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hardcover. Series: Culture and Economic Life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSA; JFD; JFSC; VSB; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798266
ISBN
9780804798266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

hardcover. Presents further material generated by the World Bank/ISNAR/Australian government biotechnology study. The volume covers the present status and future prospects for the application of biotechnology to solve agricultural and environmental problems in 12 countries. Editor(s): Persley, Gabrielle J.; Macintyre, L.R. Series: Biotechnology in Agriculture. Num Pages: 256 pages, port. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; TCB; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Publication date
2001
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851988160
ISBN
9780851988160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.90

hardcover. This text examines the importance of air pollution for the forests of rapidly industrializing countries and regions. The problems presented by air pollution are placed within the more general context of sustainable development and the historical legacy that they are attempting to deal with. Editor(s): Innes, J. L.; Haron, A.H.; Hassan, Haron Abu (Institute of Foresters, Malaysia). Series: IUFRO Research S. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; RGBL; RNP; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Publication date
2000
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851994819
ISBN
9780851994819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.04

hardcover. Based on a field research on the changing montane and temperate rainforests of Mexico and South America. By concentrating on these largely overlooked environments, this work allows for comparative analysis across areas and helps identify how human disturbance has impacted the biodiversity of all forest types. Editor(s): Newton, A. C. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; KNAL; RGBL; RNCB; RNF; RNPD; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845932619
ISBN
9781845932619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.23

hardcover. Two of the most prominent trends in world affairs over the past decade-the projection of American power abroad and high energy prices-have made for some strange bedfellows. Flush with oil revenues, autocratic governments in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia have tried to counter U.S. influence not only in Latin America but around the world. Num Pages: 234 pages, figures; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 1KLSV; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612340159
ISBN
9781612340159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662537
ISBN
9781855662537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.28

paperback. Discusses 15 works of Latin-American playwrights. This book highlights the problems inherent in writing under politically repressive governments. It also illustrates through the writers' experiences that gender difference entails both loss and profit. Editor(s): Larson, Catherine; Vargas, Margarita. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212405
ISBN
9780253212405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745330891
ISBN
9780745330891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.62

hardcover. Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages, 10 b&w illus., 9 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022714
ISBN
9780253022714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.35

paperback. Out in the Periphery explores how Latin America, a region known for its Catholic heritage and machismo culture, came to embrace gay rights. At the heart of this analysis is the activism of Latin America's gay rights organizations, a long-neglected social movement even by students of Latin American social movements. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSK; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199356652
ISBN
9780199356652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.68

hardcover. This study provides an authoritative history of the Brazilian army from the army's overthrow of the monarchy in 1889 to its support of the coup that established Brazil's first civilian dictatorship in 1937. McCann explores how the period between these events laid the foundations of modern Brazil. Num Pages: 624 pages, 12 maps, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; JPH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 40. Weight in Grams: 958.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732222
ISBN
9780804732222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.15

Paperback. This Oxford Handbook comprehensively examines the field of Latin American history. Editor(s): Moya, Jose C. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 37. Weight in Grams: 978.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195166217
ISBN
9780195166217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

hardcover. This ethnography of the native people of the Bajo Urubamba river in Peruvian Amazonia addresses the wider issue of historical change in Amazonia and the political problems caused for indigenous people by modern development. Series: Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 figure, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780198273554
ISBN
9780198273554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 266.16

Hardback. Understanding Latin America's recent economic performance calls for a multidisciplinary analysis. This handbook looks at the interaction of economics and politics in the region and includes a number of contributions from top academic experts who have also served as key policy makers, reflecting upon the challenges of reform. Editor(s): Santiso, Javier; Dayton-Johnson, Jeff. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 648 pages, 121 illustrations. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199747504
ISBN
9780199747504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.35

paperback. Offers an analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced "modernity" during the lengthy "Order and Progress" dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. This book describes how Oaxacans, both elites and commoners, crafted and manipulated practices of tradition and modernity to define themselves and their city as integral parts of a modern Mexico. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b&w photos, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822337904
ISBN
9780822337904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. This edited collection by scholars of both history and anthropology re-examines the concepts of resistance and the effect of neoliberalism from the 1980s to the present day comparing Brazil and Mexico, two of the largest countries in Latin America. Editor(s): Gledhill, John; Schell, Patience A. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSB; HBJK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351870
ISBN
9780822351870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. This volume offers a powerful argument that Catholics and Catholicism had a more pervasive and impeding influence on postrevolutionary state formation in Mexico than historians have recognized or acknowledged. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480. 360 pages. Reshapes our understanding of agrarian reform, federal schooling, revolutionary anticlericalism, elections, and the Revolution's valorization of the Mesoamerican past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353379
ISBN
9780822353379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

paperback. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the south-western United States. This book tells the story of Mexicans in the United States. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221254
ISBN
9780253221254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. Diverse collection of articles includes eyewitness reports, interviews, and political and economic analyses dealing with the 1994 elections, the impeachment of President Collor, the subculture of abandoned street children, changes in Amazonia, and popular protest--Handbook of Latin American Studie Editor(s): Shellenberger, Michael. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. New York
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853459248
ISBN
9780853459248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

Hardcover. Offers an introduction to the ethnic, geographical and historical diversity of Brazilian food. This title features a variety of dishes from irresistible snacks like Pastel de Feira or Aipim Frito, hearty family meals such as Moqueca Bahiana (fish stew with coconut milk), and Arroz de Carreteiro, a delicious rice and spiced beef dish. Num Pages: 128 pages, over 400 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 906. 128 pages, over 400 colour photographs. Offers an introduction to the ethnic, geographical and historical diversity of Brazilian food. This title features a variety of dishes from irresistible snacks like Pastel de Feira or Aipim Frito, hearty family meals such as Moqueca Bahiana (fish stew with coconut milk), and Arroz de Carreteiro, a delicious rice and spiced beef dish. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WBN. Dimension: 284 x 241 x 17. Weight: 946.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Anness
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903141939
ISBN
9781903141939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. Since its early beginnings peace and conflict research has focused on causes of phenomena such as civil war, terrorism, and state failure. The author merges this approach with a peace causes perspective and asks why civil war happened in Peru (1980-1995) though not in Bolivia, Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 1KLSR; GTJ; JPB; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863887360
ISBN
9783863887360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.16

hardcover. Num Pages: 764 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2AB; 2ADS; 2JNN; CBDX; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
764
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804711838
ISBN
9780804711838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Hardback. As economic crises struck the Third World in the 1970s and 1980s, large segments of the population turned to the informal economy to survive. This book looks at street vending as a political process in the largest city in the world. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730600
ISBN
9780804730600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.36

Hardback. Cleansing Honor with Blood examines the daily experiences of interpersonal violence, the elaboration of masculine identities around honor and the practice of violence, and the contests for power and authority among free poor men from the hinterlands of the northeastern Brazilian province of Ceara between 1845 and 1889. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804774567
ISBN
9780804774567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

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