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Hardback. The Ends of Literature analyzes the part played by literature within contemporary Latin American thought and politics, above all the politics of neoliberalism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSA; DSB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743457
ISBN
9780804743457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.43

Hardback. This volume follows the Mexican financial system from the assumption of power by Porfirio Diaz in 1876 to the recovery of the domestic banking system in the 1920s, despite ongoing violence and political instability. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742856
ISBN
9780804742856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.72

Hardback. Focusing on the military institutions of Bahia, Brazil, this book analyzes the region's transition from Portuguese colony to province of the Brazilian Empire. It examines the social, racial and cultural dimensions of post-independence state-building in the principal slave region of the Americas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742481
ISBN
9780804742481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.80

Hardback. This study uses the participation of free-colored men, whether mulatos, pardos, or morenos (i.e., Afro-Spaniards, Afro-Indians, or "pure blacks"), in New Spain's militia as a prism for examining race relations, racial identity, racial categorization, and issues of social mobility for racially stigmatized groups in colonial Mexico. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742290
ISBN
9780804742290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Hardback. Studying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment economic growth. Editor(s): Bortz, Jeffrey; Haber, Stephen H. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742078
ISBN
9780804742078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.43

Hardback. This sequel to "The Voyage of the Frolic" uses the "Frolic"'s ill-fated first, and final, cargo to San Francisco to tell the broader story of the beginnings of direct commerce between China and California. It also explores the potential of contextual archaeology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 64 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741750
ISBN
9780804741750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.83

Hardback. Wilbur H. Ping Ferry (1910-1995) was a self-styled town crank, an influential and iconoclastic figure who seemingly knew everyone worth knowing in the mid-20th century. Thi text is an account of his career. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741576
ISBN
9780804741576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.47

hardcover. What accounts for the growing income inequalities in Silicon Valley, despite huge technological and economic strides? Why have the once-powerful labor unions declined in their influence? This book examines these questions from a fresh perspective: that provided by the history of women in Silicon Valley in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741545
ISBN
9780804741545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.06

Hardback. The availability of industrial investment sites over the last two decades has lowered the cost of relocating core activities to new countries. But how should these developments be exploited for competitive advantage? This book examines how location decisions have contributed to the global dominance of U.S. firms in the hard disk drive industry. Num Pages: 372 pages, 5 line diagrams 35 tables 12 graphs 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; 1FMT; 1KBBWF; KJC; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741521
ISBN
9780804741521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.02

Hardback. This book explains how the United States Constitution made the transition from a very divisive proposal to a consensually legitimate framework for governing. The Federalists' proposal had been bitterly opposed, and constitutional legitimation required a major transformation. The story of that transformation is the substance of this book. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741064
ISBN
9780804741064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.02

Hardback. By addressing, through empirical research, the many facets of racial dynamics in higher education, this timely book offers not only strong arguments for the necessity of affirmative action policies, but also ways of building a research agenda that tests notions of fairness, merit, and the benefits of diversity. Editor(s): Chang, Mitchell J.; Witt, Daria; Jones, James; Hakuta, Kenji. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740340
ISBN
9780804740340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.77

Hardback. This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history-the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatan against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740005
ISBN
9780804740005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.66

Hardback. This work situates the patrimonial rights of illegitimate offspring in Brazil within a system of Luso-Brazilian heirship that operated in the final half century of Portugese colonial rule. The book offers an explanation of how the rules of inheritance applied to people born outside of wedlock. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JHBK; LNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738811
ISBN
9780804738811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.44

Hardback. This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, inthe USA, aprocess that led to Standard Time the world-wide system of timekeeping by which everyone lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738743
ISBN
9780804738743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.87
€ 61.40

Hardback. For two centuries, Americans expected that their public schools would cultivate personal, moral, and social development, however, modern school reformers are intent on using schools to solve economic problems. This text explores the ongoing debates on the commongood in American public education. Editor(s): Cuban, Larry; Shipps, Dorothy. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line diagram. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738620
ISBN
9780804738620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.94

hardcover. This volume offers an illuminating overview of the work of a pioneering and highly distinguished scholar of Latin American social and cultural history and philology. The "old and new" of the subtitle is meant literally; the first piece was written in 1968, the last in 1998. Four of the twelve essays are published here for the first time. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 line diagrams 1 table 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3J; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 695.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804738095
ISBN
9780804738095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.34

hardcover. This book analyzes continuity and change in elections to the U.S. House of Representatives from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, with emphasis on the elections of 1994, 1996, and 1998. Most of the essays closely examine these recent elections, documenting the erosion of incumbency and insulation, but pointing out important continuities. Editor(s): Brady, David W.; Cogan, John F.; Fiorina, Morris P. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 line diagrams 41 tables 77 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804737371
ISBN
9780804737371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.42

Hardback. This volume advances an emerging body of work that centres Southern California's future on the links between the two fastest-growing racial groups in the region - Asians and Latinos - and the economic and social mainstream of this important sector of the global economy. Editor(s): Lopez-Garza, Marta; Diaz, David R. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSJ; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736305
ISBN
9780804736305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.97

Hardback. Examining Latin American security in the post-Cold War era, policymakers and analysts from across the Americas assess the security threats and agendas of different sub-regions--such as the Caribbean Basin, the Andean nations, and the Southern Cone--and evaluate the potential for wider hemispheric cooperation. Editor(s): Tulchin, Joseph S.; Aravena, Francisco; Espach, Ralph H. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 515.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736077
ISBN
9780804736077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736015
ISBN
9780804736015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.46

Hardback. This book is about ending guerrilla conflicts in Latin America through political means. It discusses peace processes aimed at ending military conflicts in the context of agreements that touch on some of the principal political, economic, social, and ethnic imbalances that led to conflict in the first place. Editor(s): Arnson, Cynthia. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1KLCM; 1KLCN; 1KLCS; 1KLSC; 1KLSR; GTJ; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 985.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735889
ISBN
9780804735889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.77

hardcover. Based on the policy-making structures of the Venezuelan government, this book examines the constitutionally allocated powers of the executive and legislature, and shows how the powers of each branch are exercised given the incentives established by the electoral system and changing partisan strengths. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JPHV; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735704
ISBN
9780804735704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.30

Hardback. The Technical Imagination explores how technology entered the popular imagination in the Argentina of the 1920s and 1930s and how its products helped to shape modern thinking at all levels of Argentine society. Translator(s): Callahan, Xavier. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735421
ISBN
9780804735421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.75

Hardback. The devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe has been an important element in the development of a specifically Mexican tradition of religion and nationality over the centuries. This volume presents an English translation of the original Nahuatl on which the legend is based. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; HBJK; HBLH; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734820
ISBN
9780804734820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.55

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