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Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Sch...
Lewis, Amanda E., Diamond, John B.
Hardcover. A rich and disturbing portrait of the achievement gap that persists more than fifty years after the formal dismantling of segregation Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195342727
- ISBN
- 9780195342727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.98
€ 47.99
€ 45.98
Paperback. A photographic essay which conveys the emotional power of the death rituals of a small Greek village - the funeral, the singing of laments, the distribution of food, the daily visits to the graves, and the rite of exhumation. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHBT; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 247 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000275
- ISBN
- 9780691000275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.44
€ 52.92
€ 41.44
Hardcover. Editor(s): Aston, Jacob M.; Vasquez, Estela. Num Pages: 177 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624171857
- ISBN
- 9781624171857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.49€ 169.81
€ 250.49
€ 169.81
Hardback. Drawing on interviews with parents and teens, this title offers an intimate account of the different ways that girls and boys in the United States and the Netherlands negotiate love, lust, and growing up. It provides a probing analysis of the way family culture shapes not just sex but also alcohol consumption and parent-teen relationships. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBB; JFC; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226736181
- ISBN
- 9780226736181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02€ 87.64
€ 107.02
€ 87.64
hardcover. Addresses the Venezuelan exceptionalism thesis, which claims that Venezuela is characterised by relative stability, low levels of violence and non-interventionist armed forces. Ellner argues that this theory has has fostered misleading perceptions of organised labour. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 247 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JJP; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024433
- ISBN
- 9780842024433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.41
€ 161.41
Paperback. Challenges many assumptions about gender and politics in the French Revolution. This title shows how revolutionary politics and laws brought about a social revolution within households and created space for thousands of French women and men to reimagine their most intimate relationships. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 474 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248168
- ISBN
- 9780520248168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Luven, Lynne Van. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898409
- ISBN
- 9781894898409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.48
€ 27.99
€ 19.48
The Changing Experience of Childhood. Families and Divorce.
Smart, Carol; Neale, Dr. Bren; Wade, Amanda
Paperback. Family life in modern societies is being transformed by high rates of divorce. Such changes have given rise to concerns that the quality of family life for children has deteriorated and that children are damaged by the choices their parents are making. It is possible, however, that children and families are more resilient than this. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624006
- ISBN
- 9780745624006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Hardback. Editor(s): Jarman, Michelle; Monaghan, Leila; Harkin, Alison Quaggin. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: BK; JFFG; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913871
- ISBN
- 9781439913871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.91
€ 108.91
Hardback. Draws on years of archival and journalistic research and builds on social history and economics literature to show the powerful impact of recession-era discourse on the death penalty, the war on drugs, incarceration practices, prison health care, and other aspects of the American correctional landscape. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 Graphs, 4 Tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520277304
- ISBN
- 9780520277304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 71.21
€ 94.08
€ 71.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752524
- ISBN
- 9780814752524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.29
€ 32.99
€ 31.29
Hardcover. Chronicling the experience of young Andean families as their lives extend between the Ecuadorian highlands and New York City, this book takes an in-depth look at transnational labor migration and gender identities. It offers an account of the ways in which young men and women in these two locales navigate their lives. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26 illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KLSE; JFFN; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631194
- ISBN
- 9780815631194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardback. Begins with a look at the ideas of Mancur Olson and George Williams, who shifted the question of why cooperation happens from an emphasis on group benefits to individual costs. This book then explores how these ideas have influenced our thinking about cooperation, coordination, and collective action. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 line illus. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; JPA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154954
- ISBN
- 9780691154954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTC; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Zardoz Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874113096
- ISBN
- 9781874113096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Hardback. Saari posits that human beings may first construct a picture of their immediate environment and then construct their identity within that environment. She argues that the psychotherapeutic profession must extend its range to include socio-cultural-economic factors and she includes ample case studies to support her position. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121965
- ISBN
- 9780231121965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.89€ 99.33
€ 132.89
€ 99.33
Hardback. A remarkable memoir of our age by a public servant, innovative developer, and leader in the world Jewish community. "Intensely interesting."-Publishers Weekly. Num Pages: 405 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 405
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929587646
- ISBN
- 9780929587646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.28
€ 38.28
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165. Weight in Grams: 386. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0016067
- ISBN
- 9780872498853
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.59
€ 4.59
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the major theories, methods and findings of social network analysis research and the applications from that research. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JHB; JN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 189 x 17. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412999472
- ISBN
- 9781412999472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.26
€ 132.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Kwon, Jong Bum; Lane, Carrie M. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5, 3 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704666
- ISBN
- 9781501704666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.99
€ 38.99
€ 37.99
Paperback. Kay Hymowitz explores the predicament of a generation growing up in a world where adults lavish them with expensive clothes, toys and vacations, but don't know how to provide them the ordinary truths that give life meaning. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc Chicago, IL
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0250016
- ISBN
- 9781566635981
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, 7 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019806
- ISBN
- 9780253019806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.97
€ 85.97
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
€ 47.99
€ 42.48
Paperback. A range of distinguished anthropologists and sociologists re-examine the concept of risk in contemporary societies. Editor(s): Caplan, Pat. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures / 2 photos. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314631
- ISBN
- 9780745314631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.92
€ 46.99
€ 35.92
Hardcover. Contains papers presented at the XII World Congress of Rural Sociology held in South Korea in 2008. This book provides an international view of the advanced production in rural sociology. Editor(s): Bonanno, Alessandro; Baker, Hans; Jussaume, Raymond; Kawamura, Yoshio; Shuksmith, Mark. Series Editor(s): Marsden, Terry. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHB; RPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857242815
- ISBN
- 9780857242815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.15
€ 124.15