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Hardcover. Explores the complex ideas about race, racism, and racial identity that have grown up among Afro-Brazilians in the black music scene Num Pages: 237 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814709221
- ISBN
- 9780814709221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.11
€ 92.11
Paperback. In September 1947, long before mass tourism and with no knowledge of Spanish, the author and William Caskey left for a six-month tour of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. This title offers an account of that journey, during which he bumped into a handful of old acquaintances on a brand-new continent. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJPG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561187
- ISBN
- 9780099561187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSH; 3JJP; JPSH; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565849778
- ISBN
- 9781565849778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.88
€ 21.99
€ 20.88
Hardback. The Spaniards portrayed the conquest and fall of Mexico Tenochtitlan as Armageddon, while native peoples in colonial Mesoamerica continued to write and paint their histories and lives often without any mention of the foreigners in their midst. This volume addresses aspects of indigenous perspectives of the conquest and Spanish colonialism. Editor(s): Schroeder, Susan. Num Pages: 273 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192990
- ISBN
- 9781845192990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Paperback. Presents a description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital. Editor(s): Cohen, John M. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 416 pages, b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140441239
- ISBN
- 9780140441239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.82
€ 14.99
€ 13.82
Paperback. An account of the conquest of the Itzas which details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterised every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. Jones offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom which reveals much about neighbouring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently. Num Pages: 596 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735223
- ISBN
- 9780804735223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 53.33
€ 53.51
€ 53.33
hardcover. An account of the conquest of the Itzas which details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterised every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. Jones offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom which reveals much about neighbouring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently. Num Pages: 596 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733175
- ISBN
- 9780804733175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 263.87
€ 263.87
Paperback. "Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JHBA; JHMC; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201050714
- ISBN
- 9780201050714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.62
€ 20.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 200 color and black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; 1QDAK; ACC; AFKB; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873658584
- ISBN
- 9780873658584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. The Inkan empire did not have writing as it is usually understood. The Inkas kept track of information - including their social and political organization - on khipus, knotted cords of cotton or wool. This book offers a reading of the khipus of one Andean village, where villagers have conserved a set of these enigmatic cords to the present day. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 photos (incl. 16 in color), 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333906
- ISBN
- 9780822333906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. This collection of 45 stories and legends embodies the culture, history and spirit of the Hispanic Southwest. The first chapter examines the origins and development of the stories. The book is illustrated with pictures of original paintings and sculpture by contemporary Latino artists. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563081941
- ISBN
- 9781563081941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.61
€ 77.61
Paperback. How football shapes Brazil and how Brazilians have changed global football are the twin themes in this vividly written history. The Country of Football Gives an insight into the political significance of football in the 2014 FIFA World Cup's host nation and provides a wider perspective on the sport's role in society. Editor(s): Fontes, Paulo; Hollando, Bernardo Borges Buarque de. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHBS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044172
- ISBN
- 9781849044172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.04
€ 23.99
€ 22.04
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€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
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
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardback. Editor(s): Lehmann, David. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFSL; JHB; JHMC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137509574
- ISBN
- 9781137509574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
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€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
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€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
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
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
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
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
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
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
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€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
The Designing Pilot Projects as Boundary Objects. A Brazilian Case Stu...
Zurlo, Francesco; Nunes, Viviane dos Guimarae...
paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Num Pages: 112 pages, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KCM; KJD; KJMV6; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319231402
- ISBN
- 9783319231402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.57
€ 77.57
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€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
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€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47