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Hardback. Thompson's book provides a glimpse into a society in which cultures intersect and in which magic was born in the form of the popular salsa. Musicians, musicologists, historians, students of Hispanic culture, and anyone interested in the musical foundations of Puerto Rican life will fund Music in Puerto Rico a valuable resource. Editor(s): Thompson, Donald. Series: Studies in Latin American Music. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; AVGE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839144
ISBN
9780810839144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.04

paperback. Explores the founding discourses of race, hybridity, savagery, and degenercy in the seventeenth and eighteenth century French Caribbean, in particular the way many of these discourses were used to describe French settlers. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 408 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822334651
ISBN
9780822334651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.58

Paperback. This volume presents a comprehensive description and analysis of the animal community of the tropical rain forest at El Verde, Puerto Rico. The contributors weave the strands of information about the energy flow within the forest into a tool for understanding community dynamics known as a food web. Num Pages: 628 pages, 50 halftones, 77 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KJP; PSTS; PSV; RGBL; RNC; RNK; RNPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
628
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706009
ISBN
9780226706009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.43
€ 60.45

Hardcover. Offers alternative insights into the complex relationship between politics and intelligentsia in revolutionary Cuba. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; APFB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662889
ISBN
9781855662889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.59

Hardback. High Literacy and Ethnic Identity describes the experiences of fifteen men and women who arrived with the first and second wave of immigrants from the Dominican Republic to the United States and who, despite the odds, succeeded in completing the highest level of formal education-a doctorate-and are now educators in U.S. colleges and universities. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; CFC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742500044
ISBN
9780742500044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.68

Hardback. Too often liturgical studies have focused on the official liturgies of the church, neglecting the rituals of popular religion. This is the story of a popular religious celebration, a "liturgy of the streets," the annual fiesta of St. James the Apostle in Loiza Aldea, Puerto Rico. Includes photographs. Series: Drew University Studies in Liturgy. Num Pages: 198 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HRCR; JHBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810830707
ISBN
9780810830707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.83

Paperback. Centring her analysis around several major Puerto Rican anti-prostitution campaigns, the author exposes the race-related double standards of sexual norms and practices in Puerto Rico between 1870 and 1920, the period that witnessed Puerto Rico's shift from Spanish to US colonialism. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323969
ISBN
9780822323969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nelson, Eileen L. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JPS; JPVH; KCM; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 261 x 23. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634830362
ISBN
9781634830362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 364.27
€ 266.55

Hardback. A short flight from the Florida coast, Hispaniola offers opportunities, not just to photographers, but to evolutionary biologists as well. This book captures the variety of living creatures that have erupted in evolutionary isolation here, and the urgency of scientists racing to give that variety a name before it vanishes. Editor(s): Fernandez, Eladio. Num Pages: 400 pages, 375 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; AJC; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 308 x 261 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674026285
ISBN
9780674026285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.65
€ 59.76

Hardback. Series: The Olana Collection. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; ACVC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254 x 12. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449208
ISBN
9780801449208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. Emilio Bejel looks at Cuba's homoerotic culture through writings about homosexuality, placing them in the social and political contexts that led up to the Cuban revolution. The text maps out the way in which varying attitudes toward power and nationalism struggle for a stance on homosexual issues. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041742
ISBN
9780226041742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.80

Paperback. Demonstrates how caution, confusion, and conflicting goals marked US relations with Trujillo and set the tone for the ambivalent Cold War relations that prevailed until Trujillo's assassination in 1961. This title is for suitable Latin Americanists, historians, political scientists, and specialists in international relations and diplomacy. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822321231
ISBN
9780822321231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Hardback. Editor(s): Tomich, Dale W. Series: World Social Change. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KJ; HBLL; HBTS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442231399
ISBN
9781442231399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.67

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583673201
ISBN
9781583673201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.32

Paperback. Leaving Atlantis is a suite of poems that explores the unstable territory between public and private, addressed to the great Barbadian novelist and thinker George Lamming. Num Pages: 64 pages, [DELETED]. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; DCF. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845233143
ISBN
9781845233143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816650378
ISBN
9780816650378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Longman Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582823105
ISBN
9780582823105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. This study of John Jacob Thomas (1841-1889) looks at the work of this leading member of the newly emergent intelligentsia in 19th century Trinidad. It puts his texts in context with other narratives by local and international Pan-Africanists and Victorian intellectuals. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921433
ISBN
9780813921433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.04

Paperback. Castro is the only world leader to have outlasted nine US presidents, has survived over 600 assassination attempts and remains one of the twentieth century's most controversial figures. This title tells Castro's story, explaining thing from his parents and earliest influences to his imprisonment, guerrilla war and the Cuban revolution. Editor(s): Ramonet, Ignacio. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 568.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141026268
ISBN
9780141026268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.26

Hardcover. Provides a systematic study of dog ownership in a Caribbean society by investigating the Bahamian perceptions of 'pet' and 'responsible pet ownership' in the context of both dog overpopulation concerns and how 'image' dogs like Rottweilers and Pit Bulls have interacted with and altered the Potcake population. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWB; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557533340
ISBN
9781557533340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.51

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