Latin America
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Latin America
Hardcover. Series: Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks. Num Pages: 584 pages, 87 color plates, 135 color photos, 45 black and white photos, 1 color illustration, 129 b. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACG; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 234 x 44. Weight in Grams: 3052.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023753
- ISBN
- 9780884023753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.35€ 86.36
€ 90.35
€ 86.36
Paperback. A look at how the modern woman was envisioned in postrevolutionary Mexican popular culture and how she figured in contestations over Mexican national identity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342380
- ISBN
- 9780822342380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.52
€ 32.99
€ 25.52
Paperback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344728
- ISBN
- 9780822344728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344575
- ISBN
- 9780822344575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, this title offers an account of the lives of families divided by borders. It shows that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260900
- ISBN
- 9780520260900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 396 pages, 109 b&w photos, 10 b&w illus., 17 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 1QDAK; HDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292772021
- ISBN
- 9780292772021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. The US and Mexican border regions have experienced rapid demographic and economic growth. This title is a study of cross-border economic issues and developments comparing the disparate industrial growth and income gap between the regions on either side of the US-Mexico border. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29 b&w illustrations, 49 figures, 3 maps, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; KCM; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717190
- ISBN
- 9780292717190
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Condition: New
€ 37.06
€ 37.06
Paperback. Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered the pre-eminent writer of Brazil, but his work has only recently become known to the English-speaking world. This new translation of Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, first published in 1881, now brings Machado de Assis's sardonic wit and keen appreciation of human foibles to a much larger audience. Editor(s): Regno, Enylton De Sa. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; BG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195101706
- ISBN
- 9780195101706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.72
€ 51.72
hardcover. The Shining Path was one of the most brutal insurgencies ever seen in the Western Hemisphere. Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru explores the devastating effects of insurgent violence and the state's brutal counterinsurgency methods on Peruvian civil society. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJH; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600386
- ISBN
- 9780230600386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 47.84
€ 53.46
€ 47.84
Paperback. Common stereotypes of the tango are dispelled by this history of a rich and complex dance, and the contemporary cultural response to it. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 23 music exx. BIC Classification: 1KLS; ASD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219053
- ISBN
- 9780253219053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HRCX7; JFSF; KCM; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268026110
- ISBN
- 9780268026110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. An investigation of Latin American culture in the US in a cross section of three generations of Latin American immigrants Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814788295
- ISBN
- 9780814788295
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
paperback. This book examines the conflict between cultural ideals of female sexuality in Brazil and the lived reality of sex for women in a poor shantytown in the country's northeast, probing the interplay between sexual expectations, sexual reality, and disease. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ1; JHM; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804747561
- ISBN
- 9780804747561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Explores "child circulation," informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. This title demonstrates that such an understanding of the practice is simplistic and misleading. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341970
- ISBN
- 9780822341970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. The attempts by Brazilian diplomats and intellectuals to establish ties with Africa during and after decolonization reveal the contradictions in Brazil s idea of itself as a racial democracy. Num Pages: 328 pages, 22 photos, 2 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSB; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348559
- ISBN
- 9780822348559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.87
€ 37.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. In Brazil, the country with the largest population of African descent in the Americas, the idea of race underwent a dramatic shift in the first half of the twentieth century. This title explores the significance of this transition by looking at the history of the Rio de Janeiro school system between 1917 and 1945. Num Pages: 312 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822330707
- ISBN
- 9780822330707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.89
€ 38.89
Paperback. Dictatorship in South America explores the experiences of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile with brutal military dictatorships in the Cold War period. Based on the strong and recent currents of historiography emerging from these countries, it offers a compelling narrative that brings popular perspectives to bear on national histories. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190558
- ISBN
- 9781405190558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.58
€ 28.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 179 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 1KLC; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590334676
- ISBN
- 9781590334676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.97€ 72.36
€ 93.97
€ 72.36
Paperback. The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes. 312 pages, 8 photographs, 3 maps, 3 figures. Shows how the General Resettlement in the Andes added another layer to a complex web of settlement rather than displacing or destroying it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353102
- ISBN
- 9780822353102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.79
€ 37.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 19 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 19 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995298
- ISBN
- 9780295995298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
hardcover. Examining repartimiento production of cochineal, a dyestuff produced exclusively by Oaxacan Indians and representing Mexico's most valued export after silver, this study shows that Indians produced cochineal for the market voluntarily because it provided them with needed income. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 tables, 15 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735124
- ISBN
- 9780804735124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Focuses on Spain's and Portugal's New World empires in a trans-Atlantic context. This book argues that modern notions of sovereignty in the Atlantic world have been unstable and equivocal from the start. It shows how much contemporary notions of sovereignty emerged in Americas as a response to European imperial crises in the age of revolutions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1KL; HBJD; HBJK; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142777
- ISBN
- 9780691142777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Based on spontaneous conversations of shantytown youth hanging out on the streets of their neighborhoods and interviews from the comfortable living rooms of the middle class, the author shows how racial ideas permeate the daily lives of Rio de Janeiro's residents across race and class lines. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 b/w images and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; CFA; JFC; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293809
- ISBN
- 9780520293809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. A pioneering study of women's movements in two developing-world revolutions and post-revolutionary transitions to neo-liberal democracies Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 1KLCN; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138296
- ISBN
- 9781592138296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25