The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. An argument that the people, the legitimate ground of public authority in the United States, are not a coherent or sanctioned collective; rather, they exist as an effect of successful claims to speak on their behalf. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346753
- ISBN
- 9780822346753
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Hardback. A collection of essays by historians of the Canadian-U.S. border region and those focused on the Mexican-U.S. border, examining borderlands events and phenomena from the mid-nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth. Editor(s): Johnson, Benjamin; Graybill, Andrew R. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 384 pages, 23 photos, 1 table, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTP; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346883
- ISBN
- 9780822346883
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€ 122.90
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Paperback. An account of how anthropology has responded to and helped shape ideas about race and culture in the United States, and how its ideas have been appropriated to different ends. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346982
- ISBN
- 9780822346982
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
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Paperback. A collection of essays by historians of the Canadian-U.S. border region and those focused on the Mexican-U.S. border, examining borderlands events and phenomena from the mid-nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth. Editor(s): Johnson, Benjamin; Graybill, Andrew R. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 384 pages, 23 photos, 1 table, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTP; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346999
- ISBN
- 9780822346999
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. The story of the rise and fall of the gambling industry in Tijuana during the Jazz Age opens into a history of the development of that area and Southern California. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 78 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNSP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 595.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347026
- ISBN
- 9780822347026
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Paperback. Examines the role of the vernacular arts in Mexico s transformation from a regionally and culturally fragmented country into a modern nation-state with an inclusive and compelling national identity. Num Pages: 424 pages, 16 color illustrations, 23 b&w, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347033
- ISBN
- 9780822347033
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€ 33.99€ 30.77
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Paperback. An examination of the connections between social identity and social memory using archaeological research on indigenous societies that existed more than one thousand years ago in what is now Honduras. Series: Material Worlds. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 photos, 8 tables, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; HBJK; HBLA; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347040
- ISBN
- 9780822347040
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€ 31.99€ 28.51
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Hardback. Provides a theoretical analysis of how Asian migration and diaspora support the consolidation of gay and lesbian family and intimacy in our colorblind age, and develops a poststructuralist account of kinship. Num Pages: 268 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347156
- ISBN
- 9780822347156
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€ 110.28
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Hardback. A collection exploring the ideological hardening and accelerated polarization that marked twentieth-century Latin America and its epochal cycles of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary violence. Editor(s): Grandin, Greg; Joseph, Gilbert M. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 753.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347200
- ISBN
- 9780822347200
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€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Paperback. An ethnography exploring the aesthetics and politics of South Asian American (desi) hip hop artists. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 368 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347606
- ISBN
- 9780822347606
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€ 32.99€ 29.75
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Paperback. Country by country, historians follow the routes taken by Che Guevara on his two trips across Latin America in the early 1950s. Editor(s): Drinot, Paulo. Num Pages: 4 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347675
- ISBN
- 9780822347675
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Paperback. Rethinks films including Pillow Talk and Rear Window by identifying the apartment plot as a distinct genre, one in which the urban apartment figures as a central narrative device. Num Pages: 328 pages, 55 illustrations, incl. 23 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347736
- ISBN
- 9780822347736
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Paperback. This exploration of the poetry and prose of Caribbean women writers reveals in their imagery a rich tradition of erotic relations between women. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347774
- ISBN
- 9780822347774
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€ 30.99€ 27.47
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Hardback. This ethnographic account of Brazil s emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery takes readers from Ipanema socialite circles to telenovela studios to the packed waiting rooms of public hospitals offering free cosmetic surgery. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illustrations, incl. 10 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347859
- ISBN
- 9780822347859
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€ 115.33
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Paperback. A historical analysis of the conflicting ideas about race and national belonging held by Mexicans and Euro-Americans in southern New Mexico during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Num Pages: 392 pages, 9 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347972
- ISBN
- 9780822347972
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Examines how the presence of the United States as a colonial power in Southeast Asia was perceived by Americans, and how it influenced Southeast Asians and European imperial powers in the region. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348009
- ISBN
- 9780822348009
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€ 27.99€ 26.31
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Paperback. Essays recovering the forgotten and downplayed histories of blacks in Central America, demonstrating the centrality of African Americans to the region s history from the earliest colonial times to the present. Editor(s): Gudmundson, Lowell; Wolfe, Justin. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 photographs, 14 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348030
- ISBN
- 9780822348030
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€ 32.99€ 29.75
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Paperback. Argues that the imperial Inka understood stone as potentially animate, sentient, and sacred; building in stone was a way of ordering unordered nature, domesticating untamed spaces, and claiming new territories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 53 b&w illustrations, 15 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; ACBK; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348078
- ISBN
- 9780822348078
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€ 31.99€ 28.51
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Paperback. Essays explore the social impact of America s global network of military bases by examining interactions between U.S. soldiers and members of host communities in South Korea, Japan/Okinawa, and West Germany. Editor(s): Hohn, Maria; Moon, Seungsook. Num Pages: 453 pages, 31 photographs, 6 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; JFS; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348276
- ISBN
- 9780822348276
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€ 34.99€ 31.82
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paperback. An in-depth analysis of the composition of Invisible Man and Ralph Ellison s move away from the radical left during his writing of the novel between 1945 and 1952. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348290
- ISBN
- 9780822348290
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€ 34.99€ 31.82
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paperback. The best of the cult-favorite music magazine Roctober s conversations with overlooked or forgotten artists, from the Outlaw Country singer David Allan Coe to the frustrated interstellar glam act Zolar X. Editor(s): Austen, Jake. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 320 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348498
- ISBN
- 9780822348498
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€ 31.99€ 28.50
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Paperback. A passionate call for Native peoples to decolonize their own concepts and self-determination projects Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL9; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348511
- ISBN
- 9780822348511
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€ 30.99€ 27.47
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Paperback. Kathryn Burns shows how the biases and practices of Spanish notaries and their clients in colonial Cuzco shaped official records and, therefore, the archive on which contemporary historians rely. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348689
- ISBN
- 9780822348689
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€ 30.99€ 27.31
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Paperback. Dana Polan considers what made Julia Child s TV show, The French Chef, so popular during its original broadcast and such enduring influences on American cooking, American television, and American culture since then. Series: Spin Offs. Num Pages: 312 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348726
- ISBN
- 9780822348726
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