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Paperback. Presents a wide-ranging picture of the schooling of Alaska Native children from past to this day. This title explores the histories of changing philosophies of schooling and their effect on generations of Alaska Native students, details the situation - financial, social, and educational. Num Pages: 264 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Todd Communications United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578333967
- ISBN
- 9781578333967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.32
€ 23.99
€ 22.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 177 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583225400
- ISBN
- 9781583225400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.88
€ 13.99
€ 12.88
Hardcover. A journalist's passionate expose of the media's portrayal of the disabled. Num Pages: 284 pages, 24 cm. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- UPNE
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584654735
- ISBN
- 9781584654735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.15
€ 31.99
€ 28.15
Paperback. Includes essays that elucidate the various facets of teaching, valuing, and maintaining medical professionalism in the middle of the myriad challenges facing medicine at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Wear, Delese; Bickel, Janet. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JN; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587296970
- ISBN
- 9781587296970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.91
€ 36.91
Paperback. Focuses on the Old Order Amish Mennonites, Iowa's most distinctive religious minority. This title explores the origin and growth of the Old Order Amish in Iowa, their religious practices, economic organization, family life, the formation of new communities, and the issue of education. It describes issues for the Iowa Amish from the 1970s onwards. Series: A Bur Oak Book. Num Pages: 204 pages, 24 photos, 5 maps, 1 drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; HBJ; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587298059
- ISBN
- 9781587298059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.32
€ 26.32
Paperback. Covers archeology, history, and culture of different native nations that have called Iowa home since prehistory. This book focuses on the tribes most connected to Iowa since prehistoric times: the Ioway, Meskwaki, Sauk, Omaha and Ponca, Otoe and Missouria, Pawnee and Arikara, Illinois Confederacy, Santee and Yankton Sioux, and Winnebago. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 drawings, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587298172
- ISBN
- 9781587298172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.15
€ 17.99
€ 17.15
Paperback. Examining the relationships among rivers, floodplains, weather, and modern society; stressing matters of science and fact rather than social or policy issues; and by addressing multiple environmental problems and benefits, this title informs and educates those who experienced the 2008 floods and those concerned with the larger causes of flooding. Editor(s): Mutel, Cornelia F. Series: A Bur Oak Book. Num Pages: 284 pages, 14 colour & 18 b&w maps, 33 b&w photos, 1 colour & 23 b&w charts, 7 drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; 3JMC; JFFC; RNR; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587298547
- ISBN
- 9781587298547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.22
€ 19.99
€ 19.22
Jews and the Making of Modern German Theatre (Studies Theatre Hist & C...
Freddie Rokem Jeanette R. Malkin
Hardcover. Tells the story of Jewish co-creation of modern German theatre. This title features historical overviews of the role of theatre in the constitution of Jewish identity in Germany, the position of Jewish theatre artists in the cultural vortex of imperial Berlin, and the impact of Yiddish theatre on German and Austrian Jews and on German theatre. Series Editor(s): Postlewait, Thomas. Series: Studies in Theater History & Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AN; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587298684
- ISBN
- 9781587298684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.48
€ 59.48
Paperback. Examines the impact of collective memory. This study makes a contribution to developing a theory of memory and international relations and also examines specific cases of collective memory's influence resulting from the legacies of World War II, the Holocaust, and September 11. Editor(s): Langenbacher, Eric; Shain, Yossi. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589016408
- ISBN
- 9781589016408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.80
€ 72.80
Paperback. Colliding environmental and development interests have shaped national policy reforms supporting both oil development and environmental protection in Alaska. This book illuminates the processes and consequences of these reforms at the state, national, and international levels. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 4 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: JPQB; RND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589016620
- ISBN
- 9781589016620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.42
€ 71.42
Paperback. Combining the insights of an economist and a political scientist, this third edition offers real world cases to provide students with the institutional and political dimensions of policy problems as well as easily understood principles and methods for analyzing public policies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 12 figures, 26 tables. BIC Classification: JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017344
- ISBN
- 9781589017344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.09
€ 80.09
Paperback. Explores and estimates the intermediate-term security risks that climate change may pose for the United States, its allies and partners, and for regional and global order through the year 2030. Editor(s): Moran, Daniel. Num Pages: 320 pages, 42 maps, 2 figures, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; RNPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017412
- ISBN
- 9781589017412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.53
€ 73.53
Paperback. A collection of ten carefully selected cases from post-World War II British intelligence history that include: the Malayan Emergency, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Northern Ireland, and the lead up to the Iraq War. Editor(s): Dover, Robert; Goodman, Michael S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPSH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017702
- ISBN
- 9781589017702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.44
€ 72.44
Paperback. Illuminates the significant differences between security and development agendas and approaches to problem solving. This title explores seven core international issues: aid, humanitarian assistance, governance, health, poverty, trade and resources, and demography. Editor(s): Spear, Joanna; Williams, Paul D. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 figures, 8 tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589018860
- ISBN
- 9781589018860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Paperback. Given the realities of the Taliban's persistence and the desire of US policymakers - and the public - to find a way out, what can and should be the goals of the US and its allies in Afghanistan? This title provides a comprehensive assessment of the alternatives for restoring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Editor(s): Rothstein, Hy; Arquilla, John. Series: South Asia in World Affairs Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; GTJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JWK; JWL; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019089
- ISBN
- 9781589019089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.19
€ 75.19
Paperback. The Indian Ocean region has rapidly emerged as the geographic nexus of economic and security issues with vital global consequences. Suitable for academics, professionals, and researchers with interests in international relations, Asian security, and maritime studies, this volume attempts to treat the Indian Ocean Region in a coherent fashion. Editor(s): Garofano, John; Dew, Andrea J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 figures, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1QR; 1QSN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019676
- ISBN
- 9781589019676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Paperback. During China's Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong's "rustication program" resettled seventeen million urban youths, known as "sent downs," to the countryside for manual labor and socialist reeducation. This book examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in China, from the rustication program's inception to its termination. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 text boxes, 7 b&w photos, 3 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JFSP2; JPFC; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019874
- ISBN
- 9781589019874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.82
€ 71.82
Paperback. Bringing together many of the most important contemporary writers on just war to consider questions of authority surrounding the just war tradition, this collection offers a compelling reassessment of the authority issue's centrality in how we can, do, and ought to think about war in contemporary global politics. Editor(s): Lang, Anthony F., Jr.; O'Driscoll, Cian; Williams, John. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019966
- ISBN
- 9781589019966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.86
€ 72.86
Paperback. Combines the traditional rabbinic approach and the modern academic perspective to forge a different understanding of Maimonides. This work includes an essay on Maimonides' approach to superstition in rabbinic literature. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589661653
- ISBN
- 9781589661653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.74
€ 16.74
Paperback. Immerses readers in the medieval historical context that gave rise to the Sephardic tradition, arguing that the golden age of Jewish culture in Spain would not have been possible without the stimulus and inspiration of Islamic civilization. This book also covers such topics as the flourishing of Jewish culture and science, and Hebrew poetry. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 179 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589662056
- ISBN
- 9781589662056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.24
€ 35.24