Paperback. In the Philippines, an increase in labor migration has created transnational migrant families, where children grow up apart from one or both parents, forced to work outside the country. This book offers a look at the lives of the children in these families; the impact of distance on intergenerational relationships; and gender norms in the families. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749459
ISBN
9780804749459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 261 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813229003
ISBN
9780813229003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.79

Paperback. In the midst of the largest wave of immigration in history, America is once again contemplating a future in which new arrivals will play a crucial role in reworking the fabric of the nation. This study offers an interdisciplinary view of who these children are and what their future might hold. Series: The Developing Child. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSP1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008380
ISBN
9780674008380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Urban Institute Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877667681
ISBN
9780877667681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.06

Hardback. Thirty-seven million people visit Las Vegas every year. It's a city that offers to fulfil all your desires, without any repercussions. But what happens to the people who have to grow up there? This book tells ten of their stories: tales of overdoses, desert shoot-outs, suicides, casinos, and broken dreams. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BTP; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783522507
ISBN
9781783522507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Encounter Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594038990
ISBN
9781594038990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPF; JPHX; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 557.
Publisher
Encounter Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594038150
ISBN
9781594038150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Seabrook pulls no punches in this examination of how global markets exploit children throughout the world - child 'consumers' in the West and child producers in the South. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JHBL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745313917
ISBN
9780745313917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.83

hardcover. Editor(s): Chatty, Dawn; LEWANDO HUNDT, GILLIAN. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFN; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450106
ISBN
9781845450106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.07

Paperback. A groundbreaking book based on research carried out in Australia by the author on the needs of children whose parents experience periods of mental illness. Other profesional contributors encompass areas such as the effects of mental illness on children; service provision for children and their parents; foster care and child protection. Editor(s): Cowling, Vicki. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFFG; JHBK; JKSB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
ACER Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864312822
ISBN
9780864312822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Paperback. Documents the first five years of life of the children of the influential Millennium Cohort Study, looking at the children's lives and development as they begin formal education and the implications for family policy, and service planning in health and social services. This book is suitable for academics, students and researchers in these fields. Editor(s): Hansen, Kirstine; Joshi, Heather; Dex, Shirley. Series: The UK Millennium Cohort Study Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFR; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847424754
ISBN
9781847424754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.54

Paperback. This book documents the early lives of almost 19,000 children born in the UK at the start of the 21st century. It is the first time that analysis from the hugely important Millennium Cohort Study has been compiled in a single volume and is also the first in a series of publications reporting on the children's lives at different stages. Editor(s): Dex, Shirley; Joshi, Heather. Series: The UK Millennium Cohort Study Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFR; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Policy Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861346889
ISBN
9781861346889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.90

Paperback. Set in late-19th-century London, this novel details life in an East End ghetto and explores a spiritual crisis among young Jews, providing an analysis of a generation caught between the ghetto and modern British life. This edition includes a biographical, historical and critical introduction. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
189th ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814325933
ISBN
9780814325933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.27

Paperback. Asks whether traditional observations about farm families apply to three hundred Iowa children who grew up with some tie to the land during the agricultural crisis of the 1980s, a time of widespread farm bankruptcies and factory closings. The answer, the authors show, is a resounding yes. Series: The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health & Development, Studies on Successful Adolescent Development. Num Pages: 394 pages, 37 line drawings, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; 3JJPN; JFSP1; JHBK; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226212531
ISBN
9780226212531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.70

Paperback. How an interdimensional race has controlled the planet for thousands of years - and still does. Num Pages: 475 pages, Cover 4-0 Text 1-1. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 271 x 29. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
David Icke Books Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957630895
ISBN
9780957630895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.37

Hardcover. Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199989225
ISBN
9780199989225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.96

paperback. Drawing upon broadly representative survey data and qualitative interviews, Children of the Prison Boom describes the devastating effects of America's experiment in mass incarceration for a generation of vulnerable children. Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy. Num Pages: 250 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP1; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190624590
ISBN
9780190624590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.62

Paperback. An original ethnography looking at childhood socialisation in schools and in families, under the Welfare State Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DND; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780745336046
ISBN
9780745336046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. Series: American Childhoods Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSP1; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635400
ISBN
9781566635400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.92

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