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Paperback. The American welfare state is supposed to be a pale imitation of 'true' welfare states in Europe and Canada. This book argues that the American welfare state is in fact larger, more popular, and more dynamic than commonly believed. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138336
- ISBN
- 9780691138336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.78
€ 41.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 367 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBLW3; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Wordware Publishing Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556228803
- ISBN
- 9781556228803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.98
€ 23.99
€ 21.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w line. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JN; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199899654
- ISBN
- 9780199899654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.31
€ 48.31
Paperback. Chomsky takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He develops a forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton administration's empty promises to the poor. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101578
- ISBN
- 9780231101578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.15
€ 25.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300436
- ISBN
- 9781896300436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.41
€ 35.99
€ 24.41
Hardback. Focuses on the interplay between sexual science and legal decision-making, giving insights into such controversial social and sexual topics as rape, pornography, lesbian motherhood, and sex discrimination. Green examines how the law weighs the desires of the individual against social standards. Num Pages: 336 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; JMU; LN; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674802681
- ISBN
- 9780674802681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.10
€ 53.99
€ 45.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170. 88 pages. Fire the Bastards! is a scorching attack on the book-review media using the critical reception of William Gaddis's 1955 novel The Recognitions as a case study. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 139 x 9. Weight: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- 2 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564786098
- ISBN
- 9781564786098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.36
€ 14.99
€ 13.36
Hardback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JMH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450076
- ISBN
- 9781845450076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.32
€ 154.32
Paperback. Covers the political, social, and cultural history of the United States from 1789-1829. This book centers on two main themes: the politics and the process of nation-making, from the origins of government under the Constitution through the inauguration of Andrew Jackson, and the beginnings of American market society. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195154238
- ISBN
- 9780195154238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.28
€ 79.28
Hardcover. How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus fills a gap in the student services and teaching and learning literature by providing a resource that shows how to construct and carry out difficult conversations from various vantage points in the academy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787994365
- ISBN
- 9780787994365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.20
€ 47.20
Hardback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362180
- ISBN
- 9780822362180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Paperback. A collection of essays with one common link - the Appalachian region of the southern United States. Essays describe a long abandoned homeplace or tell the story of an uncle or grandmother. Editor(s): Dyer, Joyce. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813109831
- ISBN
- 9780813109831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
Hardcover. Editor(s): Clarke, Diane J. Num Pages: 154 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613241776
- ISBN
- 9781613241776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.08€ 116.58
€ 170.08
€ 116.58
Hardcover. Provides a survey of the history and background of Lochner versus New York. This title argues that the decision was well grounded in precedent - and that modern constitutional jurisprudence owes at least as much to the limited-government ideas of Lochner proponents as to the more expansive vision of its Progressive opponents. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043531
- ISBN
- 9780226043531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.60€ 63.42
€ 75.60
€ 63.42
Hardback. Presents an overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico that synthesizes information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. This book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, pleisosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs. Editor(s): Rivera-Sylva, Hector E.; Carpenter, Kenneth; Frey, Eberhard. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 color illus., 93 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253011831
- ISBN
- 9780253011831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Writte...
Douglass, Frederick, Davis, Angela Y.
Paperback. A new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Edition
- None, a New Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865273
- ISBN
- 9780872865273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.59
€ 15.99
€ 15.59
Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America: Beamish Murdoch of...
Philip; Osgoode Society Girard
hardcover. Centred on one pre-Confederation lawyer whose career epitomizes the trends of his day, Beamish Murdoch (1800-1876), Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America makes an important and compelling contribution to Canadian legal history. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644106
- ISBN
- 9781442644106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.96
€ 68.96
Hardback. From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or 'homegoing' ceremonies with dignity and pageantry. This title offers a history of how African American funeral directors have been integral to the fight for freedom. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JHBZ; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674036215
- ISBN
- 9780674036215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardback. Relates Midwestern pastoral writers to their local geographies and explains their approaches. This book treats five Midwestern pastoralists - Willa Cather, Aldo Leopold, Theodore Roethke, James Wright, and Jim Harrison. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821416600
- ISBN
- 9780821416600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback. Traces the development and growth of community schools of the arts, now found in every region of the U.S. and in Canada. Num Pages: 489 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; JFS; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810821170
- ISBN
- 9780810821170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.47
€ 175.47
Paperback. Series: Cultural Traditions in My World. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 205 x 246 x 2. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Crabtree Pub Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780778703174
- ISBN
- 9780778703174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470024
- ISBN
- 9781611470024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.27
€ 137.27
Hardback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262492
- ISBN
- 9780520262492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Kuznar, Lawrence A. Series: International Monographs in Prehistory, Ethnoarchaeological S. Num Pages: 309 pages, b/w illus, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HDD; HDP; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- International Monographs in Prehistory United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879621282
- ISBN
- 9781879621282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.13
€ 74.13