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hardcover. DuBois traces how state repression and community militancy are remembered in a neighborhood in Buenos Aires and how the tangled and ambiguous legacies of the past continued to shape ordinary people's lives years after the collapse of the military regime. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 284 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802088444
- ISBN
- 9780802088444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.23
€ 47.23
Paperback. Detailing the dynamics of North America's power relations, Dependent America? is a fitting conclusion to Clarkson's celebrated trilogy on the contradictory qualities of its regionalism - asymmetrical economic integration, thickened borders, and emasculated governance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 Figures. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLCM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442612778
- ISBN
- 9781442612778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.73
€ 44.99
€ 39.73
In Light of Africa explores how the idea of Africa as a real place, an imagined homeland, and a metaphor for Black identity is used in the cultural politics of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649316
- ISBN
- 9781442649316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.28
€ 70.28
Paperback. During the patron saint fiesta in the town of San Jeronimo, Peru, crowds gather at sunset awaiting the entrance of the colourful dance troupes, or comparsas. The comparsas have become a powerful way for the local people to make sense of their place in the world. This text looks at this tradition. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 294 pages, 32 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ASDX; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520094
- ISBN
- 9780226520094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.15
€ 52.99
€ 41.15
paperback. Can the peoples of the Brazilian Forest survive in the modern era? Should we even consider such survival a priority? Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 photos/1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745312484
- ISBN
- 9780745312484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
paperback. Editor(s): Swanson, Philip. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138804180
- ISBN
- 9781138804180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.32
€ 62.32
Paperback. This text provides an anthropological account of the Yanomami and their social organisation, kinship and marriage, moving from the microcosm of individual experience to the broader sociological trends that engulf them. It draws on extensive fieldwork among the Sanuma. Series: New Directions in Anthropological Writing S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones, 34 figures, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299146542
- ISBN
- 9780299146542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Stern, Steve. Translator(s): Appelbaum, Nancy P.; Drzewie, Joanna. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299289249
- ISBN
- 9780299289249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.29
€ 34.29
Hardcover. Describes conflicts over land use on the Brazilian frontier and analyzes the evolution of property rights from an institutional perspective Series: Economics, Cognition & Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 line illustrations, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPVH3; KCA; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472110063
- ISBN
- 9780472110063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.28
€ 94.28
Hardcover. Tamar Herzog studies the judiciary in Quito, during 17th and 18th centuries, and shows that in this remote Spanish colony, order was a communal enterprise. The dominant rules were social and theological rather than legal. She reveals the intimacy of relations between the state and this early modern society. Series: History, Languages & Cultures of the Spanish & Portuguese Worlds S. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113750
- ISBN
- 9780472113750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.14
€ 99.14
Paperback. A path-breaking work when first published in 1973, this book remains the standard work on attempts by the South to spread American slavery into the tropics - Cuba, Mexico and Central America in particular - before the Civil War. Series: New Perspectives on the History of the South. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 1KLC; 3JH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813025124
- ISBN
- 9780813025124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Presents a selection of 20th-century Amazonian literature. This book contains writing from the indigenous and mestizo people of the Amazon basin, which aims to recover their forgotten voices for the Latin American literary canon. It includes poems, stories, and passages from novels that include traditional themes of the indigenous groups. Editor(s): Suarez-Arauz, Nicomedes. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813030807
- ISBN
- 9780813030807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Paperback. The Aztecs ruled much of Mexico from the thirteenth century until the Spanish conquest in 1521. Outside of the imperial capital of Tenochtitlan, various urban centers ruled the numerous city-states that covered the central Mexican landscape. This work demonstrates the ways in which these city-state capitals were different from Tenochtitlan. Series Editor(s): Smith, Michael Ernest; Masson, Marilyn A.; Janusek, John Wayne. Series: Ancient Cities of the New World. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032450
- ISBN
- 9780813032450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Hardback. During the mid-twentieth century, Brazil as a country seemed to be fascinated with modernism. This title investigates how and why modern architecture became so popular in this country, tracking the path of the dissemination as well as the economic, cultural, and political conditions that made it possible. Num Pages: 160 pages, 49 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032894
- ISBN
- 9780813032894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.50
€ 75.50
Paperback. Heralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story. Num Pages: 616 pages, 16 colour, 232 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035093
- ISBN
- 9780813035093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
Paperback. This work provides a study of Chile from 1990 onwards. It explains how the Chilean military has maintained a high level of political influence in the tumultuous aftermath of dictatorial rule by Army General Augusto Pinochet, thus confounding a smooth transition to civilian authority. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; JP; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817312329
- ISBN
- 9780817312329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62
Relates the development of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, or SIL, from its close association with official Mexico in the early 1930s to the late 1970s, when a growing anti-SIL alliance led by a new generation of Mexican anthropologists induced the Mexican government to curtail its support for the SIL. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; HRCX7; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817315153
- ISBN
- 9780817315153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.95
€ 50.95
Paperback. This book contains the field data and archaeological analysis of the first controlled excavations at Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico. The author went to determine the full extent of this ancient occupation and to collect exhibit-quality artefacts. Num Pages: 263 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- large print ed
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350055
- ISBN
- 9780817350055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62
Paperback. A memoir of a 20-year-old aspiring Austrian botanist who traveled to Mexico in 1845. He passed through the Caribbean, lived for a time in the mountains of Veracruz, and journeyed to Mexico City through the cities of Puebla and Cholula. After a brief residence in the capital, he moved westward to examine the volcanoes and silver mines near Toluca. Editor(s): Rugeley, Terry. Translator(s): Rugeley, Terry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354565
- ISBN
- 9780817354565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62
Paperback. Through an analysis of seven archaeological sites on the Yucatan peninsula that are open to heritage touring, the author reveals the planned growth of the Maya Riviera since the early 1970s and examines the impact of international tourism on both ancient structures and the contemporary Maya people and culture. Series Editor(s): Curet, L. Antonio. Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD; JFC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355142
- ISBN
- 9780817355142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.55
€ 29.55
Hardcover. Nature and travel writer Bill Belleville has inspired and informed countless readers through his books and magazine articles. In these eighteen essays and articles Belleville takes us through Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin America in quest of the distinctive, the wondrous, the threatened, and the undiscovered. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJ; 1KL; WNCS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325927
- ISBN
- 9780820325927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.51
€ 37.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. Series: Studies in Security and International Affairs. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JPS; KNBP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345628
- ISBN
- 9780820345628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.24
€ 35.24
Hardcover. Hilary Masters recreates a moment in 1940s Pittsburgh when circumstances, ideology, and a passion for the arts collided to produce a masterpiece in another part of the world. E. J. Kaufmann, the "merchant prince" commissioned murals by Juan O'Gorman - an ardent Marxist whose work ended on a wall in the town of Patzcuaro, Mexico. Num Pages: 128 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KLCM; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822942603
- ISBN
- 9780822942603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.02
€ 37.99
€ 33.02
The Faces of Honor. Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America...
. Ed(S): Johnson, Lyman L.; Lipsett-Rivera, S...
Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L.; Lipsett-Rivera, Sonya. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 224 pages, 34 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826319067
- ISBN
- 9780826319067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.36
€ 39.36