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Paperback. Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the years, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. The author argues that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 figures, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFJ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226356532
- ISBN
- 9780226356532
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Focusing on development, breakthroughs and setbacks to democracy in Latin America, this work examines US-Latin American relations. It emphasises the importance of recognising that concepts such as "democracy", "rights" and "constitutionalism" have different meanings in the US and Latin America. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 1KLS; JPHV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847680863
- ISBN
- 9780847680863
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Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Hardback. Nascent debates about democracy in the contemporary developing world are modified by such descriptions as delegative, incomplete or even authoritarian. Nun provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of democracy from ancient Greece to contemporary Latin America. Series: Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742520394
- ISBN
- 9780742520394
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Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Inter-American Development Bank United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597820363
- ISBN
- 9781597820363
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.25
€ 31.99
€ 27.25
Paperback. Constructs ethnohistories of the Xiximes, Acaxees, Conchos, Tepehuanes, and Tarahumaras to explain why only two of the five groups successfully resisted Spanish conquest and colonization. This title offers an analysis of each group's past from the time the Spaniards first attempted to settle them in missions up to the middle of eighteenth century. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 maps, 2 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 545.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292705517
- ISBN
- 9780292705517
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Winner of the 1997 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, Paul Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs. It is a unique first-hand account of what many consider to be the last great era in British climbing. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1DBKWN; 1KLS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308. Climbing the World's Most Dangerous Routes. 168 pages, 8pp colour plates. Winner of the 1997 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, Paul Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs. It is a unique first-hand account of what many consider to be the last great era in British climbing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1DBKWN; 1KLS; WSZG. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight: 308.
- Publisher
- Vertebrate
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906148584
- ISBN
- 9781906148584
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
paperback. A collection that addresses the racial and ethnic politics of knowledge production and indigenous activism in the Americas. It analyzes the relationship of language to power and advocates for collaboration between community members, scholars, and activists that prioritize the right of Native people to decide how their knowledge is used. Translator(s): McCormick, Gladys. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351528
- ISBN
- 9780822351528
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Hardback. George Ciccariello-Maher brings the work of Georges Sorel, Frantz Fanon, and Enrique Dussel together with contemporary Venezuelan politics to formulate a decolonized dialectics that is suited to the struggle against the legacies of slavery and colonialism while also breaking the impasse between dialectics and postcolonial theory. Series: Radical Americas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JM; HBTQ; HBTS; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362234
- ISBN
- 9780822362234
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Condition: New
€ 117.04
€ 117.04
Paperback. George Ciccariello-Maher brings the work of Georges Sorel, Frantz Fanon, and Enrique Dussel together with contemporary Venezuelan politics to formulate a decolonized dialectics that is suited to the struggle against the legacies of slavery and colonialism while also breaking the impasse between dialectics and postcolonial theory. Series: Radical Americas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JM; HBTQ; HBTS; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362432
- ISBN
- 9780822362432
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Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551525921
- ISBN
- 9781551525921
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.09
€ 34.99
€ 25.09
Paperback. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293823
- ISBN
- 9780803293823
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
paperback. To study the settlement process of undocumented migrants, this work examines one of Houston's Maya communities, the approximately 900 Maya from a township in the Department of Totonicapan, Guatemala. It traces this Maya community from its genesis in 1978 to the complex effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFN; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392570
- ISBN
- 9781566392570
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. These essays are a treatment of one of the changes that have shaped Latin America since independence: decentralization of the state. Contributors argue that though the assignment of political, fiscal, and administrative duties to subnational governments has been an important political developments, it is also one of the most overlooked. Editor(s): Montero, Alfred P.; Samuels, David J. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025595
- ISBN
- 9780268025595
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Hardcover. Exploring the major changes that have shaped Latin America since independence - decentralization of the state - this text explores the causes of decentralization in six significant case studies: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela. Shorter analyses of Uruguay and Peru are also included. Editor(s): Montero, Alfred P.; Samuels, David J. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025588
- ISBN
- 9780268025588
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Condition: New
€ 57.11
€ 57.11
Paperback. Since 1989 an indigenous political movement - the Coalition of Workers, Peasants, and Students of the Isthmus (COCEI) - has governed the southern Mexican city of Juchitan. This title examines this Zapotec Indian movement and shows how COCEI forged a political and cultural path - overcoming oppression in the 1970s to achieve democracy in the 1990s. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; JFSL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320630
- ISBN
- 9780822320630
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.35
€ 30.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 340 pages, 16 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; KCLF; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605296
- ISBN
- 9780691605296
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Condition: New
€ 58.40€ 46.10
€ 58.40
€ 46.10
Paperback. When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Num Pages: 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1002. The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil. 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. Bringing her readers to the slopes above a modern plantation town, the author follows three generations of shanty-town women as they struggle to survive through hard work, cunning and trial. It is a story of class relations told at the basic level of bodies, emotions, desires and needs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight: 1006.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520075375
- ISBN
- 9780520075375
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.48
€ 43.99
€ 31.48
Hardcover. Contemporary Mexican food from Shay Ola, founder of Death by Burrito, one of east London's trendiest eateries. Num Pages: 160 pages, Over 100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Mitchell Beazley
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845339067
- ISBN
- 9781845339067
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.64
€ 26.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. The history of Mexico's fearless intimacy with death--the elevation of death to the center of national identity. Num Pages: 584 pages, 52 black & white illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 581
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951542
- ISBN
- 9781890951542
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Argues that understanding the relation between death and conversion in the Andes involves not only considering the obvious attempts to destroy the cult of the dead, but also investigating a range of policies and strategies whose application demanded continuous negotiation between Spaniards and Andeans. Series: History, Languages and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 298 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268040284
- ISBN
- 9780268040284
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.07
€ 41.99
€ 41.07
Paperback. When Diego Rivera's biographer, Bertram Wolfe, was sifting though the painter's jumbled collection of correspondence, he encountered a series of Parisian letters from Angelina Beloff. Translator(s): Gardner, Nathanial. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688812
- ISBN
- 9780856688812
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardback. A detailed description of sexual practices and bonds among Latino males in Guadalajara, Mexico using a combination of ethnographic techniques and participant observations. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096928
- ISBN
- 9780231096928
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Condition: New
€ 117.26€ 88.27
€ 117.26
€ 88.27
Hardback. The book analyzes the official and popular celebrations on the Brazilian empire's days of national festivity to elucidate elite and popular understandings of the imperial state in the capital city. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785266
- ISBN
- 9780804785266
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Condition: New
€ 92.61
€ 92.61
Paperback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136891
- ISBN
- 9780231136891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70