The Americas
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The Americas
paperback. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the south-western United States. This book tells the story of Mexicans in the United States. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221254
- ISBN
- 9780253221254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. This volume offers a powerful argument that Catholics and Catholicism had a more pervasive and impeding influence on postrevolutionary state formation in Mexico than historians have recognized or acknowledged. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480. 360 pages. Reshapes our understanding of agrarian reform, federal schooling, revolutionary anticlericalism, elections, and the Revolution's valorization of the Mesoamerican past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353379
- ISBN
- 9780822353379
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. This edited collection by scholars of both history and anthropology re-examines the concepts of resistance and the effect of neoliberalism from the 1980s to the present day comparing Brazil and Mexico, two of the largest countries in Latin America. Editor(s): Gledhill, John; Schell, Patience A. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSB; HBJK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351870
- ISBN
- 9780822351870
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
paperback. Demonstrates that in the early English colonies in North America, constitutional thought and practice were more diverse than historians and political theorists have thought. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346326
- ISBN
- 9780822346326
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
paperback. Offers an analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced "modernity" during the lengthy "Order and Progress" dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. This book describes how Oaxacans, both elites and commoners, crafted and manipulated practices of tradition and modernity to define themselves and their city as integral parts of a modern Mexico. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b&w photos, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337904
- ISBN
- 9780822337904
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Duffy, Mignon; Armenia, Amy; Stacey, Clare L. Series: Families in Focus. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813563114
- ISBN
- 9780813563114
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.16
€ 47.99
€ 43.16
hardcover. Num Pages: 1032 pages, Ill.(some col.).M. BIC Classification: 1KB; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 190 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1032
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804706438
- ISBN
- 9780804706438
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Condition: New
€ 177.60
€ 177.60
paperback. Analyzes late 20th-century responses to feminism, and asks: to what extent does the concept of backlash accurately explain reactions to feminism over time? This book offers feminists and other activists empirically grounded knowledge that can be used to develop legal and political strategies for change. Editor(s): Chunn, Dorothy E.; Boyd, Susan B.; Lessard, Hester. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, approx. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JFFK; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814126
- ISBN
- 9780774814126
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
hardcover. Follows Peirce from May 1890 through July 1892 - a period of turmoil as his career unravelled at the US Coast and Geodetic Survey. This title includes reviews and essays from "The Nation" in which Peirce critiques Paul Carus, William James, Comte Lombroso, and Karl Pearson, and takes part in a famous dispute between Frank E Abbot and Josiah Royce. Editor(s): Peirce Edition Project. Series: Selections from the Writings of Charles S. Peirce. Num Pages: 824 pages, 10 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 1474. Weight in Grams: 1315.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Chronological ed
- Number of pages
- 824
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253372086
- ISBN
- 9780253372086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardcover. In The Arc of Due Process in American Constitutional Law, Sullivan and Massaro identify the historical underpinnings of due process while describing the evolution of the American due process doctrine. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199990801
- ISBN
- 9780199990801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.59
€ 144.59
Hardback. Understanding Latin America's recent economic performance calls for a multidisciplinary analysis. This handbook looks at the interaction of economics and politics in the region and includes a number of contributions from top academic experts who have also served as key policy makers, reflecting upon the challenges of reform. Editor(s): Santiso, Javier; Dayton-Johnson, Jeff. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 648 pages, 121 illustrations. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199747504
- ISBN
- 9780199747504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.59
€ 220.59
hardcover. This ethnography of the native people of the Bajo Urubamba river in Peruvian Amazonia addresses the wider issue of historical change in Amazonia and the political problems caused for indigenous people by modern development. Series: Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 figure, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780198273554
- ISBN
- 9780198273554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.67
€ 252.67
paperback. 'Neil Duxbury's splendid book will provide enjoyable and informative reading for anyone interested in jurisprudence ..It is a very fine book that fully deserves the high praise which it will undoubtedly receive.' The Cambridge Law Journal. The hardback won the 1996 SPTL First Prize for outstanding legal scholarship. Num Pages: 530 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780198264910
- ISBN
- 9780198264910
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Condition: New
€ 82.63
€ 82.63
hardcover. In 1946, the people of the French Antilles-the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe-chose the path of assimilation rather than independence from France. Their histories offer an important contrast to the wars of decolonization following World War II. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195382839
- ISBN
- 9780195382839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.08
€ 127.08
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
€ 77.30
€ 77.30
paperback. The incarceration of Japanese Americans has been discredited as a major blemish in American democratic tradition. This book probes the complexities of pre-war Japanese America to show how Japanese in America held an in-between space between the United States and the empire of Japan, between American nationality and Japanese racial identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195159417
- ISBN
- 9780195159417
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Condition: New
€ 57.03
€ 57.03
paperback. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HPS; PDA; PDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780190603816
- ISBN
- 9780190603816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190231019
- ISBN
- 9780190231019
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.51
€ 38.99
€ 37.51
Paperback. In Acting White, two of America's leading scholars of race and the law, Devon Carbado and Mitu Gulati, argue that that racial judgments are based not just on phenotypic skin color differences but on performative differences-how a person conforms to behavior stereotypically associated with a certain race. Num Pages: 212 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JFSL1; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190229214
- ISBN
- 9780190229214
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.29
€ 35.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Wherever you're travelling from, you can use this guide to make sure your holiday in the Las Vegas area is memorable, for all the right reasons. It just takes some inside knowledge and a little planning. Everything you'll read in these pages has been gathered from personal experience over 15 years of visits to the Las Vegas area Num Pages: 128 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBBWN; WTH; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Memoirs Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909020283
- ISBN
- 9781909020283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.09
€ 14.99
€ 12.09
hardcover. The intimate guide to life as a Shaker in 19th century America Editor(s): Morse, Flo; Newton, Vincent. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC99; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581574999
- ISBN
- 9781581574999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.14
€ 16.99
€ 15.14
mass_market. In 1952, overriding political objectives compelled UN forces to abandon the pursuit of decisive victory in Korea. The Outpost War tells the story of the First Marine Division's move to western Korea, where these assault-trained troops were ordered to dig in and fight a defensive war. Series: History of War. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887396
- ISBN
- 9781574887396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.43
€ 16.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. Makes the case that Los Angeles better represents the spectrum of gay and lesbian community activism and culture than cities with a higher gay profile. This book shows how activists lay claim to streets, buildings, neighborhoods, and, in the example of West Hollywood, an entire city. Series: American Subjects. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398848
- ISBN
- 9781566398848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. Raising key questions about race, class, sexuality, age, material culture, intellectual history, pedagogy, and gender, this book explores the myriad relationships between feminist thinking and Little Women. Editor(s): Alberghene, Janice M.; Lyon Clark, Beverly. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138798977
- ISBN
- 9781138798977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.65
€ 63.65