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Paperback. In 1821, Maria Dundas Graham sailed for South America. After her husband, the ship's captain, died en route, the newly widowed Maria Graham resisted all efforts to hustle her back to England. She rented a cottage in Valparaiso and spent nine months travelling in Chile. This is her journal. Editor(s): Hayward, Jennifer (Associate Professor of English, College of Wooster, USA). Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 b&w illustrations, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922164
ISBN
9780813922164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.97

Paperback. Even before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the practice of taking captives was widespread among Native Americans. This book talks about the many reasons behind the Indians taking captives. It offers a comprehensive historical and literary account of Indian captivity in Spanish-controlled territory from the 16th-20th century. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925875
ISBN
9780813925875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.08

hardcover. Arguing that race has been the specter that has haunted many of the discussions about Latin American regional and national cultures today, Anke Birkenmaier describes Latin American anthropology as a field of knowledge that evolved dramatically in the period between the two world wars. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL1; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938783
ISBN
9780813938783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.73

Paperback. This book, based on original research, explores the origin of the mola in the early twentieth century, how it became part of the everyday dress of Kuna women, and its role in creating Kuna identity.

Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826357069
ISBN
9780826357069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.48

Paperback. This provocative examination of Aztec marriage practices offers a powerful analysis of the dynamics of society and politics in Mexico before and after the Spanish conquest. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1QDAK; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826357120
ISBN
9780826357120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Hardback. Bringing together sixty-five primary documents vital to understanding the history of art in Latin America since 1900, Patrick Frank shows how modern art developed in Latin America in this important new work complementing his previous book, Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America, Revised and Expanded Edition. Editor(s): Frank, Patrick. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826357878
ISBN
9780826357878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. Hispanics are now the largest minority in the United States. Of the more than forty million Hispanics, some two-thirds are Mexican or Mexican-American. Almost half of all babies in the nation are born of Hispanic parents, and "Garcia" is quickly becoming the most common surname in America. Series: Most Wanted Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971492
ISBN
9781597971492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.59

Hardcover. Examines the growth-equity relationship in developing countries Editor(s): Solimano, Andres; Aninat, Eduardo; Birdsall, Nancy. Series: Development & Inequality in the Market Economy S. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1QFG; GTF; JFFJ; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472110865
ISBN
9780472110865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.34

Based on documents found principally in the Soviet archives recently opened to the public, "Stumbling Its Way through Mexico" is an invitation to rethink the history of Communism in Mexico and Latin America." Translator(s): Gellert, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 529.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817317362
ISBN
9780817317362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826323972
ISBN
9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.57

Paperback. Examines a dramatic, complex episode in the early history of New Spain that stands as an instructive counterpoint to the much more familiar, triumphalist narrative of Spanish daring, resilience and victory embodied in the oft-told tale of the conquest of central Mexico. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826344939
ISBN
9780826344939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. In Light of Africa explores how the idea of Africa as a real place, an imagined homeland, and a metaphor for Black identity is used in the cultural politics of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626690
ISBN
9781442626690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.89

hardcover. Environmental Policy Change in Emerging Market Democracies demonstrates that, although political and economic transformations have positively affected environmental policy in both regions, the extent of policy change varies considerably across Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 32 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KL; JPB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644090
ISBN
9781442644090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.12

hardcover. Analyses three important Latin American novels in an attempt to redefine the nature of the picaresque, especially in regard to the roles of spontaneous play and carnivalesque laughter. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802047045
ISBN
9780802047045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.14

Paperback. This comprehensive analysis of key issues in North American environmental policy provides an overview of how the US, Mexico, and Canada differ in their environmental management approaches and capacity levels, and how these differences play into cross-border cooperation on environmental problems. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLCM; JPQB; RN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442601796
ISBN
9781442601796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
SAR Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781930618602
ISBN
9781930618602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. This book traces the process of self-organization and emergence within Ecuador's Indigenous movement from 1998 to 2008 for the Zapara nationality, one of the smallest Indigenous groups in Ecuador, and explores the complex role that multiculturalism has played in local identity politics. Series: Global Indigenous Politics. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
SAR Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934691175
ISBN
9781934691175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Fabricant, Nicole. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
SAR Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934691519
ISBN
9781934691519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.26

paperback. Series: Aprende Espanol Con.. Num Pages: 56 pages, Full colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 2ADS; CJCL; CJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Editorial Edinumen Spain
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9788498486285
ISBN
9788498486285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.46

paperback. Two cultures collided in Tipu, Belize in the 1600s: that of the native Maya and of the Spanish missionaries. Combining historical documentation with archaeological finds, the author provides an account of the meshing of these cultures and the Tipu's assimilation of Catholic practices. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HDD; HRAF; HRCC7; HRKT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024175
ISBN
9780817310257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

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