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Hardback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362180
ISBN
9780822362180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Hardback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361800
ISBN
9780822361800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. In this moving memoir Jane Lazarre, a white Jewish mother, describes her experience being married to an African American man and raising two sons as she learns, from family experience, teaching, and her studies, about the realities of racism in America. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a New Preface
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361664
ISBN
9780822361664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. In this moving memoir Jane Lazarre, a white Jewish mother, describes her experience being married to an African American man and raising two sons as she learns, from family experience, teaching, and her studies, about the realities of racism in America. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Anniversary, Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361473
ISBN
9780822361473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77

Hardback. Love, H is an intimate selection of letters from a forty-year correspondence between writer Hettie Jones and painter and sculptor Helene Dorn, who both survived their time as wives in the Beat bohemia of the 1960s and went on to successful artistic careers of their own. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 illustrations, incl. 10 in color. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; BJ; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361466
ISBN
9780822361466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.23

paperback. My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology in which she uses everyday items to intimately examine the ways consumption resonates with personal and social meaning. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFC; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361367
ISBN
9780822361367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Hardback. The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia-from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists-construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries. Editor(s): Malhotra, Anshu; Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359838
ISBN
9780822359838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.89

Paperback. Country by country, historians follow the routes taken by Che Guevara on his two trips across Latin America in the early 1950s. Editor(s): Drinot, Paulo. Num Pages: 4 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347675
ISBN
9780822347675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures, revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. This book tells the story of Tubman's life as an American icon. Num Pages: 424 pages, 88 illustrations ( incl. 9 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340737
ISBN
9780822340737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

paperback. An anthology of the personal/autobiographical essays of scholars who have made the life story an important part of their disciplinary research. This book represents various disciplines, including mathematics, sociology, psychology, literature, religion and legal history. It also chronicles the origins of autobiographical criticism. Editor(s): Freedman, Diane P.; Frey, Olivia. Num Pages: 512 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332138
ISBN
9780822332138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.15

Paperback. Testimonial text by a Mapuche woman, with commentary and other ethnographic interventions by a US historian. Editor(s): Mallon, Florencia E. Num Pages: 392 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329626
ISBN
9780822329626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. An autobiography of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton, a pioneer in gay and lesbian studies. Chronicling the development of her ideas from the excitement of early feminism in the 1960s to friendly critiques of queer theory in the 1990s, it is suitable for those interested in the birth and growth of gay and lesbian studies. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: BG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326120
ISBN
9780822326120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

paperback. Describing the life and ideas of the founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), this work is a biography of Carlos Fonseca Amador, an important and influential figure of the post-1959 revolutionary generation in Latin America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; BGH; HBTV; JPF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325956
ISBN
9780822325956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Focusing on criticism of Elizabeth I by her contemporaries, this is a collection of essays considering various forms the dissenters used for their critique. Editor(s): Walker, Julia M. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7. BIC Classification: BG; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822320746
ISBN
9780822320746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. The American-born anthropologist Eric Michaels was a major intellectual in Australia. This book presents his account of living with AIDS. Offering an ironic rumination on the cultural phenomenon of AIDS, it also provides a view of the AIDS epidemic from a different vantage point. Editor(s): Foss, Paul. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: BG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320142
ISBN
9780822320142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Freedman, Diana P.; Frey, Olivia; Zauhar, Frances Murphy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312925
ISBN
9780822312925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822311324
ISBN
9780822311324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Hardback. Series: War and Society in North America. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422557
ISBN
9780821422557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; JFSJ1; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422328
ISBN
9780821422328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; BK; HBJH; HRHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422304
ISBN
9780821422304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.27

Hardback. Series: War and Society in North America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBWS2; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422229
ISBN
9780821422229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BK; DNJ; JFD; KNTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821421765
ISBN
9780821421765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Hardback. Series: New Approaches to Midwestern History. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821421598
ISBN
9780821421598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 542 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DN; DQ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 171 x 1043. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821413241
ISBN
9780821413241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

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