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The Americas

Hardback. The Project on Vegas shows how the Las Vegas Strip concentrates and magnifies American culture's core truths. Among others, the Strip's buffets, surveillance, large scale branding and consumption, and transformation of nature reflects larger trends and practices throughout America. Includes over 100 photographs by Karen Klugman. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359487
ISBN
9780822359487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.85

Hardback. Petra R. Rivera-Rideau shows how the popular music style reggaeton offers a space for Puerto Rican musicians to express identities that center blackness, forge links across the African diaspora, and critique the popular Puerto Rican discourse of racial democracy, which conceals racism and marginalizes black Puerto Ricans. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; AVGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359456
ISBN
9780822359456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Hardback. 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: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822356660
ISBN
9780822356660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Hardback. Addressing a range of topics - civic clubs and folkloric societies, science, public health and agrarian policies, popular culture, national memory, and the intersection of race and labor, this title features contributors who explore how a broad spectrum of Cubans embraced a political and civic culture of national self-realization. Editor(s): Palmer, Steven; Piqueras, Jose Antonio; Sanchez Cobos, Amparo. Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 photos, 1 table, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBG; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 645.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356301
ISBN
9780822356301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Hardback. Offers a pioneering social and environmental history of southern Chile, exploring the origins of forestry "miracle" in Chile. This book narrates the century-long struggles among peasants, indigenous communities, large landowners, and the state over access to forest commons in the frontier territory. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBLW; JFC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822355984
ISBN
9780822355984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Hardback. 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: 5193 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822355816
ISBN
9780822355816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.72

Hardback. The Fierce Urgency of Now offers an impassioned call to take the practices of musical improvisation often associated with jazz performance as a model for social-justice activism. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354642
ISBN
9780822354642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Hardback. A new generation of Asian American writers has garnered critical and popular attention since the 1990s. Min Hyoung Song argues that their diverse work pushes against existing ways of thinking about race. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 illustrations, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354383
ISBN
9780822354383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Hardback. By tracing the careers of Rio's pioneering black musicians from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s, Marc A. Hertzman revises the histories of samba and of Brazilian national culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map, 16 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822354154
ISBN
9780822354154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Hardback. The pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner explores the culture and practices of independent filmmaking in the U.S., arguing that during the past three decades, independent cinema has provided vital cultural critique. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; APFA; JHM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822354109
ISBN
9780822354109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Hardback. In the wake of the King assassination and subsequent uprisings, Black Public Affairs Television emerged. Devorah Heitner tells its story, analyzing the production, reception, and content of its early groundbreaking programs. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFDT; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354093
ISBN
9780822354093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77

Hardback. A father-daughter research team tell the behind-the-scenes story of a social movement started by a group of Brazilian women in 1986 in order to secure economic rights for women and transform their roles in homes and communities. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSJ1; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354062
ISBN
9780822354062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77

Hardback. In Seizing the Means of Reproduction, Michelle Murphy's initial focus on the alternative health practices developed by radical feminists in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s opens into a sophisticated analysis of the transnational entanglements of American empire, population control, neoliberalism, and late-twentieth-century feminisms. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822353317
ISBN
9780822353317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Hardback. An innovative study of student activism during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-85) and an examination of the very notion of student activism, which changed dramatically in response to the student protests of 1968. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352983
ISBN
9780822352983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. Following the mass arrival of European immigrants to Argentina in the early years of the twentieth century new forms of entertainment emerged. While these forms of culture promoted ethnic integration they also produced a new kind of polarization that helped Juan Peron to build the mass movement that propelled him to power. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; APW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352648
ISBN
9780822352648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.44

Hardback. This volume examines the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. Although set in Buenos Aires, Auyero describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JFFH; JPQB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352594
ISBN
9780822352594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.56

Hardback. In Fevered Measures, John Mckiernan-Gonzalez examines public health campaigns along the Texas-Mexico border between 1848 and 1942 and reveals the changing medical and political frameworks U.S. health authorities used when facing the threat of epidemic disease. Num Pages: 440 pages, 17 illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352570
ISBN
9780822352570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Hardback. Following the mass arrival of European immigrants to Argentina in the early years of the twentieth century new forms of entertainment emerged. While these forms of culture promoted ethnic integration they also produced a new kind of polarization that helped Juan Peron to build the mass movement that propelled him to power. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; APW; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352433
ISBN
9780822352433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Paperback. In this book, Gilberto Rosas draws on his in-depth ethnographic research among the members of Barrio Libre to understand why they have embraced criminality and how neoliberalism and security policies on both sides of the border have affected the youths' descent into Barrio Libre. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JFSL9; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352372
ISBN
9780822352372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Hardback. Looks at indigeneity in the central highlands of Ecuador focusing on the activism of the grassroots organization of Inca Atahualpa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 photos, 2 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351757
ISBN
9780822351757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

paperback. A collection that addresses the racial and ethnic politics of knowledge production and indigenous activism in the Americas. It analyzes the relationship of language to power and advocates for collaboration between community members, scholars, and activists that prioritize the right of Native people to decide how their knowledge is used. Translator(s): McCormick, Gladys. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351528
ISBN
9780822351528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351320
ISBN
9780822351320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken ghettos in the hemisphere. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351313
ISBN
9780822351313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Focusing on the period of colonization in the Andean region, this title argues that the European cultural literacy that the authors imposed on the indigenous population was not just a tool for oppression and control but was used by the local people as a means to assert their own cultural identity. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 392 pages, 58 b&w illustrations, 2 charts, 9 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351283
ISBN
9780822351283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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