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The Americas
Paperback. Berg develops an innovative theory of stereotyping that accounts for the persistence of demeaning images of Latinos in US popular culture Series: Texas Film & Media Studies Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 41 b&w illus., 7 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292709072
- ISBN
- 9780292709072
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Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies. This book examines the evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings and animals, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred. Editor(s): Benson, Elizabeth P.; Cook, Anita G. Num Pages: 227 pages, 66 halftones, 47 line drawings, 3 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292708945
- ISBN
- 9780292708945
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Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. Since the early twentieth century, technological transfers from the United States to Latin American countries have involved technologies of violence for social control. This title includes essays that addresses the topic of state-sponsored terrorism in a variety of ways. Editor(s): Menjivar, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Nestor P. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1 graph, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JKV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292706798
- ISBN
- 9780292706798
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of Maya handicraft vendors in the international marketplace. Num Pages: 332 pages, 13 b&w illus., 4 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFC; JFFS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705678
- ISBN
- 9780292705678
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.59
€ 34.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Constructs ethnohistories of the Xiximes, Acaxees, Conchos, Tepehuanes, and Tarahumaras to explain why only two of the five groups successfully resisted Spanish conquest and colonization. This title offers an analysis of each group's past from the time the Spaniards first attempted to settle them in missions up to the middle of eighteenth century. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 maps, 2 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292705517
- ISBN
- 9780292705517
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. Salvador Novo (1904-1974) was a provocative and prolific cultural presence in Mexico City through much of the twentieth century. This book portrays the codes, intrigues, and dynamics of what, decades later, would be called "a gay ghetto." Translator(s): Feitlowitz, Marguerite. Series: Texas Pan American Literature in Translation Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; BGLA; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705418
- ISBN
- 9780292705418
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Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
Paperback. Offers the readings of fourteen key films to demonstrate how these cultural products promote the principles of an antiheterosexist stance. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292705371
- ISBN
- 9780292705371
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Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. Presents an ethnohistorical survey of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche military societies. This book examines their structure, functions, rituals, and martial symbols, showing how they fit within larger tribal organizations. It also explores how military societies, like powwows, have become a distinct public format for cultural and ethnic continuity. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705180
- ISBN
- 9780292705180
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Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14
Paperback. Presents an overview of the prehistory of the Cuzco region from the arrival of the first hunter-gatherers (ca 7000 BC) to the fall of the Inca Empire in AD 1532. This book addresses both the specific patterns of settlement in the Cuzco Valley and the larger processes of cultural development. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 271 pages, 76 photos, 25 figures, 26 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 276 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292702790
- ISBN
- 9780292702790
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.76
€ 36.99
€ 33.76
Paperback. Reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, this title argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702363
- ISBN
- 9780292702363
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.94
€ 38.99
€ 37.94
Paperback. Anthropologists have a long tradition of prescient diagnoses of world events. This title collects over fifty commentaries by noted anthropologists such as Margaret Mead, Franz Boas, and Marshall Sahlins who seek to understand and explain the profound repercussions of US involvement in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Roberto J. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292701694
- ISBN
- 9780292701694
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.54
€ 32.99
€ 29.54
Paperback. Examines the rise and abrupt decline of anti-Catholic literature during the Progressive Era, as well as the issues and motivations that informed anti-Catholic writers and their "Romanist" opponents. This work explores the connection between anti-Catholicism and nationalism from 1910-1919. It is intended for scholars and students of history. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; HRCC7; JFCA; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268036058
- ISBN
- 9780268036058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
hardcover. An analysis of the Irish community of city of Worcester, Massachusetts around the turn of the 20th century. The author reveals how an ethnic group can endure and yet change when its first American-born generation takes control of its destiny. Series: Irish in America S. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 989.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780268031534
- ISBN
- 9780268031534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.29
€ 142.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HRCX7; JFSF; KCM; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268026110
- ISBN
- 9780268026110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.35
€ 42.99
€ 42.35
Hardcover. The biography of a titan of American higher education Num Pages: 488 pages, 44 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; BG; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253357205
- ISBN
- 9780253357205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
hardcover. Seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon Num Pages: 418 pages, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC4; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253357045
- ISBN
- 9780253357045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Hardcover. Argues that Belmont was a feminist visionary and that her financial support was crucial to the success of the suffrage and equal rights movements Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356611
- ISBN
- 9780253356611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.15
€ 44.15
Hardcover. Discusses formations of blackness and whiteness in US culture Num Pages: 200 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356567
- ISBN
- 9780253356567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.43
€ 81.43
Hardback. A bucolic Indiana community striving to maintain the utopian ideals of its founders Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 halftones, 120 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; WQH; WQP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 6782 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356451
- ISBN
- 9780253356451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.88
€ 47.88
Hardcover. A traveller's observations of a nation emerging from war Editor(s): Grant, H. Roger. Translator(s): Veenendaal, Augustus J. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356093
- ISBN
- 9780253356093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Hardcover. Bringing the flavour of the Caribbean to your kitchen Num Pages: 300 pages, 242 color illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJ; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5182 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356086
- ISBN
- 9780253356086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.32
€ 35.32
Hardcover. A battle of titans over the building of a railroad Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 184 pages, 50 b&w illus., 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 331. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355485
- ISBN
- 9780253355485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.14
€ 50.14
hardcover. Frontier heroes and the triumph of patriarchy in early Kentucky Series: A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 b&w illus., 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 737. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355195
- ISBN
- 9780253355195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Hardcover. Celebrating one of the world's finest opera programs Editor(s): Calder, George; Higgins, C. David; Guyer, Nancy Jeanne; Levy, Maria. Num Pages: 496 pages, 154 color illus., 160 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; AN; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 7112 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2019.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253353405
- ISBN
- 9780253353405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.21
€ 26.21