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Paperback. Ranging from the Ishango Bone of central Africa and the Inca quipu of South America to the dawn of modern mathematics, this book points out that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking. It shows us the deep influence that the Egyptians and Babylonians had on the Greeks. Num Pages: 584 pages, 6 halftones. 164 line illus. 18 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135267
- ISBN
- 9780691135267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. The essays in this book analyze and explain the crisis of democratic representation in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; Bejarano, Ana Maria; Leongomez, Eduardo Pizarro. Num Pages: 384 pages, 41 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752787
- ISBN
- 9780804752787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Paperback. Explores the complex constellation of factors that cause rural migration and determine its outcomes. Num Pages: 207 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705920
- ISBN
- 9780292705920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. The word Darien is a scar on the memory of Scots. This is a detailed account of the Darien Settlement, drawn from original sources in the records of the Company, the journals, letters and memoirs of those who tried to turn William Paterson's dream into reality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b/w halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KLCP; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712668538
- ISBN
- 9780712668538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Walter D. Mignolo analyzes the "colonial logic" that has driven five hundred years of Western imperialism, from colonialism through neoliberalism Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 458 pages, 1 drawing, 2 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 638. Global Futures, Decolonial Options. Series: Latin America Otherwise. 458 pages, 1 drawing, 2 maps, 2 figures. Walter D. Mignolo analyzes the "colonial logic" that has driven five hundred years of Western imperialism, from colonialism through neoliberalism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTR; JFC. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 27. Weight: 644.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 458
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350781
- ISBN
- 9780822350781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. The Day of the Dead is a festival of culture and youth, a celebration of life in death.The beautiful rituals, the sugar skulls, the costumes and the festivities have grown into a massive counter culture: art, movies, cartoons and literature have been consumed by the brilliant power of the Day of the Dead, tendered here in this lively new book. Series: Inspirations & Techniques. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXD; AFTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 303 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1696.
- Publisher
- Flame Tree Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783616091
- ISBN
- 9781783616091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.64
€ 12.64
Paperback. This ambitious, wide-ranging work shows how national economic prosperity and government expansion in Mexico during the 1970's transformed a relatively closed peasant community into a more outwardly connected, socially differentiated society marked by dissension and overt conflict. Num Pages: 324 pages, 19 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804723626
- ISBN
- 9780804723626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
Paperback. Develops new historical methods to discover the Chicana's own story. Series: Theories of Representation and Difference. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212832
- ISBN
- 9780253212832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.68
€ 19.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. During its heyday in the 19th century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the US and Brazil. This work tells the story of how US nationals participated in this odious commerce by creating diplomatic, social, and political ties with Brazil, which has the largest population of African origin outside of Africa itself. Num Pages: 341 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBTB; HBTS; JPSD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736890
- ISBN
- 9780814736890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. "One of the major sources for the study on the interraction between whites and American Indians during the sixteenth century." -- Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Translator(s): Briffault, Herma. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801844300
- ISBN
- 9780801844300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.51
€ 35.99
€ 30.51
Paperback. Reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, this title argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702363
- ISBN
- 9780292702363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.26
€ 38.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. In a new 10th anniversary edition: "The single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JKV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316010801
- ISBN
- 9780316010801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.16
€ 20.99
€ 18.16
Hardcover. Published in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent life. Num Pages: 296 pages, 338 illustrations, 167 in full colour, 296 pages, 6 x 9 1/4, 296 pages, 6x9.25". BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACX; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810959545
- ISBN
- 9780810959545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.79
€ 33.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084937
- ISBN
- 9781844084937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.07
€ 17.07
paperback. Series: Thela Latin American S. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFSG; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Thela Thesis
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789055380220
- ISBN
- 9789055380220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.50
€ 18.99
€ 17.50
Hardback. Adopting an alternative approach to the question of difference, this title examines what it meant to be mestizo in the early colonial era. It draws on lively vignettes culled from the 16th and 17th-century archives of the New Kingdom of Granada to show that individuals classified as "mixed" were not members of coherent sociological groups. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356295
- ISBN
- 9780822356295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Paperback. Looking at what it meant to be mestizo (of mixed parentage) in early colonial Spanish America, Joanne Rappaport finds fluid identification processes rooted in an epistemology entirely distinct from modern racial discourses. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356363
- ISBN
- 9780822356363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Collection of essays focusing on cultural policy and production after the Mexican revolution Editor(s): Vaughan, Mary Kay; Lewis, Stephen. Num Pages: 396 pages, 36 illustrations (20 in color). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336686
- ISBN
- 9780822336686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. This title addresses a variety of topics, including the impact of kidnappings on investment, mandatory arrest laws, education in prisons, and the relationship between poverty and crime. Editor(s): Tella, Rafael Di; Edwards, Sebastian; Schargrodsky, Ernesto. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 536 pages, 95 figures, 106 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JKV; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791852
- ISBN
- 9780226791852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.47€ 82.90
€ 99.47
€ 82.90
Paperback. Including Amazonian rainforests, Andean peaks, coastal lowlands, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's geography is notably diverse. This book examines its history, culture, and politics, from many different perspectives. It addresses colonialism, independence, the nation's integration into the world economy, and its tumultuous twentieth century. Editor(s): De la Torre, Carlos; Striffler, Steve. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 480 pages, 39 illustrations, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343745
- ISBN
- 9780822343745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60