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Hardback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450051
ISBN
9780801450051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.39

Hardback. Provides information on the music, libretto, and major roles of operas and music theater works by more that one hundred modern American composers, and includes selections from reviews of each work. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231069205
ISBN
9780231069205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.12
€ 83.42

Hardback. Readers will be delighted by the broad array of comic talent spotlighted in this book, and for those interested in comedy with substance, it will offer an alternative punchline. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ASZB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414294
ISBN
9781421414294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.87

Hardback. The American fixation with marriage owes much of its intensity to a small group of reformers who introduced Americans to marriage counseling in the 1930s. This book tells the American story of a culture gripped with the hope that, with enough effort and the right guidance, more perfect marital unions are within our reach. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRLM5; JFSJ; JHBK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047969
ISBN
9780674047969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.05

paperback. Utilizing the Quakers' rich archival sources, as well as colonial newspapers and diaries, this work reconstructs the activities of these women. The ways their public, authoritative role affected the formation of their identities, their families and their society are examined. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 fig, notes, appendices, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC97; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807848975
ISBN
9780807848975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive analysis of an economic trend that has been reshaping the United States over the years: rapidly rising income inequality. This title provides an overview of how and why the level and distribution of income and wealth has changed since 1979, and investigates the forces that are driving it. Series: Wildavsky Forum Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 34 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266933
ISBN
9780520266933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. Provides an antidote to scapegoating, guesswork, and outright misinformation of welfare debates. Demonstrating that government aid has been far more effective, this book explains that even private support for the poor depends extensively on public funds. It states that it takes a nation to fight a problem as pervasive and subtle as modern poverty. Num Pages: 368 pages, 34 line drawings 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004013
ISBN
9780691004013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.95

Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of the financial condition, management, and policy making of local governments in a metropolitan region that offers local governments currently dealing with the Great Recession a better understanding of what affects them financially and how to operate with less revenue. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 figures, 44 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JPR; KFFD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589017764
ISBN
9781589017764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.34

Paperback. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479852819
ISBN
9781479852819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936253
ISBN
9780813936253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936260
ISBN
9780813936260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.91

paperback. McClanahan looks for answers in the history of her family Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustriert.
SKU
V9780253008596
ISBN
9780253008596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.51

Paperback. Shows that Western suffrage came about as the result of the unsettled state of regional politics, the complex nature of Western race relations, broad alliances between suffragists and farmer-labor-progressive reformers, and sophisticated activism by Western women. This book highlights suffrage racism and elitism as major problems for the movement. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814757222
ISBN
9780814757222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Now in paperback, the New York Times-bestselling story of one woman's fundamentalist upbringing and the brave stand she took on behalf of the women in her community. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 halftones & 1x16page insert b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGXA; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455527830
ISBN
9781455527830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.91

hardcover. Series: Studies in United States Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP1; JNLB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781469629469
ISBN
9781469629469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.36

The Challenge of Nation-Building examines the conditions that have allowed or prevented the U.S. Army to innovate for nation-building effectively. By doing so, it shows how military leadership and civil-military relations have changed. Num Pages: 268 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; GTJ; HBW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442236943
ISBN
9781442236943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.53

Hardback. Uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of storytelling traditions with roots in the nineteenth century and ramifications in the present. This book also explores a significant yet neglected aspect of Walker's production: her commitment to examining narrative depictions of race, gender, power, and desire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 24 color photographs, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288928
ISBN
9780520288928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.64

Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; JFS; RGC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816666003
ISBN
9780816666003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.88

Hardback. An important new way of viewing the prehistoric art of the Americas, The Jaguar Within demonstrates that understanding a work of art's connection with shamanic trance can lead to an appreciation of it as an extremely creative solution to the inherent challenge of giving material form to nonmaterial realities and states of being. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, 137 b/w photos, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ACBK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726260
ISBN
9780292726260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.51

Hardcover. An invaluable tool equipping healthcare professionals, auditors, and investigators to detect every kind of healthcare fraud According to private and public estimates, billions of dollars are lost per hour to healthcare waste, fraud, and abuse. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVF; KFCR; LNFN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118179802
ISBN
9781118179802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.55
€ 58.45

Hardback. The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex. This work discusses the role played by university administrators in making their universities dependent upon military foundation and industrial patronage. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNKG; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205413
ISBN
9780520205413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.44
€ 47.93

Hardback. The first comprehensive, research-based account of this important policymaking process, Higher Education Rulemaking will serve as a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, policymakers, and higher education professionals. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421469
ISBN
9781421421469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.06
€ 50.59

Paperback / so. Cooking in Other Women s Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South,1865-1960" Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture (Paperback). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469606866
ISBN
9781469606866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.28

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

€ 53.99
€ 38.64

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