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Paperback. Popular Injustice focuses on the spread of highly punitive forms of social control (known locally as mano dura) in contemporary Latin America, with a particular focus on lynchings in postwar Guatemala. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753838
- ISBN
- 9780804753838
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Through an examination of the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicine in Central America, this book considers whether health is a human right or a commodity, and whether human rights advocacy is an antidote to the advance of neoliberal social policy or the very vehicle through which it now advances. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JPVH; KCLT; LNR; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785617
- ISBN
- 9780804785617
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Through an examination of the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicine in Central America, this book considers whether health is a human right or a commodity, and whether human rights advocacy is an antidote to the advance of neoliberal social policy or the very vehicle through which it now advances. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JPVH; KCLT; LNR; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785600
- ISBN
- 9780804785600
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Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Paperback. First book to present a broad account of the Mexican Revolution in its several different phases Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 184 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292790247
- ISBN
- 9780292790247
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.85
€ 32.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. Illuminating the dark side of economic globalization, this book gives an insider's view of the migrant farmworkers' binational circuit that stretches from the west central Mexico countryside to central California. Useful for all Americans, "The Farmworkers' Journey" traces the human consequences of our policy decisions. Num Pages: 361 pages, 38 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 6 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250734
- ISBN
- 9780520250734
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
paperback. Explores the boundaries of this paternalistic order by investigating workers' strategies of conformity and resistance and by tracing the disciplinary practices of managers during the period from the turn of the century to a massive reorganisation of the mills in the late 1950s. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w photographs, 8 tables, 4 maps, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324973
- ISBN
- 9780822324973
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Condition: New
€ 39.12
€ 39.12
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292701717
- ISBN
- 9780292701717
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. During the 1980s and 1990s, Brazil struggled to rebuild its democracy after 20 years of military dictatorship, experiencing financial crises, political protest and electoral contention. This work argues that youth activists of various stripes played a vital role, contributing new forms of political talk and action to Brazil's emerging democracy. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 456 pages, 36 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHMC; JPHV; JPW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 454
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141046
- ISBN
- 9780691141046
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.92
€ 46.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. In most parts of highland Ecuador, people still identify themselves as indigenous and as belonging to a particular ethnic subgroup by the clothes and ornaments they wear. This book offers insight into the role of costume-clothing, jewelry, and bodily adornment - in a society changing from a subsistence economy to one based on wage income. Editor(s): Rowe, Ann Pollard. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 400 pages, 286 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; AKTA; JFCK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1225.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977423
- ISBN
- 9780295977423
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Condition: New
€ 91.49
€ 91.49
Hardback. Using a wide variety of archaeological and archival evidence of indigenous clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles, scholars trace the history of costume in Ecuador from prehistory to the twentieth century. Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Num Pages: 382 pages, 9 color and 194 b&w photos, 7 line drawings, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725911
- ISBN
- 9780292725911
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Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, illegitimate offspring of elite families in colonial Spanish America appealed to the Council of the Indies in Spain to purchase legitimations. This analysis provides a detailed picture of attitudes to illegitimacy in colonial Spanish America. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 tables 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3J; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731485
- ISBN
- 9780804731485
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
paperback. First systematic medical history of Bolivia for the 20th century, viewing political change from the perspective of public health. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JFSJ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780822339168
- ISBN
- 9780822339168
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.67
€ 36.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the historical development and contemporary expressions of religious life in South and Central America, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767320
- ISBN
- 9780814767320
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Bursting with colour, history and fine colonial architecture, Cartagena is the emerald in Colombia's crown and Spain's finest legacy in the Americas. Sparkling coral islands, tropical beaches, snow capped mountains and dense jungle are all within easy reach, and this Handbook will help you make the most of this vibrant destination. Series: Footprint Handbook. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Footprint Travel Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910120811
- ISBN
- 9781910120811
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.85
€ 14.99
€ 13.85
Hardcover. This book analyses the diffusion of norms concerning gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming of aid and trade between the EU, South America and Southern Africa. Norm diffusion is conceptualized as a truly multidirectional and polycentric process, shaped by regional governance and resulting in new geometries of transnational activism. Editor(s): Vleuten, Anna van der (Radbound University Nijmegen, The Netherlands); Van Eerdewijk, Anouka; Roggeband, Conny. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1KLS; 1QFE; JFFJ; JFSJ; JPB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301444
- ISBN
- 9781137301444
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. A grand overview of the New World's most recognizable but least understood ancient city--Teotihuacan, in the Valley of Mexico--which proposes a new model for the city's social and political structure. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 230 pages, 131 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 508. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292723092
- ISBN
- 9780292723092
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Gulf Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877192732
- ISBN
- 9780877192732
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.26
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€ 31.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Jeppesen, Anne Marie Ejdesgaard. Num Pages: 133 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763505505
- ISBN
- 9788763505505
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.42
€ 29.99
€ 22.42
Paperback. Examines how comic books played an important role in the development of a stable, legitimate state. This book investigates the complex dynamics of the politics of censorship occasioned by Mexican comic books. It is useful to those with an interest in Mexican history, Latin American studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AKLC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822321415
- ISBN
- 9780822321415
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.49
€ 33.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Demonstrates that women are creators of and activists within the two principal political currents of twentieth-century Belize: colonial-middle class reform and popular labour-nationalism. This title examines the tensions of the 1910s that led to the 1919 anti-colonial riot; and the militant anti-colonial labour movement of the 1930s. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 14 photographs, 2 maps, 5 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLCM; HB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803224926
- ISBN
- 9780803224926
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Hardback. Editor(s): Sanjurjo, Annick. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 illustration, indices. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACX; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 222 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832817
- ISBN
- 9780810832817
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Condition: New
€ 239.00
€ 239.00
Paperback. Mema lives in a crowded urban space on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her house is a sanctuary for young homosexual men and transvestites. Mema is an AIDS educator and leader of the group. This study follows the transvestites in their daily activities, and analyzes their complicated relations. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 306 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ; JFSK2; JMU; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682570
- ISBN
- 9780226682570
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024033
- ISBN
- 9780884024033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.99€ 68.33
€ 73.99
€ 68.33
Paperback. Examining the relationship between Church and state in Latin America, this book explains why Catholic leaders in some countries opposed dictatorial rule, and why many did not. Using evidence from 12 countries, it reveals the connection between religious competition and progressive Catholicism. Num Pages: 278 pages, 2 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HRCC7; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293851
- ISBN
- 9780226293851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92