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paperback. Describes the government's efforts to persuade retailers and clothing companies to participate in private monitoring programs. This work shows the different approaches to monitoring that firms have taken, and the variety of private monitors employed, from large accounting companies to local non-profits. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 8 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781592132560
ISBN
9781592132560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.53

Paperback. Examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JHBL; JPFF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592131976
ISBN
9781592131976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.64

Paperback. This volume tells the story of the development and impact of sexology in the United States. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JHBK5; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
REV
SKU
V9781592131518
ISBN
9781592131518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. While the Internet bubble has burst, the New Economy that the Internet produced is still with us, along with the myth of a workplace built around more humane notions of how people work and spend their days in offices. This is a study of New Economy workplaces in their heyday. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592131501
ISBN
9781592131501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.14

Paperback. Uses classic theories to explain individuals' political decisions to examine what influences these decisions. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592131488
ISBN
9781592131488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.84

Paperback. Looking at the state of the American economy, this book finds that economic growth has become "delinked" from job creation, and that unemployment and underemployment are a permanent condition of the economy. It traces the historical roots of this state of affairs, and sees a continuum of econcomic austerity that creates a boom for the rich. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JPA; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592131389
ISBN
9781592131389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.09

Paperback. The male body in the study of gender, health, and medicalization largely has been ignored. This book presents research into the definition and regulation of masculinity by medicine. The introduction traces sociological work on medicalisation, masculinities, and the body. Editor(s): Rosenfeld, Dana; Faircloth, Christopher A. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 336 x 252 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9781592130986
ISBN
9781592130986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. Tells the story of immigrants labour struggles, examining how unions can learn from their example, and explaining their activism in the face of terrific odds. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592130412
ISBN
9781592130412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Presents the history of the way class formed in the US. This work offers a look at the invention of whiteness and how the inextricable links between race and class were formed in the seventeenth century and consolidated by custom, social relations, and eventually naturalized by the structures that organize our lives and our work. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSL1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399821
ISBN
9781566399821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.56

paperback. Explores the social changes that account for the growth of intermarriage as well as the lingering prejudices that oppress racially mixed families. This book traces race prejudice to the various institutions that were structured to maintain white privilege, but the core analysis is about what happens when people of different races decide to marry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566398268
ISBN
9781566398268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. Takes readers into the interconnected worlds of Turkish maids and the women who employ them, tracing the incorporation of rural migrant women into the interiors of the domestic spheres of the urban middle-classes. This book forges an understanding of the complex interaction between gender and class subordination. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 tables, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566398084
ISBN
9781566398084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.71

Paperback. Well over thirty million people in the United States speak a primary language other than English. Nearly twenty million of them speak Spanish. And these numbers are growing. This book lays out the two approaches to language policy - linguistic assimilation and linguistic pluralism - in clear and accessible terms. Series: Mapping Racisms. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397551
ISBN
9781566397551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.12

Paperback. Examines the way in which education and the media act as immobilizing social forces to shape the Latino world that exists despite the best efforts of many Mexican Americans and other Latinos. This book focuses on social issues that impede the progress of Latinos. Num Pages: 257 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 458. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566397438
ISBN
9781566397438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Investigates intact marriages to examine the impact of fresh expectations in a culture of divorce. This title examines the shifting meanings of divorce and gender for two generations of middle-class, married couples. It states that the social and economic conditions support and undermine the efforts of spouses to redefine the meaning of marriage. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 289 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397254
ISBN
9781566397254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.75

paperback. Suitable for anyone who has taken a CPR course or who believes the images from television dramas, this title explores the history of this medical innovation and the promotion of its effectiveness. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JH; MBDC; MJD; MMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397162
ISBN
9781566397162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.64

Paperback. Examines the creation of an essentialist view of nationhood based on a peasant culture and a "unifying" Hispanic heritage, and the ways in which grassroots organizations challenge and reconfigure definitions of national identity through their own activities and representations. Series: Puerto Rican Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566395496
ISBN
9781566395496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Continued economic restructuring has brought service work to center stage in labor and management studies, as well as in the sociology of work, gender, race, and inequality. This work features essays that explore questions of power and control, resistance and empowerment, and innovation and organizing in the lives of front-line service workers. Editor(s): Macdonald, Cameron Lynne; Sirianni, Carmen. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394802
ISBN
9781566394802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.48

Paperback. Examines two equally important movements of the early sixties, the New Left and the New Right, both sides equally critical of existing society and both utopian in their visions. This book describes the ways in which the historical reality of the sixties has been dramatically distorted by popular political and social images. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFC; JHM; JPFF; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394789
ISBN
9781566394789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.17

Paperback. Bridging the worlds of activism and academia - social movement theory informed with the real experiences of activists - this volume brings together insights from European New Social Movement theorists, US scholars of social movements, and activists involved in social movements from the 1960s to the 1990s. Editor(s): Epstein, Barbara; Flacks, Richard. Num Pages: 269 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFC; JH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393232
ISBN
9781566393232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.12

paperback. Tracing social and historical problems related to racial identity, this title discusses why race is a matter of such importance in America and examines the treatment of mixed race in law, society, and literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392655
ISBN
9781566392655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.32

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