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The Americas

Hardback. This is an examination of the complex relationships among universities, states, and markets in light of the growing influence of globalization. Editor(s): Rhoads, Robert A.; Torres, Carlos. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 tables, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; JFFS; JNMN; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751681
ISBN
9780804751681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.56

The World Is My Classroom is the first book to examine pedagogical questions about the internationalization and globalization of higher education from an explicitly Canadian perspective. Editor(s): Rennick, Joanne Benham; Desjardins, Michel. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNFR; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647756
ISBN
9781442647756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.32

paperback. The World Is My Classroom is the first book to examine pedagogical questions about the internationalization and globalization of higher education from an explicitly Canadian perspective. Editor(s): Rennick, Joanne Benham; Desjardins, Michel. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNFR; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442615823
ISBN
9781442615823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.50

Paperback. Focuses on crack cocaine. In reinterpreting the crack story, this book offers fresh understandings of both drug addiction and drug prohibition. It shows how crack use arose in the face of growing unemployment, poverty, racism, and shrinking social services. It examines the crack scare as a phenomenon in its own right. Editor(s): Reinarman, Craig; Levine, Harry G. Num Pages: 359 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JPQB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202429
ISBN
9780520202429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.92

Paperback. Offers a look at the processes of immigration, political behavior, and citizenship in both the United States and Europe. This book contains essays, which draw on issues of race, national identity, and religion. Editor(s): Reed-Danahay, Deborah; Brettell, Caroline B. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFFN; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813543307
ISBN
9780813543307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.84

Paperback. Frank Bidart has always defied expectation and convention without ever sounding conscious of such an effort or veering into self-parody. This collection of essays from thirty-six poets and writers puts Bidart in perspective for his numerous longtime readers. Editor(s): Rector, Liam; Swenson, Tree. Series: Under Discussion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472032006
ISBN
9780472032006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.61

Hardback. This book argues that South Asians in the United States must be understood as a people who constantly move between two or more cultures, places, languages, and societies, thanks to technology, travel, and globalization. Editor(s): Rajan, Gita; Sharma, Shailja. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752800
ISBN
9780804752800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.16

paperback. Editor(s): Quist, John W.; Birkner, Michael J. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813060996
ISBN
9780813060996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Hardback. The marine Eocene-Oligocene transition of 34 million years ago was a critical turning point in Earth's climatic history, when the warm, high-diversity 'greenhouse' world of the early Eocene ceded to the glacial, 'icehouse' conditions of the early Oligocene. This book surveys the advances in stratigraphic and paleontological research. Editor(s): Prothero, Donald R.; Ivany, Linda C.; Nesbitt, Elizabeth A. Num Pages: 560 pages, 186 line, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127165
ISBN
9780231127165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.68

paperback. Bringing together national and international perspectives on Italian and other wartime internees, the essays in this book assess the differing interpretations offered of Italian internment in Canada, the UK, the USA, and Australia during WWII. Editor(s): Principe, Angelo; Iacovetta, Franca; Perin, Roberto. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFS; JPF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802082350
ISBN
9780802082350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.55

Hardback. In this collection of provocative essays, leading thinkers, preachers, and scholars from around the country challenge both the Black church and the hip-hop generation to realize their shared responsibilities to one another and to the greater society. Editor(s): Price, Emmett G., III. Series: African American Cultural Theory and Heritage. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGR; AVGR; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810882362
ISBN
9780810882362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.28

Paperback. An evaluation of the current electoral system in response to calls for its reform. Editor(s): Potter, Andrew; Weinstock, Daniel; Loewen, Peter. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JMG; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773548824
ISBN
9780773548824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.90

Paperback. On April 2, 1917, the United States officially entered a war that had been raging for nearly three years in Europe. More than 70,000 Arkansans served as soldiers during the war. World War I connected Arkansas to the world in ways that changed the state and its people forever, as shown in the essays collected here. Editor(s): Polston, Mike; Lancaster, Guy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JJF; HBTB; HBWN; JWL; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935106807
ISBN
9781935106807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.29

hardcover. Editor(s): Pestritto, Ronald J.; Atto, William. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
RLPG/Galleys United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739123034
ISBN
9780739123034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.19

Editor(s): Parks, Gregory S.; Bradley, Stefan M. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JNKS; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813134215
ISBN
9780813134215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.04

Paperback. In The World Won't Wait, some of Canada's brightest thinkers present essays on both classic foreign policy issues such as international security, human rights, and global institutions and emerging issues like internet governance, climate change, and sustainable development. Editor(s): Paris, Roland; Owen, Taylor. Series: UTP Insights. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626973
ISBN
9781442626973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Parascandola, Louis J.; Parascandola, John. Num Pages: 360 pages, B&W Illus.: 25,. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165730
ISBN
9780231165730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.05

Paperback. These essays form a saucy picture of how Toronto sustains itself, from growing basil on balconies to four-star restaurants. Editor(s): Palassio, Christina; Wilcox, Alana. Num Pages: 360 pages, 50 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452196
ISBN
9781552452196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.75

paperback. Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. This work examines the repercussions of unpopular government decisions in Canada and the USA, the two great democratic nations of North America. Editor(s): Pal, Leslie A.; Weaver, R. Kent. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; GTB; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878409020
ISBN
9780878409020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.31

Hardback. Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. This work examines the repercussions of unpopular government decisions in Canada and the USA, the two great democratic nations of North America. Editor(s): Pal, Leslie A.; Weaver, R. Kent. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; GTB; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878409013
ISBN
9780878409013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Page, Max; Miller, Marla R. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625342157
ISBN
9781625342157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.60

Paperback. A collection of essays by the nation's leading journalism scholars and professionals will examine the history, identity, roles, and future of the American press, with an emphasis on topics of concern to both practitioners and consumers of American media. Editor(s): Overholser, Geneva; Jamieson, Kathleen Hall. Series: Institutions of American Democracy Series. Num Pages: 510 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195309140
ISBN
9780195309140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.92

Contextualizes violence and violent acts within the matrix of indigenous thought and culture. This title includes chapter topics that show that desire, including localized, culturally specific, examinations of warfare, sacrifice, ballgames, boxing, pain, and healing. Editor(s): Orr, Heather; Koontz, Rex. Series: Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives. Num Pages: 398 pages, colour insert. BIC Classification: 1KLC; ACBK; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745802
ISBN
9781931745802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.36

Paperback. Covering a broad time frame, from circa 1200 BCE to the sixteenth century, including recent ethnography, this volume endeavors to contextualize violence and violent acts within the matrix of indigenous thought and culture. Editor(s): Orr, Heather; Koontz, Rex. Series: Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives. Num Pages: 398 pages, col insert. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745581
ISBN
9781931745581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.31