Search Results: Authors starting with J from House of Our Own Books

Athens, GA, U.S.A: University of Georgia Press, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. This book explores the relationship of modern black literature to humanism and the quest for ethnic authenticity in Latin America; it traces the humanist vision of 20th century black Hispanic literature from the Afrocriollo movement of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s to the most recent fiction and criticism of black Latin American writers (red cloth with silver lettering, a few very small, faint marginal marks; white pictorial dust jacket with painting by Gustavo Lazarini on the front cover)

Academic Press, 1984. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This book offers a systematic and historical explanation of craft labor market formation based upon case studies of the experience in the construction and printing industries during the period 1820 to 1920; the underlying assumption is that these two industries, which came closest to achieving the ideal image of an organized craft labor market and which otherwise differ in their structure and history, will suggest the essential bases of craft labor market formation; this book therefore provides both a theoretical treatment of craft labor market formation and analyzes the history of that process in the contruction and printing industries; craft labor markets were at the center of struggles over labor relations throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries and most important issues of conflict between employers and workers were first fought out within these markets, resulting in precedents that affected all later conflicts over similar issues (dark… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A: Karz-Cohl Publishing, 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A collection of socialist essays assessing the current social, political, and economic situation in the early 1980s; contributors include Dan Smith, Melvyn Dubofsky, Harry Brill, Manning Marable, Lynn Chancer, Julius Jacobson, Alan Wald, Alan Wolfe, Richard Lichtman, Daniel Singer, Jiri Pelikan, and Pyotr Adovin-Egides (yellow cover with red title, slight edgewear, faint crease, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Ithaca, NY, U.S.A: Cornell University (Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art), 1973. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Catalog of the inaugural exhibition at Cornell University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, May 23 - July 1, 1973, with forward by Lessing Rosenwald, introduction and comments by Ruth Schlesinger (brown pictorial cover)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book, by the renowned social psychologist, is an attempt to present the contributions of social psychology to the understanding of employment and unemployment to a broader public; based on the author's own empirical work as well as that of other social psychologists (red cover with slightly faded lettering, very slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Nazareth, Israel: I'lam Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. This is a study of media consumption patterns of Arab society in Israel, based on a comprehensive public opinion survey among a representative sample of Arabs in Israel; the results provide insight into how the Arab minority, as a national minority living in an ethnically defined state, has responded to the complex factors that structure its existence (brown laminated cover with white lettering, very slight edgewear, small crease on front; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Inscribed By Author. This is a fine copy of James' second Cordelia Gray detective novel, inscribed to the previous owners on the front endpaper (black quarter cloth with red metallic lettering on spine; black dust jacket with author's photo on the back cover; a bight, clean, tight copy)

Westport, CT, U.S.A.: Lawrence Hill & Co., 1980. This is the second of three volumes of selections from the writings of C. L. R. James, including essays, stories, and excerpts from longer works; this volume coves a wide range of James' interests, including essays or reviews on Trotsky, Sidney Hook, Paul Robeson, Raymond Williams, Norman Mailer, Wilson Harris, dialectical materialism, West Indian history, politics and society, peasants and workers, literature in Trinidad, and cricket (red & white pictorial cover with portrait of James on the front; spine slightly creased, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Temple University Press, 1983. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. This essays in this volume explore the issues involved in the debate over public support of private education generally and tuition tax credits specifically; the first part provides an interpretive framework for understanding the ralationship between the public and private sectors in education; the second part examines the implications of tuition tax credits, inquiring into their costs, equity, social purposes, and constitutional aspects; the third part addresses several analytic questions important for assessing the evidence for and against tuition tax credits (black cloth with gold lettering, a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1993. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This study is an attempt to clarify the relation between microeconomics and macroeconomics, since few economists are able to give an accurate account of what distinguishes them; the interest in the microfoundations of macroeconomics has typically been regarded as a consequence of the view that economics is about the reational behavior of individuals, and that macroeconomic propositions are a result of the interactions of individuals; the author, Professor of Microeconomics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, argues that it is microeconomics' concern with the functioning of markets rather than its concern with rational individual behavior that underlies theories which attempt to provide macroeconomics with microfoundations (black cloth with silver lettering on front & spine, slight mark on front endpaper from sticker removal; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1948. This is the stated first edition of Jarrell's third book of poetry (black cloth with slightly faded, but still legible, gold lettering on spine, small dent on front cover, pages very slightly tanned; otherwise a clean, tight copy). First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket.

London, England, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1938. This is an account of the development of the British Colonial Service, based on official documents and on information the author gained in the couse of working at the Coloial Office; includes a foreword by Lord Harlech, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and an introduction by the author, Assistant Secretary in the Colonial Office (orange textured cloth with gold lettering on spine, front end paper tanned; yellow dust jacket with black lettering & red lines on front & spine, upper end of spine slightly creased; dust jacket in clear mylar cover; a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Nottingham, England, U.K.: Spokesman, 1981. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A history and analysis of British Labour Party politics during the 1940s and 1950s (a bright, clean copy)

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1994. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is a critical introduction to Bourdieu's thought which emphasizes his contributions to theory and methodology while examining his substantive studies of education, social stratification, and culture (white & gray cover with photo of Bourdieu on the front, slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Lanham, MD, U.S.A.: University Press of America, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. This is an anthology of articles on professional standards and ethical issues in clinical psychology, including policy statements from the American Psychological Association (black cloth with gold lettering on the front & spine; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition)

University, AL, U.S.A.: University of Alabama Press, 1985. This book describes Dickinson's poetic canon as the enactment of a major Romantic quest for spiritual knowledge and contends that the poet viewed her own perception as the primary means toward this goal (light blue textured cloth with gold lettering on spine, previous owner's name & date on half title page; blue & black dust jacket is very slightly sunned on spine; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press, 2004. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book examines how western ideas of social science became part of Egyptian reform projects, it focuses on the career of social reformer Ahmed Hussein, who initiated a model of development centered on Rural Social Centers, which integrated social services through community participation; his programs later became models for rural development projects across the world (black & tan cover with photo of Hussein on the front has sight edge wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

West Orange, NJ, U.S.A.: Warthog Press, 2003. This is the first book of poetry by the award-winning New Jersey poet, which one critic said "explores the complexities of coming of age, race, prejudice, the influence of culture and the searing legacy of war." Signed by the author on the title page (light gray cover with black lettering, author's photo on the back; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore; the author's second book, Sam's Place, also available). Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. As New.

Belmont, MA, U.S.A.: Warthog Press, 2006. This is the second book of poems by the award-winning New Jersey poet, which one critic calls ".a brilliant book full of powerful, moving, and chillingly ironic poems;" signed by the author on the title page (light gray cover with black lettering, author's photo on front endpaper; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore; the author's first book,Tunnel Vision, also available). Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. As New.

1970. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2. This book, privately published by the author, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who served from 1942 to 1962, is a detailed pictorial history of black servicemen in the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force, and black women in military service; includes nearly 300 photos and commentary; also includes two separate pieces of ephemera, an annotated booklist entitled "Afro-American Servicemen & Women" listing books by the author, and a leaflet advertising the author's "Roots of Two Black Marine Sergeants Major" (light blue cloth with gold lettering, foxing on end pages, only library markings are residue from both removal of pocket on rear pastedown and sticker on second title page, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)