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Latin America
Paperback. A collection of essays shedding light on topic of current and potential relations between East Asia and Latin America. The contributors contend that close co-operation between these two areas is feasible and desirable - and indeed could help shape a new world order in the wake of 9/11. Editor(s): Smith, Peter H.; Horisaka, Kotaro; Nishijina, Shoji. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KL; JPS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742523760
- ISBN
- 9780742523760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.73
€ 73.73
Paperback. Focuses on the lives of four indigenous activist-intellectuals in Bolivia, key leaders in the Alcaldes Mayores Particulares (AMP), a movement established to claim rights for indigenous education and reclaim indigenous lands from hacienda owners. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356172
- ISBN
- 9780822356172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Conversing with Mariano and Nazario Turpo, father and son, Marisol de la Cadena explores the entanglements and partial connections between indigenous and non-indigenous worlds, and the ways in which indigenous knowing both include and exceed modern and non-modern practices. Series: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Num Pages: 368 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359630
- ISBN
- 9780822359630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Focuses on the "animal game," a kind of popular gambling entertainment or lottery originated in 1882 within Brazil, in which locals bet on a list of twenty-five animals. Written in English, this work moves smoothly between comprehensive analysis and field observations of specific behaviors and practices. Translator(s): Landers, Clifford E. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHMC; WDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025809
- ISBN
- 9780268025809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.28
€ 26.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826334114
- ISBN
- 9780826334114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.21
€ 37.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 130 colour & 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 231 x 7. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764333378
- ISBN
- 9780764333378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
paperback. Explores the boundaries of this paternalistic order by investigating workers' strategies of conformity and resistance and by tracing the disciplinary practices of managers during the period from the turn of the century to a massive reorganisation of the mills in the late 1950s. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w photographs, 8 tables, 4 maps, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324973
- ISBN
- 9780822324973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.18
€ 37.18
Paperback. A collection of essays by American and Mexican scholars, offering perspectives on the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. Topics addressed include the influence of Great Britain; the role of the first war correspondents; and the reasons for the collaboration by many Mexicans with US troops. Editor(s): Francaviglia, Richard; Richmond, Douglas (both of University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, USA). Num Pages: 216 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652320
- ISBN
- 9780875652320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.84
€ 20.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. This book will interest scholars of Latin American politics, democratization studies, market reform, and comparative politics and international relations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSH; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888007
- ISBN
- 9780801888007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.19
€ 35.99
€ 30.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KLCM; GTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816643066
- ISBN
- 9780816643066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. This book presents an analysis of telenovelas and narco-dramas. It assesses the dynamic role of melodrama in creating meaningful cultural images to explain why these genres have become so successful. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; APT; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st PB Edition
- SKU
- V9780292717121
- ISBN
- 9780292717121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. Argues that a history of drugs is a study of cultures in competition. Editor(s): Walker, William O., III. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJ; JFFH1; JFM; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024266
- ISBN
- 9780842024266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Hardback. This collection of 46 essays examines the issues of drugs and their control between the US and Latin America. The articles are arranged chronologically presenting an overview of US-Latin American drug policy from the turn of the century to the Clinton administration. Editor(s): Walker, William O., III. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJ; JFFH1; JFM; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024228
- ISBN
- 9780842024228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.40
€ 150.40
Paperback. This comprehensive review of US drug-control policies toward Latin America and the Caribbean, assesses the impact of those policies on democracy and human rights, and presents eight detailed case studies. Editor(s): Youngers, Coletta A.; Rosin, Eileen. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFFH1; JPHV; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588262547
- ISBN
- 9781588262547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63
Paperback. An anthropological study of drug trafficking and anti-drug law enforcement efforts on the US-Mexico border. It uses an ethnographic perspective to chronicle the Mexican drug war, focusing on people and events in the El Paso/Juarez area. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 310 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292721791
- ISBN
- 9780292721791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.28
€ 26.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. In June 1846 Susan Shelby Magoffin, eighteen years old and a bride of less than eight months, set out with her husband, a veteran Santa Fe trader, on a trek from Independence, Missouri, through New Mexico and south to Chihuahua. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803281165
- ISBN
- 9780803281165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.72
€ 23.99
€ 21.72
Paperback. In her second Dos Caminos cookbook, Chef Ivy Stark cooks tacos 24/7- here are more than 100 fresh yet traditional takes on tacos from Dos Caminos restaurants. Num Pages: 280 pages, 75 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581573190
- ISBN
- 9781581573190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.44
€ 20.44
Paperback. Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BM; CF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846680403
- ISBN
- 9781846680403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. Focuses on a key moment of transition: the years that bridged the first contact between Spanish conquistadores and Andean peoples in 1531 and the moment, around 1550, when a functioning colonial regime emerged. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343110
- ISBN
- 9780822343110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. In Domesticating Organ Transplant Megan Crowley-Matoka examines the iconic power of kidney transplantation in Mexico, where the procedure is inexorably linked to the imaginings of individual and national identity, national pride, and the role of women in creating the Mexican state. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360674
- ISBN
- 9780822360674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. In Domesticating Organ Transplant Megan Crowley-Matoka examines the iconic power of kidney transplantation in Mexico, where the procedure is inexorably linked to the imaginings of individual and national identity, national pride, and the role of women in creating the Mexican state. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360520
- ISBN
- 9780822360520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89
Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Aff...
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Paperback. Highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles. Num Pages: 318 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251717
- ISBN
- 9780520251717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Contains text in Spanish. Num Pages: 182 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883076
- ISBN
- 9788772883076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.41
€ 17.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241256718
- ISBN
- 9780241256718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.84
€ 21.99
€ 15.84