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Paperback. The first study of how Mapuche shamans make history, this book challenges perceptions of shamans as being outside of history and examines how shamans themselves understand notions of civilization, savagery, and historical processes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 b&w photos, 1 b&w map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHMC; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477308981
ISBN
9781477308981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.23

Hardback. Through a series of literary and cultural analyses, this book examines current theories of resistance and their impact on contemporary Latin American cultural discourse, developing a cultural theory of "illiteracy" Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257096
ISBN
9780823257096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.23

Hardback. This "living" text provides readers with a solid understanding of the three cuisines that have had the greatest impact on the globe historically. Deep knowledge of Italian, Mexican, and Chinese cuisines illuminates many of the great historical themes of the past 10,000 years as well as why we eat the way we do today. Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FPC; 1KLCM; TTVC; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 183 x 26. Weight in Grams: 871.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759121256
ISBN
9780759121256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.19

Paperback. The celebrated twentieth-century travel writer's remarkable journey through the high Andes of Peru. Num Pages: 128 pages, map and one or two drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566851
ISBN
9780719566851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. A decline in public expenditure has affected cherished national institutions and values in Costa Rica, with the blame tending to be placed on immigrant Nicaraguans. This book explores the construction of the 'other' in Costa Rican imagery and considers the role of national identification in modern societies. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896802353
ISBN
9780896802353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.75

Paperback. This on-the-ground account of a celebrated Brazilian agrarian movement highlights the contingent nature of social movements and political identities more broadly. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 photos, 13 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345398
ISBN
9780822345398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.17

Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453144
ISBN
9780801453144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.76

Paperback. A critical analysis of the important ways in which La Llorona--the Weeping Woman--has shaped Mexican cultural identity, from folktales to acts of political resistance. Num Pages: 302 pages, 30 halftones, 12 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292718128
ISBN
9780292718128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL1; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190633691
ISBN
9780190633691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

Paperback. Based on over 25 years of grassroots research, this book combines the first full synopsis of social movement theory with an integrated account of social movement activity in Latin America. Series: Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745307145
ISBN
9780745307145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.99

Hardback. Investigates the crisis of the sculptural and painterly object in the concrete, neoconcrete, and constructivist practices of artists in Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 color photographs, 71 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSV; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286627
ISBN
9780520286627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.96

Paperback. ""Examines the religion, family, economics, and material culture of women's lives in the late Spanish and Mexican colonial communities in 1750-1846 through women's wills. The wills help to explain the workings of the patriarchal system in the Spanish and Mexican borderland communities"-- Series: Women, Gender, and the West. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729322
ISBN
9780896729322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.60

Hardback. This work attempts to reach an understanding of Rodolfo Usigli's theater as a whole through the analysis of a dozen of his most representative pieces. The chapters are grouped according to type: political satire, political fantasy, social drama, psychological drama, historical themes, and the universal dimension. Illustrated. Editor(s): Erbem, David L. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838634363
ISBN
9780838634363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968260
ISBN
9780241968260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Presents a cross-national, comparative study to examine a Mexican-origin community's experience with international migration and transnationalism. This book elaborates how various forms of colonialism, institutional biases, and emergent forms of domination have shaped Xaripu labor migration across the Mexican/U.S. border. Series: Latino Perspectives. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022129
ISBN
9780268022129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.62

Hardback. The Writing in the Stars explores Paz's life and ideas by establishing a dialogue between the structure and recurring images of his major poems and the ideas of Carl Jung. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802090843
ISBN
9780802090843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.00

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

€ 70.00

Paperback. Taking the perspective of native Americans, this work aims to explain some of the general principles on which pre-Hispanic Andeans lives were based. It also describes how the imposed Spanish colonial system altered the organization and belief systems of the native inhabitants of northern Peru. Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735209
ISBN
9780804735209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Definitive work on one of the most consequential events in the history of Atlantic slavery Editor(s): Geggus, David Patrick; Fiering, Norman. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 440 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 673.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220172
ISBN
9780253220172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Presents the history of the hidden civilizations of the first people of the South American Andes. This guide offers an account of how the Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Wari, Tiwanaku, Chimu, Inca and other people lived. It explores the daily life of the Incas from birth and childhood, to adulthood, marriage, the rituals of death and burial. Num Pages: 128 pages, over 200 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 674. The Extraordinary History of the Hidden Civilizations of the First Peoples of the South American Andes, with Over 200 Photographs and Illustrations. 128 pages, over 200 colour photographs. Presents the history of the hidden civilizations of the first people of the South American Andes. This guide offers an account of how the Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Wari, Tiwanaku, Chimu, Inca and other people lived. It explores the daily life of the Incas from birth and childhood, to adulthood, marriage, the rituals of death and burial. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP; JFSL9. Dimension: 294 x 234 x 10. Weight: 674.
Publisher
Anness
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844768677
ISBN
9781844768677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

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