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The Americas
Paperback. With its archaeological sites, colonial architecture, pristine beaches, and alluring cities, Mexico has long been an attractive destination for travellers. This book takes a broad historical and geographical look at Mexico, covering a range of tourist destinations from Tijuana and Acapulco, and the development of tourism from the 1840s onwards. Editor(s): Berger, Dina; Wood, Andrew Grant. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345718
- ISBN
- 9780822345718
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345589
- ISBN
- 9780822345589
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Condition: New
€ 144.32
€ 144.32
Paperback. Analyzes bilingual intercultural education in Bolivia. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345466
- ISBN
- 9780822345466
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. A feminist analysis of the Chicano family that sees it as a site of political struggle with patriarchal masculinity, nationalism, and homophobia. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345435
- ISBN
- 9780822345435
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€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Hardback. An ethnography exploring the encounter between modernizing visions of development, the place-based life projects of the Yshiro indigenous people of the Paraguayan Chaco, and the agendas of scholars and activists. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345305
- ISBN
- 9780822345305
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Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. Analyzes one of the most important Catholic mission systems in republican-era Latin America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 illustraions, 18 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345046
- ISBN
- 9780822345046
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. An ethnography on the significance of Selena's afterlife for Latino identity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLCM; JFC; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345022
- ISBN
- 9780822345022
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€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Presents a framework for re-conceptualizing the relationship between neoliberal development and social movements. Moving beyond the notion that development is a hegemonic, homogenizing force that victimizes local communities, this book argues that development processes and social movements shape each other in uneven and paradoxical ways. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 photographs, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMP; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344834
- ISBN
- 9780822344834
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
paperback. This portrayal of Native Alaska brings together essays, poems, songs, stories, maps, and visual art. Most of the selections are by Alaska Natives; many were written especially for this volume. Editor(s): Williams, Maria Shaa Tlaa. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 416 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344803
- ISBN
- 9780822344803
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Historians and anthropologists unravel the interplay of the national and transnational, and of scarcity and abundance, in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Editor(s): McCrossen, Alexis. Num Pages: 440 pages, 105 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFCD; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344759
- ISBN
- 9780822344759
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€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. An argument that it was only on September 11, 2001, that the symbolic universe of the Cold War was finally destroyed and a new world order put into place. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344735
- ISBN
- 9780822344735
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344728
- ISBN
- 9780822344728
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Reveals the human drama behind the radical agrarian reform process that unfolded in Peru during the final three decades of the twentieth century. This book also evaluates Peru's military government (1969-79), its audacious agrarian reform program, and what that reform meant to Peruvians from all walks of life. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 photographs, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344698
- ISBN
- 9780822344698
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.64
€ 31.99
€ 28.64
Hardback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344575
- ISBN
- 9780822344575
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Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Paperback. An interdisciplinary argument that the concept of cultural creolization must be expanded to encompass cultural productions by vulnerable populations living in situations of modern power inequalities anywhere in the world. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344414
- ISBN
- 9780822344414
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€ 31.99€ 28.51
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€ 28.51
Paperback. A biography of Henry Roe Cloud (c. 1884-1950), a Winnebago educator, scholar, and minister who was one of the most renowned Native Americans of his time. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344216
- ISBN
- 9780822344216
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€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of how young South Asian Muslim immigrants living in the United States experienced and understood national belonging (or exclusion) in the years immediately following September 11, 2001. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JMC; JFFN; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344094
- ISBN
- 9780822344094
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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€ 29.60
Paperback. An historical account of the significant roles of feminists and female philanthropists in the emergence of the Argentine welfare state between 1880 and 1955. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; HB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343301
- ISBN
- 9780822343301
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€ 32.99€ 29.82
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€ 29.82
paperback. Examines how specific Party chapters or offshoots emerged, developed, and waned, as well as how the local branches related to their communities and to the national party. This work reveals how Black Panther Party ideologies, goals, and strategies were taken up and adapted throughout the United States. Editor(s): Williams, Yohuru; Lazerow, Jama. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSL3; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343264
- ISBN
- 9780822343264
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. An examination of how Guatemalans are reckoning with the aftermath of a civil war that left fundamental assumptions about selves and others in tatters when it officially ended in 1996. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343240
- ISBN
- 9780822343240
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. A study of the creation of jazz, swing, and R & B music within the multicultural, multiethnic terrain of Los Angeles Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 408 pages, 42 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ASD; AVG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343226
- ISBN
- 9780822343226
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.53
€ 35.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. Shows that the period from 1940 up to 1968, generally viewed as a time of social and political stability in Mexico, actually saw instances of popular discontent and wide-scale state repression. This work features the struggles surrounding the Mexican Revolution and contemporary rural uprisings such as the Zapatista rebellion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343196
- ISBN
- 9780822343196
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Focuses on a key moment of transition: the years that bridged the first contact between Spanish conquistadores and Andean peoples in 1531 and the moment, around 1550, when a functioning colonial regime emerged. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343110
- ISBN
- 9780822343110
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Hardback. In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of US property owners as part of President Cardenas' land redistribution program. This title analyzes this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels in a nuanced way that combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 387 pages, 26 photos, 7 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342953
- ISBN
- 9780822342953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.82
€ 123.82