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Paperback. Constructs a portrait of the systematic abuse suffered by detainees caught in the net of America's "war on terror." This work argues that the endorsement of abuse at the highest levels of government presents a powerful test for American democracy and the rule of law. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; JWKT; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140539
- ISBN
- 9780231140539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Hardback. Looks at the emotional and organizational dynamics between individuals, couples, and families who provide care, and yet who are also committed to a full time career as a human service professional. This book provides an insight into negotiating social service agencies and other institutions. Editor(s): Beckett, Joyce. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 illus.; 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 374 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140607
- ISBN
- 9780231140607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.39€ 90.18
€ 118.39
€ 90.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Jackson, Kenneth T.; Kameny, Fred. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140638
- ISBN
- 9780231140638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Hardback. Since the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth, and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. The author presents America's intellectual history to reclaim the politics of inequality from the distortion of American conservatism. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140744
- ISBN
- 9780231140744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.18€ 79.73
€ 104.18
€ 79.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140751
- ISBN
- 9780231140751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 472 pages, 7 illus., 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140768
- ISBN
- 9780231140768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.04€ 98.01
€ 129.04
€ 98.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent, PhD; Jaccard, James; Dittus, Patricia. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illus, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JKSN; JMC; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140812
- ISBN
- 9780231140812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Presents a reading of Albert Camus' novels, short stories, and political essays. This work focuses on Camus' conflicted relationship with his Algerian background and finds important critical insights into questions of justice, the effects of colonial oppression, and the cycle of terrorism and counter terrorism that characterized the Algerian War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140867
- ISBN
- 9780231140867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.91€ 83.22
€ 108.91
€ 83.22
Hardback. Questions our approach to the study of consciousness and the way modern discoveries either mirror or contradict understandings reached in the centuries leading up to our own. Approaching the issue from both a philosophical and a psychological perspective, this work corrects many claims made about the success of brain science. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JMT; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141000
- ISBN
- 9780231141000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.27€ 42.32
€ 53.27
€ 42.32
Hardback. The denunciation of fundamentalism in France, embodied in the law against the veil and the deportation of imams, has shifted into a systematic attack on Muslims and Islam. This book makes clear that Muslim intellectuals have made it possible for Muslims to live concretely in a secularized world while maintaining the identity of a true believer. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141024
- ISBN
- 9780231141024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.40€ 57.11
€ 73.40
€ 57.11
Paperback. Covers the 2000 Bush-Gore and 2004 Bush-Kerry debates, including innovations in format and press coverage, and incorporates research into the analysis of televised debates since 1960. This book describes production in painstaking detail, from the selection of questioners to camera angles, from makeup to lighting and set design. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141055
- ISBN
- 9780231141055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Covers the methodological challenges and the real-life constraints of research in child welfare settings. This volume addresses topics that include the ethics involved in researching children and their families and the limits of confidentiality within this population. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 halftones, 0 color illus., 40 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 226 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141307
- ISBN
- 9780231141307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.71€ 72.77
€ 94.71
€ 72.77
Hardback. Combining trenchant historical and political data with absorbing firsthand narratives, this title brings a human dimension to the literature on transracial adoption. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141369
- ISBN
- 9780231141369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.44€ 76.26
€ 99.44
€ 76.26
Hardback. Editor(s): Tsesis, Alexander. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JPVH1; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141444
- ISBN
- 9780231141444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.50€ 62.34
€ 80.50
€ 62.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKB; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141567
- ISBN
- 9780231141567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.91€ 83.22
€ 108.91
€ 83.22
Hardback. Saint Namdev is a figure central to the history of bhakti, or devotional Hinduism, one of the oldest religious practices in India. This book focuses on Namdev as a feature of Marathi public memory and examines the many ways that he has been remembered. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141840
- ISBN
- 9780231141840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.18€ 79.73
€ 104.18
€ 79.73
Hardback. Series: Religion and American Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141864
- ISBN
- 9780231141864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.44€ 76.26
€ 99.44
€ 76.26
Hardback. Rising powers present opportunities as well as threats, and the economic benefits and military threat China poses for its regional neighbors are both potentially huge. This title shows how East Asian states have grown closer to China, with little evidence that the region is rupturing. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141888
- ISBN
- 9780231141888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.18€ 79.73
€ 104.18
€ 79.73
Paperback. Demonstrates how documentary serves as a cultural laboratory in the thought and practice of American democracy. This book places iconic images and the work of celebrated filmmakers next to overlooked and rediscovered productions and proves the pliability of documentary's function for American popular intelligence. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 113 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142076
- ISBN
- 9780231142076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Hardback. Examines digital innovations and their positive and negative implications. This book explains that professional journalism and media will be able to hold on to their role as the vital information lifeline of a successful democracy by embracing technologies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142083
- ISBN
- 9780231142083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.44€ 76.51
€ 99.44
€ 76.51