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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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. An investigation of the January 1932 massacre of thousands of rural laborers in El Salvador and its long-term cultural and political consequences. Num Pages: 400 pages, 36 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342281
- ISBN
- 9780822342281
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. An insider's account of lucha libre, the popular Mexican version of professional wrestling. It explores lucha libre as a cultural performance, an occupational subculture, and a set of symbols that circulate through Mexican culture and politics. It shows how a sport imported from the US in the 1930s came to be an iconic symbol of Mexican culture. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 b&w illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFCA; WSTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342328
- ISBN
- 9780822342328
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. For Native peoples of California, the abalone found along the state's coast has remarkably complex significance as food, spirit, narrative symbol, tradable commodity, and material with which to make adornment and sacred regalia. This book examines the cultural, social, and economic importance of abalone among the California Indian tribes. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342335
- ISBN
- 9780822342335
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.28
€ 26.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. Examines anthropologists' little-known contributions to the Second World War. This book looks at the role played by the two primary US anthropological organizations, the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology, in facilitating the application of anthropological methods to the problems of war. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342373
- ISBN
- 9780822342373
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. A look at how the modern woman was envisioned in postrevolutionary Mexican popular culture and how she figured in contestations over Mexican national identity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342380
- ISBN
- 9780822342380
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. A leading political theorist s impassioned call for the democratic left to counter the conservative stranglehold over American religious and economic culture. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX6; JPA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342724
- ISBN
- 9780822342724
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. In parks and cafes, homes and stadium stands, Cubans talk baseball. This work contends that when they are analyzing and debating plays, teams, and athletes, Cubans are exchanging ideas not just about baseball but also about Cuba and cubanidad, or what it means to be Cuban. It explores the interconnections between baseball and Cuban identity. Num Pages: 239 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHBS; WSJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342762
- ISBN
- 9780822342762
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Hardback. Recovers the neglected history of young Mexican American women zoot-suiters in wartime Los Angeles and explains their absence from Chicano movement narratives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342861
- ISBN
- 9780822342861
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Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
Hardback. In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of US property owners as part of President Cardenas' land redistribution program. This title analyzes this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels in a nuanced way that combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 387 pages, 26 photos, 7 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342953
- ISBN
- 9780822342953
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Condition: New
€ 123.28
€ 123.28
Paperback. Focuses on a key moment of transition: the years that bridged the first contact between Spanish conquistadores and Andean peoples in 1531 and the moment, around 1550, when a functioning colonial regime emerged. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343110
- ISBN
- 9780822343110
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Shows that the period from 1940 up to 1968, generally viewed as a time of social and political stability in Mexico, actually saw instances of popular discontent and wide-scale state repression. This work features the struggles surrounding the Mexican Revolution and contemporary rural uprisings such as the Zapatista rebellion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343196
- ISBN
- 9780822343196
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. A study of the creation of jazz, swing, and R & B music within the multicultural, multiethnic terrain of Los Angeles Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 408 pages, 42 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ASD; AVG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343226
- ISBN
- 9780822343226
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.53
€ 36.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. An examination of how Guatemalans are reckoning with the aftermath of a civil war that left fundamental assumptions about selves and others in tatters when it officially ended in 1996. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343240
- ISBN
- 9780822343240
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
paperback. Examines how specific Party chapters or offshoots emerged, developed, and waned, as well as how the local branches related to their communities and to the national party. This work reveals how Black Panther Party ideologies, goals, and strategies were taken up and adapted throughout the United States. Editor(s): Williams, Yohuru; Lazerow, Jama. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSL3; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343264
- ISBN
- 9780822343264
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. An historical account of the significant roles of feminists and female philanthropists in the emergence of the Argentine welfare state between 1880 and 1955. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; HB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343301
- ISBN
- 9780822343301
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of how young South Asian Muslim immigrants living in the United States experienced and understood national belonging (or exclusion) in the years immediately following September 11, 2001. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JMC; JFFN; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344094
- ISBN
- 9780822344094
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. A biography of Henry Roe Cloud (c. 1884-1950), a Winnebago educator, scholar, and minister who was one of the most renowned Native Americans of his time. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344216
- ISBN
- 9780822344216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. An interdisciplinary argument that the concept of cultural creolization must be expanded to encompass cultural productions by vulnerable populations living in situations of modern power inequalities anywhere in the world. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344414
- ISBN
- 9780822344414
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Hardback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344575
- ISBN
- 9780822344575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62