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Hardcover. Building on the pioneering work of Edward Said in fresh and useful ways, contributors consider both historical contacts and literary influences in the formation of Latin American constructs of the Orient and the Self from colonial times to the present. In the process, they unveil wide-ranging manifestations of Orientalism." Editor(s): Camayd-Freixas, Erik. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: GTB; JF; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816529537
- ISBN
- 9780816529537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00
€ 69.00
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nazarea, Virginia D.; Rhoades, Robert E.; Andrews-Swann, Jenna E. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC; PSAF; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816530144
- ISBN
- 9780816530144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.05
€ 75.05
Paperback. This work draws on the rich bioarchaeological record of the southeastern USA to explore variability in health and behaviour within the age of agriculture. It offers perspectives on human adaptation to various geographic and cultural landscapes across the southeast, from Texas to Virginia. Editor(s): Lambert, Patricia M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 37 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; HDD; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817310073
- ISBN
- 9780817310073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.08
€ 43.08
Hardcover. This collection of essays offers a refreshing approach to the troubling subject of religion and public policy in America, and the ways in which issues of church and state affect the national identity of the American people. Editor(s): Blumhofer, Edith L. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRA; HRC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817311162
- ISBN
- 9780817311162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.22
€ 37.22
Hardcover. These essays emerged from a series of conferences conducted by the Public Religion Project at the University of Chicago Divinity School. They address the ways in which religious and educational institutions have come to define one another and American culture and identity. Editor(s): Blumhofer, Edith L. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817311469
- ISBN
- 9780817311469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.25
€ 48.25
"Race and Culture in New Orleans Stories" posits that the Crescent City and the surrounding Louisiana bayous were a logical setting for the literary exploration of crucial social problems in America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817313388
- ISBN
- 9780817313388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
"Secrecy and Insurgency" deals with the experiences of guerrilla combatants of the Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (Rebel Armed Forces) in the aftermath of the peace accords signed in December 1996 between the Guatemalan government and guerrilla insurgents. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817313593
- ISBN
- 9780817313593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.13
€ 57.13
Based on documents found principally in the Soviet archives recently opened to the public, "Stumbling Its Way through Mexico" is an invitation to rethink the history of Communism in Mexico and Latin America." Translator(s): Gellert, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317362
- ISBN
- 9780817317362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.07
€ 42.07
By highlighting the degree to which meaning making in public policy is more a cultural struggle than a rational and analytical project, " Governing Narratives" brings public administration back into a political context. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPP; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 3
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317737
- ISBN
- 9780817317737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.07
€ 42.07
Melody Maxwell s "The Woman I Am" analyzes the traditional, progressive, and potential roles female Southern Baptist writers and editors portrayed for Southern Baptist women from 1906 to 2006, particularly in the area of missions." Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HRCC92; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318321
- ISBN
- 9780817318321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.13
€ 57.13
"Hunt the Devil" explains the origins and processes of the repetitive American reflex to demonize and then wage war against perceived opponents as well as ways to break the cycle. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318697
- ISBN
- 9780817318697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.13
€ 57.13
Synthesizing a wealth of primary and secondary sources, Conflict and Carnage in Yucat n offers a fresh study of Yucat nAEs complex and violent history that expands and revises perceptions of liberal as well as Second Empire politics in Yucat n from 1855 to 1876. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; HBTK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318703
- ISBN
- 9780817318703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.13
€ 57.13
"T""he Everest Effect" is an accessibly written cultural history of how nature, technology, and culture have worked together to turn Mount Everest into a powerful and ubiquitous physical measure of Western values. Series: Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFS; RGC; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318932
- ISBN
- 9780817318932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.09
€ 47.09
Paperback. Reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. This work places anthropological analyses in relation to Mayan political activism and key Mayan intellectuals' research and criticism. Editor(s): Little, Walter E.; Smith, Timothy J. Series Editor(s): Paredes, J.Anthony. Series: Contemporary American Indian Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355364
- ISBN
- 9780817355364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.22
€ 37.22
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on the status of the search for Mabila, a small fortified border town within an Indian province and a site where a ferocious battle, between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa, took place. Editor(s): Knight, Vernon James. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLH; HBW; HDD; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355425
- ISBN
- 9780817355425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.46
€ 48.46
Hardcover. This volume includes essays by Russian scholars who have examined the history of American political parties and the role they played in American history. The dialogue is then developed through commentaries by American historians and through counter-responses by the Russian authors. Editor(s): Silbey, Joel H. Series: Russian-American Dialogues on United States History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBJK; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826212764
- ISBN
- 9780826212764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.36
€ 69.36
Hardcover. These essays endeavor to generate a dialogue between Eric Voegelin and other 20th-century thinkers and explore issues in contemporary political theory. Each essay rests on the underlying question: is it possible or desirable to construct or discover political foundations without resorting to metaphysical or essentialist constructs? Editor(s): Petrakis, Peter A.; Eubanks, Cecil L. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826215642
- ISBN
- 9780826215642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wagner, Gerhard; Weiss, Gilbert. Translator(s): Petropulos, William. Series: Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826219114
- ISBN
- 9780826219114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.55
€ 63.55
A modern horror story told in graphic detail. Morriss meticulous documentation traces prison corruption . . . proving the tragedy could have been avoided. I recommend this book without reservation.Jack Anderson Num Pages: 268 pages, map. BIC Classification: JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826310620
- ISBN
- 9780826310620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.51
€ 29.51
Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826323972
- ISBN
- 9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.94
€ 41.99
€ 41.94