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Paperback. Dictatorship in South America explores the experiences of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile with brutal military dictatorships in the Cold War period. Based on the strong and recent currents of historiography emerging from these countries, it offers a compelling narrative that brings popular perspectives to bear on national histories. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190558
- ISBN
- 9781405190558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.35
€ 28.35
Paperback. At the forefront of the social revolution that transformed Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century were three artists whose work had a great impact on the country's culture and politics: Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. This title looks at ten important works by these artists. Series: MOMA Artist Series. Num Pages: 48 pages, 35 illustrations, 29 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; ACXD; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 204 x 5. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870708206
- ISBN
- 9780870708206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.12
€ 9.99
€ 9.12
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Diaz, David. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; YQH. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761453833
- ISBN
- 9780761453833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.05
€ 20.99
€ 19.05
Hardback. Willem Assies died in 2010 at the age of 55. The various stages of his career as a political anthropologist of Latin American illustrate how astute a researcher he was. This collection brings together some of Willem Assies' best, most fascinating, and still highly relevant writings. Editor(s): Salman, Ton; Marti i Puig, Salvador; Haar, Gemma van der. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382928
- ISBN
- 9781782382928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.92
€ 147.92
Hardback. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; GTF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359784
- ISBN
- 9780822359784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.87
€ 170.87
Hardback. Dilemmas of Modernity provides a new framework for understanding Bolivia's contested present through the study of local encounters with transnational law, liberalism, and the institutions and agents of development. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 tables, 27 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759816
- ISBN
- 9780804759816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.67
€ 132.67
Paperback. Dilemmas of Modernity provides a new framework for understanding Bolivia's contested present through the study of local encounters with transnational law, liberalism, and the institutions and agents of development. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 tables, 27 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759823
- ISBN
- 9780804759823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
Hardback. Presents an overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico that synthesizes information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. This book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, pleisosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs. Editor(s): Rivera-Sylva, Hector E.; Carpenter, Kenneth; Frey, Eberhard. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 color illus., 93 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253011831
- ISBN
- 9780253011831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. In Brazil, the country with the largest population of African descent in the Americas, the idea of race underwent a dramatic shift in the first half of the twentieth century. This title explores the significance of this transition by looking at the history of the Rio de Janeiro school system between 1917 and 1945. Num Pages: 312 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822330707
- ISBN
- 9780822330707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Hardback. Why did a practice that had been considered a duty stop being a duty, or, conversely, why did daughters lose the right they had previously enjoyed of receiving from their parents the wherewithal to contribute to the support of their marriage? Despite the many anthropological studies about dowry, this book offers an analysis of its disappearance. Num Pages: 268 pages, tables, figures, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719285
- ISBN
- 9780804719285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.94
€ 92.94
Hardback. Ricardo D. Salvatore rewrites the history of Latin American studies by tracing its roots back to the first half of the twentieth century, showing how its ties to U.S. business and foreign policy interests helped build an informal empire that supported U.S. economic, technological, and cultural hegemony throughout the hemisphere. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360810
- ISBN
- 9780822360810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 1KL; HBT; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122. 96 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 1KL; HBT; HBTQ; HBTR. Dimension: 158 x 196 x 8. Weight: 122.
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583670255
- ISBN
- 9781583670255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Colonial discourse in the United States has tended to criminalise, pathologise, and depict as savage not only Native Americans but Mexican immigrants, indigenous peoples in Mexico, and Chicanas/os as well. This book reveals how each group, has actively attempted to create for itself a social and textual space. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327486
- ISBN
- 9780822327486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardback. This book examines how documents, those crucial instruments of governance in the Spanish empire, were shaped by particular conceptions of distance. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804787055
- ISBN
- 9780804787055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.61
€ 92.61
Hardcover. Examines the growth-equity relationship in developing countries Editor(s): Solimano, Andres; Aninat, Eduardo; Birdsall, Nancy. Series: Development & Inequality in the Market Economy S. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1QFG; GTF; JFFJ; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472110865
- ISBN
- 9780472110865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.34
€ 104.34
Paperback. Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, this title offers an account of the lives of families divided by borders. It shows that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260900
- ISBN
- 9780520260900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241256718
- ISBN
- 9780241256718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.86
€ 21.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. Contains text in Spanish. Num Pages: 182 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883076
- ISBN
- 9788772883076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.17
€ 18.17
Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Aff...
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Paperback. Highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles. Num Pages: 318 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251717
- ISBN
- 9780520251717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. In Domesticating Organ Transplant Megan Crowley-Matoka examines the iconic power of kidney transplantation in Mexico, where the procedure is inexorably linked to the imaginings of individual and national identity, national pride, and the role of women in creating the Mexican state. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360520
- ISBN
- 9780822360520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40