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New York: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1995. New and unread in near PERFECT condition (with only a tiny bit of very mild finger soil to the cover -- like you sometimes find in any new book store). Bright and shiny. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. A volume from the publisher's series: CHILDREN OF POVERTY, STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF SINGLE PARENTHOOD, THE FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY, AND HOMELESSNESS, edited by Stuart Brunchey. Illustrated with 11 figures/pie charts. Five appendices. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. New condition. 8vo. xi, 277pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Publishing Company, 1980. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. An anthology on the experience of aging. Introduction. Has appendix with Selections for Further Reading. Title and Author Index. Original tan, pictorial wraps . First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. x, 220pp .

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978. A square, tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Contains a preface and six essays, including: ROLE OF WOMEN IN TODAY'S MILITARY by Cecile S. Landrum; and THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE WITH THE ALL-VOLUNTEER ARMY by Charles C. Moskos, Jr. Foreword by Frederick E. Nolting, Jr. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in black on the spine, with a tan pictorial Dust Jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xv, 206pp.

Chicago, Illinois: Aldine Atherton, 1971. A nice copy of the tough-to-find, hardcover First Edition. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with photos, maps, drawings, and diagrams. Original gray cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "Drawing on more than 20 years of study and field research, the author examines in detail the patterns of cultural adaptation among the peoples of the two main ecological zones of the Amazon: the terra firme (Amazon basin) and the varzea (floodplain). The book shows clearly how human societies develop and survive in what appears to be a luxuriant Garden of Eden but is really a counterfeit paradise. The author analyzes adaptations in technology, social institutions, and ideologies, and the theoretical basis for this analysis is provided in lucid and provocative statement of evolutionary theory applied to culture." Glossary. Selected References. Selected… Read More

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1990. INSCRIBED [to Isidor Hirschhorn] and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Appears unread. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean and tight. The spine is square and flat. NO creases. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Trade Paperback. 6" wide by 9" tall. Photo illustrated. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original brown wraps, lettered in gold and bright white.. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. xvi, 295pp.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. Bright, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (12.95). No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. From the Dust Jacket: "This classic survey covers the evolution of American English from the Pilgrims right up to today... In this revised edition, J. L. Dillard has updated Albert Marckwardt's original [1958] discussions of regional speech variations with the latest studies on social dialect and ethnic variations. He gives special attention to the impact of such dialects as Black English, and the influence of Chinese, Amerindian, Spanish, French, and Yiddish on the development of American English." Appendix (Phonetic Alphabet). Bibliography. Index. Keywords: American regional dialects, Language. Second Edition, "Completely Revised." . Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xi, 192pp.

Manila, Philippines: Ateno de Manila University Press, 1995. Very Good+ condition. Flat, uncreased spine. No chips, tears or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. Published in cooperation with The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. From the publisher: "Winner of the Philippine National Book Award, but now out of print outside of Asia, AN ANARCHY OF FAMILIES: STATE AND FAMILY IN THE PHILIPPINES explores the dynamics of family-based oligarchies and their pervasive influence on Philippine politics. Throughout the 20th century, kinship networks radiating from elite Filipino families have acted as powerful coalitions -- wielding substantial capital, exercising political sway, and sometimes backing it up with paramilitary force. This volume shows how the power of these extended families both derives from, and contributes to, a weak and corrupt… Read More

Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1993. Near Fine condition (only very light shelfwear). The spine is square and flat. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 1993. Uncommon First Printing of the First Edition. Illustrated with portraits, photographs, family trees, maps, etc. Published in cooperation with Ateneo de Manila University Press. List of chapter notes. Glossary. The following description is quoted from the 1995 reprint: "Winner of the Philippine National Book Award, but now out of print outside of Asia, AN ANARCHY OF FAMILIES: STATE AND FAMILY IN THE PHILIPPINES explores the dynamics of family-based oligarchies and their pervasive influence on Philippine politics. Throughout the 20th century, kinship networks radiating from elite Filipino families have acted as powerful coalitions -- wielding substantial capital, exercising… Read More

Washington D. C.: The Associated Publishers, 1941. Near Fine condition. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy of the first printing with "1941" printed on the title and copyright pages. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. The book's dedication is to Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson. Bibliographical note. Index. Original brown cloth, gilt lettered. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. xii, 180pp.

Madison, Wisconsin: Terrace Books / University of Wisconsin Press, 2007. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original yellow cloth, lettered in maroon. From the dust jacket: "Jennifer Anne Moses left behind a comfortable life in the upper echelons of East Coast Jewish society to move with her husband and children to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Searching for connection to her surroundings, she decided to volunteer at an AIDS hospice. But as she encountered a culture populated by French Catholics and Evangelical Christians, African Americans and Cajuns, altruistic nurses and nuns, ex-cons, street-walkers, impoverished AIDS patients, and healers of all stripes, she found she had embarked on an unexpected journey of profound… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Not price clipped ($18.95). No remainder mark No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. Trade Paperback. 5.25" wide by 8" tall. Photo illustrated. From the rear cover: "Examining the social and historical context of Robinson's introduction into white organized baseball, both on and off the field, Tygiel also tells the often neglected stories of other African-American players - such as Sachel Paige, Rpy Campanella, Willie Mays, and Henry Aaron… Drawing on dozens of interviews with players and front office executives, contemporary newspaper accounts, and personal papers, Tygiel provides the most telling and insightful account of Jackie Robinson's influence on American baseball and society." List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. . Expanded Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. xii, 413pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1999. As New condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. 5.75" wide by 9" tall. Trade paperback. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrations. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "BECLOUDED VISIONS is an exploration of the many and varied ways in which atrocity has shaped the requirements of art, vision, and collective memory in the twentieth century. The atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki serve as a starting point, but what begins as a study of visual culture related to the atomic bombings soon generates questions that can be applied to multiple sites and practices of communal remembrance. Drawing on a diverse array of images -- ranging from military photographs to survivor paintings -- Maclear… Read More

San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1969. Very Good condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket (spine of jacket is sunned a shade). NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Previous owner's ink stamp [Professor James H. Larson, Ph.D. Sociology Department, University of North Dakota) in 5 places. One sentence underlined on page 2. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in black and shiny silver. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Questions the existing research in and theories of attitudes and attitude change and documents new approaches to a unified theory of beliefs, attitudes, and values as interrelated in a functionally integrative cognitive system.". Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xvii, 214pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: New York University Press, 1984. Fine condition in Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. List of chapter notes/references. Index. First hand account of what it was like to be a black police officer in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth/Jacket not priced or clipped. (xi), 280pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (7.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. From the Dust Jacket: "This is a study based on answers to a questionnaire [about reading of books and magazines] sent to over 3,000 high school students [in both public and parochial schools]... The author concluded that 'we do have evidence that reading can effect socially acceptable or anti-social behavior' ...This survey... is particularly timely in view of three present-day factors -- the paperback 'explosion,' the spread of pornographic material and the question of censorship." Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in silver and black on the spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./VG DJ (short closed tears). 8vo. xii, 303pp..

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996. Near Fine condition. This is the original publisher's 1996 printing. We have only the one but it is available today. NOT a Print on Demand. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Flat, uncreased spine. No store stamp, owner's name, or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 6" wide by 9" tall. Chapter notes and references. Bibliography. Index. From the rear cover: "For nearly a hundred years, Venezuelans have referred to themselves as a cafe con leche (coffee with milk) people. This expression well describes the racial composition of Venezuelan society, in which almost everyone is of mixed blood. It also voices a popular belief that within their blended society Venezuelans have achieved a racial democracy in which people of all races live free from prejudice and discrimination. Whether or not historical facts actually support this popular perception is the question… Read More

San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1978. Near Fine condition. 6" wide by 9.25" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, and unmarked. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. No spine crease. Illustrated. References. Index.. Second printing. Softcover. Near Fine condition. xi, 199pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Washington, DC: Publications Office, United States Catholic Conference, 1972. Fine condition in Very Good++ Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Many tables and figures. List of References. Appendix. Index. From the Foreword: "The complete report is based on replies from nearly 6000 priests. It provides a wealth of data which are invaluable in understanding many of the problems encountered by priests today." . First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth spine / tan cloth/Jacket not priced or clipped. 8vo. xviii, 458pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: The Century Co, 1914. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Original maroon cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine and front cover is bright and shiny. No owner's name or bookplate. The author, Edward Alsworth Ross (Ph.D, LL.D.), was Professor of Sociology, The University of Wisconsin. Among the chapters are: The Outlook for Plain Folk; The World-wide Advance of Democracy; The Falling Birth-Rate; The Significance of Increasing Divorce; Women in Industry; Commercialism Rampant; The Suppression of Important News; The Middle West - The Fiber of the People; The Middle West - The Reassertion of Democracy; The Middle West - State Universities and Their Influence; The Middle West - Society and Culture. 1914 printing of the 1912 original. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. (xii), 236pp.

New York: October House Inc., 1965. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (8.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated throughout, including 3 full-color plates. From the Dust Jacket: "Throughout the ages artists have found a challenge in painting children... For this book Madge Garland has selected paintings, ranging from prehistoric to modern times, which show children at play, in prayer, at school, in the streets and at home; pictures which tell something of their activities, the games they have played, the toys and pets they have loved, the ways and manners they have been taught. In her illuminating commentary the author draws upon contemporary documents as well as her own insight to point out the differences between past and present - and some surprising resemblances." Original blue cloth. First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near VG (3 short closed… Read More