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The Americas
Hardcover. Once deemed a dysfunctional democracy with a feckless set of political institutions and a drunk economy, today s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661643
- ISBN
- 9780745661643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Paperback. Once deemed a dysfunctional democracy with a feckless set of political institutions and a drunk economy, today s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661650
- ISBN
- 9780745661650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.82
€ 25.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour photos & fold-out map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 104 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- JPM Publications SA,Switzerland Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782884525145
- ISBN
- 9782884525145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.09
€ 7.09
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rottner, Wesley B. Num Pages: 277 pages, tables, graphs, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP; JW; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617611131
- ISBN
- 9781617611131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.71€ 149.67
€ 220.71
€ 149.67
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788484893752
- ISBN
- 9788484893752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.06
€ 31.99
€ 23.06
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Imray,Laurie,Norie & Wilson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846232015
- ISBN
- 9781846232015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.85
€ 51.99
€ 43.85
Paperback. A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations--encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms--across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 408 pages, 79 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718579
- ISBN
- 9780292718579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
Hardback. Traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture, and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. This book includes several chapters that explore Brazilian identity through the interlinked concepts of texts, facts, sights, and sounds. Editor(s): Nava, Carmen; Lauerhass, Ludwig, Jr. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742537569
- ISBN
- 9780742537569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.78
€ 156.78
Paperback. Traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture, and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. This book includes several chapters that explore Brazilian identity through the interlinked concepts of texts, facts, sights, and sounds. Editor(s): Nava, Carmen; Lauerhass, Ludwig, Jr. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742537576
- ISBN
- 9780742537576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.08
€ 60.08
Paperback. This book explains why Brazil is taking an increasingly prominent international role, how it conducts and plans its regional and global interactions, and what the South American giant intends to do with its rising international influence. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 261 x 28. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781526107404
- ISBN
- 9781526107404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 6.12
€ 25.99
€ 6.12
Hardcover. The economy is heading for a wrenching adjustment that will push living standards down. Brazil, however, has already learned its inflation lesson and is reinstituting credit back into the society. This will provide outsized growth prospects for the next decade making Brazil what author James Dale Davidson calls ?The New America. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118006634
- ISBN
- 9781118006634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.88
€ 31.99
€ 24.88
Paperback. By adopting Utopia as a theme, this book unveils, organises and interprets recurrent images, which are a bridge between a cinema concerned with the national project and another informed by global culture. It presents a national cinema that rejects the end of film history, while benefiting from, and contributing to transnational aesthetics. Series: Tauris World Cinema Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845113285
- ISBN
- 9781845113285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.75
€ 36.99
€ 28.75
Pamphlet. Num Pages: 12 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WNC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 92. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Waterford Press
- Edition
- Lam Poc Ch
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583559901
- ISBN
- 9781583559901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.00
€ 9.00
Hardcover. A celebration of contemporary Brazilian culture from fashion to food Editor(s): Chagas, Carolina. Translator(s): Abramo Caldeira Brant, Maria. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 218 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1870.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714867496
- ISBN
- 9780714867496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.72
€ 52.99
€ 34.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 107 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633212534
- ISBN
- 9781633212534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.85€ 70.11
€ 100.85
€ 70.11
Paperback. This is a systematic account of Brazil's historical development from 1798 to 1852. The book analyses the process that brought the sprawling Portuguese colonies of the New World into the confines of a single nation-state. Editor(s): Barman, Roderick J. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723305
- ISBN
- 9780804723305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. 232pp. First English language edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- SKU
- KHS1030297
- ISBN
- 9780140214963
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Good clean copy with light age wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- SKU
- KSG0009831
- ISBN
- 9780140214963
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300216974
- ISBN
- 9780300216974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.09
€ 19.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. Brazil is one of the largest economies in the world. Brazil: What Everyone Needs to Know evaluates the progress that has been made to date in consolodating democracy and addressing the challenging institutional issues that are obstacles to a higher level of development. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB; HBJK; HBL; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190224530
- ISBN
- 9780190224530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.51
€ 17.99
€ 17.51
Hardcover. Editor(s): Griffin, Lisa M.; Sanders, Robert J. Num Pages: 391 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622577415
- ISBN
- 9781622577415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 337.00€ 226.86
€ 337.00
€ 226.86
Paperback. After the Brazilian military took power in a coup in 1964, many artists tried to distance themselves from politics; others went into exile. This book covers culturally repressive years of the regime, from 1968-74 and looks at artists who found their visual language of resistance, outside government-controlled cultural centres or the militant left. Num Pages: 232 pages, 72 illustrations, including 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 265 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351535
- ISBN
- 9780822351535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. Brazilian Bodies, and their Choreographies of Identification retraces the presence of a particular way of swaying the body that, in Brazil, is commonly known as ginga. Cristina Rosa its presence across distinct and specific realms: samba-de-roda (samba-in-a-circle) dances, capoeira angola games, and the repertoire of Grupo Corpo. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; ASD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137462268
- ISBN
- 9781137462268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.80
€ 155.80
Paperback. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. Series: Film and Culture Series. 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- third edition
- Number of pages
- 491
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102674
- ISBN
- 9780231102674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.64
€ 46.99
€ 33.64