The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Victorian-era divas who were better paid than some corporate chairmen, the boy soprano who grew up to give Bing Crosby a run for his money, music directors who were literally killed by the job-the plot of a Broadway show or a dime-store novel? No, the unique and colorful history of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 366 pages, 36 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; AVGD; HBJK; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231881
- ISBN
- 9780823231881
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€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
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Paperback. In analyses of digital death footage-from victims of police brutality to those who jump from the Golden Gate Bridge-Jennifer Malkowski considers the immense changes digital technologies have introduced in the ability to record and display actual deaths-one of documentary's most taboo and politically volatile subjects. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APFA; APFR; HPJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363156
- ISBN
- 9780822363156
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€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Jazz pianist, trombonist, composer, educator, and community leader Horace Tapscott tells his life story, from his childhood in Houston and growing up in Los Angeles, to his early professional career, creation of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, and his work to build and serve L.A.'s black community. Editor(s): Isoardi, Steven. Num Pages: 272 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362715
- ISBN
- 9780822362715
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€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. In Musicians in Transit Matthew B. Karush examines the careers of seven major twentieth-century Argentine popular musicians in the transnational context to show how their engagement with foreign genres, ideologies, and audiences helped them create innovative new music and shape new Argentine cultural and national identities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; AVGW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362364
- ISBN
- 9780822362364
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. In Real Pigs Brad Weiss traces the desire for creating "authentic" local foods in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina as he follows farmers, butchers, and chefs as they breed, raise, butcher, market, sell, and prepare their pasture-raised hogs for consumption. Num Pages: 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; JFCV; JHMC; KCT; WBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361572
- ISBN
- 9780822361572
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Hardback. David H. Price uses information from CIA, FBI, and military records to map the connections between academia and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the U.S. military and outline the major influence the American security state has had on the field of anthropology. Num Pages: 488 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 846.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361060
- ISBN
- 9780822361060
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Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
Paperback. In Diaspora and Trust Adrian H. Hearn proposes a new paradigm for economic development in Mexico and Cuba that is predicated on the development of trust among the state, society, and each nation's resident Chinese diaspora communities, lest they get left behind in the twenty-first century economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360735
- ISBN
- 9780822360735
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. In Negro Soy Yo Marc D. Perry explores how Cuban raperos (black-identified rappers) in Havana craft notions of black Cuban identity and racial citizenship in the face of continuing racism and marginalization during an era in which the Cuban economy, society, and nationhood have been under constant flux. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVGR; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822358855
- ISBN
- 9780822358855
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€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, this title details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 photographs, 1 table, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356783
- ISBN
- 9780822356783
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardback. Focused on the intimate effects of large-scale economic transformations, this book illuminates how everyday efforts to imagine, resist, and enact market reforms shape sexual desires and subjectivities. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFC; JFSK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356738
- ISBN
- 9780822356738
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Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
Talking to the Dead: Religion, Music, and Lived Memory among Gullah/Ge...
Lerhonda S. Manigault-Bryant
Hardback. Presents an ethnography of seven Gullah/Geechee women from the South Carolina lowcountry. This book emphasizes that this communication affirms the women's spiritual faith - which seamlessly integrates Christian and folk traditions - and reinforces their position as powerful culture keepers within Gullah/Geechee society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HRLF; JFSL3; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356639
- ISBN
- 9780822356639
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Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89
Paperback. Via military conquest, Catholic evangelization, and intercultural engagement and struggle, a vast array of knowledge circulated through the Spanish viceroyalties in Mexico and the Andes. This book highlights the critical role that indigenous intellectuals played in this cultural ferment. Editor(s): Ramos, Gabriela; Yannakakis, Yanna P. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 photographs, 5 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSX; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356608
- ISBN
- 9780822356608
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Based on ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, this title explores how the concepts of race, ethnicity, nation, and gender enter into and are affected by genomic research. It involves relations between European men and indigenous or African women, gender is a key factor in Latin American genomics and the analyses in this book. Editor(s): Wade, Peter; Lopez Beltran, Carlos; Restrepo, Eduardo; Santos, Ricardo Ventura. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 photos, 2 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356486
- ISBN
- 9780822356486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89
Hardback. Via military conquest, Catholic evangelization, and intercultural engagement and struggle, a vast array of knowledge circulated through the Spanish viceroyalties in Mexico and the Andes. This book highlights the critical role that indigenous intellectuals played in this cultural ferment. Editor(s): Ramos, Gabriela; Yannakakis, Yanna P. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 photographs, 5 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSX; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356479
- ISBN
- 9780822356479
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Condition: New
€ 115.91
€ 115.91
Hardback. In the 1920s, as American films came to dominate the country's cinemas, many of Mexico's cultural and political elites feared that this "Yanqui Invasion" would turn Mexico into a cultural vassal of the United States. In this book, the author contends that Hollywood films were not simply tools of cultural imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 46 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJG; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356417
- ISBN
- 9780822356417
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Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89
Hardback. In 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after 1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship. This book brings together historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists to offer a radical new understanding of the emergence and persistence of the modern Mexican state. Editor(s): Gillingham, Paul; Smith, Benjamin T. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 464 pages, 6 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356318
- ISBN
- 9780822356318
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Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Paperback. Focuses on the lives of four indigenous activist-intellectuals in Bolivia, key leaders in the Alcaldes Mayores Particulares (AMP), a movement established to claim rights for indigenous education and reclaim indigenous lands from hacienda owners. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356172
- ISBN
- 9780822356172
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Offers a collection of essays on Latin American, Caribbean, and US-based Latina feminisms and their multiple translations and cross-pollinations. Editor(s): Alvarez, Sonia E.; Costa, Claudia de Lima; Feliu, Veronica; Hester, Rebecca; Klahn, Norma; Thayer, Millie. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 781.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356158
- ISBN
- 9780822356158
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Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardback. Considers how femininities are produced, performed, and consumed in the mass-media spectacles of international beauty pageants, on the runways of the Miss Venezuela contest, on the well-traveled Caracas avenue where transgender women project themselves into the urban imaginary, and on the bodies of transformistas and beauty pageant contestants. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 293 pages, 20 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356110
- ISBN
- 9780822356110
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Condition: New
€ 111.11
€ 111.11
Hardback. Omens of Adversity is a profound critique of postcolonial temporality. David Scott argues that the palpable sense of the present as time stalled, without hope for emancipatory futures, has had far-reaching effects on how we think about justice and the nature of political action. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356066
- ISBN
- 9780822356066
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Condition: New
€ 110.96
€ 110.96
Hardback. By considering the memories and ideologies of middle-class Argentines who did not get involved in political struggles, this book expands thinking about the era to the larger society that activists and direct victims of state terror were part of and claimed to represent. Num Pages: 376 pages, 73 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPL; JFSC; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355960
- ISBN
- 9780822355960
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Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89
Paperback. Legal Fictions is a bold declaration that, in the U.S., the black body is thoroughly bound by law. It is an unflinchingly look at the implications of that claim and a virtuoso survey of the ways that black authors of literary fiction have engaged with the law's constructions of race since the era of slavery. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JHMC; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355953
- ISBN
- 9780822355953
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354741
- ISBN
- 9780822354741
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Historians, anthropologists, and literary critics examine the legacies of the Second Indochina War, or what most Americans call the Vietnam War, nearly forty years after the United States finally left Vietnam. Editor(s): Laderman, Scott; Martini, Edwin A. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; GTJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354628
- ISBN
- 9780822354628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89