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Paperback. This is a dictionary of Mesoamerican mythology and religion, which seeks to act as a guide to the labyrinthine symbolic world. Nearly 300 entries describe the main gods and symbols, accompanied by illustrations, while two introductory essays provide accounts of Mesoamerican history and religion. Num Pages: 216 pages, 260 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; GBC; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP; HRQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500279281
- ISBN
- 9780500279281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Shows how mythologies of meritocracy, the land of opportunity, and the American dream remain firmly in place while simultaneously erasing injustices and the struggles of the working poor Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BG; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479814664
- ISBN
- 9781479814664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.52
€ 32.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Cholas and Pishtacos are two provocative characters from South American popular culture. In this book, these two figures become vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence beginning with three forms of social and economic interaction: estrangement, exchange and accumulation. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFFE; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226891545
- ISBN
- 9780226891545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSX; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645537
- ISBN
- 9780745645537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.88
€ 24.88
Hardback. The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSX; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645520
- ISBN
- 9780745645520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
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
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. On March 24, 1980, the assassination of El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero rocked that nation and the world. This is the story of an international team of lawyers, and experts who fought to bring justice for the slain hero. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b/w figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HRCC7; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286801
- ISBN
- 9780520286801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. This is the story of the world's exploitation motorway, the girls, the truckers who use them - and the brave few seeking to change things Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BGX; JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857212542
- ISBN
- 9780857212542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. In Musicians in Transit Matthew B. Karush examines the careers of seven major twentieth-century Argentine popular musicians in the transnational context to show how their engagement with foreign genres, ideologies, and audiences helped them create innovative new music and shape new Argentine cultural and national identities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; AVGW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362364
- ISBN
- 9780822362364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Hardback. Following the mass arrival of European immigrants to Argentina in the early years of the twentieth century new forms of entertainment emerged. While these forms of culture promoted ethnic integration they also produced a new kind of polarization that helped Juan Peron to build the mass movement that propelled him to power. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; APW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352433
- ISBN
- 9780822352433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.59
€ 109.59
Paperback. Following the mass arrival of European immigrants to Argentina in the early years of the twentieth century new forms of entertainment emerged. While these forms of culture promoted ethnic integration they also produced a new kind of polarization that helped Juan Peron to build the mass movement that propelled him to power. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; APW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352648
- ISBN
- 9780822352648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.27
€ 37.27
Hardback. In Musicians in Transit Matthew B. Karush examines the careers of seven major twentieth-century Argentine popular musicians in the transnational context to show how their engagement with foreign genres, ideologies, and audiences helped them create innovative new music and shape new Argentine cultural and national identities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; AVGW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362166
- ISBN
- 9780822362166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Hardcover. A collective biography of the veterans of the battle of El Santuario (1829), this book uses the untold stories of ordinary lives to examine the history of the imperial conflicts that shaped politics and society in Colombia and Venezuela after independence from colonial rule. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSV; 3JH; HBJK; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341319
- ISBN
- 9780230341319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback. A study of machismo in Mexico City, this work overturns many stereotypes of male culture in Mexico and looks at how Mexican men see themselves, parent their children, relate to women, and talk about sex. Series: Men & Masculinity S. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 10 Anv
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250130
- ISBN
- 9780520250130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. A history examining the interactions between church authorities and Mexican parishioners-from the late-colonial era into the early-national period-shows how religious thought and practice shaped Mexico s popular politics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 photos, 10 tables, 9 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346395
- ISBN
- 9780822346395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.34
€ 30.99
€ 28.34
Hardcover. Examines several types of data relevant to ancient Maya dance, including hieroglyphic texts, pictorial images in diverse media, and architecture. This title illustrates the application of various analytical methodologies and offers interpretations of the form, meaning, and social significance of dance performance. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 color photographs, 160 line drawings, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; AC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292709881
- ISBN
- 9780292709881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Paperback. Latin America is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico and has important links to other titans including China, India, and Africa. This book examines a range of historical events and cultural forms in Latin America that continue to influence peoples' lives far outside the region. Editor(s): Gutmann, Matthew C.; Lesser, Jeffrey. Series: Global Square. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 maps, 30 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JM; HBJK; JFFN; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520277731
- ISBN
- 9780520277731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.82
€ 37.99
€ 32.82
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 199 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137581594
- ISBN
- 9781137581594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.36
€ 75.36
Hardcover. Using the story of cinchona bark, and drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Crawford shows how indigenous healers, labourers, merchants, colonial officials, and creole elites contested European science and thwarted imperial reform by asserting their authority to speak for the natural world. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 Illusrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JD; 3JF; HBLL; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944522
- ISBN
- 9780822944522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.03
€ 77.03
Hardback. Judging Policy analyzes the causes and consequences of the increasingly prominent role courts are being asked to play in the public policy process in Latin America's largest nation, Brazil. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPQB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758116
- ISBN
- 9780804758116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.95
€ 87.95
Paperback. At the beginning of the 1650s, England was in ruins - wrecked by plague and civil war. Yet shimmering on the horizon was a vision of paradise: Willoughbyland. This book fetures an untold story of Willoughbyland's spectacular rise and fall, set at a pivotal moment in British and world history. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559399
- ISBN
- 9780099559399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. A modern classic of travel and adventure. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857990768
- ISBN
- 9781857990768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. This work is a social and cultural history of the Maya peoples of the province of Yucatan in colonial Mexico, spanning the period from shortly after the Spanish conquest of the region to its incorporation as part of an independent Mexico. Num Pages: 476 pages, 1 figure 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 3937 x 26. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736589
- ISBN
- 9780804736589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Hardback. The Black Middle is the first book-length study of the interaction of black slaves and other people of African descent with Mayas and Spaniards in the Spanish colonial province of Yucatan (southern Mexico). Num Pages: 456 pages, 39 tables, 4 figures, 13 illustrations, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749831
- ISBN
- 9780804749831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.74
€ 160.74