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Hardback. A life-long Republican and ardent conservationist, Russell Train was a catalyst for many of America's important environmental policies that remain in place today. This is a behind-the-scenes account of the politics of the environment over the second half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPQB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559632867
- ISBN
- 9781559632867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.70
€ 51.70
Paperback. Nicols Fox examines contemporary resistance to technology and places it in a surprising historical context. She illuminates the rich but oftentimes unrecognized literary and philosophical tradition that has existed for nearly two centuries, since the first Luddites lifted their sledgehammers in protest against the Industrial Revolution. Num Pages: 424 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559637190
- ISBN
- 9781559637190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.26
€ 82.26
Paperback. This guide to careers in community development describes the many different kinds of community development jobs available in the USA, ranging from community organizing, to financing housing and new businesses, to redeveloping brownfields. It includes advice on how to break into the field. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JKSN; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559637503
- ISBN
- 9781559637503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.24
€ 55.24
The Signing Family. What Every Parent Should Know About Sign Communica...
Stewart, David A.; Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFZ; JNSC1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563680694
- ISBN
- 9781563680694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.14
€ 31.99
€ 26.14
Hardback. From Pity to Pride depicts the history of young, wealthy men in the old South who were barred from high posts because they were deaf, and how they formed their own societies that after the Civil War included deaf northerners. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563682704
- ISBN
- 9781563682704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardback. This book provides a detailed examination of the complex issues surrounding the integration of deaf students into the general classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages, figure, table, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JNK; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563683626
- ISBN
- 9781563683626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.96
€ 58.96
Hardback. An initiative known as the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) strives to improve education by examining and assessing classroom interaction. This book presents research by professors who adopted SoTL methodology to study their classrooms at Gallaudet University, an institution employing American Sign Language and written English. Editor(s): Mulrooney, Kristin J. Series: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSL; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686238
- ISBN
- 9781563686238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.54
€ 89.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLC; JNM; JNSC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686627
- ISBN
- 9781563686627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.88
€ 47.88
Hardback. This book is an ethnographic study of the Deaf community of Utah Valley that examines the role of language ideologies in the negotiation of Deaf identities." Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686870
- ISBN
- 9781563686870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.54
€ 39.54
Paperback. Investigates two areas of technology that affect women's lives: productive (clerical work) and reproductive (health care). Case studies of clerical workers and health care recipients illustrate gender-specify effects of technology, ranging from word processors to treatments for infertility. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566390910
- ISBN
- 9781566390910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.76
€ 38.76
Paperback. Documents and dramatizes the changing face of the American workplace, transformed in the 1980s by immigrant workers in all sectors. This collection of ethnographies aims to capture the stench of meatpacking plants, the clatter of sewing machines, the sweat of construction sites, and the strain of management-employee relations. Editor(s): Lamphere, Louise; etc. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566391313
- ISBN
- 9781566391313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.23
€ 40.23
Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities
Irvine, Janice M.. Ed(S): Irvine, Janice M.
Paperback. Presents new vision of adolescent sexuality shaped by a variety of social factors: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, physical ability, and cultural messages propagated in films, books, and within families. This collection of essays considers a range of cultural influences that form a teenager's sexual identity. Editor(s): Irvine, Janice M. Series: Health, Society, & Policy. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566391368
- ISBN
- 9781566391368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.58
€ 37.58
Paperback. Focuses on Los Angeles as a critical 'world city' in the developing global economy and also as the center of new Asian immigration. This work includes discussions of the settlement patterns of various groups of Asians in relation to the social, economic, and political developments in Asia and the United States. Editor(s): Bonacich, Edna. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSG; JHMP; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392181
- ISBN
- 9781566392181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.51
€ 40.51
paperback. Southwest Oregon embodies the fast-changing social and environmental trends of the Pacific Northwest. This book analyzes the subsequent transformation of the region. Working-class men and women describe a segregation of private forest lands and waterways where people could once move freely, they are boxed in by fences and No Trespassing signs. Series: Conflicts in Urban & Regional Development. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Light Shelfwear
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392730
- ISBN
- 9781566392730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Paperback. The radical feminist movement has undergone significant transformation from the direct action of the 1960s and 1970s to the backlash against feminism in the 1980s and 1990s. This title traces the changing definitions of feminism as the movement has evolved. It documents subtle variations in feminist identity. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392822
- ISBN
- 9781566392822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99
€ 37.99
Paperback. An analysis of how US businesses use part-time employment, and why they are using it more and more. Examining the nature and purposes of the different types of part-time employment, this work explores the roots of part-time jobs in the organization of work, and the inadequacies of the public policies on part-time employment. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 tables, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566393829
- ISBN
- 9781566393829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.85
€ 37.85
paperback. Examines the realities of social inequality, providing critical analyses of contemporary issues at the center of national debate homelessness, the underclass, poverty, welfare, unemployment, health and mental health care, and gender and intercultural relations. Editor(s): Lykes, M. Brinton; Banuazizi, Ali; Liem, Ramsay (Professor of Psychology, Boston College, USA); Morris, Michael (Professor of Psychology, University of New Haven, USA). Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFS; JKS; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394222
- ISBN
- 9781566394222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.85
€ 40.85
Paperback. Throughout history, work has always been the taproot of American democracy, enabling diverse people to forge connections with each other and to address the nation's problems. This book presents an analysis of diverse civic practices. It argues that work is the center of effective citizenship. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHBL; JPHV; JPVH1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394581
- ISBN
- 9781566394581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.60
€ 39.60
Paperback. Reflecting upon the critics voice about the deterioration of the American family, this book deals with family relationships over a longer period of the life cycle and aims to reveal misconceptions about grown children caring for their aging parents. It also refutes the conception that parents are dependent on help from their grown children. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV; VFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394727
- ISBN
- 9781566394727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.45
€ 36.45
paperback. We often think of 'progress' and 'economic growth' as natural developments that benefit various members of society. This title challenges this view and instead suggests that specific definitions of progress and economic growth can be molded by powerful individuals, organizations, and classes. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; KNBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394864
- ISBN
- 9781566394864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.56
€ 35.56