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Paperback. Pawning was a common credit mechanism in Mexico City in the 19th century. A two-tiered sector of public and private pawnbrokers provided collateral credit. This book shows how Mexican women depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269231
- ISBN
- 9780803269231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
hardcover. This book is an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in Panama construct notions of home and create a sense of belonging as they inhabit the interstices of several cultural-national formations-Panama, China/Taiwan, and the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 figures, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753029
- ISBN
- 9780804753029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.54
€ 125.54
hardcover. Two of the most prominent trends in world affairs over the past decade-the projection of American power abroad and high energy prices-have made for some strange bedfellows. Flush with oil revenues, autocratic governments in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia have tried to counter U.S. influence not only in Latin America but around the world. Num Pages: 234 pages, figures; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 1KLSV; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612340159
- ISBN
- 9781612340159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.63
€ 33.63
Paperback. In Brazil, the country with the largest population of African descent in the Americas, the idea of race underwent a dramatic shift in the first half of the twentieth century. This title explores the significance of this transition by looking at the history of the Rio de Janeiro school system between 1917 and 1945. Num Pages: 312 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822330707
- ISBN
- 9780822330707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Scholars and students of Latin America, political economy, and democratization studies will find Gonzalez's arguments engaging and the framework he built for this study especially useful in their own work. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6, 4 graphs, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; KCM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405421
- ISBN
- 9781421405421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.50
€ 54.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. These essays are a treatment of one of the changes that have shaped Latin America since independence: decentralization of the state. Contributors argue that though the assignment of political, fiscal, and administrative duties to subnational governments has been an important political developments, it is also one of the most overlooked. Editor(s): Montero, Alfred P.; Samuels, David J. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025595
- ISBN
- 9780268025595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
Hardback. This collection, comprised of chapters focused on the intellectual histories and present circumstances of curriculum studies in Brazil, is Pinar's summary of exchanges (occurring over a two-year period) between the authors and members of an International Panel (scholars working in Finland, South Africa, the United States). Editor(s): Pinar, William F. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 252 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JNF; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104105
- ISBN
- 9780230104105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.82€ 45.09
€ 50.82
€ 45.09
hardcover. The Shining Path was one of the most brutal insurgencies ever seen in the Western Hemisphere. Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru explores the devastating effects of insurgent violence and the state's brutal counterinsurgency methods on Peruvian civil society. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJH; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600386
- ISBN
- 9780230600386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.82€ 45.78
€ 50.82
€ 45.78
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; GBC; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855298
- ISBN
- 9780810855298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.91
€ 163.91
Paperback. This book offers a step forward in finding out how the new decentralized institutional arrangements affect local economic development. In particular, it analyzes how local governments can use their increasing powers and responsibilities to improve productivity and quality of life in their territories. Editor(s): De la Cruz, Rafael; Palgrave Macmillan; Mannheim, Carlos Pineda; Poschl, Caroline; Inter-American Development Bank. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111769
- ISBN
- 9780230111769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.17
€ 64.17
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343196
- ISBN
- 9780822343196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JFSG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196264
- ISBN
- 9781845196264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 6 maps, 50 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KLCM; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292716414
- ISBN
- 9780292716414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.64
€ 31.99
€ 28.64
Hardback. Provides an empirical and interdisciplinary study of water markets in Chile. This book combines law, political economy, and geography to analyze the disadvantages, problems, and contexts of water markets. It is suitable for those who are interested in property rights and market-friendly environmental policies. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; RBK; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382270
- ISBN
- 9780792382270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.06
€ 125.06
Paperback. Latin America has long been strongly identified with the Roman Catholic Church. Yet the face of religion has changed in the region, as is evidenced by various landmarks that appear on the social and geographic landscape. Editor(s): Garrard-Burnett, Virginia. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842025850
- ISBN
- 9780842025850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how human rights instruments and values have brought different movements together in the struggle against free trade. Estevez employs a specifically Latin American definition of human rights, thus challenging Eurocentric and Western discourses. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JPVH; KCLT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606555
- ISBN
- 9780230606555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardback. Based on ethnographic research with Dominicans in New York City, a pioneering analysis of how gay immigrant men of color negotiate race, sexuality, and power in their daily lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFSK2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349266
- ISBN
- 9780822349266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. Arguing that critical reporting in South America can be better understood as watchdog journalism than as investigative reporting of the American or European variety, this text examines the country's historical absence of a critical press and discusses the evolution of journalistic culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSR; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119757
- ISBN
- 9780231119757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.03
€ 42.99
€ 31.03
Paperback. A love story and a journey across the continents of marriage. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393324471
- ISBN
- 9780393324471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.04
€ 24.99
€ 22.04
Hardback. This volume looks at the puzzle of Latin America's rapid recovery from the collapse in world markets and capital flows in the late 1920s. It shows how the safety valves which made recovery possible in the 1930s were not available 50 years later, and documents the impact on the role of the state. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633410
- ISBN
- 9780333633410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.06
€ 123.06
Hardback. Winner of the 1999 Michael C Meyer Manuscript Prize, this book examines the social protests of popular groups in urban Mexico during and after the Mexican Revolution. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 239 pages, Ill.tabs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028790
- ISBN
- 9780842028790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.72
€ 161.72
Paperback. Instead of viewing globalization and nation states as two separate and opposed domains of theorization and politics, this volume contextualizes US borders within global processes that are reconstituting the relationship between nation states and private corporations at the site of US borders. Editor(s): Sadowski-Smith, Claudia. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294830
- ISBN
- 9780312294830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.82€ 44.19
€ 50.82
€ 44.19
Hardback. First published in Portuguese in 2006, Walter Fraga's Crossroads of Freedom brings readers into the world of the last generation of enslaved men, women, and children who toiled in Bahia's sugar plantations and later struggled to make lives for themselves following Brazil's abolition of slavery in 1888. Translator(s): Mahony, Mary Ann. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360766
- ISBN
- 9780822360766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.87
€ 124.87
Hardcover. The Moche people who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately 100 and 800 AD created the most elaborate system of iconographic representation of any ancient Peruvian culture. This book raises the analysis of Moche iconography to a level through a study of visual representations of rituals involving sex, death, and sacrifice. Num Pages: 272 pages, 259 b&w illus., 24 color photos in 16 page section. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292712799
- ISBN
- 9780292712799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01