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The Americas

Paperback. Looks at how national identity is shaped, gendered, and contested through spectacle and spectatorship. The specific identity in question is that of Argentina, and the focus of this book is directed toward the years 1976 to 1983 in which the Argentine armed forces were pitted against the Argentine people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 50 b&w photographs, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ; JPFN; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Third
SKU
V9780822318682
ISBN
9780822318682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Countering the popular misconception that racial discrimination has largely not existed in Puerto Rico, this book shows that racial prejudice has long had an insidious effect on Puerto Rican society. It is of interest to specialists in Caribbean studies, Puerto Rican history, and Latin America studies, and also to scholars in a variety of fields. Num Pages: 192 pages, 34 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318422
ISBN
9780822318422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Examines the rise of the anti-nuclear power movement in the former Soviet Union during the early perestroika period, its unexpected successes in the late 1980s, and its substantial decline after 1991. This work argues that anti-nuclear activism was a means of demanding local self-determination under the Soviet system. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; JPFN; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822318378
ISBN
9780822318378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars working in the areas of race, gender, and identity theory, as well as US history and literature, this book offers a perspective for studying the construction and meaning of personal and cultural identities. Editor(s): Ginsburg, Elaine. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822317647
ISBN
9780822317647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316695
ISBN
9780822316695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAT; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316626
ISBN
9780822316626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Larson, Brooke; Harris, Olivia; Tandeter, Enrique. Num Pages: 440 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822316473
ISBN
9780822316473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Paul Julian; Bergmann, Emilie. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316152
ISBN
9780822316152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Reexamines Melville's monumental novel and turns the occasion into a meditation on the history and implications of canon formation. This book presents a view of the development of literary history in the United States, and a devastating critique of the genealogy of ideology in the American cultural establishment. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315995
ISBN
9780822315995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Employing modes of criticism and theory that have transformed study in the humanities, this title addresses questions seldom if ever raised in jazz writing: What are the implications of building jazz history around the medium of the phonograph record? Why did jazz writers first make the claim that jazz is an art? Editor(s): Gabbard, Krin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780822315964
ISBN
9780822315964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Looks at how jazz music has actually been heard and felt at different levels of American culture. Editor(s): Gabbard, Krin. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822315940
ISBN
9780822315940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 251 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780822315728
ISBN
9780822315728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

paperback. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315476
ISBN
9780822315476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315247
ISBN
9780822315247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Contests the prevailing understanding of the relationship between postmodernity and Latin America by focusing on developments in Latin American, and particularly Argentine, political and literary culture. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315209
ISBN
9780822315209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenfeld, Michel. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315162
ISBN
9780822315162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Taylor, Diana; Villegas, Juan. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822315155
ISBN
9780822315155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HPQ; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314974
ISBN
9780822314974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Addresses two critical issues in contemporary thinking on the American Revolution--the ideological character of this event, and, more specifically, the relevance of "America's Philosopher, the Great Mr. Locke," in this experience Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCD; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780822314707
ISBN
9780822314707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314691
ISBN
9780822314691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Regarded by many as one of the best critical books on Borges. Translator(s): Montero, Oscar. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314202
ISBN
9780822314202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314172
ISBN
9780822314172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Offers a lively, detailed account of the beginnings of the Judson Dance Theater--a popular centre of dance experimentation in New York's Greenwich Village Num Pages: 288 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780822313991
ISBN
9780822313991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Boone, Elizabeth Hill; Mignolo, Walter. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54 b&w photographs, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Second ed.
SKU
V9780822313885
ISBN
9780822313885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

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