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paperback. Tracing the evolution of modern dance movements in New York City, this survey focuses on the choreographers, such as Merce Cunningham, Twyla Tharp, Trisha Brown and David Gordon, who were propelled into rebellion against conventional modern dance by various counter-cultural dance troupes. Illustrator(s): Tileston, Nathaniel. Num Pages: 251 pages, 38 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822311669
- ISBN
- 9780822311669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.92
€ 36.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. This book presents a punctuated equilibrium framework for understanding the nature of policy decision-making by governments as well as a theory on the creation, functioning, and evolution of international norms and institutions. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742525900
- ISBN
- 9780742525900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.00
€ 82.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; 1KBBER; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Burford Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580801096
- ISBN
- 9781580801096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.78
€ 18.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 339 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226378084
- ISBN
- 9780226378084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.69
€ 32.99
€ 25.69
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312230999
- ISBN
- 9780312230999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.96
€ 67.96
Paperback. The Hard Truth is a book written for principals and school administrators who want to implement effective change. The topics of the book candidly discuss the problems, people, and issues that get in the way of true school reform; and what building level principals can personally do attain the best possible outcomes. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475800043
- ISBN
- 9781475800043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.33
€ 41.33
Attack Politics: Negativity in Presidential Campaigns since 1960 Secon...
Buell, Emmett H., Sigelman, Lee
Paperback. A study of negativity in presidential campaigns since 1960. It includes a chapter on the 2008 contest between Barack Obama and John McCain. It systematically analyzes negative campaigning and offers an overview of modern presidential races. It is suitable for those interested in the vagaries of those campaigns. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 396 pages, 71 tables, 26 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2nd Revised and Updated ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616800
- ISBN
- 9780700616800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.69
€ 45.69
Hardcover. Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment. Editor(s): Sousa, Christopher de. Series Editor(s): Tiesdell, Steven. Series: Current Research in Urban & Regional Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; RGC; RNF; RNU; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780080453583
- ISBN
- 9780080453583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.82
€ 146.82
Paperback. In September 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farm workers went on strike against grape growers in and around Delano, California. The strike became a movement for social justice that helped redefine Latino and American politics. Based on first-hand reportage and interviews, this book illuminates a moment of unusually significant social ferment. Num Pages: 225 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBTB; JPVH; KNAC; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254336
- ISBN
- 9780520254336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.88
€ 35.99
€ 26.88
Hardback. A political history of African American literature Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814743386
- ISBN
- 9780814743386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.81
€ 90.81
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; 3JJ; DNJ; HBJK; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650081
- ISBN
- 9780691650081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.13
€ 190.13
Hardcover. * The primary resource on implementing programs to address the "sophomore slump" * Examines what second-year students need, and what best practices will meet their needs * Focused on issues of retention, academic and career development, and personal transition and growth
. Num Pages: 336 pages, , black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470192757
- ISBN
- 9780470192757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99
€ 50.99
Knowing Who I Am: A Black Entrepreneur's Memoir of Struggle and Victor...
Middleton, Earl M., Barnes, Joy W.
Hardcover. Earl M Middleton (b 1919) has prospered in ways few African Americans have in the rural South. A World War II veteran, and as a owner of a successful business that cuts across racial lines and as a political leader in the cause of civil rights, Middleton has garnered hard-won recognition. This work tells his story. Num Pages: 216 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037153
- ISBN
- 9781570037153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Red and White Quilts: Infinite Variety: Presented by The American Folk...
Warren, Elizabeth, Gordon, Maggi, Rose, Joann...
Hardcover. This significant catalog is a highly detailed look at the world's most celebrated collection of Red and White quilts Num Pages: 352 pages, 675 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFTB; AFWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 288 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skira Rizzoli
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847846528
- ISBN
- 9780847846528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.19
€ 66.19
hardcover. In April 2002, the US and EU announced the end of a trade dispute over the sale of bananas into the EU market. This book examines the issues surrounding the dispute and provides an insight into this story. Editor(s): Josling, T. E.; Taylor, T.G. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; KCLT; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cabi United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851996370
- ISBN
- 9780851996370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.04
€ 208.04
Hardcover. Focuses on the role of early African American Christianity in the formation of American egalitarian religion and politics. This book also provides a separate context for understanding how black Christianity and evangelism developed, spread, and interacted with transatlantic religious cultures of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HRCC99; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327983
- ISBN
- 9780820327983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.24
€ 49.24
Hardcover. Explores the history of vaccine development and the rise of antivaccination societies in late-nineteenth-century America. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465373
- ISBN
- 9781580465373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.27
€ 115.27
The Memory of State Terrorism in the Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, ...
Lessa, Francesca, Druliolle, Vincent
Hardcover. Through various lenses and theoretical approaches, this book explores the contested experiences, meanings, realms, goals, and challenges associated with the construction, preservation, and transmission of the memories of state repression in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; JPWL; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110144
- ISBN
- 9780230110144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Paperback. Losing to Win:The 1996 Elections and American Politics advances their groundbreaking research to electoral politics and continues their penetrating discussions of divided government, independent candidates, party platform, 'outsiderism', and campaign strategies. Series: Studies in American Political Institutions and Public Policy. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684069
- ISBN
- 9780847684069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.72
€ 60.72
hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 tables, 2 charts/graphs, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780801441264
- ISBN
- 9780801441264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Hardback. I wish to keep a record is the first book to focus exclusively on the life-course experiences of nineteenth-century New Brunswick women. Gail G. Campbell offers an interpretive scholarly analysis of 28 women's diaries while enticing readers to listen to the voices of the diarists. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487500290
- ISBN
- 9781487500290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.71
€ 91.71
Paperback. Learn why we are busy, how busyness is affecting American families and lives, and what real people are doing about it. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754927
- ISBN
- 9780804754927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Paperback. Once denigrated for shoddy care and antiquated systems, the VA health system has become a hallmark of excellence and technical innovation. This book uses the VA turnaround to illustrate deeper lessons for the US health care system. It shows how fee-for-service healthcare leads to more expensive, less comprehensive, and less effective healthcare. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609945176
- ISBN
- 9781609945176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.14
€ 20.99
€ 18.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595581068
- ISBN
- 9781595581068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.96
€ 26.99
€ 24.96