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Paperback. This text examines major changes in US educational development and reform, considering how such changes have been implemented in the past and warning against exaggerating their benefits. Issues covered include governance, equity and multiculturalism, curriculum standards and school choice. Editor(s): Ravitch, Diane; Vinovskis, Maris A. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801849213
- ISBN
- 9780801849213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.48
€ 36.99
€ 31.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780823273522
- ISBN
- 9780823273522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
hardcover. By the latter part of the nineteenth century, the physician had supplanted the clergyman as the nation's most esteemed professional, as the body had seemingly replaced the soul as a person's most prized possession. Stephanie Browner looks at this era of change. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812238259
- ISBN
- 9780812238259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.52
€ 89.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 97 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 97
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608769742
- ISBN
- 9781608769742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.65€ 40.16
€ 55.65
€ 40.16
Paperback. We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. This title asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War, to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom, many black Americans were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226101552
- ISBN
- 9780226101552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.22
€ 23.99
€ 19.22
Hardcover. A battle of titans over the building of a railroad Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 184 pages, 50 b&w illus., 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 331. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355485
- ISBN
- 9780253355485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.08
€ 45.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; AMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873515474
- ISBN
- 9780873515474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.61
€ 26.99
€ 24.61
hardcover. The Genetic Imaginary demonstrates that the overall effect of these changes to the criminal justice system has been to emphasize the importance of community security at the expense of individual rights. Series: Digital Futures. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802087843
- ISBN
- 9780802087843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.25
€ 88.25
Hardcover. Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; MBX; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281448
- ISBN
- 9780674281448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.79€ 52.08
€ 56.79
€ 52.08
Paperback. A collection and translation of seventeenth-century narratives about Europeans travelling across the great Ocean Sea and encountering a people who had maintained an independent existence in the lowlands of Guatemala and Belize. Editor(s): Feldman, Lawrence H. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JHM; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326243
- ISBN
- 9780822326243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807086025
- ISBN
- 9780807086025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.88
€ 21.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 367 pages, 207 color and 20 b/w illustrations, 141 range maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; GBC; PSVW3; PSVW5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370. A Comprehensive Guide. 367 pages, 207 colour & 20 b/w illustrations, 138 range maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCR; GBC; PSVW3; PSVW5. Dimension: 183 x 125 x 21. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237599
- ISBN
- 9780520237599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. What leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation's institutions. This book shows how real institutions affect national development. Editor(s): Portes, Alejandro; Smith, Lori D. Num Pages: 220 pages, 17 line illustrations, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306. Their Role and Significance in Latin American Development. 220 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Portes, Alejandro; Smith, Lori D. What leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation's institutions. This book shows how real institutions affect national development. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273542
- ISBN
- 9780520273542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Num Pages: 144 pages, 200 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764347313
- ISBN
- 9780764347313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.26
€ 42.99
€ 28.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654430
- ISBN
- 9780875654430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.13
€ 37.99
€ 31.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ramos, Lucas G. Num Pages: 134 pages, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; JW; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617619380
- ISBN
- 9781617619380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.36€ 94.53
€ 137.36
€ 94.53
Hardback. Congress and the president are not the only branches that deal with fiscal issues in times of war. This book focuses on the role of federal courts in fiscal matters during warfare and high-cost national defense emergencies. It sheds light on environmental factors in judicial decision making. Series: Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 line drawings, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JW; LNAA2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226771120
- ISBN
- 9780226771120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.69€ 93.56
€ 113.69
€ 93.56
This expanded and updated edition will appeal to residents, both new and old, as well as to visitors eager to deepen their experience in the nation's capital. Editor(s): Smith, Kathryn Schneider. Num Pages: 552 pages, 335, 293 black & white halftones, 15 colour illustrations, 27 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1861.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893537
- ISBN
- 9780801893537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Celebrates the history of 40 of the finest stage theaters still in operation around the United States. Original photographs include stunning examples of early Eastern town hall opera houses, Midwest venues, and boomtown opera houses. Also, state-by-state and chronological listings of over 200 more surviving nineteenth-century theaters. Num Pages: 256 pages, 157 B/W & 36 color photos, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 220 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1584.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324918
- ISBN
- 9780764324918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.52
€ 48.99
€ 32.52
Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPR; 3JM; BM; MBDP; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453625
- ISBN
- 9780801453625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.55
€ 40.55
Paperback. Focuses on the cultural lenses through which young women interpret their sexual encounters and their experiences of male aggression in heterosexual relationships. This book explores how young women make sense of, resist, and negotiate conflicting cultural messages about sexual agency, responsibility, aggression, and desire. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JMC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814766583
- ISBN
- 9780814766583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardback. Series: Chef's Table. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WBA; WBN; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 57.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762792160
- ISBN
- 9780762792160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.46
€ 29.99
€ 22.46
Paperback. Editor(s): McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Foote, Bruce E.; Peterson, Meredith; Peterman, David Randall; Frittelli, John. Num Pages: 101 pages, b/w tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604567892
- ISBN
- 9781604567892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.39€ 43.33
€ 60.39
€ 43.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844676156
- ISBN
- 9781844676156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.28
€ 18.99
€ 15.28