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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
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.66
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€ 50.66
Paperback. A fascinating history of the Maya - drawing on a wealth of recent archaeological discoveries - whose civilisation in the jungles of Central America was for almost a thousand years hidden from the world. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBLC; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 202 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753809891
- ISBN
- 9780753809891
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Duke University Press U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822312246
- ISBN
- 9780822312246
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.35
€ 27.99
€ 26.35
Hardback. The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world and much of it in informal settlements. This book presents cutting-edge research from various world regions to demonstrate how these trends make new forms of social and political power possible. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; AlSayyad, Nezar. Series: Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FM; 1KL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739107409
- ISBN
- 9780739107409
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Condition: New
€ 132.35
€ 132.35
Paperback. Covers traditional metres, sound patterns and forms, but strongly emphasizes the more difficult questions of the rhythm, sound and shape of contemporary poetry. It discusses poetry's content and scope, and poetry in society - both in Britain and, by way of contrast, revolutionary Nicaragua. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLCN; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333542071
- ISBN
- 9780333542071
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.39
€ 51.99
€ 43.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645008
- ISBN
- 9780816645008
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. 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. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350361
- ISBN
- 9780822350361
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
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Paperback. An examination of Latin American populism and its relationship to neoliberalism, this book covers a set of countries in South and Central America to track the political paths of each in terms of how they have adapted to free markets, privatisation, unemployment and increasing inequality. Editor(s): Demmers, J.; Jilberto, A.E.Fernandez; Hogenboom, Barbara. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures, notes, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLCN; 1KLCS; 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSE; 1KLSH; 1KLSR; GTB; JPH; KCM; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781856498876
- ISBN
- 9781856498876
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.20
€ 46.99
€ 39.20
Paperback. The current volume from the editors of the acclaimed Reclaiming Latin America will address the current trajectories of rightwing politics in Latin America in the face of leftist governments and regional alliances, the discrediting of neoliberalism, and the decline of US hegemony. Editor(s): Dominguez, Francisco; Lievesley, Geraldine; Ludlam, Steve. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848138117
- ISBN
- 9781848138117
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€ 35.99€ 30.95
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Paperback. Under the 60-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado party, wealth and power became concentrated in the hands of a small few; until elections in 2008 broke the party's hold on the country. This book tells the story of how Fernando Lugo, a bishop from a deprived diocese, swept to victory and what this means for his country. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848133136
- ISBN
- 9781848133136
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.20
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Paperback. The incredible story of Lula, from an early life of poverty and chaos to becoming President of Brazil. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14, Black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848130111
- ISBN
- 9781848130111
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.20
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334653
- ISBN
- 9780745334653
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.01
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Paperback. An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English. Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M.; Henderson, Timothy J. Series: Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 808 pages, 91 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 808
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822330424
- ISBN
- 9780822330424
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
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Paperback. After El Salvador's brutal civil war ended in 1992, crime rates shot up. People began to speak of the peace as "worse than the war." This study examines how narratives of post-conflict violence, told by ordinary people, offered ways of coping with uncertainty during a stunted transition to democracy. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222357
- ISBN
- 9780812222357
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
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€ 34.17
Paperback. Translator(s): Conley, Verena Andermatt. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; DSBF; DSK; HPCF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 227 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816618293
- ISBN
- 9780816618293
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
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Paperback. Translator(s): Summ, G. Harvey. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268026134
- ISBN
- 9780268026134
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
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Paperback. Definitive work on one of the most consequential events in the history of Atlantic slavery Editor(s): Geggus, David Patrick; Fiering, Norman. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 440 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 673.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220172
- ISBN
- 9780253220172
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
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Paperback. The Politics of Waiting in Argentina. 192 pages, 17 photographs, 1 figure. Describes the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. This title also describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFFA; JKS; JPQB. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 13. Weight: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352334
- ISBN
- 9780822352334
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
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Paperback. Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the years, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. The author argues that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 figures, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFJ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226356532
- ISBN
- 9780226356532
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
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Paperback. "Reminds us of how arts education can change lives." -Gary Stager, Huffington Post Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393344264
- ISBN
- 9780393344264
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45