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Hardcover. This work provides an assessment of how well the US educational system - from kindergarten through college - serves disadvantaged minority students, offering ideas for strengthening the entire educational system. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 159 x 42. Weight in Grams: 849.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787901301
ISBN
9780787901301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.57

Hardback. Exploring how the simple act of talking about politics and current events with friends, colleagues, and relatives causes us to become more civically active Series: Social Logic of Politics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 28 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781439902721
ISBN
9781439902721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.55

Paperback. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 506 pages, 18 tables, 73 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226644783
ISBN
9780226644783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.08

Paperback. How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? This work explores the Cuban medical phenomenon, examining how a governmental obsession with health has reaped medical and political benefits at home and abroad. It is suitable for those dealing with international relations and Third World societies. Num Pages: 328 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082984
ISBN
9780520082984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.35

Paperback. Examines what happens to sweeping and seemingly successful policy reforms after they are passed. This book shows the political struggle does not end when major reforms become enacted. It argues that the reforms that stick destroy an existing policy subsystem and reconfigure the political dynamic. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 halftones. 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138978
ISBN
9780691138978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Hardback. This ethnographic account of Brazil s emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery takes readers from Ipanema socialite circles to telenovela studios to the packed waiting rooms of public hospitals offering free cosmetic surgery. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illustrations, incl. 10 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347859
ISBN
9780822347859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.18

Hardcover. Restitution is the body of law concerned with taking away gains that someone has wrongfully obtained. This book explains restitution doctrines, remedies, and defenses and illustrates them with examples. It demonstrates that the law of restitution is guided by a manageable and coherent set of principles that have remarkable versatility and power. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226144023
ISBN
9780226144023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20
€ 75.68

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333687178
ISBN
9780333687178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. The American Revolution was deadlocked in the north, and in 1778, the focus of the conflict shifted south. This book highlights the unique style of southern frontier warfare during the Revolutionary War, and how its combatants were supplied, organized, and operated. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 7. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782006145
ISBN
9781782006145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. Highlights how racial divides limited the life chances of blacks while providing opportunities for whites, and offers an insider's perspective on the social practices that doled out benefits and penalties based on race-despite attempts to integrate. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 halftones, 3 maps, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226156460
ISBN
9780226156460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.73

Paperback. The significance of news and the institutions that produce it to American history Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTK; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252074042
ISBN
9780252074042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

In the 1930s, Thomas G Corcoran, Benjamin V Cohen, William O Douglas, Abe Fortas, and James Rowe helped FDR build the Democratic Party into a coalition whose command over power and ideas invincible. This book shows how they were at the nexus of reform impulses at the electoral level with reform thinking in the social sciences and the law. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231131087
ISBN
9780231131087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.70
€ 72.02

Paperback. Is Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution under Hugo Chavez truly revolutionary? Some see the president as a shining knight of socialism, while others see him as an avenging Stalinist strongman. But the Chavez government does not fall easily into a seamless fable of emancipatory or authoritarian history, as these distinguished essays make clear. Editor(s): Eastwood, Jonathan; Ponniah, Thomas. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674061385
ISBN
9780674061385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFSL3; WSBB; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816639458
ISBN
9780816639458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.09

Paperback. To find out more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 99 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
99
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556128059
ISBN
9781556128059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JNB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349950553
ISBN
9781349950553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.79

paperback. "A Menorah for Athena" is an extended treatment of Charles Reznikoff's work, in it Stephen Fredman illuminates the relationship of Jewish intellectuals to modernity through a close look at Reznikoff's life and writing. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226261393
ISBN
9780226261393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.63

Hardback. Investigates California's vital contributions to Conceptual art - in particular, work that emerged in the late 1960s among scattered groups of young artists. This book includes the essays revealing connections between the northern and southern California Conceptual art scenes. Num Pages: 296 pages, 64 color illustrations, 123 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270619
ISBN
9780520270619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.68

paperback. What ever happened to civil debate? Where has all this moralizing come from? And what harm has this new level of attack caused to democracy in America? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719756
ISBN
9780814719756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Board book.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Our World of Books United States
Number of pages
20
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977797943
ISBN
9780977797943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.45

paperback. An alternative perspective on the Cold War that broadens our understanding of the nature of political conflict. "Indispensable." Marilyn Young, New York University Series: Critical Introductions to World Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW3; JPF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745320946
ISBN
9780745320946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 35.00

Hardcover. American politics is increasingly driven by apocalyptic rhetoric. Highlighting possible adverse consequences of such politics for our freedom and quality of life, the book suggests alternative policy agendas, religious and philosophical discourses, cultural framing and modes of daily living Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HRAM2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230117723
ISBN
9780230117723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 43.83

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403971807
ISBN
9781403971807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463720
ISBN
9781580463720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.59

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