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Hardback. Fashion knockoffs are everywhere. Even in the out-of-the-way markets of highland Guatemala, fake branded clothes offer a cheap, stylish alternative for people who cannot afford high-priced originals. The author approaches the fashion industry from the perspective of indigenous Maya people who make and sell knockoffs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 b/w, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNSX; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520290969
ISBN
9780520290969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 72.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728899
ISBN
9780292728899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Once a central concept in anthropology, syncretism has re-emerged as a tool for understanding the dynamics of ethnicity, postcolonialism and transnationalism. This text formulates a view of the mixing and interpenetration of religious beliefs and practices, primarily from Africa and Europe. Editor(s): Greenfield, Sidney M.; Droogers, Andrew. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KJC; 1KLSB; HR; JFSL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847688531
ISBN
9780847688531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.95

Hardback. Once a central concept in anthropology, syncretism has re-emerged as a tool for understanding the dynamics of ethnicity, postcolonialism and transnationalism. This text formulates a view of the mixing and interpenetration of religious beliefs and practices, primarily from Africa and Europe. Editor(s): Greenfield, Sidney M.; Droogers, Andrew. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KJC; 1KLSB; HR; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847688524
ISBN
9780847688524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.80

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSV; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642833
ISBN
9780691642833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.97

Paperback. This volume offers a powerful argument that Catholics and Catholicism had a more pervasive and impeding influence on postrevolutionary state formation in Mexico than historians have recognized or acknowledged. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480. 360 pages. Reshapes our understanding of agrarian reform, federal schooling, revolutionary anticlericalism, elections, and the Revolution's valorization of the Mesoamerican past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353379
ISBN
9780822353379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. A synoptic composition of Latin American philosophy of liberation and contemporary de-colonial thinking. Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HRA; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335728
ISBN
9780745335728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

hardcover. A synoptic composition of Latin American philosophy of liberation and contemporary de-colonial thinking. Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HRA; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335742
ISBN
9780745335742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.87
€ 83.51

Paperback. Considers the role of religion and religiosity in modern Mexico, with an emphasis on popular religion and its relationship to politics. This book looks at individual stories and vignettes, and on local elements of religion, showing that despite efforts to secularize society, religion continues to be a strong component of Mexican culture. Editor(s): Nesvig, Martin Austin. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCC2; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742537477
ISBN
9780742537477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Explores how democracy has changed the Catholic Church and, in turn, how religious changes have influenced democratic politics in Latin America. This book assess the ways in which the Catholic Church in Latin America deals with these political, religious, and social changes. Editor(s): Hagopian, Frances. Num Pages: 536 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030872
ISBN
9780268030872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. This is a survey of religious and political developments in Latin American Christianity, especially in the rapidly growing Pentecostal churches and in Catholicism. Pentecostalism and Catholicism have many shared concerns, and a coalition between their leaders could have an impact on public policy. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HRCC7; HRCC96; HRCM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268016623
ISBN
9780268016623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Wilde, Alexander. Series: From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044312
ISBN
9780268044312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.00

Hardback. Remaking Citizenship explores the stories of low-income Latinas actively engaged in a new vision of feminist politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figure, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSJ1; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758215
ISBN
9780804758215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.12

paperback. Remaking Citizenship explores the stories of low-income Latinas actively engaged in a new vision of feminist politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figure, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSJ1; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758222
ISBN
9780804758222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Paperback. By sharing individual Chileans' recollections of the Pinochet regime, historian Steve J. Stern provides an analytic framework for understanding memory struggles in history. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPR; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338161
ISBN
9780822338161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Examines how the Alamo's transformation into an American cultural icon helped to shape social, economic, and political relations between Anglo and Mexican Texans. Series: CMAS History, Culture, and Society Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 b&w photos, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292725409
ISBN
9780292725409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. From the colonial period through the mid-twentieth century, haciendas dominated the Latin American countryside. In the Ecuadorian Andes, Runa-Quichua-speaking indigenous people-worked on these large agrarian estates as virtual serfs. This book probes the workings of power on haciendas and explores the hacienda's contemporary legacy. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 362 pages, 17 b&w photos, 4 figures, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714397
ISBN
9780292714397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardcover. Presents transcriptions, English translations, and annotations of more than 1,600 gravestones from Suriname's oldest Jewish burial grounds. This title examines three Sephardi cemeteries, whose monuments date from 1666 to 1904. It is based on years of on-site fieldwork in Suriname and research in archives in the United States and the Netherlands. Num Pages: 277 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; AMGD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
Edition
Pck
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878202249
ISBN
9780878202249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.09

Paperback. Examining the relationship between Church and state in Latin America, this book explains why Catholic leaders in some countries opposed dictatorial rule, and why many did not. Using evidence from 12 countries, it reveals the connection between religious competition and progressive Catholicism. Num Pages: 278 pages, 2 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HRCC7; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293851
ISBN
9780226293851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. For Central America, the last third of the twentieth century was a time of dramatic change in which most countries shifted from dictatorships to formal political democracy. Editor(s): Armony, Ariel C.; Walker, Thomas W. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 301 pages, map, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842027687
ISBN
9780842027687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardback. This is a political history of economic life. Through a description of the convulsions of long-term change from colony to republic in Buenos Aires, this book explores Atlantic world transformations in the 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 675.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733793
ISBN
9780804733793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.88

Paperback. This text reader provides a broad-ranging feminist introduction to the ongoing controversies of development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and identifies key trends and debates in the scholarly literature on women and gender in the region. Editor(s): Abbassi, Jennifer; Lutjens, Sheryl L. Series: Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; JFC; JFSJ1; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742510753
ISBN
9780742510753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.21

hardcover. This text reader provides a broad-ranging feminist introduction to the ongoing controversies of development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and identifies key trends and debates in the scholarly literature on women and gender in the region. Editor(s): Abbassi, Jennifer; Lutjens, Sheryl L. Series: Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; JFC; JFSJ1; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780742510746
ISBN
9780742510746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.12

Hardback. Students and scholars of both Latin American politics and comparative politics will find The Resilience of the Latin American Right of vital interest. Editor(s): Luna, Juan Pablo; Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristobal. Num Pages: 392 pages, 33, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JPA; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413891
ISBN
9781421413891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.34

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