The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300733
- ISBN
- 9781896300733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.60
€ 20.99
€ 15.60
Paperback. This book explains why countries have adopted different policies for working parents through a comparative historical study of four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754149
- ISBN
- 9780804754149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.95
€ 32.99
€ 28.95
Hardback. This book explains why countries have adopted different policies for working parents through a comparative historical study of four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754132
- ISBN
- 9780804754132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.66
€ 125.66
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€ 41.86
€ 47.99
€ 41.86
paperback. Heron's examination of the impact of new technology in Canada's Second Industrial Revolution challenges the popular notion that mass-production workers lost all skill, power, and pride in the work process. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 223 pages, 16 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781442609846
- ISBN
- 9781442609846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.94
€ 41.99
€ 36.94
Hardcover. Tracing US labor history, this book relates social history as well - from slavery and expansion in the West to child labor laws and equal rights for women and minorities. It also includes chronologies of important events, along with eyewitness testimonies on the experience of working in a wide range of professions and trades. Num Pages: 512 pages, black-&-white photographs & illustrations, maps, graphs, & tables, index, bibliography, g. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KCF; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816062393
- ISBN
- 9780816062393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.53€ 89.52
€ 99.53
€ 89.52
Paperback. Through an examination of three subject areas - violence, alcohol, and the export-processing (maquiladora) industry - this book explores the daily relationships and routines of urban Hondurans. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255449
- ISBN
- 9780520255449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.27
€ 33.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. Working Hard for the American Dream examines the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day. The labor history presented here includes consideration of the importance of women workers, ethnic America, and post-World War II workers. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118541494
- ISBN
- 9781118541494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.51
€ 36.51
Hardcover. Working Hard for the American Dream examines the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day. The labor history presented here includes consideration of the importance of women workers, ethnic America, and post-World War II workers. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118541401
- ISBN
- 9781118541401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.97
€ 100.97
Paperback. This volume takes a look inside the households of working-class Americans to consider how they are coping with large-scale structural changes in the economy, specifically how the downgrading of jobs has affected survival strategies, gender dynamics and political attitudes. Num Pages: 289 pages, 10 charts, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0009650
- ISBN
- 9780520215757
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Featuring over 70 photographs by Rick Williams, this volume portrays the daily lives of Texans at work in the industries that comprise the three economic pillars of the state: ranching, oil, and microcomputer technology. The photographs reveal the factors that link these different industries. Series: Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series. Num Pages: 132 pages, 72 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB; KN; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 254 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890969557
- ISBN
- 9780890969557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
€ 52.63
€ 48.83
Paperback. Examining the eager debate that followed women into the paid workforce in the early twentieth century, this volume uncovers the "working girl" heroines of western Canada's poetry, prose, and fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814560
- ISBN
- 9780774814560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.23
€ 44.99
€ 40.23
Hardback. Examining the eager debate that followed women into the paid workforce in the early twentieth century, this volume uncovers the "working girl" heroines of western Canada's poetry, prose, and fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814553
- ISBN
- 9780774814553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.64
€ 119.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816529179
- ISBN
- 9780816529179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.46
€ 35.99
€ 30.46
Hardback. Editor(s): Milkman, Ruth; Bloom, Joshua; Narro, Victor. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448584
- ISBN
- 9780801448584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.70
€ 147.70
Hardback. Documents the efforts of the Prison Communication, Activism, Research, and Education collective (PCARE) to put democracy into practice by merging prison education and activism. Editor(s): Hartnett, Stephen John; Novek, Eleanor; Wood, Jennifer K. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037702
- ISBN
- 9780252037702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.44
€ 126.44
Hardcover. Editor(s): Patton, Randall L. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BM; JFFJ; JFSL3; KNDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348001
- ISBN
- 9780820348001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.74
€ 50.99
€ 42.74
Hardcover. Editor(s): Alberro, Alexander. Series: Writing Art. Num Pages: 344 pages, 47 color illus., 18 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXJ8; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 189 x 26. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262034838
- ISBN
- 9780262034838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 29.89
€ 42.99
€ 29.89
Paperback. Series: Adolescent Lives S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 graphs, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016149
- ISBN
- 9780674016149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.28
€ 41.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. Examines the career sequences of dislocated white-collar corporate managers who want to move to the nonprofit sector. This book highlights the managers' motivations, the structural barriers which prevented them from making the transition, and the methods of penetrating the barriers. It is of interest to human resource managers and sociologists. Series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; KCF; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306467202
- ISBN
- 9780306467202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.53
€ 126.53