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Hardback. An innovative study of student activism during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-85) and an examination of the very notion of student activism, which changed dramatically in response to the student protests of 1968. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352983
- ISBN
- 9780822352983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Hardback. This volume examines the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. Although set in Buenos Aires, Auyero describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JFFH; JPQB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352594
- ISBN
- 9780822352594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.56
€ 108.56
Hardback. In Fevered Measures, John Mckiernan-Gonzalez examines public health campaigns along the Texas-Mexico border between 1848 and 1942 and reveals the changing medical and political frameworks U.S. health authorities used when facing the threat of epidemic disease. Num Pages: 440 pages, 17 illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352570
- ISBN
- 9780822352570
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Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardback. Following the mass arrival of European immigrants to Argentina in the early years of the twentieth century new forms of entertainment emerged. While these forms of culture promoted ethnic integration they also produced a new kind of polarization that helped Juan Peron to build the mass movement that propelled him to power. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; APW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352433
- ISBN
- 9780822352433
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Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Paperback. In this book, Gilberto Rosas draws on his in-depth ethnographic research among the members of Barrio Libre to understand why they have embraced criminality and how neoliberalism and security policies on both sides of the border have affected the youths' descent into Barrio Libre. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JFSL9; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352372
- ISBN
- 9780822352372
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Hardback. Looks at indigeneity in the central highlands of Ecuador focusing on the activism of the grassroots organization of Inca Atahualpa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 photos, 2 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351757
- ISBN
- 9780822351757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
paperback. A collection that addresses the racial and ethnic politics of knowledge production and indigenous activism in the Americas. It analyzes the relationship of language to power and advocates for collaboration between community members, scholars, and activists that prioritize the right of Native people to decide how their knowledge is used. Translator(s): McCormick, Gladys. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351528
- ISBN
- 9780822351528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351320
- ISBN
- 9780822351320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken ghettos in the hemisphere. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351313
- ISBN
- 9780822351313
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Focusing on the period of colonization in the Andean region, this title argues that the European cultural literacy that the authors imposed on the indigenous population was not just a tool for oppression and control but was used by the local people as a means to assert their own cultural identity. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 392 pages, 58 b&w illustrations, 2 charts, 9 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351283
- ISBN
- 9780822351283
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351214
- ISBN
- 9780822351214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.40
€ 123.40
Paperback. Proposes new paradigms more suited to Latin America's reconfigured political landscape Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JMC; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. 192 pages. Proposes new paradigms more suited to Latin America's reconfigured political landscape. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JMC; JFC; JP. Dimension: 234 x 147 x 12. Weight: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351146
- ISBN
- 9780822351146
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Hardback. Unspeakable Violence argues that racialized and gendered violence in the U.S. Mexico borderlands from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth was fundamental to U.S., Mexican, and Chicano/a nationalisms. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350576
- ISBN
- 9780822350576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.40
€ 123.40
Paperback. This collection of twenty essays provides an integrated view of migration in North America-within and between Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States-during the past two centuries. Editor(s): Hoerder, Dirk; Faires, Nora. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1 photo, 6 tables, 20 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KJ; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JFFN; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350514
- ISBN
- 9780822350514
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. An ethnography exploring disagreements among Paraguayan peasants, government bureaucrats, and development experts about how state bureaucracy should function, what archival documents are for, and who gets to narrate the past. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350194
- ISBN
- 9780822350194
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Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Hardback. Argues that maize biodiversity in central and southern Mexico is threatened as much by rural out-migration as by the flow of genes from genetically modified to local corn varieties. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 photo, 11 tables, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNAC; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822349389
- ISBN
- 9780822349389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.91
€ 115.91
Hardback. Based on ethnographic research with Dominicans in New York City, a pioneering analysis of how gay immigrant men of color negotiate race, sexuality, and power in their daily lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFSK2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349266
- ISBN
- 9780822349266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Paperback. Kathryn Burns shows how the biases and practices of Spanish notaries and their clients in colonial Cuzco shaped official records and, therefore, the archive on which contemporary historians rely. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348689
- ISBN
- 9780822348689
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Argues that the imperial Inka understood stone as potentially animate, sentient, and sacred; building in stone was a way of ordering unordered nature, domesticating untamed spaces, and claiming new territories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 53 b&w illustrations, 15 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; ACBK; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348078
- ISBN
- 9780822348078
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Essays recovering the forgotten and downplayed histories of blacks in Central America, demonstrating the centrality of African Americans to the region s history from the earliest colonial times to the present. Editor(s): Gudmundson, Lowell; Wolfe, Justin. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 photographs, 14 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348030
- ISBN
- 9780822348030
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardback. This ethnographic account of Brazil s emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery takes readers from Ipanema socialite circles to telenovela studios to the packed waiting rooms of public hospitals offering free cosmetic surgery. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illustrations, incl. 10 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347859
- ISBN
- 9780822347859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. Country by country, historians follow the routes taken by Che Guevara on his two trips across Latin America in the early 1950s. Editor(s): Drinot, Paulo. Num Pages: 4 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347675
- ISBN
- 9780822347675
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. A collection exploring the ideological hardening and accelerated polarization that marked twentieth-century Latin America and its epochal cycles of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary violence. Editor(s): Grandin, Greg; Joseph, Gilbert M. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347200
- ISBN
- 9780822347200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Paperback. An examination of the connections between social identity and social memory using archaeological research on indigenous societies that existed more than one thousand years ago in what is now Honduras. Series: Material Worlds. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 photos, 8 tables, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; HBJK; HBLA; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347040
- ISBN
- 9780822347040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62