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Paperback. Examines the labor of government workers in North America. Countering conceptions of the government and its employees as remote and inflexible, this work uses the theory of mass intellectuality developed by Italian worker-theorists to illuminate the potential for genuine political progress inherent within state work. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHBL; JPA; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328957
ISBN
9780822328957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Paperback. Ranging from fatherhood to machismo and from public health to housework, this work collects studies of what it means to be a man in Latin America. Demonstrating that attention to masculinities does not thwart feminism, it illuminates the relationships between men and women and among men of different ethnic groups, sexual orientations, and classes. Editor(s): Gutmann, Matthew C. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330226
ISBN
9780822330226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Examines the history of banana-producing areas of Latin America and the Caribbean in comparative perspective, asking why different regions developed distinct patterns of property and labor mobilization. This collection also reveals how the banana industry marshaled workers of differing nationalities, ethnicities, and languages. Editor(s): Striffler, Steve; Moberg, Mark. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 illustrations, 16 tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; KCLT; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331964
ISBN
9780822331964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Combining diplomatic, economic, and cultural history, this title explains how private bank loans were extended to leverage acceptance of American financial advisers by foreign governments. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCLF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332190
ISBN
9780822332190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Explores the mid-nineteenth-century rise of mass electoral democracy in the southwestern region of Colombia. This work describes a rich republicanism characterized by legal rights and popular participation, and explains how this vibrant political culture was created by competing subaltern groups. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332244
ISBN
9780822332244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Examines what happens to our paradigms of the American south if we understand the "south" hemispherically, to include Latin America and the Caribbean Editor(s): Smith, Jon; Cohn, Deborah N. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KJ; 1KL; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333166
ISBN
9780822333166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.07

Paperback. The Inkan empire did not have writing as it is usually understood. The Inkas kept track of information - including their social and political organization - on khipus, knotted cords of cotton or wool. This book offers a reading of the khipus of one Andean village, where villagers have conserved a set of these enigmatic cords to the present day. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 photos (incl. 16 in color), 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333906
ISBN
9780822333906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333937
ISBN
9780822333937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Argues that American cultural conceptions of religion and race during the 1950s played a crucial role in framing an ideology through which U.S. policymakers understood their options in Vietnam. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334408
ISBN
9780822334408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Examines the politics of a 19th c. peasant revolt in Peru, looking at the organization and practice of government by the rebels to examine what a largely illiterate population understood by terms such as "nation" and showing the rebellion's significance in constructing the Peruvian State. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 b&w photos, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334415
ISBN
9780822334415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Generates new insights into the ways that race, class, and gender are fundamentally interconnected Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335979
ISBN
9780822335979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337201
ISBN
9780822337201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Argues that zombies and murderers in American film and literature embody the violent contradictions of capitalism. This book reveals that each creature has its tale to tell about how a free-wheeling market economy turns human beings into monstrosities. It tracks the monsters spawned by capitalism through pulp fiction and Hollywood blockbusters. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3895 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337454
ISBN
9780822337454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Traces the emergence of the mammoth US flood management system, which is overseen by the federal government but implemented in conjunction with state governments and local contractors and levee districts. This book shows how the system initially developed as a response to the demands of farmers and business elite in outlying territories. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBP; RNK; TNFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337737
ISBN
9780822337737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. The story of the dramatic struggle to define collective memory in Chile during the violent, repressive dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Series: Latin America Otherwise: Languages, Empires, Nations. Num Pages: 576 pages, 36 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 35. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338413
ISBN
9780822338413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.25

Paperback. An ethnographic consideration of why the Cuban government has allowed criticism of its policies to be expressed in Cuban film, visual art, and music over the past fifteen years. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338918
ISBN
9780822338918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Paperback. Continuing film lovers' ongoing conversation about the low, the bad, and the sleazy face of cinema, this book examines the ineffable quality of "sleaze" in relation to a range of issues, including the production realities of low-budget exploitation pictures and the ever-shifting terrain of reception and taste. Editor(s): Sconce, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 352 pages, 59 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339649
ISBN
9780822339649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. Sarah Banet-Weiser explores how the cable network Nickelodeon combines an appeal to kids formidable purchasing power with assertions of their political and cultural power. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
50032nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339939
ISBN
9780822339939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. Num Pages: 360 pages, 37 b&w photos, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340379
ISBN
9780822340379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. An analysis of the role public spaces-parks, clubs, book stores-played in shaping the feminist movement in three Midwestern cities during the 1960s and 1970s. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340836
ISBN
9780822340836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341215
ISBN
9780822341215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Imposing Harmony offers an analysis of the role of music and musicians in the social and political life of colonial Cuzco. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AVGC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341604
ISBN
9780822341604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil. 296 pages, 65 illustrations. Editor(s): Whitehead, Neil L. In 1550, the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. This title tells the story of his nine-month captivity among the Tupi Indians. It presents a dramatic first-person account of his capture, captivity, and eventual escape. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight: 442. Translator(s): Harbsmeier, Michael.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342311
ISBN
9780822342311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Studies the stirring literature of "Red Power," an era of Native American organizing that began in 1969 and expanded into the 1970s. This title shows instead that the movement engaged historical memory and oral tradition to produce more enabling knowledge of American Indian lives and possibilities. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342410
ISBN
9780822342410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

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