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Paperback. Redefining the way we think about unemployment in America today, this title offers devastating evidence that the major cause of high unemployment in the United States is the government itself. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFA; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814787922
ISBN
9780814787922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.59

Hardcover. This volume assembles leading commentators to provide the first scholarly analysis of Arizona's highly controversial anti-immigration law, SB 1070, which effectively criminalizes unauthorized immigrants through the use of the state's trespass legislation. Editor(s): Magana, Lisa; Lee, Erik K. Series: Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy. Num Pages: 170 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 1KLCM; JPS; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461402954
ISBN
9781461402954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69
€ 97.81

Paperback. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), an African American Pentecostal denomination founded in 1896, has become the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States. This book examines the religious and social lives of the women in the COGIC Women's Department from its founding in 1911 through the mid-1960s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC96; HRCC99; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807858080
ISBN
9780807858080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.50

Paperback. This book examines the organization of domestic life in the context of recent economic change. Lydia Morris argues that relationships within the household can only be understood with reference to the social and economic environment in which it is located. Series: Family life. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JHBK; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745604428
ISBN
9780745604428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; 3JMG; BGS; WSD; WSWY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 212 x 33. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Canada
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143196020
ISBN
9780143196020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Illuminating the dark side of economic globalization, this book gives an insider's view of the migrant farmworkers' binational circuit that stretches from the west central Mexico countryside to central California. Useful for all Americans, "The Farmworkers' Journey" traces the human consequences of our policy decisions. Num Pages: 361 pages, 38 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 6 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250734
ISBN
9780520250734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the movement toward integration. This book presents the history of a great African American achievement. Num Pages: 512 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812220278
ISBN
9780812220278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.16

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402071263
ISBN
9781402071263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.39

Hardback. In 1985, a black veteran of the civil rights movement offered a bleak vision of a long and troubled struggle. For black men and women, the question is: how free is free? Despite two major efforts to reconstruct race relations, injustices remain. This book probes the story of racial inequality and the fight for freedom in black America. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031524
ISBN
9780674031524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.48

hardcover. Examining repartimiento production of cochineal, a dyestuff produced exclusively by Oaxacan Indians and representing Mexico's most valued export after silver, this study shows that Indians produced cochineal for the market voluntarily because it provided them with needed income. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 tables, 15 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735124
ISBN
9780804735124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.02

Paperback. Tough Choices or Tough Times, the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, shows how the dynamics of the global economy will lead to a steady decline in the American standard of living if this country does not undertake the first thorough overhaul of its education system in a century. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Revised and Expanded Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470267561
ISBN
9780470267561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.52

Paperback. The first study of how Mapuche shamans make history, this book challenges perceptions of shamans as being outside of history and examines how shamans themselves understand notions of civilization, savagery, and historical processes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 b&w photos, 1 b&w map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHMC; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477308981
ISBN
9781477308981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. A riveting report on the overblown fear of violence that turns American schools into prisons and students into suspects. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Verso
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844674077
ISBN
9781844674077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 photographs, 2 graphs, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; WQH; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803286832
ISBN
9780803286832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.51

Paperback. Series: One Best Hike. Num Pages: 176 pages, B&W photos throughout, Maps, Charts, Tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wilderness Press
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780899976747
ISBN
9780899976747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.28

Paperback. A history of North, South and Central America, from prehistory to the present, by one of the world's best-known historians. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753818022
ISBN
9780753818022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Patin, Thomas. Num Pages: 328 pages, 45 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816651467
ISBN
9780816651467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. The third edition of author Richard O. Davies' highly praised narrative of American sports, Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes of U.S. history. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 248 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118912379
ISBN
9781118912379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.07

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813534633
ISBN
9780813534633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.11

Hardback. Considers really big animals and how they lived Illustrator(s): Tambusso, Sebastian. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 448 pages, 11 color illus., 237 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253002303
ISBN
9780253002303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.52

Hardback. The First Green Wave examines the origins and development of first wave environmental activism (1967-86) in Toronto, home to one of Canada's earliest and most dynamic communities of environmentalists. Series: Nature / History / Society Series. Num Pages: 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; RNB; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774828086
ISBN
9780774828086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.54

In the years before the Revolutionary War, intrepid frontiersmen with roots in northern Ireland claimed vast tracts of land in Kentucky on which they developed plantations. They settled the land and with their families built enduring stone houses that became the centerpieces of their properties. This title examines these early frontier homes. Num Pages: 280 pages, 186 photographs, 75 illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; AMKD; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 267 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124797
ISBN
9780813124797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.79

Paperback. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, recommended readings, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632214
ISBN
9780815632214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.65

Paperback. The stories of three wartime radio broadcasters who were convicted of treason in Britain, Australia, and the United States after World War II Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JJH; APW; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803232921
ISBN
9780803232921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

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