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Hardback. An account of the history and significance of an armed rebellion which took place in northwestern Mexico in the early 1890's. The author gives an account of the roots of the conflict and discusses its present day significance to culture and government. Num Pages: 444 pages, 36 half-tones 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730389
ISBN
9780804730389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.62

Hardback. This book integrates research on the production and marketing of basic foodstuffs for local needs into an investigation of slavery and export agriculture. It opens new perspectives for understanding how, during more than three centuries, slavery, plantations, and export agriculture shaped social and economic life in Brazil. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 maps,bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726320
ISBN
9780804726320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.72

Hardback. This is a study of US-Brazilian relations that seriously examines the internal politics and economics of both countries and how they played themselves out in the late 19th century. The author examines not only internal dynamics but also the nature of the international regime at the time. Num Pages: 316 pages, 7 tables 17 figures 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726023
ISBN
9780804726023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.45

Hardback. This is the story of one of the most ambitious agrarian reforms in Latin American history. The book argues that the economic, political, and cultural dynamics set in motion by the reforms are central to understanding the brutal civil war that ensued in Peru between the state and the Maoist-Leninist Shining Path guerilla movement. Num Pages: 284 pages, 36 half-tones 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724425
ISBN
9780804724425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.25

Hardback. This wide-ranging inquiry into the socio-cultural forces that define the three nations of North America seeks out ways in which the countries can become more comfortable with their collective future on the continent. Editor(s): Earle, Robert L.; Wirth, John D. Series: Comparative Studies in History, Institutions, & Public Policy. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 579.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724333
ISBN
9780804724333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.03

Hardback. This bold and comprehensive reassessment of democracy in Venezuela explains why one of the oldest and most admired democracies in Latin America became fragile after more than three decades of apparent stability. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722780
ISBN
9780804722780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.43

Hardback. This volume analyses the movements of people, goods, money, politics, and culture across the California-Mexico border, and explores its implications for both parties. Editor(s): Burgess, Katrina; Lowenthal, Abraham F. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721882
ISBN
9780804721882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.16

Hardback. A study of the development of human society in Yucatan during the colonial period, this book poses a challenge to a variety of accepted views, including the notion that Yucatan was isolated from the main part of Spain's New World empire and thus from international markets and the world economy. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720625
ISBN
9780804720625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.59

Hardback. The importance of this work extends beyond Bolivian agrarian history, it has significiant implications for Latin American rural history and peasant studies in general. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JF; 3JH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720571
ISBN
9780804720571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.72

Hardback. This is a study of the growth of the police control in Latin America offering a history of one of the fundamental institutions of the modern world through which the power of the state intrudes on public space to control and direct behaviour. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720564
ISBN
9780804720564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.19

Hardback. This book studies the changing social relations in a region of Costa Rica that does not conform to the country's image as an "agrarian democracy" and investigates why latifundios (large unproductive or under-utilized estates) still dominate much of Latin America. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 33. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720441
ISBN
9780804720441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.46

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

€ 89.32

Hardback. This work examines violence in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, looking at two conceptually linked forms of perilous face-to-fact encounters: Carnival, a bacchanalian festival, and briga, a potentially lethal street confrontation. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSB; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719261
ISBN
9780804719261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.51

Hardback. The Mexican economy is unhealthy, with problems dating from the 19th century. In this study of Mexico's formative years of industrialization, the author focuses on the forces that have thwarted Mexican efforts to become a competitive member of the international economic community. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804714877
ISBN
9780804714877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.37

hardcover. Num Pages: 764 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2AB; 2ADS; 2JNN; CBDX; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
764
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804711838
ISBN
9780804711838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Hardback. Based on years of fieldwork and empirical research, this study elucidates the tensions that globalization has created and shows why Latin America is a battleground for those seeking to shape the twenty-first century's world order. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Globalization. Num Pages: 444 pages, 12, 11 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890390
ISBN
9780801890390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.28

Hardback. Analyzes the function of informal institutions in Latin America and how they support or weaken democratic governance. This work examines how informal rules shape the performance of state and democratic institutions, offering insights into contemporary problems of governability, and unrule of law. Editor(s): Helmke, Gretchen; Levitsky, Steven. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTN; JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883514
ISBN
9780801883514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.14

Paperback. Such "mobilizing identitiespropelled women into unprecedented levels of collective action, yet at the same time channeled them away from feminist priorities. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBTV; JFSJ1; JPA; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867644
ISBN
9780801867644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

Paperback. A how-to-do-it guide to living in Costa Rica. Retirement, travel & business opportunities for a new beginning. Series: Choose Retirement Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; VSB; VSR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 21.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
10 Rev ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762781027
ISBN
9780762781027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHL; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 37.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762777549
ISBN
9780762777549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.62

Paperback. The "Traveler's Companion" authors pass along insider information about the easiest way to travel, the best restaurants, and the best places to stay, so that you can spend your holiday discovering the wonders of your destination. Series: Traveler's Companion. Num Pages: 270 pages, colour illustrations colour maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762710065
ISBN
9780762710065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.59

Paperback. Written from the perspective of a former active participant in the U.S. anti-drug policy formulation and implementation efforts, Cocaine Quagmire is an in-depth analysis of why the U.S. drug war in Colombia is failing. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JFFH1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761816430
ISBN
9780761816430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.36

Paperback. This book is about the role of the Easter rituals in the Yaqui way of life in both Arizona and Sonora. It contains detailed ethnographic descriptions of these ceremonies. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 1KLCM; HBTB; HRCR; HRKT; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 33. Weight in Grams: 821.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761805793
ISBN
9780761805793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.36

Paperback. Collection of articles providing new research on warfare in ancient Maya and other Mesoamerican societies based on archaeological, ethnohistorical, and linguistic evidence Editor(s): Brown, M. Kathryn; Stanton, Travis W. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HDD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759102835
ISBN
9780759102835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.05

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