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Basketball Jones
America Above the Rim
How did a black sport, plagued by drug scandal and decimated by white flight, come to achieve such prominence? What are the subtle and not-so-subtle racial codes that define how the game is played and perceived, and the reception of its high-profile stars? This title deals with these questions.
ISBN-13: 9780814713150 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Todd Boyd, Kenneth L. Shropshire
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Local release date: 30/05/2000
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Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]Black & Asian studies [JFSL3]Anthropology [JHM]Basketball [WSJM]North America [1KB]

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Basketball Jones
America Above the Rim
How did a black sport, plagued by drug scandal and decimated by white flight, come to achieve such prominence? What are the subtle and not-so-subtle racial codes that define how the game is played and perceived, and the reception of its high-profile stars? This title deals with these questions.
ISBN-13: 9780814713167 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Todd Boyd, Kenneth L. Shropshire
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AUD $64.99
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Local release date: 30/05/2000
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Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]Black & Asian studies [JFSL3]Anthropology [JHM]Basketball [WSJM]North America [1KB]

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Setting National Priorities
the 2000 Election and Beyond
If the subject of influence in Washington interests you, this series of books deserves your respectful attention...it has changed the ways in which American politicians think about the budget.
ISBN-13: 9780815774013 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
R Aaron
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AUD $48.99
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Local release date: 01/10/1999
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Categories: Organization & management of education [JNK]Elections & referenda [JPHF]Central government policies [JPQB]Political economy [KCP]North America [1KB]c 1990 to c 2000 [3JJPR]

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The Politics of Automobile Insurance Reform
Ideas, Institutions, and Public Policy in North America
American and Canadian governments deal with rising auto insurance rates in different ways, a difference attribute to variances in political pressure. This title argues two additional factors such as: the importance of politicians' beliefs about the potential success of various solutions and the role of governmental institutions.
ISBN-13: 9780878407392 (Hardback)
Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edward L. Lascher
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AUD $145.00
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Local release date: 20/08/1999
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Categories: Central government policies [JPQB]Insurance & actuarial studies [KFFN]Transport industries [KNG]North America [1KB]

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Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 1999
This second annual issue of the series focuses on the state of urban education in America. It provides in-depth, jargon-free analysis of the most important issues in education today -from some of the country's leading experts.
ISBN-13: 9780815773559 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Diane Ravitch
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Local release date: 02/05/1999
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Categories: Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs [GBCY]Urban communities [JFSG]Organization & management of education [JNK]Schools [JNL]Central government policies [JPQB]North America [1KB]c 1990 to c 2000 [3JJPR]

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Urban Problems and Community Development
In recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline.
ISBN-13: 9780815718758 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
R. F. Ferguson
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Local release date: 01/03/1999
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Categories: Social issues & processes [JFF]Urban communities [JFSG]Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies [JFSL1]Central government policies [JPQB]Political economy [KCP]Public finance [KFFD]North America [1KB]

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Sex, Love, Race
Crossing Boundaries in North American History
These essays investigate why and how the spectre of sexual relations across racial boundaries has so threatened North Americans of all colours and classes. Traversing centuries of American history, the contributors cover a range of regions, races, ethnicities and sexual orientations.
ISBN-13: 9780814735565 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Martha Hodes
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AUD $184.00
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Local release date: 31/01/1999
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Categories: Social & cultural history [HBTB]History of ideas [JFCX]Social issues & processes [JFF]Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies [JFSL1]Sexual behaviour [JMU]North America [1KB]

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Sex, Love, Race
Crossing Boundaries in North American History
Since pre-colonial days, America has been both torn apart and united by love, sex, and marriage across racial boundaries. This title provides a historical foundation for contemporary discussions of sex across racial lines, which, despite the numbers of interracial marriages and multiracial children, remains a controversial issue.
ISBN-13: 9780814735572 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Martha Hodes
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AUD $75.99
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Local release date: 31/01/1999
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Categories: Social & cultural history [HBTB]History of ideas [JFCX]Social issues & processes [JFF]Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies [JFSL1]Sexual behaviour [JMU]North America [1KB]

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Framing the Social Security Debate
Values, Politics, and Economics
In his 1998 State of the Union address, President Clinton challenged Americans to a public debate about how to fix the long-term financial problems of Social Security.
ISBN-13: 9780815701538 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
R. Douglas Arnold, Michael J. Graetz, Alicia H. Munnell
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AUD $52.99
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Local release date: 01/11/1998
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Categories: Social welfare & social services [JKS]Central government policies [JPQB]North America [1KB]

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Basketball Jones

America Above the Rim

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America Above the Rim

Setting National Priorities

the 2000 Election and Beyond

The Politics of Automobile Insurance Reform

Ideas, Institutions, and Public Policy in North America

Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 1999

Urban Problems and Community Development

Sex, Love, Race

Crossing Boundaries in North American History

Sex, Love, Race

Crossing Boundaries in North American History

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Values, Politics, and Economics

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America Above the Rim

America Above the Rim

the 2000 Election and Beyond

Ideas, Institutions, and Public Policy in North America

Crossing Boundaries in North American History

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Values, Politics, and Economics

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