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Paperback. Gives an account of nationalism and the politics of turning immigrants into citizens and Americans. This work takes you through controversies over citizenship for blacks and the rights of aliens at the nation's founding, and also examines the interplay of ideas and institutions in the Americanization movement in the 1910s and 1920s. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133966
ISBN
9780691133966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.76

Paperback. Examines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994. Illuminating the intricate relation between identity and local and global consumption, this work is suitable for students and scholars in anthropology and Latin American studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFCA; JFFT; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328940
ISBN
9780822328940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647203
ISBN
9780691647203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.89

Paperback. A portrait of the recent West: its booms and busts, its enormous rearrangements of population, its endless search for a settled identity, and its chronic tension over wanting outside help and resisting outside control. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700603770
ISBN
9780700603770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.12

Hardback. These essays analyze contemporary problems in the Philosophy of Religion in a historical context. They take the opportunity to correct Eurocentric biases that distort knowledge not only of religions from beyond the West, but of the West's own traditions. Editor(s): Bilimoria, Professor Purushottama; Irvine, Andrew. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1K; HPD; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048125371
ISBN
9789048125371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.50

Hardcover. This text explains the upheaval in thinking about educational testing which may reform American education. An examination of the shift in thinking about testing, through illustrative case examples of assessment programs in schools in Colorado, California, Vermont and Kentucky, is documented. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jossey Bass Wiley
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787900557
ISBN
9780787900557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.14

paperback. In this era of "devolution" the American federal government has been increasingly removed from the provision of services and support to vulnerable populations. This book presents a framework for understanding the impact of these developments on the practice of social work. Num Pages: 403 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823220816
ISBN
9780823220816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 73 b/w photos & 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811732093
ISBN
9780811732093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 136 x 67. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604566352
ISBN
9781604566352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.07
€ 42.43

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150 colour photographs, 177 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Historic Lexington Foundation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977722044
ISBN
9780977722044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 44.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Trodd, Zoe. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027633
ISBN
9780674027633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Hardback. Invisible Wars examines the impact of three centuries of colonial evangelization on indigenous religious practices in Central Mexico by focusing on clandestinely produced Nahua and Zapotec texts, trial records, and native resistance to disciplinary and punitive campaigns. Num Pages: 400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773287
ISBN
9780804773287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.90

Paperback. Offers an assessment of the complex elements needed to structure air quality policy in the 21st century using the Mexico City Metropolitan Area as a case study. This book provides a list of policy recommendations, emphasizing the value of integrated assessment and a long-term perspective. Editor(s): Molina, Luisa T.; Molina, Mario J. Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 695.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402005077
ISBN
9781402005077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 254 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589797963
ISBN
9781589797963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.98

Paperback. The author of this study seeks to bring to life the politics of white South Carolina millhands during the first half of the 20th century. He explores how this group of labourers thought about and participated in politics and public power - at the polling station, at home and on the shop floor. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 illustrations, 2 maps, 7 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHBL; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807847046
ISBN
9780807847046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.33

Paperback. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 600 pages, 5 line illus. 138 tables. 47 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 203 x 37. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163246
ISBN
9780691163246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.31

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781450432771
ISBN
9781450432771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.32

paperback. Showing how imported models of tropical medicine - constructed by colonial nations - downplayed the connection between socioeconomic factors and tropical disorders, this study of a neglected episode in Latin American history will interest Brazilianists, as well as scholars of Latin American, medical, and scientific history. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323976
ISBN
9780822323976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.05

Paperback. From the American Century to the Crossroads. 128 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JH; JPS. Dimension: 203 x 138 x 9. Weight: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Monthly Review Press
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670521
ISBN
9781583670521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.17

Paperback. The Tax Law of Associations summarizes the law concerning acquisition and maintenance of associations' tax exemption. It explores various other bodies of tax law applicable to exempt associations, including the private inurement doctrine, the intermediate sanctions rules, the lobbying rules, and the unrelated business restrictions. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470455487
ISBN
9780470455487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.03

Paperback. Includes twenty tales that add up to a true account of author's experiences around the corrals, livery stables, and wagon yards of the West. This title contains tales that range from tricks to make an old horse seem young (at least until the poor creature died from the side effects of the scam) to a recipe for making a dapple-gray mule. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270862
ISBN
9780803270862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.44

Paperback. This book profiles sixty movies that portray actual moments in history, and compares the mythologized account of each event to what really happened. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 185 x 18. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878332687
ISBN
9780878332687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.39

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
€ 19.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253009364
ISBN
9780253009364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.87

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