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Combining historical and legal scholarship, this is an analysis of the history of child custody in the USA from colonial times to the present day. It draws on history to illuminate contemporary issues, offering a rich perspective on the historical relationship of children to their parents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JKSB1; LA; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080460
- ISBN
- 9780231080460
Condition: New
€ 146.84
€ 146.84
Hardback. Focuses on developments in the military sphere and assesses the impact of September Eleven on the armed forces in terms of, inter alia, conflict management capabilities, and social and psychological developments inside military units, recruitment and civil-military relations of the armed forces. Editor(s): Kuemmel, G.; Caforio, Giuseppe. Series Editor(s): Chatterji, M. Series: Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Num Pages: 606 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780444519603
- ISBN
- 9780444519603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.87
€ 209.87
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hudson, Anna; Davidson, Edwin. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622574308
- ISBN
- 9781622574308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 294.78€ 196.72
€ 294.78
€ 196.72
Paperback. Challenges readers to rethink the work of a range of post-World War II artists - Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Maya Lin, Bruce Nauman, and Agnes Martin among them - and thus to re-assess the relationship of art to politics and social life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 66 color images and 52 halftones, all scattered. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 566. American Art Since 1955. 304 pages, illustrations. Challenges readers to rethink the work of a range of post-World War II artists - Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Maya Lin, Bruce Nauman, and Agnes Martin among them - and thus to re-assess the relationship of art to politics and social life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ. Dimension: 155 x 201 x 19. Weight: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270978
- ISBN
- 9780520270978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Hardback. "Schorman demonstrates in this readable study of 1890s U.S. society how fashion-which he defines as clothing everyone wears and the symbolic system connected to its choice-reflects the cultural dynamics caused by rapid social change and remnants of past attitudes."-Choice Num Pages: 224 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JH; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812237283
- ISBN
- 9780812237283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.37
€ 73.37
Paperback. This text discusses the role of social movements in the recovery and expansion of democracy and justice in the 21st century. The topics covered include political and social theory, movement history, institutional analysis, ideology, activism, and the instigation of change. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBA; JHMC; JPA; JPF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508132
- ISBN
- 9780742508132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.95
€ 63.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 98 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937584634
- ISBN
- 9781937584634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.19
€ 14.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 207.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583672242
- ISBN
- 9781583672242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
€ 16.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. Critical Currents and Crosscurrents Since 1960. Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective. 244 pages, black & white illustrations. An examination of the past half-century's critical reassessments of one of the most-studied American poets. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134776
- ISBN
- 9781571134776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.04
€ 37.99
€ 32.04
Hardback. In this volume, a host of distinguished scholars examine Richard Rorty's influence on twentieth-century American pragmatism and its commitment to achieving social democracy. Editor(s): Pettegrew, John. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; CFG; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690619
- ISBN
- 9780847690619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.20
€ 178.20
Paperback. Acclaim for Trader's Tales "I have rarely gone through a day without hearing a joke about Wall Street. Ron Insana captures the essence of the culture that creates those jokes with one hilarious tale after another. This book is great fun. " -Stanley Druckenmiller Managing Director, Soros Fund Management. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCLF; KFFM; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471237884
- ISBN
- 9780471237884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.46
€ 23.99
€ 19.46
paperback. New Criticism was the dominant literary theory of the mid-twentieth century. Since that time, schools of literary criticism have arisen in support of or in opposition to the approach advocated by the New Critics. This anthology provides an introduction, for students, to the best American poetry criticism of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Davis, Garrick. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5334 x 3404 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804011099
- ISBN
- 9780804011099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 204 x 11. Weight in Grams: 38.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- RMB | Rocky Mountain Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926855059
- ISBN
- 9781926855059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.14
€ 33.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. In 1954, in Orlando, Florida, nine-year-old Pat Conroy discovered the game of basketball. Here, Conroy takes the reader through his last year playing basketball, as point guard and captain of The Citadel Bulldogs, flashing back constantly to the drama of his coming of age, presenting the conflict and love that have been at the core of his novels. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 32. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099468325
- ISBN
- 9780099468325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.23
€ 21.99
€ 17.23
Hardback. The essays in this book deal with situations or issues in public education which we need to address. While some of these situations seem clear and almost obvious, making the necessary changes and admitting the truth to ourselves is not necessarily going to happen easily. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475805468
- ISBN
- 9781475805468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.45
€ 86.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTK; TRF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759205
- ISBN
- 9781894759205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.37
€ 15.99
€ 12.37
The Penitentes are a lay Catholic brotherhood that practised bloody rites of self-flagellation and crucifixion. Marranos claim to be anousim. This book redefines the terms and creates contexts in which these groups are viewed with respect and sympathy without idealising or slandering them. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 520 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HRLP7; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843321
- ISBN
- 9781934843321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 174.02
€ 174.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 156 pages, 36 illus & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Tidewater Pub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870335556
- ISBN
- 9780870335556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.75
€ 24.99
€ 20.75
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Hoover, Adrian. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631292
- ISBN
- 9780816631292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.01
€ 19.99
€ 19.01
Paperback. American Indian History , which covers the fifteenth century through the present day, illuminates the richness of American Indian historical traditions. Townsend devotes nearly a third of the volume to the ancient world through the eighteenth century and then moves on to extensive coverage of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Townsend, Camilla. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159081
- ISBN
- 9781405159081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.16
€ 38.99
€ 38.16
Paperback. Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ASZB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415653275
- ISBN
- 9780415653275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.09
€ 66.09
Paperback. This book examines the social and gendered world of college-educated New Englanders who fought in the Civil War by exploring how they tried to develop good character traits and a sense of nationalism. The book also explores how these men interacted with soldiers and southerners, faced battle, and approached Reconstruction. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271825
- ISBN
- 9780823271825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99
€ 48.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rebane, Jackson C. Num Pages: 177 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWK; URJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 16. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612099859
- ISBN
- 9781612099859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.58€ 159.81
€ 238.58
€ 159.81
Paperback. Up to 750,000 Mexican American men served in World War II, earning more Medals of Honor and other decorations in proportion to their numbers than any other ethnic group. This book features eleven essays that explore the Mexican American experience in World War II from a variety of personal and scholarly perspectives. Editor(s): Rivas-Rodriguez, Maggie. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706811
- ISBN
- 9780292706811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25