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Hardback. This volume examines the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. Although set in Buenos Aires, Auyero describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JFFH; JPQB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352594
- ISBN
- 9780822352594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.56
€ 108.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSV; 3JJPR; JP; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271023557
- ISBN
- 9780271023557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.12
€ 52.99
€ 41.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Leon, Javier F.; Simonett, Helena. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 243 x 31. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081675
- ISBN
- 9780252081675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Leon, Javier F.; Simonett, Helena. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040214
- ISBN
- 9780252040214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.98
€ 133.98
Paperback. Provides the comprehensive treatment of amphibians and reptiles biology and evolution ever produced. Costa Rica has played, and continues to play, a pivotal role in the study of tropical biology as well as the development of ecotourism and ecoprospecting. It is an essential book for a wide audience of nature lovers and naturalists. Num Pages: 516 pages, 516 colour plates, 396 maps, 335 line drawings, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; PSVW5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 278 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735382
- ISBN
- 9780226735382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 58.98
€ 65.36
€ 58.98
Hardback. This book examines the vibrant twentieth-century political history of rural Ayacucho, the region where Shining Path militants launched a bloody armed struggle in 1980. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770941
- ISBN
- 9780804770941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Paperback. Jean de Lery had undertaken his arduous voyage to the land of Brazil in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. This title presents a translation of an early European account of life in the New World. Translator(s): Whatley, Janet. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 340 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082748
- ISBN
- 9780520082748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. Explores not only cruel acts but the discriminatory thinking that made them possible, their long-term effects, the precariousness of memory, and the pathos of survival Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; 3JM; AB; HBTB; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354567
- ISBN
- 9780822354567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. A key participant in all the major debates in Latin American studies - beginning with the "boom" period of the 1960s and continuing through debates on ideology and discourse, Marxism, mass culture, and postmodernism - the author is recognised for her feminist critique of Latin American writing. This book offers a selection of her essays. Editor(s): Newman, Kathleen M.; Pratt, Mary Louise. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322481
- ISBN
- 9780822322481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
Hardback. This book carves out a new area of democratisation studies by analysing the transnational dimension and the role of non state actors across three different geographical regions. Chapters use data from Europe, Africa and Latin America. Editor(s): Grugel, Jean. Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1KL; JPA; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 242 x 11. Weight in Grams: 448. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KI20001111
- ISBN
- 9780415192026
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JHBA; JHMC; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201050714
- ISBN
- 9780201050714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.97
€ 19.99
€ 16.97
Paperback. A highly detailed, thought-provoking examination of the racial, sexual, and social complexities of Afro-Ecuadorian culture, as revealed through the annual Festival of the Kings. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079016
- ISBN
- 9780252079016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 155 pages, tables, charts & maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JH; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 185 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604564693
- ISBN
- 9781604564693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.00€ 70.11
€ 101.00
€ 70.11
Paperback. A history of legendary Copper Canyon treasure seekers and enigmatic natives. This book offers a look into the ways of the resilient indigenous culture in the Americas, the exploits of Mexican mountaineers, and the parade of argonauts and accidental travelers who have journeyed into the Sierra Madre over centuries. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074998
- ISBN
- 9780252074998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.53
€ 18.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Kowalski, Jeff Karl; Kristan-Graham, Cynthia. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 432 pages, 87 black-and-white photographs, 132 line illustrations, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023722
- ISBN
- 9780884023722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. An all-encompassing Marxist assessment of the economics and politics of the Latin American Left from 1990-2015 Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399539
- ISBN
- 9780745399539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.55
€ 23.99
€ 16.55
Hardback. This book is a history of the Mexican workers' revolution that took place within the larger Mexican revolution of 1910. Num Pages: 264 pages, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758062
- ISBN
- 9780804758062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.41
€ 94.41
Hardback. This study focuses on the Brazilian Empire's Conservative Party and its success and failure in constructing a representative, constitutional monarchy to defend a slaveholding plantation society. Num Pages: 480 pages, 5 tables, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753692
- ISBN
- 9780804753692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.78
€ 112.78
Hardback. Until the late 1980s, there were very few democratically elected governments in the developing world. These areas were characterized by a range of authoritarian regimes from military administrations to one--party dictatorships. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; GTF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621418
- ISBN
- 9780745621418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Paperback. Until the late 1980s, there were very few democratically elected governments in the developing world. These areas were characterized by a range of authoritarian regimes from military administrations to one--party dictatorships. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; GTF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621425
- ISBN
- 9780745621425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Paperback. Studying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment economic growth. Editor(s): Bortz, Jeffrey; Haber, Stephen H. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742085
- ISBN
- 9780804742085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. Investigates broad questions about ethnicity, the nature of diasporic identity, and Brazilian culture. This title analyzes how Nikkei (Japanese migrants) both resisted and conformed to others' perceptions of their identity as they struggled to define and claim their own ethnicity within Sao Paulo during the dictatorship. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 illus., 8 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KLS; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340812
- ISBN
- 9780822340812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Explores the role ethnic minorities from China, Japan, North Africa, and the Middle East have played in constructing a national identity, thereby challenging dominant notions of Brazilian nationality and citizenship. By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, this title re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b&w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822322924
- ISBN
- 9780822322924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Hardback. Probes into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book illuminates the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Mexico. It is suitable for courses on Mexican history and Latin American film. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 238 pages, photographs, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJP; APB; APF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027694
- ISBN
- 9780842027694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.74
€ 164.74