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The Americas

Paperback. Investigates the relationship between early American cinema and the experience of technological modernity. This book demonstrates how, between the late 1890s and the eve of World War I, moving pictures helped the US public understand the possibilities and perils of forms of "traffic" produced by industrialization and urbanization. Num Pages: 288 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342014
ISBN
9780822342014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Explores "child circulation," informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. This title demonstrates that such an understanding of the practice is simplistic and misleading. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822341970
ISBN
9780822341970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. When Cuba's centralized system for providing basic social services began to erode in the early 1990s, Christian and Afro-Cuban religious groups took on new social and political responsibilities. This book analysis how the Cuban state and local religious groups collaborate on community-development projects. Num Pages: 232 pages, 21 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSR; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341963
ISBN
9780822341963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

paperback. Focuses on Villa Alta, Oaxaca, a rugged, mountainous, and remote region of New Spain. This book tells the story of the dynamic period prior to and after the Cajonos Rebellion of 1700 through the eyes of native intermediary figures: indigenous elites conversant in Spanish language and legal rhetoric. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822341666
ISBN
9780822341666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of the relationship between music and social and political consciousness on the island of Trinidad. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; AV; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822341659
ISBN
9780822341659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Moves social movement theory beyond simplistic understandings of social-justice activism as either right-wing or left-wing, and urges a more open-minded approach to the role of religion in social movements. This title examines the interplay of Biblical scripture, gender, and nationalism in Christian Right and Native American activism. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341635
ISBN
9780822341635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Presents a cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows - chorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret acts, and the like - between 1890 and 1945. This book describes the strange phenomenon of blackface performances by women, both black and white, and considers how black expressive artists navigated racial segregation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; ASZH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341574
ISBN
9780822341574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Weighs in on consumer-driven health care (CDHC). This book contends that supporters of CDHC rely on oversimplified ideas about health care, health care systems, economics, and human nature. It challenges the historical and theoretical assumptions on which the consumer-driven health care movement is based. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341246
ISBN
9780822341246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Suitable for scholars in critical race and ethnic studies to engage with Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, this title argues that Lacanian theory has the potential to begin rectifying the deeply flawed way that ethnic and racialized subjects have been conceptualized in North America since the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341208
ISBN
9780822341208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Women's migration within Mexico and from Mexico to the United States is increasing; nearly as many women as men are migrating. This title analyzes how economically and politically displaced migrant women assert agency in everyday life. Editor(s): Segura, Denise A.; Zavella, Patricia. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 616 pages, 11 illustrations, 12 tables, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 37. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822341185
ISBN
9780822341185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures, revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. This book tells the story of Tubman's life as an American icon. Num Pages: 424 pages, 88 illustrations ( incl. 9 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340737
ISBN
9780822340737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Investigates how "W" stands for women. This book contains ten feminist scholars who analyze various aspects of Bush' persona, language, and policy to show how his administration has shaped a new politics of gender. Editor(s): Ferguson, Michaele L.; Marso, Lori Jo. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340423
ISBN
9780822340423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. Traces Brazil's complex environmental politics as they have unfolded over time, from their mid-twentieth-century conservationist beginnings to the contemporary development of a distinctive 'socio-environmentalism' which seeks to address ecological destruction and social injustice simultaneously. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340317
ISBN
9780822340317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Brings together primary and secondary documents related to the reparations movement in the United States. While the movement is united in its goal of "repairing" the injustices to African Americans that have followed from the long history of slavery and Jim Crow, this title reveals the range of opinions as to the form that repair might take. Editor(s): Martin, Michael T.; Yaquinto, Marilyn. Num Pages: 728 pages, 6 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 42. Weight in Grams: 993.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340249
ISBN
9780822340249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

Paperback. Explores conflicts in Chiapas from the perspective of the landed elites, a crucial unexamined actor in the state's violent history. This title provides insights into policy debates surrounding the recent global resurgence of peasant land reform movements as well as theoretical frameworks that have long guided the study of agrarian politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations, 6 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6147 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340041
ISBN
9780822340041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. A study of memory regimes in popular and official Chilean thought. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6147 x 3810 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340034
ISBN
9780822340034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. A critique of the Law & Economics movement, this book draws connections between conceptions of science and efforts at legitimating American legal theory as an objective enterprise. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; LAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339984
ISBN
9780822339984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. First full-length history of the Colca Valley in southern Peru from pre-Hispanic times to the present. Num Pages: 336 pages, 41 b&w photos, 12 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339717
ISBN
9780822339717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. This title investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Num Pages: 432 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822339700
ISBN
9780822339700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. While Americans prize the ability to get behind the wheel and hit the open road, they have not always agreed about what constitutes safe, decorous driving and who is capable of it. This title presents a cultural history of America's fear of and fascination with driving, from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Num Pages: 360 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822339632
ISBN
9780822339632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

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