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The Americas
Paperback. The first excavators of the temple were surprised by the rich offerings deposited between 1325 and 1521, says L pez Luj n (Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City), but recognized their importance immediately and began special techniques to record and preserve them as a window into the symbolic-mythical-magical-religious world of the Aztecs. Neither da Num Pages: 421 pages, 83 drawings, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 205 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1095.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826329585
- ISBN
- 9780826329585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.04
€ 46.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 325 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826329981
- ISBN
- 9780826329981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. Analyses the works of Anglo writers and artists who encountered American Indians in the course of their travels in the Southwest during the one-hundred-year period beginning in 1840. This book looks at the accounts produced by government-sponsored explorers, and surveys the writers who popularised the region in fiction and travelogue. Num Pages: 250 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826330291
- ISBN
- 9780826330291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.62
€ 29.99
€ 29.62
Hardback. Explores the controversial subject of Canada's acquisition of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified Canadian and US documents, this volume examines policy, strategy, operational, and technical matters and weaves these seemingly disparate elements into a compelling story that finally unlocks several Cold War mysteries. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 b&w maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886160
- ISBN
- 9781574886160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.28
€ 32.99
€ 32.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826333346
- ISBN
- 9780826333346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.62
€ 29.99
€ 29.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826334114
- ISBN
- 9780826334114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88
Paperback. Journey back fifty years to explore the decade of baby boomers, the Red scare, and the birth of rock and roll with Robert Rodriguez's The 1950s' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Rock & Roll Rebels, Cold War Crises, and All-American Oddities. Rodriguez gives you a whole decade's worth of fun, facts, and all-important memories. Series: Most Wanted S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887150
- ISBN
- 9781574887150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.24
€ 14.24
Paperback. Takes you on a journey into the world of children and childhood in early modern Ibero-America. This book challenges the conventional notion that children are invisible in the historical record. It contains essays that present their small subjects - elite maidens, abandoned babies, Indian servants, slave apprentices - through their lives and times. Editor(s): Premo, Bianca. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826334411
- ISBN
- 9780826334411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Surveys the art and architecture created in the Spanish Viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata from the time of the conquest to the independence era. This book offers a chronological review of the major objects and monuments of the colonial era. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 colour plates, 104 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; AC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826334596
- ISBN
- 9780826334596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
hardcover. Curiosity about elite military units is greater than ever in today's crisis-ridden world. And while numerous books have examined the various elite forces, Bunker Hill to Bastogne goes much further to show the relationship between these special units and the societies that gave birth to them. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887754
- ISBN
- 9781574887754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.60
€ 33.60
Paperback. Curiosity about elite military units is greater than ever in today's crisis-ridden world. And while numerous books have examined the various elite forces, Bunker Hill to Bastogne goes much further to show the relationship between these special units and the societies that gave birth to them. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w drawing, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887761
- ISBN
- 9781574887761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.85
€ 20.99
€ 20.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826335197
- ISBN
- 9780826335197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. In an authoritative, wise, and wholly original blend of social history, art, science, and anthropology, Fussell tells the story of corn in a narrative that is as uniquely hybrid as her subject. The great epic of this amazing grain makes clear that all the civilizations of the Western hemisphere have been built on corn. 250 photos and line drawings. Num Pages: 356 pages, 150 b&w illus and 100 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826335920
- ISBN
- 9780826335920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. In January 1932, thousands of peasants in western El Salvador rose up in armed rebellion. In response, the army and paramilitary killed thousands of citizens, most of them innocent of any involvement in the rebellion. This work examines national and international historical memories of these events and the factors that determined those memories. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826336040
- ISBN
- 9780826336040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. This volume is a significant contribution to understanding the ways Brazil's native peoples shaped their own histories. Editor(s): Langfur, Hal. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826338419
- ISBN
- 9780826338419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Hardcover. Connecting the political changes of the Bourbon Reforms (1759-1788) and constitutional monarchy (1808-1821) to those of the independence era (1821-1839), this book shows the nation-state formation to be a city-driven process that transformed colonial provinces into enduring states with basic governments and articulated national identities. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13 halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826339096
- ISBN
- 9780826339096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 297 pages, 18 b/w photos & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826339256
- ISBN
- 9780826339256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. Discussing 'curanderismo' and the practice of herbalists, this book focuses on individual healers and their procedures and traditional Mexican-American herbs and cures. The product of centuries of experience in Mexico, influenced by the Moors, Judeo-Christians, and Aztecs, this work includes use of items such as lemon and objects such as keys. Editor(s): Sawyer Jr., Timothy L. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; MBX; MX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826339614
- ISBN
- 9780826339614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. Revisits the activism of women citizens in preserving national parks and examines how far the inclusion of career women in the Park Service has progressed. This work discusses how staff can no longer fulfill the Park Service mission without outside support. This reality and the acceptance of women as leaders has affected Park Service culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 42 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; RNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826339942
- ISBN
- 9780826339942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.28
€ 29.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Presents the fascinating succession of events and characters that make up New Mexico's past. This edition takes the reader to the opening years of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 202 pages, 100 b/w photos & 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340030
- ISBN
- 9780826340030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.53
€ 39.53
Paperback. Divided into 4 parts, this book examines the cause of the demise of the slave trade to Bahia (a province of Brazil) by 1851. It traces Bahia's abolitionist movement through the enactment of the Law of the Free Womb in 1871, and focuses on the role of Candomble, an African religion practiced by the Africans of Brazil, in ending slavery in the area. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 324 pages, 13 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340511
- ISBN
- 9780826340511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior Land) is North America's oldest and longest (1500 miles) road, which connects Mexico City with Santa Fe, New Mexico. This guidebook provides useful commentary, along with sixty maps, on the entire Camino as it winds its way from New Mexico through Mexico, ending in Mexico City. Num Pages: 176 pages, 49 halftones, 60 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340856
- ISBN
- 9780826340856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.62
€ 29.99
€ 29.62
Paperback. Explores the processes of nationalism and national identity formation in the half century that followed the War of the Pacific. This book considers the national projects of Peru and Chile in the disputed territories and shows how these efforts were received among the diverse social strata of the region. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1KLSR; 3JJC; HBJK; JPFN; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826342232
- ISBN
- 9780826342232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. Offers a contribution to our understanding of the political and religious forces that drove the great cultural encounter between Spain and the Americas known as the 'conquest of Mexico.' This book features maps that illuminate the routes of the conquistadors, and the organization of indigenous settlements. Editor(s): Carrasco, David. Num Pages: 504 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826342874
- ISBN
- 9780826342874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28