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The Americas
Hardback. With nearly 1,000 new biographies, updates of the existing biographies and appendices, and a fully searchable CD, this is the definitive source for biographical information on some 3,000 of Mexico's leading state and national politicians. Series: LLILAS Special Publications. Num Pages: 1310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; 3JMC; GBCB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 65. Weight in Grams: 2026.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 1280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726345
- ISBN
- 9780292726345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.88
€ 147.88
Paperback. From the sweaty summer days of a junky's nightmare to the bittersweet success of true surrender and emergence into a new way of life, Border Junkies paints a searing, first-hand portrait of addiction, poverty, and recovery on the U.S.-Mexico border Series: Inter-America Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, 26 b&w photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFFA; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726833
- ISBN
- 9780292726833
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of oral histories from pioneering Chicana activists, as well as the vibrant print culture through which they articulated their agenda and built community, this book presents the first full-scale investigation of the social and political factors that led to the development of Chicana feminism. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFSJ1; JFSL4; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726901
- ISBN
- 9780292726901
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardback. Comprehensive study of one of the world's great indigenous arts explores issues surrounding dreams and visions, ranging from what shamanic vision is to how artists use vision and how they perceive the soul in relation to their art Num Pages: 311 pages, 43 b&w, 24 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; AFW; HRLK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292728769
- ISBN
- 9780292728769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80
€ 58.80
Reinventing Practice in a Disenchanted World: Bourdieu and Urban Pover...
Cheleen Ann-Catherine Mahar
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292728899
- ISBN
- 9780292728899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.46
€ 21.46
Histories and Stories from Chiapas: Border Identities in Southern Mexi...
R. Aída Hernández Castillo
Paperback. Analyses how Chiapas' indigenous peoples have rejected, accepted, or negotiated the official discourse on 'being Mexican' and participating in the construction of a Mexican national identity. This book traces the relations between the Mam and the national government from 1934 to the Zapatista rebellion. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 b&w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292731493
- ISBN
- 9780292731493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. With almost 200 photographs, many never before published, and an authoritative text that delves into the motivations and aesthetics of the photographers who took them, this is the most ambitious and historically accurate visual record of the Mexican Revolution Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 327 pages, 197 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; AJCR; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 5182 x 788. Weight in Grams: 1305.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292735804
- ISBN
- 9780292735804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.68
€ 52.68
Hardback. Two environmental reporters tell the fascinating story behind Texas's unlikely triumph in the clean-energy marketplace through wind farming Num Pages: 209 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; KNBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292735835
- ISBN
- 9780292735835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.16
€ 28.16
Hardback. One of the world's leading authorities presents a major overview of the Moche, one of pre-Columbian America's greatest civilizations, renowned for its monumental architecture, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 colour and 62 b&w photographs, 23 line drawings, 1 map, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737594
- ISBN
- 9780292737594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.00
€ 70.00
Paperback. Correlating climate change and archaeological data, an award-winning historian offers the first comprehensive overview of how the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age significantly impacted the Native cultures of the American Southwest, Southern Plains, and Southeast Series: Clifton & Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3H; 3JB; HDD; JHMC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737617
- ISBN
- 9780292737617
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. A timely, accessible study - bolstered by startling statistics - of the sparse coverage of Latinos on network evening news and the social inequity perpetuated by the frequently negative tone of the few news stories that do spotlight Latinos Num Pages: 317 pages, 8 charts/graphs, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292743748
- ISBN
- 9780292743748
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Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardback. Unconventional journeys into the genius of Cormac McCarthy form a new, highly personal way of appreciating literary greatness Series: Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Num Pages: 292 pages, 34 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292744295
- ISBN
- 9780292744295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.31
€ 33.31
Hardback. With a full-colour reproduction of the entire codex and the first modern commentary in English on the pre-Hispanic history it records, The Complete Codex Zouche-Nuttall unlocks the social and political cosmos of the ancient Mixtec Num Pages: 365 pages, 117 b/w photos, 86 color photos, 34 tables, 6 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACBK; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292744387
- ISBN
- 9780292744387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24
Hardback. Uncovers the effects of decades of war and gang violence on the lives of youths in Central America and in refugee communities in the United States Translator(s): Auyero, Javier. Num Pages: 184 pages, 105 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; AJCR; JFFE; JFSP1; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 276 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292744394
- ISBN
- 9780292744394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.96
€ 74.96
Hardcover. A path-finding analysis of the vast colonial "dance archive" that conclusively demonstrates that dance played a crucial role in the European colonization of the Americas Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 227 pages, 40 b/w photos, 2 maps, 11 color in an 8-page section. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 509. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292744929
- ISBN
- 9780292744929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. Using the Maya city of Itzmal as a case study, this book explores how indigenous conceptions of space and landscape both aided and subverted the Franciscan evangelical effort in Colonial Yucatan Num Pages: 244 pages, 70 b&w illustrations, 19 colour photographs, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 185 x 18. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292744943
- ISBN
- 9780292744943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Paperback. Extensively revised to incorporate the latest interpretations and address issues of race and gender as well as of economic interest, this is the only book that in such a short space covers the causes, events, and consequences of the wars of independence (1810-1825) in all of Latin America Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Third
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292745346
- ISBN
- 9780292745346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardcover. Legislators, lawyers, community organizers, political historians, and political scientists offer a complete history of Texas redistricting during the past century - and the repercussions still felt from the map battles of the 1960s Editor(s): Keith, Gary A. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JPHF; LNDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292745407
- ISBN
- 9780292745407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.24
€ 40.24
Hardcover. 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: 809 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 809
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292747715
- ISBN
- 9780292747715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.63
€ 141.63
Paperback. Surveying the major antiwar artists, art collectives,and iconic works, as well as offering an original typology of antiwar engagement, this is the first comprehensive history of American artistic protest against the Vietnam War Num Pages: 252 pages, 73 b&w and 18 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292748309
- ISBN
- 9780292748309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.15
€ 32.99
€ 31.15
Paperback. An interpretative racial history of Mexican Americans, focusing on racial foundations and race relations from pre-Hispanic times to the present. It uses the concept of racialisation to describe the process through which Spanish, Mexican and US authorities constructed racial status hierarchies. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 389 pages, 50 b&w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292752542
- ISBN
- 9780292752542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Hardcover. Draws on thirty-five years of fieldwork (1965-1990) in the region to present a masterful ethnographic historical account of how nine communities in the Oaxaca Valley have striven to maintain land, livelihood, and civility in the face of transformational and cumulative change across five centuries. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 403 pages, 62 b&w photos, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292754768
- ISBN
- 9780292754768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.10
€ 86.10
Hardcover. Reconstructs the dynamic interaction between religious specialists and the colonial world that unfolded around them, considering how the discourse about religion shifted on both sides of the Spanish and Andean relationship in complex and unexpected ways. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3J; HRAF; HRAX; HRC; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292756946
- ISBN
- 9780292756946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.96
€ 74.96
![Alicia Gaspar de Alba - [Un]framing the](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/9780292758506.jpg "Alicia Gaspar de Alba - [Un]framing the")
Paperback. Dismantles the discourses that "frame" women who rebel against patriarchal strictures as "bad women" and offers empowering models of struggle, resistance, and rebirth. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 colour and 37 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292758506
- ISBN
- 9780292758506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.44
€ 34.99
€ 33.44