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Paperback. The New Deal placed security at the center of American political and economic life by establishing an explicit partnership between the state, economy, and citizens. This history of the American reliance on employment-based benefits examines the interwoven politics of social provision and labor relations from the 1910s to the 1960s. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126050
- ISBN
- 9780691126050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556524783
- ISBN
- 9781556524783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.11
€ 18.99
€ 17.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HRKP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New World Library United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608680153
- ISBN
- 9781608680153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.65
€ 20.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1KB; VXQG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Santa Monica Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595800091
- ISBN
- 9781595800091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.89
€ 30.99
€ 26.89
paperback. Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099769514
- ISBN
- 9780099769514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.14
€ 11.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487842
- ISBN
- 9780801487842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Hardback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268757
- ISBN
- 9780823268757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811734240
- ISBN
- 9780811734240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.94
€ 20.99
€ 17.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 281 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 26. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606924938
- ISBN
- 9781606924938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.89€ 58.29
€ 82.89
€ 58.29
Paperback. A collection of lectures that examine such authors as Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Wordsworth, and Coleridge to show that romanticism and American transcendentalism represent a serious philosophical response to the challenge of skepticism that underlies the writings of Wittgenstein and Austin on ordinary language. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226098180
- ISBN
- 9780226098180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Brazil, Vietnam, and Zambia, this volume integrates youth studies with urban studies, and argues that youth is an experience in its own right, not merely a transition from childhood to adulthood. It includes case studies in three cities - Recife, Hanoi, and Lusaka. Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 37 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1HFMZ; 1KLSB; JFSG; JFSP2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219695
- ISBN
- 9780253219695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Vernier, Richard B. Num Pages: 206 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865977068
- ISBN
- 9780865977068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.69
€ 14.99
€ 12.69
hardcover. Moon argues that recognition of the social dynamic of communication is critical to understanding the potential value and harm of language and to addressing questions about the scope and limits on one's rights to freedom of expression. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHC; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802008510
- ISBN
- 9780802008510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.04
€ 106.04
Paperback. Aiming to reveal the role sailors played in helping forge new identities for black people in America and how they actively contributed to the Atlantic maritime culture, this book traces the history of black seamen to the end of the American Civil War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTM; HBTS; JFSL3; KNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- (4th)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674076273
- ISBN
- 9780674076273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.72
€ 25.99
€ 22.72
Paperback. A key participant in all the major debates in Latin American studies - beginning with the "boom" period of the 1960s and continuing through debates on ideology and discourse, Marxism, mass culture, and postmodernism - the author is recognised for her feminist critique of Latin American writing. This book offers a selection of her essays. Editor(s): Newman, Kathleen M.; Pratt, Mary Louise. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322481
- ISBN
- 9780822322481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.05
€ 35.99
€ 33.05
Hardback. The story of the dramatic spread of mass incarceration across the United States, through a close look at the development of Arizona's punishment politics, policies, and practices. Series: Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762847
- ISBN
- 9780804762847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Paperback. Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet's skill in close listening, Who Can Afford to Improvise? retraces the full arc of James Baldwin's passage across the pages and stages of his career amplifying our sense of his contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823276837
- ISBN
- 9780823276837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Explores the experiences of young Mexican Americans, African Americans, and ethnic Euro-Americans in California correctional facilities including Whittier State School for Boys and the Preston School of Industry. This title shows how these boys and girls, and their families, resisted increasingly harsh treatment and various kinds of abuse. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 314 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271722
- ISBN
- 9780520271722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Num Pages: 160 pages, 230 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 206 x 20. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764344701
- ISBN
- 9780764344701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.30
€ 37.99
€ 25.30
Hardcover. A story of survival within an impersonal child-care system, a story filled with vivid characters, pathos, surprising humor, and the tenacity of a young boy who longs for a normal home and can't understand why his mother abandoned him or who his father is. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b&w photos, 14 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653556
- ISBN
- 9780875653556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.89
€ 26.99
€ 24.89
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kelsey, Lindsay S. Num Pages: 156 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 257 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617288678
- ISBN
- 9781617288678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.58€ 163.84
€ 241.58
€ 163.84
Hardcover. Government spending has increased in United States since World War II. Drawing on examples from the federal and state governments, this book explains why these budget rules tend to fail, and proposes original alternatives for imposing much-needed fiscal discipline on our legislators. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KFFD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682594
- ISBN
- 9780226682594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.06€ 60.16
€ 71.06
€ 60.16
Paperback. Schamis, Andreas Schedler, Mitchell A. Seligson, Lourdes Sola, Arturo Valenzuela, Donna Lee Van Cott Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F.; Abente Brun, Diego. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890598
- ISBN
- 9780801890598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.27
€ 35.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 247 vintage postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 282 x 11. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764323898
- ISBN
- 9780764323898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.35
€ 31.99
€ 21.35