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Paperback. A history of Sosua, a Dominican Republic settlement founded as a refuge for Jews fleeing Nazi Europe, and an analysis of the geopolitics underlying the settlement s formation. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 photos, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344070
- ISBN
- 9780822344070
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Paperback. An investigation into how Catholicism was lived and experienced in the Archdiocese of Oaxaca during Mexico s turbulent late 1800s and early 1900s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 15 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343790
- ISBN
- 9780822343790
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€ 41.99€ 37.31
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Paperback. Presents a rationale for the development of political alternatives to the exclusionary, exploitative institutions of neoliberal globalization. This work lays out the foundational elements for a politics of just and sustainable co-existence. It explains the political principles of liberation and addresses matters such as reform and revolution. Translator(s): Ciccariello-Maher, George. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343288
- ISBN
- 9780822343288
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Paperback. 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. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343097
- ISBN
- 9780822343097
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€ 41.99€ 37.13
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Paperback. Focuses on US citizens' democratic impulse: their ability to imagine and to work with others to create democratic publics while taking divergent views into account. This book contends that citizens of the early US were encouraged to locate this social impulse not in associations with others but in the turbulent interiors of their own bodies. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342670
- ISBN
- 9780822342670
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Paperback. An interdisciplinary interpretation of the Mediterranean as an extraordinarily fluid, heterogeneous cultural and historical formation, by a leading cultural theorist. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1QRM; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341505
- ISBN
- 9780822341505
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€ 32.99€ 29.87
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Paperback. Deals with central problem in modern Spanish history-- why did civil war break out in 1936-- arguing that cultural representations of earlier revolution helped trigger the war through focus on social tensions around religion and gender. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339434
- ISBN
- 9780822339434
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€ 27.99€ 26.52
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Paperback. A collection of twenty-eight of the seminal essays of Robert N. Bellah, a visionary leader in the social study of religion and lead author of the bestselling Habits of the Heart. Editor(s): Bellah, Robert N.; Tipton, Steven M. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 820.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338710
- ISBN
- 9780822338710
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Paperback. Scholars of history, anthropology, literature, and film explore the transformations in Japanese politics, culture, and society since Japan s recession of the early 1990s. Editor(s): Yoda, Tomiko; Harootunian, Harry. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338130
- ISBN
- 9780822338130
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Paperback. A significant contribution to both political theory and China studies, this volume provides a critical assessment of the past and future Chinese socialism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337980
- ISBN
- 9780822337980
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337683
- ISBN
- 9780822337683
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Paperback. A collection of essays by political theorists on Agamben's Homo Sacer. Editor(s): Norris, Andrew. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335375
- ISBN
- 9780822335375
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334729
- ISBN
- 9780822334729
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Paperback. Examines the politics of a 19th c. peasant revolt in Peru, looking at the organization and practice of government by the rebels to examine what a largely illiterate population understood by terms such as "nation" and showing the rebellion's significance in constructing the Peruvian State. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 b&w photos, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334415
- ISBN
- 9780822334415
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Paperback. Argues that American cultural conceptions of religion and race during the 1950s played a crucial role in framing an ideology through which U.S. policymakers understood their options in Vietnam. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334408
- ISBN
- 9780822334408
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Paperback. Collection of essays that focuses on questions of gender and culture in early Christianity. Editor(s): Martin, Dale B.; Miller, Patricia Cox. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334224
- ISBN
- 9780822334224
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Paperback. The Inkan empire did not have writing as it is usually understood. The Inkas kept track of information - including their social and political organization - on khipus, knotted cords of cotton or wool. This book offers a reading of the khipus of one Andean village, where villagers have conserved a set of these enigmatic cords to the present day. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 photos (incl. 16 in color), 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333906
- ISBN
- 9780822333906
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€ 41.99€ 37.13
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Paperback. Explores the mid-nineteenth-century rise of mass electoral democracy in the southwestern region of Colombia. This work describes a rich republicanism characterized by legal rights and popular participation, and explains how this vibrant political culture was created by competing subaltern groups. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 391.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332244
- ISBN
- 9780822332244
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€ 36.99€ 34.33
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Hardback. Views the body and media such as television, film, and the Internet, as cultural formations that operate on multiple registers of sensation beyond the reach of the reading techniques founded on the standard rhetorical and semiotic models. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions / Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328827
- ISBN
- 9780822328827
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Paperback. A comprehensive investigation of the New World. It describes the region's natural resources, flora, animals, and terrain, as well as the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. It offers a significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World. Editor(s): Mangan, Jane E.; Lopez-Morillas, Frances M. Series: Chronicles of a New World Encounter - Latin America in Translation S. Num Pages: 568 pages, 10 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 806. Series: Chronicles of a New World Encounter - Latin America in Translation S. 568 pages, 10 figures,. 3 maps. Editor(s): Mangan, Jane E.; Lopez-Morillas, Frances M. A comprehensive investigation of the New World. It describes the region's natural resources, flora, animals, and terrain, as well as the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. It offers a significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 35. Weight: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328452
- ISBN
- 9780822328452
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€ 36.99€ 34.33
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€ 34.33