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Paperback. This history of the political economy, social relations, and cultural debates that animated Spanish North America from 1500 until 1800 illuminates its centuries of capitalist dynamism and subsequent collapse into revolution. Num Pages: 712 pages, 19 illustrations, 164 tables, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; HBJK; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349891
- ISBN
- 9780822349891
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€ 41.99€ 37.49
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Paperback. How colonial mapping traditions were combined with practices of nineteenth-century visual culture in the first maps of independent Mexico, particularly in those created by the respected cartographer Antonio Garcia Cubas. Num Pages: 352 pages, 91 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349914
- ISBN
- 9780822349914
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€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Shows how politics and aesthetics merge in American film noirs made between the late 1930s and the mid-1950s; their oft-noted uncanniness betrays the fear that un-American foes lurk within the homeland. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350064
- ISBN
- 9780822350064
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€ 30.99€ 27.51
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Paperback. The difficulties college-educated black women face when trying to date, marry, and have children Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 36 tables, 17 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350088
- ISBN
- 9780822350088
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€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
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Paperback. Explores the full range of popular music from show tunes to Latin in a wide variety of television programs, and shows how the standards of presentation and performance developed Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 424 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APT; AVGN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584. Popular Music on Early Television. Series: Console-ing Passions. 424 pages, 29 illustrations. Explores the full range of popular music from show tunes to Latin in a wide variety of television programs, and shows how the standards of presentation and performance developed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APT; AVGN; JFD. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 25. Weight: 584.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350118
- ISBN
- 9780822350118
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Reveals how Peru s early-twentieth-century labor reforms excluded the majority of the country s laborers. They were indigenous, and the nation s elites saw indigeneity as incommensurable with work, modernity, and industrial progress. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; JHBL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350132
- ISBN
- 9780822350132
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€ 31.99€ 28.50
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Paperback. Historians, anthropologists, and sociologists examine how race and racism have mattered in Andean and Mesoamerican societies from the early colonial era to the present day. Editor(s): Gotkowitz, Laura. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 photographs, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350439
- ISBN
- 9780822350439
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
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Paperback. Based on the analysis of community records in a Peruvian village, The Lettered Mountain tells how Andean peasants thought to be illiterate appropriated the Roman alphabet long ago. Num Pages: 392 pages, 72 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; CFC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350446
- ISBN
- 9780822350446
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350477
- ISBN
- 9780822350477
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€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
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Paperback. Illuminates a pathbreaking black radical feminist politics forged by black women leftists active in the U.S. Communist Party between its founding in 1919 and its demise in the 1950s. Num Pages: 328 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350507
- ISBN
- 9780822350507
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€ 31.99€ 28.62
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Paperback. Unspeakable Violence argues that racialized and gendered violence in the U.S. Mexico borderlands from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth was fundamental to U.S., Mexican, and Chicano/a nationalisms. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 563.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350750
- ISBN
- 9780822350750
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€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity. 408 pages, 71 photographs. Editor(s): Wallace, Maurice O.; Smith, Shawn Michelle. Brings to light the wide-ranging practices of early African American photography, as well as the effects of photography on racialized thinking. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight: 712.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350859
- ISBN
- 9780822350859
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Paperback. This ethnography of violence in Jamaica repudiates cultural explanations for violence, arguing that its roots lie in deep racialized and gendered inequalities produced in imperial slave economies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350866
- ISBN
- 9780822350866
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Paperback. Sergio Ramirez was Vice President of Nicaragua from 1984 to 1990. This title covers the turbulent years that toppled the Samoza dictatorship in 1979 and the triumphs and shortcomings of the Sandinista National Liberation Front that was charged with national reconstruction and social transformation in this country and region. Translator(s): Skar, Stacey Alba D. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLCM; BG; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350873
- ISBN
- 9780822350873
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
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Paperback. Explores the relationship between race, knowledge, and violence that underpins U.S. modernity. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351054
- ISBN
- 9780822351054
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€ 31.99€ 28.62
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Paperback. This collection looks at Caribbean religious history from the late 18th century to the present including obeah, vodou, santeria, candomble, and brujeria. The contributors examine how these religions have been affected by many forces including colonialism, law, race, gender, class, state power, media represenation, and the academy. Editor(s): Paton, Diana; Forde, Maarit. Num Pages: 376 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HRK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544. The Politics of Caribbean Religion and Healing. 392 pages, 9 illustrations. Editor(s): Paton, Diana; Forde, Maarit. This collection looks at Caribbean religious history from the late 18th century to the present including obeah, vodou, santeria, candomble, and brujeria. The contributors examine how these religions have been affected by many forces including colonialism, law, race, gender, class, state power, media represenation, and the academy. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HRK; JHMC. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351337
- ISBN
- 9780822351337
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
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Paperback. A collection of essays considering how country music became "white," how that fictive racialization has been maintained, and how African American artists and fans have used country music to elaborate their own identities. Editor(s): Pecknold, Diane. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351634
- ISBN
- 9780822351634
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€ 32.99€ 29.78
€ 32.99
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Hardback. Explores the causes, consequences, and contemporary reactions to Brazil's sharply unequal agrarian structure Editor(s): Carter, Miguel. Num Pages: 544 pages, 33 photographs, 57 tables, 11maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPWD; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351726
- ISBN
- 9780822351726
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€ 138.59
€ 138.59
Paperback. In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jimenez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 photos, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. 384 pages, 19 photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. Examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the Lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight: 532.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351856
- ISBN
- 9780822351856
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Explores the causes, consequences, and contemporary reactions to Brazil's sharply unequal agrarian structure Editor(s): Carter, Miguel. Num Pages: 544 pages, 33 photographs, 57 tables, 11maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPWD; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351863
- ISBN
- 9780822351863
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€ 37.99€ 34.15
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€ 34.15
Paperback. An ethnography of post-Soviet Cuba s health-care sector which reveals Cuba to be a pragmatic and contradictory state. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352051
- ISBN
- 9780822352051
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€ 30.99€ 27.59
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Paperback. Paying particular attention to hula performances that toured throughout the U.S. beginning in the late nineteenth century, Adria L. Imada investigates the role of hula in the American colonization of Hawai'i. Num Pages: 392 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352075
- ISBN
- 9780822352075
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€ 32.99€ 29.75
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€ 29.75
Paperback. Cosmopolitanism from the Viewpoint of Violence. 256 pages. Robbins takes stock of the new cosmopolitanism, rethinking his own commitment and reflecting on the responsibilities of American intellectuals today. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFS. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352099
- ISBN
- 9780822352099
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€ 27.99€ 26.40
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€ 26.40
Paperback. Andean Music in Japan. 248 pages, 18 illustrations. This is a book about Andean music, its reception in Japan, and the resultant transcultural connection. Michelle Bigenho toured Japan with Bolivian musicians and dancers and describes how the two nationalites connected with each other through song and dance. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSX; AVGE; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352358
- ISBN
- 9780822352358
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43