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Paperback. This is an oral history of a second-generation, urban-born woman who struggles to survive in the poor, Andean city of La Paz. It shows how her identity shifts over time, shaped by the major events in her life. Topics range fron social networks to magical interventions and clairvoyant dreaming. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BGHA; HBTD; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104678
- ISBN
- 9780231104678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
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€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
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
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
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
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
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
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
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
€ 65.07€ 50.79
€ 65.07
€ 50.79
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.62
€ 40.99
€ 31.62
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€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
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
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
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
€ 30.99€ 27.17
€ 30.99
€ 27.17
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
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
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€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
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
€ 91.75
€ 91.75
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€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; GBC; KNAL; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 248 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Publisher
- KIT Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789460223914
- ISBN
- 9789460223914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 46.67
€ 65.07
€ 46.67
Paperback. Translator(s): Legnani, Nicole Delia. Series: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019737
- ISBN
- 9780674019737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.78
€ 27.99
€ 24.78
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813511559
- ISBN
- 9780813511559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Hardcover. Examines several types of data relevant to ancient Maya dance, including hieroglyphic texts, pictorial images in diverse media, and architecture. This title illustrates the application of various analytical methodologies and offers interpretations of the form, meaning, and social significance of dance performance. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 color photographs, 160 line drawings, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; AC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292709881
- ISBN
- 9780292709881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
hardcover. This book reexamines the structure of Inca society on the eve of the Spanish Conquest. The author argues that native Andean cosmology organized the indigenous political economy as well as spatial and socio-kinship systems. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 44 figures, 3 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749213
- ISBN
- 9780804749213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.97
€ 139.97
Paperback. This book reexamines the structure of Inca society on the eve of the Spanish Conquest. The author argues that native Andean cosmology organized the indigenous political economy as well as spatial and socio-kinship systems. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 44 figures, 3 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804749220
- ISBN
- 9780804749220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. An investigation of the January 1932 massacre of thousands of rural laborers in El Salvador and its long-term cultural and political consequences. Num Pages: 400 pages, 36 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342281
- ISBN
- 9780822342281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Maritza Urrutia was abducted from a middle-class neighborhood while taking her son to school in 1992. This title tells the story of her ordeal which included being interrogated in secret by army intelligence officers about her activities as part of a political opposition group. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 326 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252455
- ISBN
- 9780520252455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27