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Paperback. A decline in public expenditure has affected cherished national institutions and values in Costa Rica, with the blame tending to be placed on immigrant Nicaraguans. This book explores the construction of the 'other' in Costa Rican imagery and considers the role of national identification in modern societies. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896802353
ISBN
9780896802353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.75

Paperback. Based on ethnographic research with Dominicans in New York City, a pioneering analysis of how gay immigrant men of color negotiate race, sexuality, and power in their daily lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349457
ISBN
9780822349457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.22

Hardback. Based on ethnographic research with Dominicans in New York City, a pioneering analysis of how gay immigrant men of color negotiate race, sexuality, and power in their daily lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFSK2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349266
ISBN
9780822349266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.83

Paperback. The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. This is the first book to comprehensively study these influential reforms in Latin America's pension and health care systems. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JKSB; KFFP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 248 x 27. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199644612
ISBN
9780199644612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.46

Paperback. A teenage revolutionary's gripping, darkly comic account of life, love and fighting for freedom in Latin America in the 1980s Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; BGLA; BM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272028
ISBN
9781846272028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Diaz, David. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; YQH. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761453833
ISBN
9780761453833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.08

Hardcover. A vivid depiction of the early injustices encountered by a young Mexican-American girl in San Antonio in the 1920s, this book tells the true story of Emma Tenayuca. Emma Tenayuca's story serves as a model for young and old alike about courage, compassion, and the role everyone can play in making the world more fair. Illustrator(s): Ybanez, Terry. Num Pages: 40 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; YNH; YXN. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wings Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916727338
ISBN
9780916727338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.46

Paperback. Illuminates the historical richness and geographical diversity of the Puerto Rican experience. Editor(s): Whalen, Carmen Teresa. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134137
ISBN
9781592134137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.34

hardcover. Editor(s): Wise, Carol. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JPA; KCLT1; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271018225
ISBN
9780271018225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.90
€ 97.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCM; JFSJ1; JHMP; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801446498
ISBN
9780801446498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCM; JFSJ1; JHMP; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474224
ISBN
9780801474224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

paperback. Covers the first year following the author's rise to fame. This title recounts her struggles with celebrity, middle-class expectations, and the racial and social tensions her success had exacerbated. It tells that the fall back into poverty is as easy as the struggle to escape it is difficult. Translator(s): Arrington, Melvin S.; Levine, Robert M. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bison United States
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803275997
ISBN
9780803275997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.72

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662629
ISBN
9781855662629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.96

Paperback. The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1QDAK; 3H; HBJK; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285644
ISBN
9780230285644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.91

Paperback. Argues that the imperial Inka understood stone as potentially animate, sentient, and sacred; building in stone was a way of ordering unordered nature, domesticating untamed spaces, and claiming new territories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 53 b&w illustrations, 15 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; ACBK; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822348078
ISBN
9780822348078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

paperback. Offers an analysis of the culture and paintings of colonial Cuzco. Focusing on the era's paintings and its historical archives, this book explores how the festival celebrated the victory of the Christian God over sin and death, the triumph of Christian orthodoxy over the imperial Inka patron (the Sun), and Spain's conquest of Peruvian society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 51 illustrations, 8 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323679
ISBN
9780822323679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.27

Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271066967
ISBN
9780271066967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73
€ 81.75

Paperback. A guide to more than one hundred tropical butterflies, moths, and other invertebrates of Costa Rica. It includes information on their natural history, ecology, identification, and behaviour, as well as details on where to see these remarkable and beautiful creatures. Illustrator(s): Adams, Steve. Series: The Corrie Herring Hooks Series. Num Pages: 193 color photos, 11 color figures, 104 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; PSVT7; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292719668
ISBN
9780292719668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.58

Paperback. At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts an astonishing array of plants and animals - over half a million species. This guide covers 310 birds with the accounts of the birds' natural history, identification, and behaviour gleaned from the author's years of travelling and birding in Costa Rica. Illustrator(s): Adams, Steve. Series: The Corrie Herring Hooks Series. Num Pages: 387 pages, 466 color photos, 11 color figures, 307 range maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
387
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292719651
ISBN
9780292719651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

Paperback. A well-informed portrait, part social critique, part memoir, of sexual mores and homosexuality in provincial Mexico. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFH2; JFSK; JHM; MBNS; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101912
ISBN
9780231101912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

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