The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. A collection exploring how American women missionaries spread U.S. cultural imperialism along with Protestant Christianity from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth, and how their work was received. Editor(s): Reeves-Ellington, Barbara; Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Shemo, Connie Anne. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; HRCX7; JFSJ1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346500
- ISBN
- 9780822346500
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€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. A historical account of concepts of honor in Mexico during the mid-to-late nineteenth century and the role of those concepts in the development of the public sphere. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346456
- ISBN
- 9780822346456
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
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Paperback. A history examining the interactions between church authorities and Mexican parishioners-from the late-colonial era into the early-national period-shows how religious thought and practice shaped Mexico s popular politics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 photos, 10 tables, 9 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346395
- ISBN
- 9780822346395
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€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. The majority of undergraduates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - including a large population of Korean American students - come from nearby metropolitan Chicago. This book explores the tensions between liberal ideals and the particularities of race, family, and community in the contemporary university. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JHM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346159
- ISBN
- 9780822346159
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€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass produce synthetic steroid hormones. This book features the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNDP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346050
- ISBN
- 9780822346050
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Condition: New
€ 39.33
€ 39.33
Paperback. Discusses the history of child-rearing conditions and practices in late 19th and early 20th century Chile. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345749
- ISBN
- 9780822345749
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
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Paperback. This vivid ethnographic account of the first peaceful encounters between the Wari Indians of western Brazil and missionaries and government workers emphasizes how the Wari perceived the interactions. Translator(s): Rodgers, David. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMC; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345732
- ISBN
- 9780822345732
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€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
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Paperback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 812.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345725
- ISBN
- 9780822345725
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€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. With its archaeological sites, colonial architecture, pristine beaches, and alluring cities, Mexico has long been an attractive destination for travellers. This book takes a broad historical and geographical look at Mexico, covering a range of tourist destinations from Tijuana and Acapulco, and the development of tourism from the 1840s onwards. Editor(s): Berger, Dina; Wood, Andrew Grant. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345718
- ISBN
- 9780822345718
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345589
- ISBN
- 9780822345589
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Condition: New
€ 144.32
€ 144.32
Paperback. Analyzes bilingual intercultural education in Bolivia. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345466
- ISBN
- 9780822345466
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. A feminist analysis of the Chicano family that sees it as a site of political struggle with patriarchal masculinity, nationalism, and homophobia. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345435
- ISBN
- 9780822345435
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
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€ 27.53
Hardback. An ethnography exploring the encounter between modernizing visions of development, the place-based life projects of the Yshiro indigenous people of the Paraguayan Chaco, and the agendas of scholars and activists. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345305
- ISBN
- 9780822345305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. Analyzes one of the most important Catholic mission systems in republican-era Latin America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 illustraions, 18 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345046
- ISBN
- 9780822345046
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
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Paperback. An ethnography on the significance of Selena's afterlife for Latino identity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLCM; JFC; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345022
- ISBN
- 9780822345022
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
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Paperback. Presents a framework for re-conceptualizing the relationship between neoliberal development and social movements. Moving beyond the notion that development is a hegemonic, homogenizing force that victimizes local communities, this book argues that development processes and social movements shape each other in uneven and paradoxical ways. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 photographs, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMP; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344834
- ISBN
- 9780822344834
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
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€ 27.40
paperback. This portrayal of Native Alaska brings together essays, poems, songs, stories, maps, and visual art. Most of the selections are by Alaska Natives; many were written especially for this volume. Editor(s): Williams, Maria Shaa Tlaa. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 416 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344803
- ISBN
- 9780822344803
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Historians and anthropologists unravel the interplay of the national and transnational, and of scarcity and abundance, in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Editor(s): McCrossen, Alexis. Num Pages: 440 pages, 105 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFCD; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344759
- ISBN
- 9780822344759
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. An argument that it was only on September 11, 2001, that the symbolic universe of the Cold War was finally destroyed and a new world order put into place. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344735
- ISBN
- 9780822344735
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344728
- ISBN
- 9780822344728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31