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Paperback. Dona Marina (La Malinche).. Pocahontas.. Sacagawea - their names live on in historical memory because these women bridged the indigenous American and European worlds. This title investigates the many roles played by go-betweens in the colonization of sixteenth-century Brazil. Num Pages: 391 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712768
ISBN
9780292712768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Paperback. Conversations with Writers and Artists. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicanolandia writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicanolandia literature and art. This book presents interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicanolandia poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713123
ISBN
9780292713123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 6 maps, 50 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KLCM; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716414
ISBN
9780292716414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations--encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms--across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 408 pages, 79 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292718579
ISBN
9780292718579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. To many foreigners, Colombia is a nightmare of drugs and violence. Yet normal life goes on there, and, in Bogota, it's even possible to forget that war still ravages the countryside. This paradox of perceptions drew the author back to Bogota for a year's stay in 2005. This title presents a portrait of Bogota and covers many aspects of city life. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292722972
ISBN
9780292722972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Paperback. This social and cultural history of the provisioning of Salvador, Brazil, as it moved from colony to independent city encompasses a whole society by looking at a broadly defined occupation--the food trade--and showing the connections between and among social categories. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b&w Photographs, 5 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292723269
ISBN
9780292723269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. An important new way of viewing the prehistoric art of the Americas, The Jaguar Within demonstrates that understanding a work of art's connection with shamanic trance can lead to an appreciation of it as an extremely creative solution to the inherent challenge of giving material form to nonmaterial realities and states of being. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, 137 b/w photos, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ACBK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726260
ISBN
9780292726260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardback. With nearly 1,000 new biographies, updates of the existing biographies and appendices, and a fully searchable CD, this is the definitive source for biographical information on some 3,000 of Mexico's leading state and national politicians. Series: LLILAS Special Publications. Num Pages: 1310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; 3JMC; GBCB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 65. Weight in Grams: 2026.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
1280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726345
ISBN
9780292726345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.32

Paperback. From the sweaty summer days of a junky's nightmare to the bittersweet success of true surrender and emergence into a new way of life, Border Junkies paints a searing, first-hand portrait of addiction, poverty, and recovery on the U.S.-Mexico border Series: Inter-America Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, 26 b&w photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFFA; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726833
ISBN
9780292726833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of oral histories from pioneering Chicana activists, as well as the vibrant print culture through which they articulated their agenda and built community, this book presents the first full-scale investigation of the social and political factors that led to the development of Chicana feminism. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFSJ1; JFSL4; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726901
ISBN
9780292726901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728899
ISBN
9780292728899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Paperback. Analyses how Chiapas' indigenous peoples have rejected, accepted, or negotiated the official discourse on 'being Mexican' and participating in the construction of a Mexican national identity. This book traces the relations between the Mam and the national government from 1934 to the Zapatista rebellion. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 b&w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292731493
ISBN
9780292731493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. With almost 200 photographs, many never before published, and an authoritative text that delves into the motivations and aesthetics of the photographers who took them, this is the most ambitious and historically accurate visual record of the Mexican Revolution Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 327 pages, 197 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; AJCR; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 5182 x 788. Weight in Grams: 1305.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292735804
ISBN
9780292735804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Hardback. One of the world's leading authorities presents a major overview of the Moche, one of pre-Columbian America's greatest civilizations, renowned for its monumental architecture, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 colour and 62 b&w photographs, 23 line drawings, 1 map, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737594
ISBN
9780292737594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardback. With a full-colour reproduction of the entire codex and the first modern commentary in English on the pre-Hispanic history it records, The Complete Codex Zouche-Nuttall unlocks the social and political cosmos of the ancient Mixtec Num Pages: 365 pages, 117 b/w photos, 86 color photos, 34 tables, 6 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACBK; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744387
ISBN
9780292744387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardback. Uncovers the effects of decades of war and gang violence on the lives of youths in Central America and in refugee communities in the United States Translator(s): Auyero, Javier. Num Pages: 184 pages, 105 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; AJCR; JFFE; JFSP1; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 276 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744394
ISBN
9780292744394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Hardcover. A path-finding analysis of the vast colonial "dance archive" that conclusively demonstrates that dance played a crucial role in the European colonization of the Americas Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 227 pages, 40 b/w photos, 2 maps, 11 color in an 8-page section. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 509. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744929
ISBN
9780292744929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.81

Paperback. Extensively revised to incorporate the latest interpretations and address issues of race and gender as well as of economic interest, this is the only book that in such a short space covers the causes, events, and consequences of the wars of independence (1810-1825) in all of Latin America Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Third
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292745346
ISBN
9780292745346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardcover. The newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies Editor(s): McCann, Katherine D.; North, Tracy. Series: Handbook of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 809 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1247.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
809
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292747715
ISBN
9780292747715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.82

Hardcover. Draws on thirty-five years of fieldwork (1965-1990) in the region to present a masterful ethnographic historical account of how nine communities in the Oaxaca Valley have striven to maintain land, livelihood, and civility in the face of transformational and cumulative change across five centuries. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 403 pages, 62 b&w photos, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292754768
ISBN
9780292754768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Hardcover. Reconstructs the dynamic interaction between religious specialists and the colonial world that unfolded around them, considering how the discourse about religion shifted on both sides of the Spanish and Andean relationship in complex and unexpected ways. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3J; HRAF; HRAX; HRC; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292756946
ISBN
9780292756946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Paperback. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 396 pages, 109 b&w photos, 10 b&w illus., 17 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 1QDAK; HDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292772021
ISBN
9780292772021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; AFW; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
Univ of Texas PR ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292777149
ISBN
9780292777149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.81

Paperback. The Yanomami and Kayapo, two indigenous groups of the Amazon rainforest, have become internationally known through their dramatic and highly publicized encounters with 'civilization'. This title examines the relationship of the Kayapo and Yanomami to Brazilian society and the wider world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983622
ISBN
9780295983622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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