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Latin America

hardcover. This book explores the politics of race, censuses, and citizenship, drawing on the complex history of questions about race in the U.S. and Brazilian censuses. It reconstructs the history of racial categorization in American and Brazilian censuses from each country's first census in the 18th and 19th centuries up through the 2000 census. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHBC; JHBD; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804740135
ISBN
9780804740135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.32

paperback. Analyses the transformation of army [enlisted] recruitment and service in Brazil between 1864 and 1945, using this history of common soldiers to examine nation building and the social history of Latin America's largest nation. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15 b&w photos, 8 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327431
ISBN
9780822327431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Series: Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 50 music examples, 42 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; ASD; AVGW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199965823
ISBN
9780199965823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.88

Paperback. How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja society, ecology, economy, and religion. In Guaja animistic beliefs, all forms of plant and animal life-especially monkeys-have souls and are woven into a comprehensive kinship system. Series: Historical Ecology Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JHMP; PSAF; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125253
ISBN
9780231125253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.89

hardcover. The symbiotic relationship between the US and Latin America has been filled with bitterness and anguish at its worst, and hope and cooperation at its best. This book offers an introduction to the important events in the diplomatic, military, social, and economic history of the relationship between the United States and countries of Latin America. Series: Praeger Security International. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Praeger United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275982041
ISBN
9780275982041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.58

hardcover. Experience daily life in Maya civilization, from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 280 pages, 69. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Greenwood United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313351297
ISBN
9780313351297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.85

Paperback. Traces the last 500 years of Mexican history, from the Indigenous empires that were devastated by the Spanish conquest through the election of 2006 and its aftermath. This book offers a chronological survey of Mexican history from the pre-colonial times onwards, and includes a glossary as well as many tables and images for comprehensive study. Num Pages: 808 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white tables, 45 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
808
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415872379
ISBN
9780415872379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.70

Paperback. A comprehensive survey discuses the genre's major subjects and issues, citing the works of such contributors as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Miguel Calder n while discussing how their achievements reflect current movements as well as the politics, society, and art of their periods. Original. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 178 illustrations, 45 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500203569
ISBN
9780500203569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.83

Paperback. This is a study of nationalism in Argentina, a fundamentalist movement pledged to violence and a dictatorship that came to a head with the notorious "disappearances" of the 1970s. This radical right-wing movement has left its mark on almost every part of Argentinian society. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203525
ISBN
9780520203525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Paperback. Including over 60 short stories, poems, speeches, and articles, this anthology collects together Mexican American writings about the US war in Southeast Asia. It analyzes the antiwar movement, the Catholic Church, traditional Mexican American groups, and a feminist consciousness among Chicanas. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 337 pages, 1 b/w photo, 3 line figures. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KLS; 2ABM; DQ; JFSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214057
ISBN
9780520214057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.74

paperback. The author situates the work experience in Latin America's broader history in a chronological order and divided into five periods. With each period, he discusses the chief economic, political and social characteristics as they relate to work, identifying with continuities from the previous period. Num Pages: 220 pages, tables, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765602084
ISBN
9780765602084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.94

Paperback. It is a confrontation, he suggests, that was enacted thousands of times across the slaveholding Americas as white men strained to suppress black culture and blacks resisted- determined to preserve their heritage and beliefs. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 472 pages, 73ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801839566
ISBN
9780801839566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.46

Hardcover. Details the rich culture and history of the country of Peru. Series: Brief History. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Facts on File
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816081448
ISBN
9780816081448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816522798
ISBN
9780816522798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; JFSK2; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665549
ISBN
9780816665549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.04

paperback. Explores the boundaries of this paternalistic order by investigating workers' strategies of conformity and resistance and by tracing the disciplinary practices of managers during the period from the turn of the century to a massive reorganisation of the mills in the late 1950s. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w photographs, 8 tables, 4 maps, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324973
ISBN
9780822324973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.18

Paperback. Investigates the popular canonization of a saint in Tijuana, asking what triggered the devotion and considering local, national, international, geographical, environmental, cultural, and psychological aspects of the event. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334156
ISBN
9780822334156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.91

paperback. A multidisciplinary collection of essays examining the influence of Mexican American religion on Mexican American literature, art, politics, and popular culture. Editor(s): Espinosa, Gaston; Garcia, Mario T. Num Pages: 456 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; GTB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341192
ISBN
9780822341192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.97

Paperback. Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349884
ISBN
9780822349884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.12

Paperback. How small-scale coca growers came together to oppose an eradication campaign by the Colombain government Translator(s): Klatt, Andy. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 photographs, 8 tables, 8 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 1KLSC; 3JJPR; HBTV; JPVH1; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350156
ISBN
9780822350156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.81

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