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Paperback. Provides an analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. This title chronicles the transformation of Peru's poor from a culture of deference and clientelism in the late 1960s to a population mobilized for radical political action. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFFA; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520200234
- ISBN
- 9780520200234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.63
€ 36.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. This text offers a new statement on the making of national politics. Comparing the popular political cultures and discourses of post-colonial Mexico and Peru, it provides an analysis of their effect on the evolution of these nation states. Series: A Centennial book. Num Pages: 496 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085053
- ISBN
- 9780520085053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. Offering new insight into 3000 years of Mesoamerican history, from roughly 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest, this study examines the methods, purposes and values of warfare as practiced by the major pre-Columbian societies and shows how warfare affected the rise of the state. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 b&w photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077348
- ISBN
- 9780520077348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84€ 49.03
€ 62.84
€ 49.03
Paperback. Deals with Latin America's past. This title also emphasizes that the victory of the European oriented ruling elites over the Latin American folk with their community values resulted only after a long and violent struggle, which characterized most of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17ill.3M. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 36.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520050785
- ISBN
- 9780520050785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.06
€ 31.99
€ 23.06
Paperback. The companion reader to the most readable, highly regarded, and affordable history of Latin America for our times. Editor(s): Chasteen, John Charles. Translator(s): Chasteen, John Charles. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393283068
- ISBN
- 9780393283068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. At the age of 48, the author sold his pig farm and joined the Peace Corps. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JKSR; JPS; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295969282
- ISBN
- 9780295969282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Explores how the women's movement, film studies programs, governmental film policy, and the transformation of the intellectual sector since the 1960s have affected women's filmmaking in Mexico. This title focuses on the work of five contemporary directors - Marisa Sistach, Busi Cortes, Guita Schyfter, Maria Novaro, and Dana Rotberg. Num Pages: 310 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292771093
- ISBN
- 9780292771093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Offers a vivid and nuanced picture of working for social justice while trying to remain true to people's traditions Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 b&w and 10 color photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780292745261
- ISBN
- 9780292745261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
paperback. Based on eyewitness accounts of rituals conducted at the height of Inca rule, this is a key document that provides an unparalleled account of the prayers and religious celebrations of the Inca in a context of rapidly changing cultural practices. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 186 pages, 5 maps, 9 b&w photos, 7 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HRKP; JFHF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 508. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292743984
- ISBN
- 9780292743984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
€ 20.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. This first in-depth study of a cosmetics direct selling organization in Latin America considers how women's experiences in the informal employment sector can illuminate our understandings of work and gender in Ecuador and other developing countries Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; 1QFG; JFSJ1; KCCD; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292743915
- ISBN
- 9780292743915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Completed in 1653, Father Bernabe Cobo's "Historia del Nuevo Mundo" is an important source of information on pre-conquest and colonial Spanish America. Though parts of the work are lost, the remaining sections which have been translated offer insights into Inca culture and Peruvian history. This title presents a translation of Cobo's massive work. Translator(s): Hamilton, Roland. Num Pages: 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HDD; HRAX; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292738614
- ISBN
- 9780292738614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. This pathfinding ethnography investigates how Indian concepts of the soul offer a new way of understanding personhood and historical memory in highland Chiapas, Mexico. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737471
- ISBN
- 9780292737471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. A seventeenth-century account of Inca history and customs. Translator(s): Hamilton, Roland. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780292730250
- ISBN
- 9780292730250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Deepens our understanding of the issues involved in international adoptions and the desire of birth families to find their disappeared sons and daughters Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; BM; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292729087
- ISBN
- 9780292729087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. Using a wide variety of archaeological and archival evidence of indigenous clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles, scholars trace the history of costume in Ecuador from prehistory to the twentieth century. Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Num Pages: 382 pages, 9 color and 194 b&w photos, 7 line drawings, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725911
- ISBN
- 9780292725911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Bringing together diverse perspectives, including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, semiotics, and textual analysis, this is the first anthology to focus exclusively on the murders of more than five hundred women and girls in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Editor(s): Gaspar de Alba, Alicia; Guzman, Georgina. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b&w photos, 1 figure, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ1; JFSL4; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292723177
- ISBN
- 9780292723177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. In the mid-1960s, San Antonio, Texas, was a segregated city governed by an entrenched Anglo social and business elite. The Mexican American barrios of the west and south sides were characterized by substandard housing and experienced seasonal flooding. Gang warfare broke out regularly. This title presents an account of this turbulent period. Series: Jack & Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 74 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL4; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 686. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292722903
- ISBN
- 9780292722903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Using interdisciplinary performance studies and cultural studies frameworks, this title examines the cultural representation of queer sexuality in the contemporary cultural production of Mexican female and Chicana performance and visual artists. Series: Chicana Matters. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 b&w photos, 8 color photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AB; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292722880
- ISBN
- 9780292722880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. The newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies Editor(s): McCann, Katherine D.; North, Tracy. Series: Handbook of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 649 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GBCR; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 649
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292722637
- ISBN
- 9780292722637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.93
€ 132.93
Paperback. Presents the history of League of United Latin-American Citizens (LULAC). This book also provides evidence that perceptions of LULAC as a petite bourgeoisie, assimilationist, conservative, anti-Mexican, anti-working class organization belie the realities of the group's early activism. Num Pages: 330 pages, 25 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292721326
- ISBN
- 9780292721326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. A critical analysis of the important ways in which La Llorona--the Weeping Woman--has shaped Mexican cultural identity, from folktales to acts of political resistance. Num Pages: 302 pages, 30 halftones, 12 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718128
- ISBN
- 9780292718128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Powered by a driving beat, clever lyrics, and assertive attitudes, rap music and hip hop culture have engrossed American youth since the mid-1980s. This title looks at how Chicano/a youth have adopted and adapted rap music and hip hop culture to express their views on gender and violence, and on how Chicano/a youth fit into a globalizing world. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 color photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AVGR; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718036
- ISBN
- 9780292718036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.33
€ 26.99
€ 25.33
Paperback. Placing texts of Chicana/o indigenism and nationalism alongside European and Euro-American ethnographic, travel, and journalistic writing, this is the first comprehensive, comparative literary study of its kind Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717978
- ISBN
- 9780292717978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.14
€ 24.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. Providing an introduction to cultural studies, regardless of chronological or geographic focus, and presenting various readings from Latin American writers, this book brings the concepts of cultural studies and postmodernism. It guides readers through five identity constructs, including nation, race, and gender. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 b&w illus., 2 line drawings, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717503
- ISBN
- 9780292717503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91