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The Americas
Paperback. Compares women's organizing efforts in Mexico and in the borderlands to assess the way Latina mobilization and activism is influenced by the socio-political context in which the groups of women find themselves. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339519
- ISBN
- 9780822339519
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€ 26.99€ 25.12
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Paperback. Gilded Age elites defined white civilization as the triumphant achievement of exceptional people hewing to a relational ethic of strict self-discipline for the common good. This title demonstrates that between 1880 and 1940, cultural discourses of whiteness and heterosexuality fused to form a new concept of the 'normal' American. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 photo, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSK; JHMP; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339489
- ISBN
- 9780822339489
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€ 27.99€ 26.21
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paperback. First systematic medical history of Bolivia for the 20th century, viewing political change from the perspective of public health. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JFSJ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780822339168
- ISBN
- 9780822339168
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€ 30.99€ 27.31
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Paperback. A collection of histories showing how women participated in Mexican revolutionary and postrevolutionary state formation by challenging conventions of sexuality, work, family life, and religious practice. Editor(s): Olcott, Jocelyn H.; Vaughan, Mary Kay; Cano, Gabriela. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822338994
- ISBN
- 9780822338994
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€ 31.99€ 28.42
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Paperback. The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. The isolation of the Peron era was over, the economy was doing well, and the arts were invigorated. This book presents an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists, institutions, and critics organized to promote an international identity for Argentina's visual arts. Translator(s): Kahn, Dr. Peter. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 illustrations (22 color/16 pg insert, 41 b&w). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338932
- ISBN
- 9780822338932
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€ 33.99€ 30.86
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Paperback. Offers an analysis of the crimes, prosecution, and incarceration of black women in Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reconstructs black women's crimes and their representations in popular press accounts and within the discourses of urban and penal reform. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337997
- ISBN
- 9780822337997
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
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Paperback. A look at how the Chinese Exclusion Act and later legislation affected Chinese American communities, who created fictitious "paper families" to subvert immigration policies. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337478
- ISBN
- 9780822337478
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€ 27.99€ 26.21
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paperback. Argues that from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, black transatlantic entertainers often transformed the alienating conditions of social and political marginalization into modes of self-actualization through performance Num Pages: 488 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; AN; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337225
- ISBN
- 9780822337225
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€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
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paperback. A cultural history of the political legitimization of youth rebellion during the Cold War era Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 400 pages, 37 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336921
- ISBN
- 9780822336921
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€ 32.99€ 29.58
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Paperback. This comparative frontier history explores the role that natural environments played in shaping the contours of European-indigenous encounters and processes of colonization Num Pages: 456 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JHMC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 653.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336891
- ISBN
- 9780822336891
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€ 33.99€ 30.61
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Paperback. Provides a history of daily life on coffee plantations in central Nicaragua between 1870 and 1950 and uses that history to argue that the coffee boom impeded rather than expedited the country's transition to capitalism Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336747
- ISBN
- 9780822336747
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€ 30.99€ 27.31
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Paperback. Asks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 illus., 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336471
- ISBN
- 9780822336471
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. An examination of American Orientalist representations of North Africa from 1942 to 1973 Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 376 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336440
- ISBN
- 9780822336440
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€ 32.99€ 29.75
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Paperback. Examines the use of Africa as a figure in the Harlem Renaissance and looks at the place of that movement within a wider Black modernism Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336433
- ISBN
- 9780822336433
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€ 30.99€ 27.31
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Paperback. An analysis of how Gore Vidal, as a public intellectual, negotiates the print/screen media divide Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 176 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APT; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3480 x 13. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336402
- ISBN
- 9780822336402
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€ 26.99€ 25.12
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Paperback. An ethnography about 'Japan outside of Japan' - specifically, how Japanese families on corporate re-assignment in the United States recreate their homeland within domestic spaces Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336228
- ISBN
- 9780822336228
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€ 27.99€ 26.21
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Paperback. Essays contest the notion of the absolute preeminence of judicial review in constitutional interpretation, analyzing the role of Congress as a constitutional interpreter and responsible constitutional agent Editor(s): Devins, Neal E.; Whittington, Keith E. Series: Constitutional conflicts. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336129
- ISBN
- 9780822336129
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
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Paperback. How grassroots organizations tap into global networks and how gender plays into transnational political practices, addressing these issues through extended ethnographic research Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822335658
- ISBN
- 9780822335658
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€ 31.99€ 28.42
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Paperback. A look at how blackness is represented in entertainment programming in Puerto Rico. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJP; APT; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780822335436
- ISBN
- 9780822335436
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
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Paperback. An exploration of how cultural agency can be used by different organizations and artists to rethink and challenge the notion of a globalized society Editor(s): Sommer, Doris. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 b&w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822334996
- ISBN
- 9780822334996
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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€ 29.51