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Hardback. A preeminent authority on El Salvador's street gangs reports on three nongovernmental organizations that, advocating for human rights, have attempted to reform the country's gang policy-only to be stifled by sweeping, politically popular Mano Dura (Iron Fist) laws. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JKSW1; JKVM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311219
ISBN
9781477311219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JKSW1; JKVM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311660
ISBN
9781477311660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

Paperback. With their tonsured heads, white faces, and striking cowls, the monkeys might vaguely resemble the Capuchin monks for whom they were named. This downright ethnographic account of the capuchins of Lomas Barbudal, shows their world that is as complex, ritualistic, and structured as any society. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 color illustrations, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; PSVW79. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060388
ISBN
9780674060388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.23

Hardback. The regime of Juan Per-n is one of the most studied topics of Argentina's contemporary history. This book provides a fresh perspective on the intriguing Argentinian leader. It focuses on the cultural and symbolic dimensions of Per-nism and populism, and explores the creation of myths, symbols, and rituals that constituted his political imagery. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 262 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842050289
ISBN
9780842050289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.11

Hardcover. The terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the richest mammalian fauna. Containing identification keys and brief descriptions of each order, family, and genus, this title covers marsupials, shrews, armadillos, sloths, anteaters, and bats. Editor(s): Gardner, Alfred L. Num Pages: 912 pages, 283 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 222 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226282404
ISBN
9780226282404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.40
€ 91.35

Hardcover. Provides the first substantive review of South American rodents. This book covers all native rodents of South America, the continental islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Caribbean Netherlands off the Venezuelan coast. It includes identification keys and descriptions of all genera and species. Editor(s): Patton, James L.; Pardinas, Ulyses F. J.; D'Elia, Guillermo. Num Pages: 1384 pages, 548 halftones, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PSAF; PSVW7; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 65. Weight in Grams: 3402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
1384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169576
ISBN
9780226169576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.15
€ 84.46

Hardback. Arranged according to the recognized mammal families, it will serve as a valuable reference for both students and professional mammalogists. Num Pages: 224 pages, 500, 500 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 267 x 214 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884948
ISBN
9780801884948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.22
€ 54.39

Hardback. This unparalleled collection of scientific information on, and photographs of, Mexican wildlife belongs on the shelf of every mammalogist, in public and academic libraries, and in the hands of anyone curious about Mexico and its wildlife. Editor(s): Ceballos, Gerardo. Num Pages: 984 pages, 1112, 574 colour illustrations, 538 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 51. Weight in Grams: 3155.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1016
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408439
ISBN
9781421408439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.75
€ 137.15

paperback. An examination of the meanings of blackness in the Brazilian state of Bahia, which is often called the most African part of Brazil. Translator(s): Langdon, Elena. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346463
ISBN
9780822346463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.19

Paperback. The second in a series of books exploring the phenomenon of the pronunciamiento, this volume examines case studies of individual and collective pronunciados in regions across Mexico. Top scholars examine the motivations of individual pronunciados and the reasons they succeeded or failed. Editor(s): Fowler, Will. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 maps, 3 tables, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225428
ISBN
9780803225428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.35

Paperback. This first in-depth study of a cosmetics direct selling organization in Latin America considers how women's experiences in the informal employment sector can illuminate our understandings of work and gender in Ecuador and other developing countries Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; 1QFG; JFSJ1; KCCD; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292743915
ISBN
9780292743915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. Making the Chinese Mexican presents a fresh perspective on immigration, nationalism, and racism through the experiences of Chinese migrants in the U.S.-Mexico borderlandsduring the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804788625
ISBN
9780804788625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Hardback. By tracing the careers of Rio's pioneering black musicians from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s, Marc A. Hertzman revises the histories of samba and of Brazilian national culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map, 16 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822354154
ISBN
9780822354154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.30

Paperback. By tracing the careers of Rio's pioneering black musicians from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s, Marc A. Hertzman revises the histories of samba and of Brazilian national culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map, 16 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354307
ISBN
9780822354307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. Using oral history interviews and citrus company records, this book argues that Mexican Americans helped lay the groundwork for civil rights struggles and electoral campaigns in the post-World War II era. It also shows how Mexicans transformed leisure spaces into politicized spaces where workers voiced their grievances and built solidarity. Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252073250
ISBN
9780252073250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.14

Hardback. Covers an innovative prosecutorial institution, the Brazilian Ministrio Publico, which refashioned itself in the 1980s into a powerful defender of citizen rights in environmental protection, as well as in other areas of public interest such as disability rights, consumer protection, and anticorruption. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 tables, 5 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758239
ISBN
9780804758239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.96

Hardback. Taking on existing interpretations of "Peruvian exceptionalism," this book presents a multi-sited ethnographic exploration of the local and transnational articulations of indigenous movements, multicultural development policies, and indigenous citizenship in Peru. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750141
ISBN
9780804750141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.62

Hardback. In the 1920s, as American films came to dominate the country's cinemas, many of Mexico's cultural and political elites feared that this "Yanqui Invasion" would turn Mexico into a cultural vassal of the United States. In this book, the author contends that Hollywood films were not simply tools of cultural imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 46 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJG; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356417
ISBN
9780822356417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679348
ISBN
9780816679348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. This history of the political economy, social relations, and cultural debates that animated Spanish North America from 1500 until 1800 illuminates its centuries of capitalist dynamism and subsequent collapse into revolution. Num Pages: 712 pages, 19 illustrations, 164 tables, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; HBJK; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
712
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349891
ISBN
9780822349891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.07

Paperback. Bringing together diverse perspectives, including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, semiotics, and textual analysis, this is the first anthology to focus exclusively on the murders of more than five hundred women and girls in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Editor(s): Gaspar de Alba, Alicia; Guzman, Georgina. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b&w photos, 1 figure, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ1; JFSL4; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292723177
ISBN
9780292723177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.54

paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; AFW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780816526987
ISBN
9780816526987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Paperback. The Magic of the State focuses on the theatre of spirit possession at a Spirit Queen's enchanted mountain where the dead-Blacks and Indians-Europe's fetishized others-pass into the bodies of the living. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HPCF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415917919
ISBN
9780415917919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Hardcover. This text looks at the United States-Mexico border in fiction, film and song. Borderlands have long served as backgrounds for depicting social instability. They are readily used as backdrops for films, novels, ballads, and tales in which characters shift easily from one culture to another. Num Pages: 312 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; AB; APF; AVQ; FA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652573
ISBN
9780875652573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.35

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