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Regional & national history
Paperback. Essays that suggest new ways of understanding the role that US actors and agencies have played in Latin America. Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M.; LeGrand, Catherine C.; Salvatore, Ricardo Donato. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 592 pages, 25 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 42. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320999
- ISBN
- 9780822320999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.85
€ 36.99
€ 33.85
Hardback. African slavery was pervasive in Spain's Atlantic empire yet remained in the margins of the imperial economy until the end of the eighteenth century when the plantation revolution in the Caribbean colonies put the slave traffic and the plantation at the center of colonial exploitation and conflict. Editor(s): Fradera, Josep M.; Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 figs & tables, 5 maps, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJ; 1KL; 3J; HBJD; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459336
- ISBN
- 9780857459336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.83
€ 163.83
Hardback. This text re-examines the traditional acceptance of such historical ideas as classical heritage, medieval Christendom, reformation and counter-reformation, absolutism and the idea of progress. It claims that the identifying marks of Europe are its dissidence, rebellion and variety. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; HBA; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631176220
- ISBN
- 9780631176220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650715
- ISBN
- 9780691650715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.46€ 134.91
€ 182.46
€ 134.91
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691624396
- ISBN
- 9780691624396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.09
€ 46.99
€ 33.09
Hardcover. A provocative and contrarian work-filled with great lessons from history-that challenges the pervasive notion that America is on the decline. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404497
- ISBN
- 9780871404497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.26
€ 27.99
€ 24.26
Paperback. "A bracing and intelligent reminder that, for all its woes, America remains extraordinarily dynamic, innovative, and resilient."-Fareed Zakaria Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871408464
- ISBN
- 9780871408464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.22
€ 18.99
€ 17.22
hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1985th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333392584
- ISBN
- 9780333392584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.53
€ 120.53
Hardback. Describes how Filipino exiles and immigrants in the United States played a crucial role in overthrowing the dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 black and white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252037580
- ISBN
- 9780252037580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.55
€ 125.55
Paperback. Describes how Filipino exiles and immigrants in the United States played a crucial role in overthrowing the dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 black and white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079122
- ISBN
- 9780252079122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.73
€ 23.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785044
- ISBN
- 9780804785044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.61
€ 88.61
Paperback. Receive Our Memories consists of a rare set of correspondence from a poor, uneducated Mexican in the mid-20th century to his daughter who moves to the United States, putting a human face on the experience of both the immigrant and the family left behind, as well as the histories of both countries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJPG; BJ; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199340439
- ISBN
- 9780199340439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.95
€ 43.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPA; JPP; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459353
- ISBN
- 9781349459353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Paperback. "First published in Brazil as A formaocao das almas, by Companhia das Letras, 1990"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Lander, Clifford. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JPHL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035266
- ISBN
- 9780268035266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.10
€ 29.99
€ 29.10
Paperback. Pope Pius XII's alleged silence in the face of the destruction of the European Jews during World War II has been the subject of a fierce controversy. This work discusses the reasons given for Pius' behaviour by the authors who have contributed to the dispute and evaluates their findings. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813210810
- ISBN
- 9780813210810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.74
€ 19.99
€ 18.74
Paperback. Using oral history interviews and citrus company records, this book argues that Mexican Americans helped lay the groundwork for civil rights struggles and electoral campaigns in the post-World War II era. It also shows how Mexicans transformed leisure spaces into politicized spaces where workers voiced their grievances and built solidarity. Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252073250
- ISBN
- 9780252073250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. An illustrated brief history of Portugal written for non-specialist foreign readers. Also included in the book is a historical gazetteer, short biographies, chronological tables and maps. Translator(s): Fonss, Ursula. Series: Aspects of Portugal S. Num Pages: 180 pages, tables, 16 maps, 32pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; HBJD; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857542110
- ISBN
- 9781857542110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.08
€ 26.99
€ 20.08
Paperback. A comprehensive investigation of the New World. It describes the region's natural resources, flora, animals, and terrain, as well as the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. It offers a significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World. Editor(s): Mangan, Jane E.; Lopez-Morillas, Frances M. Series: Chronicles of a New World Encounter - Latin America in Translation S. Num Pages: 568 pages, 10 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 806. Series: Chronicles of a New World Encounter - Latin America in Translation S. 568 pages, 10 figures,. 3 maps. Editor(s): Mangan, Jane E.; Lopez-Morillas, Frances M. A comprehensive investigation of the New World. It describes the region's natural resources, flora, animals, and terrain, as well as the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. It offers a significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 35. Weight: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328452
- ISBN
- 9780822328452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. This Oxford Handbook comprehensively examines the field of Latin American history. Editor(s): Moya, Jose C. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 37. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195166217
- ISBN
- 9780195166217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.88
€ 76.88
Paperback. This book provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. It argues that the failure to build permanent trust between the state and the civil society and the unraveling of confidence within Argentine society itself account for the collapse of the progressive tax system. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344024
- ISBN
- 9781349344024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Hardcover. In Kerala, Vakkom Moulavi motivated Muslims to embrace modernity, especially modern education, in order to reap maximum benefit. In this process, he initiated numerous religious reforms. However, he held fairly ambivalent attitudes towards individualism, materialism and secularization, defending Islam against the attacks of Christian missionaries. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRHP; HRHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383136
- ISBN
- 9781137383136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Hardback. The Mandaeans were a gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. This text examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans and provides an introduction to the religion, showing how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa. Series: An American Academy of Religion Book. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9pp halftones numerous figures and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRK; HRQC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195153859
- ISBN
- 9780195153859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.36
€ 99.36
Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBJK; HBW; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 107 x 18. Weight in Grams: 129.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804115988
- ISBN
- 9780804115988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.57
€ 10.57
Paperback. Cuba has long been a social policy pioneer, with ambitious policies to address health care, education, employment, the environment, and social inequalities. Yet facing severe economic challenges, the government may look to learn from its Latin American neighbors. Social Policies and Decentralization in Cuba analyzes these issues in depth. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Arguelle, Maria del Carmen Zabala; Prieto, Mayra Espina. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; GTB; HBJK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
- Publisher
- David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975309
- ISBN
- 9780674975309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.34
€ 27.99
€ 24.34