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Hardcover. Chronicling the experience of young Andean families as their lives extend between the Ecuadorian highlands and New York City, this book takes an in-depth look at transnational labor migration and gender identities. It offers an account of the ways in which young men and women in these two locales navigate their lives. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26 illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KLSE; JFFN; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631194
ISBN
9780815631194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.35

Paperback. How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja society, ecology, economy, and religion. In Guaja animistic beliefs, all forms of plant and animal life-especially monkeys-have souls and are woven into a comprehensive kinship system. Series: Historical Ecology Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JHMP; PSAF; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125253
ISBN
9780231125253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.72

Paperback. A highly detailed, thought-provoking examination of the racial, sexual, and social complexities of Afro-Ecuadorian culture, as revealed through the annual Festival of the Kings. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252079016
ISBN
9780252079016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. A unique glance into the early world of science exploration, Kingdom of Ants is a delight to read and filled with intriguing information. Num Pages: 120 pages, 12, 5 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; PDX; PSVT7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897856
ISBN
9780801897856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 620 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Publisher
Westview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
10th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813348933
ISBN
9780813348933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.03

paperback. Editor(s): Plenderleith, Kristina. Series: Studies in Environmental Anthropology. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415753784
ISBN
9780415753784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.09

Paperback. A course book and interactive multimedia program on DVD that is suitable for the teaching and learning of the Quechua language from beginner to advanced levels. It provides a practical introduction to spoken Quechua through the medium of English, while the multimedia program offers a choice of English or Spanish as the medium of instruction. Series: Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; CF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Mac Win Pa
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292754447
ISBN
9780292754447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.07

Although the Cuzco Valley of Peru is renowned for being the heartland of the Incas, little is known concerning its pre-Inca inhabitants. Providing an overview of the Archaic Period in the Cuzco Valley, this book also includes a discussion of the distribution of Archaic sites in the valley and the result of excavations at the site of Kasapata. Editor(s): Bauer, Brian S. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 380 pages, 99 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216. .
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745352
ISBN
9781931745352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.75

Paperback. Although the Cuzco Valley of Peru is renowned for being the heartland of the Incas, little is known concerning its pre-Inca inhabitants. Providing an overview of the Archaic Period in the Cuzco Valley, this book also includes a discussion of the distribution of Archaic sites in the valley and the result of excavations at the site of Kasapata. Editor(s): Bauer, Brian S. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 380 pages, 99 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745345
ISBN
9781931745345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.27

K'axob is a Mayan site in the north of modern-day Belize. This site has been carefully excavated to reveal millennium-long occupation. The book is complemented by an accompanying interactive CD. Editor(s): McAnany, Patricia A. Series: Monumenta Archaeologica. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus., CD. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745093
ISBN
9781931745093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.92

Paperback. Four travellers meet in Bolivia and set off into the Amazon rainforest on an expedition to explore places tourists only dream of seeing. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime quickly becomes a struggle for survival when they get lost in the wilds of the jungle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
CL 86
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849538824
ISBN
9781849538824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531038
ISBN
9780714531038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BT; HBJK; HBLA; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 32. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062407405
ISBN
9780062407405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.46

Paperback. In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass produce synthetic steroid hormones. This book features the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNDP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346050
ISBN
9780822346050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.85

Paperback. Investigates judicial reform in Argentina, Mexico, and Peru. This book suggests that while ruling parties can be induced to initiate judicial reforms by introducing constitutional revisions, they often prove unwilling to implement these constitutional changes by enacting required legislation. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPR; JPA; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268028879
ISBN
9780268028879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. Investigates the popular canonization of a saint in Tijuana, asking what triggered the devotion and considering local, national, international, geographical, environmental, cultural, and psychological aspects of the event. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334156
ISBN
9780822334156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.91

Hardcover. Many South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially in Argentina and Brazil. Pinazza performs a careful cultural analysis of the films and investigates how road movies deal with narratives on nationhood whilst simultaneously inserting themselves in a transnational dialogue. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 3JJPR; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137336033
ISBN
9781137336033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656356
ISBN
9780816656356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. In 1821, Maria Dundas Graham sailed for South America. After her husband, the ship's captain, died en route, the newly widowed Maria Graham resisted all efforts to hustle her back to England. She rented a cottage in Valparaiso and spent nine months travelling in Chile. This is her journal. Editor(s): Hayward, Jennifer (Associate Professor of English, College of Wooster, USA). Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 b&w illustrations, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922164
ISBN
9780813922164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Montoya, Richard; Preciado, Selene. Num Pages: 81 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; ACBS; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 266 x 10. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990762621
ISBN
9780990762621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.23

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