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The Americas

Hardback. This book is a radical reinterpretation of the process that led to the independence of Mexico, one that emphasizes political processes and cultural continuities instead of a break with the Spanish Monarchy. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 992. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804778305
ISBN
9780804778305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.01

Using naturally occurring, extended transcripts of stories told by the group's hunters, Thomas McIlwraith explores how Iskut hunting culture and the memories that the Iskut share have been maintained orally. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 172 pages, 3 tables; 1 map; 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. .
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643246
ISBN
9781442643246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.00

Hardback. A timely account of workers taking back their union Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 1KBBWS; HBTK; KNDV; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252036378
ISBN
9780252036378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.00

Paperback. The author invites the reader to consider: if we are what we eat, who are we? Amid wrangling over immigration and tribal differences in the USA, this text argues that on a basic level, in the way life is sustained and pleasure is sought, Americans are all multi-cultural. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674001909
ISBN
9780674001909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JPFF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
PM PRESS Oakland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000513
ISBN
9781604864267
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A history of the U.S. grassroots campaign against torture in Brazil, and the ways those efforts helped to create a new discourse about human-rights violations in Latin America. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 472 pages, 24 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347354
ISBN
9780822347354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.67

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311134
ISBN
9781477311134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. In We Created Chvez, by examining social movements and revolutionary groups active before and during the Chvez era, Ciccariello-Maher provides a broad, nuanced account of Chvezs rise to power and the years of activism that preceded it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354529
ISBN
9780822354529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.42

Paperback. In the post World War II period, student movements rebelled against the archaic university. This book shows how the university, particularly the public university, is moving away from "the people," in all their diversity. As more resources are put towards STEM education, humanities and interdisciplinary programs are being cut and shuttered. Series: American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present. Num Pages: 152 pages, no illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNB; JNF; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293007
ISBN
9780520293007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.14

Paperback. In this thorough social and political history Anne Eller breaks with dominant narratives of the history of the Dominican Republic and its relationship with Haiti by tracing the complicated history of its independence between 1822 and 1865, showing how the Dominican Republic's political roots are deeply entwined with Haiti's. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 1KJH; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362371
ISBN
9780822362371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.63

Paperback. In this powerful anthropological study of a Bolivian tin mining town, Nash explores the influence of modern industrialization on the traditional culture of Quechua-and-Aymara-speaking Indians. Num Pages: 363 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JHBL; JHM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080514
ISBN
9780231080514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.17

Hardcover. Num Pages: 306 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AVGU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 214 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bazillion Points United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935950073
ISBN
9781935950073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; HBJK; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625341624
ISBN
9781625341624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.14

Hardcover. Draws readers into the lives of the author's subjects, showing the passion and naivete of the volunteers, the bravery of the civil rights leaders, and the candid, sometimes troubling reactions of the black and white Mississippi Delta residents. Num Pages: 320 pages, 64 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; BM; HBTB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609384
ISBN
9780815609384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; JFFH; MBD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816697335
ISBN
9780816697335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.88

Paperback. The inner-city world of at-risk teens through their powerful photos and stories Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AJC; JFSG; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439907900
ISBN
9781439907900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.65

Paperback. Series: MasteRResearch. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 146 x 4. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
LIT Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783643109545
ISBN
9783643109545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280786
ISBN
9780520280786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.02

Hardback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280779
ISBN
9780520280779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.48
€ 73.18

Paperback. A fantastic collection of stories from the dynamic 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. Num Pages: 288 pages, 105 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; JWG; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909384224
ISBN
9781909384224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.88

Paperback. Written at a time when the traditions of the formerly omnipotent Anglo-Saxon male were crumbling under the pressures of a changing world, this book interprets racial conflict, inflation, the ecological crisis, and power groups as symptoms rather than causes of the American malaise. Num Pages: 221 pages, Appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
Bison Books Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259850
ISBN
9780803259850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 226 x 314 x 10. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385376174
ISBN
9780385376174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. This text argues that constitutional change, seemingly so orderly, and refined, has in fact been a revolutionary process from the first. It sets contemporary events, such as the Reagan revolution, in deeper, constitutional perspective and considers fundamental reforms that might resolve them. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003972
ISBN
9780674003972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.07

Paperback. A re-interpretation of American constitutional history, planned as the first of three volumes. Ackerman examines the transforming impact of popular movements on higher law. He also aims to put the Reagan revolution into perspective and redefine America's civic commitments for the future. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674948419
ISBN
9780674948419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.13

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