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20th century
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
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348276
- ISBN
- 9780822348276
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€ 34.99€ 31.82
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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
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348009
- ISBN
- 9780822348009
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€ 27.99€ 26.31
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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. 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
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347675
- ISBN
- 9780822347675
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€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
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Paperback. A major rethinking of Japanese imperialism in Asia using subaltern postcolonial studies and Marxism to focus attention on the role of human life and labor in colonial expansion. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347613
- ISBN
- 9780822347613
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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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
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347200
- ISBN
- 9780822347200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
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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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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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
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346883
- ISBN
- 9780822346883
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Condition: New
€ 122.90
€ 122.90
Paperback. Discusses the history of child-rearing conditions and practices in late 19th and early 20th century Chile. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345749
- ISBN
- 9780822345749
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. An argument that it was only on September 11, 2001, that the symbolic universe of the Cold War was finally destroyed and a new world order put into place. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344735
- ISBN
- 9780822344735
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
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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.
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- 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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€ 33.99€ 30.70
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€ 30.70
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343226
- ISBN
- 9780822343226
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€ 36.99€ 32.53
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343196
- ISBN
- 9780822343196
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€ 27.99€ 26.31
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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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€ 123.28
€ 123.28
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.
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- 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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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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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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€ 32.99€ 29.82
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Paperback. Presents a cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows - chorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret acts, and the like - between 1890 and 1945. This book describes the strange phenomenon of blackface performances by women, both black and white, and considers how black expressive artists navigated racial segregation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; ASZH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341574
- ISBN
- 9780822341574
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of identity politics in three of Bali s musical subcultures-reggae, punk, and death metal-during the 1990s. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341154
- ISBN
- 9780822341154
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. The essays in Modernism and Colonialism offer revisionary accounts of major British and Irish literary modernists relation to colonialism. Editor(s): Begam, Richard; Moses, Michael Valdez. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340386
- ISBN
- 9780822340386
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€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. This title investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Num Pages: 432 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339700
- ISBN
- 9780822339700
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93