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Latin America
Paperback. The overwhelming impact of Europe followed by precocious independence produced an exceptional outward orientation, which has prompted successive waves of reform. This book explores the resulting patterns that can be observed in multiple domains, through the optic of a 'mausoleum of modernity.' Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619968
- ISBN
- 9780230619968
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Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. This book is an analysis of twentieth-century historical fiction from Central America, tracing the active interplay between language, space, and memory. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620360
- ISBN
- 9780230620360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Paperback. This study offers a comparative analysis of Latin American and Middle Eastern corporatism, by looking at Egypt and Mexico's differing experiences with privatization, showing that how the working class was attached to the regime during the period of state-building shapes leaders' institutional options and capabilities for market reform. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1KLCM; JPFK; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621374
- ISBN
- 9780230621374
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Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. The Upper Mantaro Archaeological Research Project, a multiyear program undertaken from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, is a benchmark for a level of quality in Andean archaeological research. This volume continues the UMARP tradition of developing innovative approaches to understanding prehistoric Andean economy and polity. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 406 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3B; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306464089
- ISBN
- 9780306464089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.06
€ 202.06
Hardcover. This text examines the industrialization of Belo Horizonte, Brazil's second largest industrial centre, as a representation of an extreme form of Brazilian industrialization, a variation of capitalism characterized by state intervention, clientelism, and family networks. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KCM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312223069
- ISBN
- 9780312223069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 46.92
€ 53.46
€ 46.92
Region and Nation: Politics, Economy, and Society in Twentieth-Century...
Brennan, James, Pianetto, Ofelia
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312231446
- ISBN
- 9780312231446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 47.09
€ 53.46
€ 47.09
Hardback. A banking system emerged in Brazil during the early 20th century that was efficiently and productively supported by economic development. However, it also contained the seeds of its future limitations. This text looks at the strengths and limitations of this banking system and its development. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KCM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312233990
- ISBN
- 9780312233990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.56
€ 128.56
Fronteras No Mas: Toward Social Justice at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Staudt, Kathleen, Coronado, Irasema
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239398
- ISBN
- 9780312239398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. Fascinated by the idea of Western civilization as being a sequence of numerous misinterpretations and misrepresentations, these 19 essays, of Ilan Stavans, cover a broad range of topics with the unifying theme being the crossroads where politics and the imagination meet. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSB; GTB; JFCX; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240318
- ISBN
- 9780312240318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.07
€ 33.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. An anthropological study of the intersecting roles of gender and schooling in the lives of rural Venezuelan youth as they make the transition to adulthood during times of national political and economic crisis. It helps us to see how gender roles and social class are reproduced in a culture experiencing profound upheaval. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSF; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293574
- ISBN
- 9780312293574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. "Blackness without Ethnicity" draws on 15 years of Livio Sansone's research in Bahia, Rio Suriname and Amsterdam. Sansone uses his findings to explore the very different ways that race and ethnicity are constructed in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 401.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293741
- ISBN
- 9780312293741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. "Blackness without Ethnicity" draws on 15 years of Livio Sansone's research in Bahia, Rio Suriname and Amsterdam. Sansone uses his findings to explore the very different ways that race and ethnicity are constructed in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293758
- ISBN
- 9780312293758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This teaching guide focuses on an emerging body of literature by US Latina and Latin American women writers. It should assist non-specialist educators in syllabus revision, course design and classroom presentation. Editor(s): Quintana, Alvina E. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; 2JS; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294137
- ISBN
- 9780312294137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294403
- ISBN
- 9780312294403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 47.12
€ 53.46
€ 47.12
Paperback. This text is about transvestism and the performance of gender in Latin American literature and culture. Ben. Sifuentes-Jaregui explores the figure of the transvestite and his/her relation to the body through a series of canonical Latin American texts. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSA; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294410
- ISBN
- 9780312294410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 46.34
€ 53.46
€ 46.34
Paperback. Instead of viewing globalization and nation states as two separate and opposed domains of theorization and politics, this volume contextualizes US borders within global processes that are reconstituting the relationship between nation states and private corporations at the site of US borders. Editor(s): Sadowski-Smith, Claudia. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294830
- ISBN
- 9780312294830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 46.34
€ 53.46
€ 46.34
Fronteras No Mas: Toward Social Justice at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Staudt, Kathleen, Coronado, Irasema
Paperback. This title examines the range of officials, non-government organizations, networks and remaining organizational vacuums that span the US-Mexico border. The authors offer a civic blueprint on ways to enhance co-operation given the almost certain future of increased interdependence in this area. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295479
- ISBN
- 9780312295479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardcover. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan London
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333300312
- ISBN
- 9780333300312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.77
€ 194.77
Hardback. An comparative political analysis of the Church in Nicaragua and Costa Rica looking mainly at the period since Vatican II. Williams argues that despite these two such dissimilar political contexts, in both cases the Church has responded to social change in a remarkably similar fashion. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HRCC7; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333471289
- ISBN
- 9780333471289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardback. Analyzing the social consequences of recent development strategies in Latin America, this volume introduces readers to official strategies, private initiatives and individual responses to issues of welfare and poverty during the 20th century. These issues are addressed from several disciplines. Editor(s): Abel, Christopher; Lewis, Colin M. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 479 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 1QSC; GTF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFA; JKS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 479
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333517376
- ISBN
- 9780333517376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.12
€ 196.12
Paperback. An assessment of the various experiences of economic development in Peru and Columbia in recent decades. It also aims to test the strengths and limitations of the most widely advocated policy approaches or development strategies against actual practice. Series: Economic Choices Before the Developing Countries. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSR; GTF; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333546888
- ISBN
- 9780333546888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. In 1990, Chile emerged from almost 17 years of military rule to become the only Latin American country where a democratic regime coexists with free market policies that actually work. This book explores this paradox, and examines the prospects for future economic growth. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JPH; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550519
- ISBN
- 9780333550519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.26
€ 194.26
Hardback. A collection of articles on the North American Free Trade Agreement, written by contributors who examine the Canadian, US and Mexican points of view. They provide an overview, as well as insights of how NAFTA impacts on macroeconomic issues, national perspectives and bilateral issues. Editor(s): Fatemi, Khosrow. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; JPS; KCLT; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333595886
- ISBN
- 9780333595886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.80
€ 194.80
Hardback. The integration scheme between Mexico, Canada and the United States represents the first time that a developing country has been linked to developed countries in a free-trade agreement. This book focuses on the issues that will arise out of the agreement. Editor(s): Bulmer-Thomas, Victor; Serrano, M. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333612132
- ISBN
- 9780333612132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.37
€ 226.37