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Paperback. This book confronts the question of who and what is a Nikkei, that is, a person of Japanese descent, by presenting 18 case studies from throughout the Americas--including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States. Editor(s): Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo; Kikumura-Yano, Akemi; Hirabayashi, James A. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744621
ISBN
9780804744621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. Helps us to understand violence in borderland regions generally around the world. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 maps, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFFE; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803237667
ISBN
9780803237667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardback. Policy analysis in Brazil is the first book to paint a comprehensive panorama of policy analysis activities in Brazil. It brings together 18 studies by leading Brazilian social scientists on policy analysis as a widespread activity and offers key insights into the practice of this field. Editor(s): Vaitsman, Jeni; Ribeiro, Jose M.; Lobato, Lenaura. Series: International Library of Policy Analysis. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447306849
ISBN
9781447306849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.04

Paperback. Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model? Two years after Ronald Reagan's income-tax simplification of 1986, Brazil adopted a similar reform even though it threatened to exacerbate income disparity. This book demonstrates that bounded - not full - rationality drives the spread of innovations across countries. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134710
ISBN
9780691134710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Takes a different approach to a question central to comparative politics and economics: why do some leaders of fragile democracies attain political success - culminating in reelection victories - when pursuing drastic, painful economic reforms while others see their political careers implode? Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSR; 1KLSV; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117874
ISBN
9780691117874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.14

Paperback. Offering bold new perspectives on the politics of memory in Latin America, scholars analyze the memory markets in six countries that emerged from authoritarian rule in the 1980s and 1990s. Editor(s): Bilbija, Ksenija; Payne, Leigh A. Series: Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350422
ISBN
9780822350422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136891
ISBN
9780231136891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136884
ISBN
9780231136884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 81.48

Hardback. Most observers have maintained that US machinations were responsible for the success of General Augusto Pinochet's coup. This book examines one of the most controversial chapters in US intelligence history, the CIA's covert operations in Chile from 1964 to 1974. It shows that the conventional wisdom about the impact of US actions is flawed. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSH; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597970976
ISBN
9781597970976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717084
ISBN
9780292717084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.44

Hardback. An ethnography exploring disagreements among Paraguayan peasants, government bureaucrats, and development experts about how state bureaucracy should function, what archival documents are for, and who gets to narrate the past. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822350194
ISBN
9780822350194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81

Paperback. An ethnography exploring disagreements among Paraguayan peasants, government bureaucrats, and development experts about how state bureaucracy should function, what archival documents are for, and who gets to narrate the past. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350361
ISBN
9780822350361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Presents an account of the astonishing discovery and rescue of Guatemala's secret police archives. This title explores Guatemala's struggles to manage this avalanche of evidence of past war crimes, providing a firsthand look at how postwar justice activists worked to reconfigure terror archives into implements of social change. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356028
ISBN
9780822356028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.66

Paperback. Highlights South and Central American approaches to wildlife conservation and documents the state and the historical development of a Latin American conservation and management strategy. This book addresses the threats to bio-diversity caused by ranching, fishing, and hunting and assesses the benefits and risks of continued human use of wildlife. Editor(s): Silvius, Kirsten M.; Bodmer, Richard E.; Fragoso, Jose M. V. Num Pages: 464 pages, 58 line drawings, 2 halftones, 3 color figs, 73 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127837
ISBN
9780231127837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.84

Hardback. This book examines the relationship between politics, crime, and violence in Latin America with the aim of moving away from overly simplified views of the region. Instead, it engages in deeper structural analysis, making use of a range of approaches with the wider aim of improving policies that seek to reduce the impact of crime-related violence. Editor(s): Peterson, Jenny H.; Howarth, Kirsten. Series: Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 174 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lexington Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781498507196
ISBN
9781498507196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Presents a framework for re-conceptualizing the relationship between neoliberal development and social movements. Moving beyond the notion that development is a hegemonic, homogenizing force that victimizes local communities, this book argues that development processes and social movements shape each other in uneven and paradoxical ways. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 photographs, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMP; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344834
ISBN
9780822344834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. The haunting story of the destruction of a magnificent civilisation Num Pages: 544 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Little, Brown
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition. 1 in number line
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749929930
ISBN
9780749929930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City were remarkable for the convergence of trends in world history. Mexican leaders were hoping to showcase a newly modernized Mexico, both modern and cosmopolitan, cultured and imbued with tradition. This book narrates the engaging tale, from the initial aspirations of the Mexicans to the end of the games. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806969
ISBN
9780875806969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

paperback. A history of the Mixtec Indians of southern Mexico, this book focuses on several dozen Mixtec communities in the region of Oaxaca during the period from about 1540 to 1750. Num Pages: 528 pages, 57 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751049
ISBN
9780804751049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

hardcover. A history of the Mixtec Indians of southern Mexico, this book focuses on several dozen Mixtec communities in the region of Oaxaca during the period from about 1540 to 1750. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804737562
ISBN
9780804737562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.10

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