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paperback. Presents translations of texts by Latin American women playwrights, and performance artists, together with essays about their work. Editor(s): Taylor, Diana; Constantino, Roselyn. Num Pages: 464 pages, 58 b&w photos, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ABM; DD; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332404
ISBN
9780822332404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.45

Paperback. Within hours after the collapse of the Twin Towers, the idea that the September 11 attacks had "changed everything" permeated American popular and political discussion. Bringing together leading scholars of history, law, literature, and Islam, this book asks whether the attacks and their aftermath truly marked a transition in US. Editor(s): Dudziak, Mary L. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 254 pages, 20 photos (8 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JFC; JPA; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332428
ISBN
9780822332428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.18

Paperback. A personal and historical account of the particular place of death and funerals in African American life. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 248 pages, 56 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332459
ISBN
9780822332459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.12

Paperback. Analyzes the impact of the Supreme Court's constitutional decisions and its judicial review of statutes on lawmaking in Congress Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332626
ISBN
9780822332626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

Paperback. Collection of essays analyzing political sex scandals and U.S. political culture from a variety of theoretical angles Editor(s): Apostolidis, Paul; Williams, Juliet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332657
ISBN
9780822332657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. An ethnographic study of indigenous opposition to processes of economic globalization, arguing that neoliberal economic reforms both provoked a crisis of governance and created the conditions for a disruptive indigenous movement in Ecuador Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 b&w photos, 6 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFSL9; JPW; KJVG; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332725
ISBN
9780822332725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. A study of the foundation of Brazilian popular music and its effect on the formation of national identity and cultural expression Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332732
ISBN
9780822332732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. Nelly Richard is one of the most prominent cultural theorists writing in Latin America. Richard helped to organize the 1987 International Conference on Latin American Women's Literature in Santiago. This work develops some of the key issues brought to the fore during that landmark meeting. Translator(s): Nelson, Alice A.; Tandeciarz, Silvia R. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3556 x 6. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333142
ISBN
9780822333142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.88

Paperback. An interpretive history of the way competing ideas of reproduction as a biological and sexual process became central to the organization of knowledge about the flow of capital, labor power, human bodies, and babies both within nations and across national borders Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333159
ISBN
9780822333159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. An archival history of governmental investigations of anthropologists in the 1950s, based on over 20,000 pages of documents obtained by the author under the Freedom of Information Act Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JHM; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333388
ISBN
9780822333388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.59

paperback. A critical examination of racial discrimination in television broadcasting during the civil rights era Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APT; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333418
ISBN
9780822333418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English. Editor(s): Palmer, Steven. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 400 pages, 38 b&w photographs, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572. History, Culture, Politics. Series: The Latin America Readers. 392 pages, 38 b&w photographs, 5 illustrations. Editor(s): Palmer, Steven. An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; HBJK; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333722
ISBN
9780822333722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.72

Paperback. Analyzes the relationship between conceptions of racial and ethnic identity and the ways social stratification and inequality are reproduced and experienced in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333883
ISBN
9780822333883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.21

Paperback. Analyzes spatial history of 19th and early 20th century Mexico, particularly political uses of mapping and surveying, to demonstrate multiple ways that space can be negotiated in the service of local or national agendas. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334163
ISBN
9780822334163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.21

Paperback. Explores the profound cultural transformations triggered by Spain's efforts to colonize the Andean region, and demonstrates the continuing influence of the Inquisition to the present day. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HRC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334170
ISBN
9780822334170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.30

Paperback. Combines legal and historical analysis to address the implications of Brown v. Board of Education , showing that the resolution of racial segregation in schools transformed the lives of ordinary citizens in broader ways than has previously been assumed. Editor(s): Lau, Peter F. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334491
ISBN
9780822334491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. Essays by leading constitutional scholars on the relationship between war powers and the Constitution in general and in the aftermath of September 11th. Editor(s): Tushnet, Mark V. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334682
ISBN
9780822334682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.11

Paperback. Focuses on the extensive changes that have taken place in Cuba since 1993, when Castro legalized the dollar, with essays including transformations in the economy, religious life, the literary world, ballet, and hip hop. Editor(s): Chavez, Lydia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 75 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJ; GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822334941
ISBN
9780822334941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.38

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780822335436
ISBN
9780822335436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

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