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Paperback. Gen Vicente Filisola was second in command of the Mexican army in Texas during the Revolution. After the defeat of Gen Jose Lopez de Santa Anna by Sam Houston's Texans at San Jacinto, Filisola became commander-in-chief of the four thousand Mexican soldiers that remained in Texas. This book presents an account of the Mexican army in Texas. Translator(s): Wheat, John. Num Pages: 350 pages, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas State Historical Assn
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876112397
- ISBN
- 9780876112397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654386
- ISBN
- 9780875654386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.31
€ 32.99
€ 28.31
Hardcover. This text looks at the United States-Mexico border in fiction, film and song. Borderlands have long served as backgrounds for depicting social instability. They are readily used as backdrops for films, novels, ballads, and tales in which characters shift easily from one culture to another. Num Pages: 312 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; AB; APF; AVQ; FA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652573
- ISBN
- 9780875652573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.07
€ 32.99
€ 30.07
Hardcover. The border region between Mexico and the United States has become a sort of Mexamerica - a world fuelled by corporate colonialism, the North American Free Trade Agreement (or NAFTA) and contraband. This text reveals how the borderlands have come to be this way. Num Pages: 368 pages, 33 b&w photographs, maps, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652313
- ISBN
- 9780875652313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.49
€ 32.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875650296
- ISBN
- 9780875650296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.76
€ 18.76
Ethnic Identity in Nahua Mesoamerica: The View from Archaeology, Art H...
Berdan, Frances F, Chance, John K, Sandstrom,...
Hardcover. Analyzes ethnicity in a single place over a span that covers prehistory, colonial history, and contemporary life. Shows how Nahuan ethnic identity is based on conceptions of shared place of origin and common history. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874809176
- ISBN
- 9780874809176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
Paperback. Argues that confrontation with major paradigms of world history has marked African and Latin American history during the last quarter-century and that the process has dramatically restructured historical and theoretical understanding of peasantries, labour and the capitalist world system. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; HBAH; JHBL; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299136840
- ISBN
- 9780299136840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Hardcover. Economic ties with the United States were important to Colombia even in the early twentieth century, as the US was the major market for coffee, Colombia's source of revenue. Filling a gap in the literature on US relations with less developed countries, the author gives fresh research on the development of the US-Colombian alliance. Series: New Studies in U.S. Foreign Relations. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSC; 3JJ; HBW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Kent State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389266
- ISBN
- 9780873389266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
The Faces of Honor. Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America...
. Ed(S): Johnson, Lyman L.; Lipsett-Rivera, S...
Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L.; Lipsett-Rivera, Sonya. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 224 pages, 34 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826319067
- ISBN
- 9780826319067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.08
€ 39.08
Hardcover. Hilary Masters recreates a moment in 1940s Pittsburgh when circumstances, ideology, and a passion for the arts collided to produce a masterpiece in another part of the world. E. J. Kaufmann, the "merchant prince" commissioned murals by Juan O'Gorman - an ardent Marxist whose work ended on a wall in the town of Patzcuaro, Mexico. Num Pages: 128 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KLCM; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822942603
- ISBN
- 9780822942603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.49
€ 37.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Series: Studies in Security and International Affairs. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JPS; KNBP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345628
- ISBN
- 9780820345628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.39
€ 35.39
Hardcover. Nature and travel writer Bill Belleville has inspired and informed countless readers through his books and magazine articles. In these eighteen essays and articles Belleville takes us through Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin America in quest of the distinctive, the wondrous, the threatened, and the undiscovered. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJ; 1KL; WNCS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325927
- ISBN
- 9780820325927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.65
€ 37.99
€ 33.65
Paperback. Through an analysis of seven archaeological sites on the Yucatan peninsula that are open to heritage touring, the author reveals the planned growth of the Maya Riviera since the early 1970s and examines the impact of international tourism on both ancient structures and the contemporary Maya people and culture. Series Editor(s): Curet, L. Antonio. Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD; JFC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355142
- ISBN
- 9780817355142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. A memoir of a 20-year-old aspiring Austrian botanist who traveled to Mexico in 1845. He passed through the Caribbean, lived for a time in the mountains of Veracruz, and journeyed to Mexico City through the cities of Puebla and Cholula. After a brief residence in the capital, he moved westward to examine the volcanoes and silver mines near Toluca. Editor(s): Rugeley, Terry. Translator(s): Rugeley, Terry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354565
- ISBN
- 9780817354565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. This book contains the field data and archaeological analysis of the first controlled excavations at Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico. The author went to determine the full extent of this ancient occupation and to collect exhibit-quality artefacts. Num Pages: 263 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- large print ed
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350055
- ISBN
- 9780817350055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Relates the development of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, or SIL, from its close association with official Mexico in the early 1930s to the late 1970s, when a growing anti-SIL alliance led by a new generation of Mexican anthropologists induced the Mexican government to curtail its support for the SIL. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; HRCX7; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817315153
- ISBN
- 9780817315153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Paperback. This work provides a study of Chile from 1990 onwards. It explains how the Chilean military has maintained a high level of political influence in the tumultuous aftermath of dictatorial rule by Army General Augusto Pinochet, thus confounding a smooth transition to civilian authority. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; JP; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817312329
- ISBN
- 9780817312329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. Heralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story. Num Pages: 616 pages, 16 colour, 232 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035093
- ISBN
- 9780813035093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
Hardback. During the mid-twentieth century, Brazil as a country seemed to be fascinated with modernism. This title investigates how and why modern architecture became so popular in this country, tracking the path of the dissemination as well as the economic, cultural, and political conditions that made it possible. Num Pages: 160 pages, 49 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032894
- ISBN
- 9780813032894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.50
€ 75.50
Paperback. The Aztecs ruled much of Mexico from the thirteenth century until the Spanish conquest in 1521. Outside of the imperial capital of Tenochtitlan, various urban centers ruled the numerous city-states that covered the central Mexican landscape. This work demonstrates the ways in which these city-state capitals were different from Tenochtitlan. Series Editor(s): Smith, Michael Ernest; Masson, Marilyn A.; Janusek, John Wayne. Series: Ancient Cities of the New World. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032450
- ISBN
- 9780813032450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02