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Shows how Indian litigants and petitioners made sense of Spanish legal principles and processes when the dust of conquest had begun to settle after 1600. This work reveals how Indians saw the law as a practical and moral resource that allowed them to gain a measure of control over their lives and to forge a relationship to a distant king. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758635
- ISBN
- 9780804758635
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. Empire of Law shows how seventeenth-century Indian claimants, by litigating and petitioning before Mexico City tribunals, became full participants in an early modern cosmopolitan legality that gave rise to a colonial politics of justice that struggled, with some success, against the utter degradation of subject peoples. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776622
- ISBN
- 9780804776622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057548
- ISBN
- 9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.47€ 55.91
€ 60.47
€ 55.91
Hardback. The Upper Mantaro Archaeological Research Project, a multiyear program undertaken from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, is a benchmark for a level of quality in Andean archaeological research. This volume continues the UMARP tradition of developing innovative approaches to understanding prehistoric Andean economy and polity. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 406 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3B; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306464089
- ISBN
- 9780306464089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.13
€ 202.13
Paperback. Focusing on environmental policy, and human rights dimensions of the activities of the US military in Panama, this book analyzes the guiding mythologies and racial stereotypes behind the US colonialism in the region. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330981
- ISBN
- 9780822330981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Louis and University of Miami; Gordon Redding, University of Hong Kong; Tun-jen Cheng, College of William and Mary; Yun-han Chu, National Taiwan University; Laurence Whitehead, Oxford University. Editor(s): Whitehead, Laurence. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KL; 3JJP; JPHV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801872198
- ISBN
- 9780801872198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. The first book-length edited collection on Machado de Assis, this volume offers essays on Machado de Assis' work that offer new critical perspectives not only Brazilian literature and history, but also to social, cultural, and political phenomena that continue to have global repercussions. Editor(s): Aidoo, Lamonte; Silva, Daniel F. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543431
- ISBN
- 9781137543431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. The continental Baha'i Temple of South America will be opened in fall 2016. With numerous drawings, models, renderings, and photographs, this book shows the design and construction process, and the beauty, of this unique building. Num Pages: 224 pages, 250 colour illustrations, 250 colour line drawings, 250 farb. Abb., 250 farb. Zeichn. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; AMB; AMN; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 330 x 240. .
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035608472
- ISBN
- 9783035608472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.01
€ 57.01
Elusive Peace: International, National, and Local Dimensions of Confli...
Rojas, Cristina, Meltzer, Judy
Hardcover. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSC; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403967442
- ISBN
- 9781403967442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.27
€ 52.70
€ 47.27
Hardcover. This is the first book-length analysis of the rise in power of the Bolivian party Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and its leader, President Evo Morales. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JPFF; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608191
- ISBN
- 9780230608191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. This text looks at aspects of electoral history in Europe and Latin America, from the late 17th century to 1930, including electoral culture and traditions, electoral participation, electoral fraud, and the role of institutions, such as the Church. Editor(s): Carbo, Eduardo Posada. Series: Latin American Studies Series. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJK; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333658413
- ISBN
- 9780333658413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Paperback. El Sicario, a fugitive in the US with a $250,000 price tag on his head. He has executed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture, spent years working for the state police, and received training from the FBI. This title offers a series of his confessions. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGA; JKVG; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559955
- ISBN
- 9780099559955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Editor(s): Foster, Joelle. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCS; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633217669
- ISBN
- 9781633217669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.62€ 133.76
€ 194.62
€ 133.76
Paperback. After El Salvador's brutal civil war ended in 1992, crime rates shot up. People began to speak of the peace as "worse than the war." This study examines how narratives of post-conflict violence, told by ordinary people, offered ways of coping with uncertainty during a stunted transition to democracy. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222357
- ISBN
- 9780812222357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.28
€ 37.99
€ 34.28
Hardcover. Este libro delinea el papel del nino en el cine argentino de la post-dictadura. Interprets the allegorical role of the child character in Argentine cinema of the post-dictatorship era. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662858
- ISBN
- 9781855662858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.56
€ 134.56
Paperback. Since the late 1970s, a new folk hero has risen to prominence in the US-Mexico border region and beyond--the narcotrafficker. This book takes a look at the persona of the narcotrafficker and how it has been shaped by Mexican border culture, socioeconomic and power disparities, and the transnational music industry. Series: Inter-America Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702066
- ISBN
- 9780292702066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. The gripping account of the out-of-control drug wars that have brought chaos to Mexico--and are now spilling into the United States. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour plate sections. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JKVF; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408889466
- ISBN
- 9781408889466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. While becoming less relevant in the United States, shopping malls are booming throughout urban Latin America. But what does this mean on the ground? Are shopping malls a sign of the region's "coming of age"? This title explores how malls and consumption are shaping the conversation about class and social inequality in Latin America. Num Pages: 248 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286856
- ISBN
- 9780520286856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. This is an annotated edition of El laberinto de la soledad, a classic text on Mexican culture and identity, first published in 1950 by Nobel prize winner Octavio Paz. It includes a wide-ranging introduction, hundreds of explanatory notes and four appendices. Editor(s): Stanton, Anthony. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DNF; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719048746
- ISBN
- 9780719048746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.29
€ 16.29
Paperback. "Gato's head snapped back.. We could make out the shots of several 9mms, a couple of 38s and one or two 45s. I hurled myself through the doorway and into the room. I didn't look back." Caught in an Ecuador hotel room with 8kg of cocaine, Pieter Tritton was no mule or dupe. He had planned and organised everything. The consequence.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; BM; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785035616
- ISBN
- 9781785035616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. This is the Spanish edition of "The Unbroken Thread". It details the efforts to conserve an important collection of traditional garments created by indigenous weavers in the Oaxaca region of Mexico and documents the use of the textiles in daily life and ceremony. Num Pages: 176 pages, 158ill.(145col.). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ABC; AFW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 274 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892363827
- ISBN
- 9780892363827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. A comprehensive historical, social, and linguistic overview of Spanish in contact with other languages in all of its major contexts - in Spain, the United States, and Latin America. Series: Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 maps, 4 figures, 42 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; 1KL; 2ADS; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589012653
- ISBN
- 9781589012653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.02
€ 56.02
Hardback. The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSX; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645520
- ISBN
- 9780745645520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
Paperback. The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSX; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645537
- ISBN
- 9780745645537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.88
€ 24.88