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Latin America

Paperback. Analyzing slavery and other forms of servitude in six non-state indigenous societies of tropical America at the time of European contact, this work offers a fresh approach to the study of slavery based on the notion of 'political economy of life'. Num Pages: 316 pages, 40 halftones in section, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292719132
ISBN
9780292719132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Viva La Revolucion is Hobsbawm's magisterial work on Latin America, the fruit of forty years' writing about the continent. Num Pages: 480 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141299
ISBN
9780349141299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given Mexicans a rich tradition of national celebration that is part creation myth, part official pomp, and part popular merrymaking. This work looks at how Independence Day festivities have provided a medium for informal education. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; Lorey, David E. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASZP; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029155
ISBN
9780842029155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.66

Paperback. This book investigates a recent Peruvian decentralization reform that is considered to be one of the most participatory in Latin America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JM; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 330. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773980
ISBN
9780804773980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. Looks behind the generalities of debates about globalization to explore the personal impact of global forces on the Peruvian poor. This ethnography offers insight into how the people have coped with extreme poverty and rapid population growth - and their creation of lives and customs in the process. Num Pages: 280 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713000
ISBN
9780292713000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. This work explores the popular Catholic musical ensembles of southeastern Brazil known as Folias de Reis (companions of kings).Focusing on urban folias, Suzel Ana Reily shows how participants use the ritual journeys and musical performance to create sacred spheres set apart from the everyday. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 halftones, 6 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226709413
ISBN
9780226709413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardback. Real Mexican food is the hot new cookery trend - and Thomasina Miers has led the revolution with Wahaca. Num Pages: 256 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 940.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444722390
ISBN
9781444722390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition, 1st Printing
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152158
ISBN
9780691152158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. In April 2008, author began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the River Amazon. Nearly two and a half years later, he had crossed the whole of South America to reach the mouth of the colossal river. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753515648
ISBN
9780753515648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

paperback. Focusing on the native subjects of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico, this book explores the social process of peasant class formation and the cultural persistence of Indian communities, during the transitional period between Spanish colonialism and Mexican national rule. It is useful for those in the fields of Latin American and postcolonial studies. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 illustrations, 5 maps, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318996
ISBN
9780822318996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Newitt, Professor Malyn. Series: Lost & Found: Classic Travel Writing S. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 133. .
Publisher
Non Basic Stock Line
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955696
ISBN
9781904955696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.79

Hardcover. Offering new insight into 3000 years of Mesoamerican history, from roughly 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest, this study examines the methods, purposes and values of warfare as practiced by the major pre-Columbian societies and shows how warfare affected the rise of the state. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 b&w photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520077348
ISBN
9780520077348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.76
€ 49.44

Hardback. Arguing that critical reporting in South America can be better understood as watchdog journalism than as investigative reporting of the American or European variety, this text examines the country's historical absence of a critical press and discusses the evolution of journalistic culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSR; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119740
ISBN
9780231119740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.41
€ 90.18

Paperback. Arguing that critical reporting in South America can be better understood as watchdog journalism than as investigative reporting of the American or European variety, this text examines the country's historical absence of a critical press and discusses the evolution of journalistic culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSR; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119757
ISBN
9780231119757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Explores how author-activists in the United States, Cuba, and Mexico defined their local struggles Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJK; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343660
ISBN
9780822343660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. This book is a radical reinterpretation of the process that led to the independence of Mexico, one that emphasizes political processes and cultural continuities instead of a break with the Spanish Monarchy. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 992. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804778305
ISBN
9780804778305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Paperback. A history of the U.S. grassroots campaign against torture in Brazil, and the ways those efforts helped to create a new discourse about human-rights violations in Latin America. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 472 pages, 24 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347354
ISBN
9780822347354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. In We Created Chvez, by examining social movements and revolutionary groups active before and during the Chvez era, Ciccariello-Maher provides a broad, nuanced account of Chvezs rise to power and the years of activism that preceded it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354529
ISBN
9780822354529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. In this powerful anthropological study of a Bolivian tin mining town, Nash explores the influence of modern industrialization on the traditional culture of Quechua-and-Aymara-speaking Indians. Num Pages: 363 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JHBL; JHM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080514
ISBN
9780231080514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Sex can be an oppressive force, a tool to shame, divide, and control a population. But it can also be a force for change, for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. The author uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide a coherent picture of Mexican-American sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSL4; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532691
ISBN
9780226532691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

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