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Hardback. Exploring the often difficult relations between hip-hop and schooling, Slam School builds a new and surprising argument: the very reasons teachers and administrators might resist the deliberate introduction of hip-hop into the planned curriculum are what make hip-hop so pedagogically vital. Num Pages: 208 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763653
- ISBN
- 9780804763653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.96
€ 116.96
hardcover. Treats our "National Conversation on Race" as a site for cultural analysis, examining a watershed year of news stories that challenged our notions of what is racial-or not. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763363
- ISBN
- 9780804763363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.75
€ 30.99
€ 26.75
Hardback. Stressing the importance of interallied power relations, the book offers a typology of alliances and illustrates the main theoretical propositions of each type with historical case-studies from 18th-century Europe. Translator(s): Barr, Patrick. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBLL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762953
- ISBN
- 9780804762953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.66
€ 82.66
Hardback. The story of the dramatic spread of mass incarceration across the United States, through a close look at the development of Arizona's punishment politics, policies, and practices. Series: Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762847
- ISBN
- 9780804762847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.93
€ 134.93
Hardback. A novel exploration of racial attitudes in contemporary Brazil using large-sample surveys of public opinion. Num Pages: 304 pages, 31 tables, 2 figures, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762779
- ISBN
- 9780804762779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.90
€ 146.90
Hardback. Diasporic Homecomings provides a comparative, analytical overview of the major ethnic return migrant groups in Europe and East Asia through an in-depth, ethnographic account of their experiences. Editor(s): Tsuda, Takeyuki. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FP; JFFN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762748
- ISBN
- 9780804762748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.16
€ 171.16
Hardback. This book-the first to study educational travel between France and the United States throughout the twentieth century-asserts that study abroad is a valuable form of international relations based on the transformations that students' perceptions of themselves, their culture, and their host country undergo during their time abroad. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 tables, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJ; JN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762533
- ISBN
- 9780804762533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.74
€ 105.74
Hardback. Focuses on what made historical socialism different from social systems in the West. This title presents a study that elicits the general question: what must we think in order to think an other system at all? Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 figures, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJ; JPFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762472
- ISBN
- 9780804762472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.65
€ 100.65
Hardback. Global California analyzes how the residents of the largest and most internationally connected of the fifty American states are affected by world trends, and recommends what they can do to enhance the benefits and mitigate the costs of global engagement. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762267
- ISBN
- 9780804762267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Hardback. The book examines how the underprivileged become motivated to participate in politics even though they lack the educational, financial, and civic resources commonly assumed to be necessary for participation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762243
- ISBN
- 9780804762243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.02
€ 117.02
Hardback. A broad and ambitious reexamination of anthropology's potential and obligation to transform human rights theory and practice. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762120
- ISBN
- 9780804762120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.80
€ 122.80
Hardback. This book advances debates over the relationship between care and economy through the concept of intimate labor-care, domestic, and sex work-and thus charts relations of race, class, gender, sexuality, and citizenship in the context of global economic transformations. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Boris, Eileen. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 tables, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761925
- ISBN
- 9780804761925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.26
€ 147.26
Hardback. This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial Hong Kong. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 tables, 2 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 2AB; 2GDCC; JHB; LAFC; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761642
- ISBN
- 9780804761642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.53
€ 135.53
Hardback. Offers an explanation of extreme radicalism in Chinese reform movements from the late nineteenth century through the Cultural Revolution and into the post-Mao era. This book demonstrates how datong - an ancient concept that can be translated as 'great harmony' - and other elements of Chinese thought have led China down a unique political path. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761611
- ISBN
- 9780804761611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
Hardback. While Islamic politics pose a challenge to capitalism in some parts of the world, they have actually advanced capitalism and democracy in Turkey. This work looks closely at this transition in Turkey, and examines why this shift has not taken place in Egypt and Iran. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761444
- ISBN
- 9780804761444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.90
€ 146.90
hardcover. Focuses on the historical development of racial thinking and imagining in Mexico and the southwestern United States over a period of almost five centuries, since the earliest decades of Spanish colonial rule and the birth of a multiracial colonial population. This book sheds light on the history of shifting ties between Mexico and the US. Editor(s): Katzew, Ilona; Deans-Smith, Susan. Num Pages: 384 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761406
- ISBN
- 9780804761406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.71
€ 171.71
Hardback. An exploration of the rise, persistence, and impact of the tradition of non-use of nuclear weapons followed by nuclear powers for well over sixty years. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPSF; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761314
- ISBN
- 9780804761314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.23
€ 170.23
Hardback. This book opens our eyes to the vast corpus of popular fiction written by Jews for Jews in nineteenth-century Germany, discovering a tradition of Jewish literature that is in many ways still with us today. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761222
- ISBN
- 9780804761222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.07
€ 94.07
Hardback. Customizing Indigeneity follows the Aguaruna on their paths to becoming leaders of Peru's Amazonian movement, revealing both their creative cultural agency and the constraints of contemporary indigenous movement politics along the way. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761185
- ISBN
- 9780804761185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.11
€ 135.11
Hardback. Caught in Play reveals that though we engage stories, games, and images for fun, it does not follow that entertainment is trivial in its effect on our lives. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761109
- ISBN
- 9780804761109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.62
€ 134.62