History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Combining theories from the anthropology of consumption, cultural studies, and gender studies with the methodologies of social, cultural, and oral histories, Natalia Milanesio shows the exceptional cultural and social visibility of low-income consumers in postwar Argentina along with their unprecedented economic and political influence. Num Pages: 320 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826352422
- ISBN
- 9780826352422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
Paperback. An important contribution to the study of American life writing and an invaluable reassessment of the work of Richard Wright and Richard Rodriguez. Robert J. Butler, coeditor of The Richard Wright Encyclopedia" Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: B; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826352323
- ISBN
- 9780826352323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.25
€ 46.25
Paperback. In this entertaining and informative account Paula E. Morton surveys the history of the tortilla from its roots in ancient Mesoamerica to the cross-cultural global tortilla. Num Pages: 160 pages, , black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV; WBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826352149
- ISBN
- 9780826352149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.00
€ 25.99
€ 21.00
Paperback. This book analyzes the lives of Africans and their descendants in Montevideo and Buenos Aires from the late colonial era to the first decades of independence. Series Editor(s): Lane, Kris. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 halftones, 3 maps, 2 charts, 2 graphs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826351807
- ISBN
- 9780826351807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
Paperback. More than a book about bread, Bakers and Basques places food and labour at the centre of the upheavals in Mexican history from independence to the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826351463
- ISBN
- 9780826351463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.59
€ 40.59
Paperback. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT; TTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826351067
- ISBN
- 9780826351067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.85
€ 46.85
Paperback. Presented for the first time is a detailed picture of the Spanish settlement landscape of New Mexico during the period from the beginning of colonization in 1598 up to 1680. Num Pages: 296 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826350848
- ISBN
- 9780826350848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.92
€ 40.92
Hardback. One of the great first-person accounts of the Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century, this new translation makes Cabeza de Vaca's adventures available to a wide English-speaking audience for the first time. Translator(s): Morrow, Baker H. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JB; HBJK; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826350633
- ISBN
- 9780826350633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
Paperback. In this intriguing study, Jason Dormady examines the ways members of Mexicos urban and rural poor used religious community to mediate between themselves and the state through the practice of religious primitivism, the belief that they were restoring Christianityand the practice of Mexican citizenshipto a more pure and essential state. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826349514
- ISBN
- 9780826349514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.01
€ 40.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826349200
- ISBN
- 9780826349200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.32
€ 59.32
Paperback. At 7:05 am on February 19, 1955, TWA Flight 260 took off from the Albuquerque airport for a short flight to Santa Fe, but it crashed. The author was one of the first men on the scene of this crash, and has spent a lifetime unraveling the enigmas of TWA Flight 260's final flight. He helps solve some of the controversies surrounding the crash. Num Pages: 264 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJPG; HBT; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826348074
- ISBN
- 9780826348074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.96
€ 23.99
€ 20.96
Paperback. The Santa Ana Pueblo, called Tamaya by its people, is located in central New Mexico, northwest of Albuquerque, between the Jemez Mountains and the Rio Grande. This book presents Tamaya's history, beliefs, ways of life, oral traditions, and legal systems through the end of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 409 pages, 25 halftones, 24 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826347909
- ISBN
- 9780826347909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.64
€ 41.64
Paperback. A quantitative assessment of the impact of Spanish conquest and colonization on Andean population migration from 1535-1700. Num Pages: 249 pages, 1 line illustration, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826347695
- ISBN
- 9780826347695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.49
€ 40.49
Paperback. A collection of essays that addresses issues including contested historiography, social and economic contributions of Afro-Mexicans, social construction of race and ethnic identity, forms of agency and resistance, and contemporary inquiry into ethnographic work on Afro-Mexican communities. Editor(s): Vinson, Benjamin, III; Restall, Matthew. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826347015
- ISBN
- 9780826347015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.29
€ 41.29
Paperback. The effects of floods, droughts, hurricanes, and earthquakes and tsunamis have destroyed people's lives and their built environments, and changed land forms, such as mountains, rivers, forests, and canyons. This collection of essays focuses on earthquakes in Latin America since the mid-nineteenth century. Editor(s): Buchenau, Jurgen; Johnson, Lyman L. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826346230
- ISBN
- 9780826346230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.79
€ 40.79
Paperback. Crime has played a complicated role in the history of human social relations. This volume focuses on Mexico's social and cultural history through the lens of celebrated cases of social deviance from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Each essay centers on a different crime story and explores the documentary record of each case. Editor(s): Buffington, Robert; Piccato, Pablo. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826345295
- ISBN
- 9780826345295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.16
€ 41.16
Paperback. Against the backdrop of 19th-century Oaxaca City, this book analyzes rapto trials - cases of abduction and/or seduction of a minor - to gain insight beyond the actual crime and into the reality that testimonies by parents, their children, and witnesses reveal about courtship practices, generational conflict, and the negotiation of honor. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826344779
- ISBN
- 9780826344779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Paperback. Steven Bunker's study shows how goods and consumption embodied modernity in the time of Porfirio Diaz, how they provided proof to Mexicans that "incredible things are happening in this world." Num Pages: 352 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826344557
- ISBN
- 9780826344557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.44
€ 41.44
Paperback. Flint takes a new look at the Coronado entrada of 1539-42 that marked the earliest large-scale contact between Europeans and Native Americans in what is now the American Southwest. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826343635
- ISBN
- 9780826343635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.11
€ 31.99
€ 28.11
Paperback. Fiesta San Antonio began in 1891 and through the twentieth century expanded from a single parade to over two hundred events spanning a ten-day period. Laura Hernandez-Ehrisman examines Fiesta's development as part of San Antonio's culture of power relations between men and women, Anglos and Mexicanos. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press in cooperation with the Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826343116
- ISBN
- 9780826343116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.33
€ 46.33
Paperback. Emphasizing the vibrancy of Navajo culture, this title illustrates the process of incorporating ideas while retaining distinctive Navajo beliefs, values, and orientations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826342782
- ISBN
- 9780826342782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.44
€ 41.44
Paperback. Before and since its official closure in 1985, historic US 66 became associated with the deserts. Route 66 enjoyed only about thirty years of dominance as a primary auto and truck route from 1926 to around 1956. Recounting the history of Route 66, this title offers a comprehensive portrait of the cultural meaning of the highway. Num Pages: 208 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826341945
- ISBN
- 9780826341945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.54
€ 15.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Divided into 4 parts, this book examines the cause of the demise of the slave trade to Bahia (a province of Brazil) by 1851. It traces Bahia's abolitionist movement through the enactment of the Law of the Free Womb in 1871, and focuses on the role of Candomble, an African religion practiced by the Africans of Brazil, in ending slavery in the area. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 324 pages, 13 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340511
- ISBN
- 9780826340511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.29
€ 41.29
Paperback. Clements's study examines Americans' changing sense of Geronimo and looks at the ways Geronimo tried to maintain control of his own image during more than twenty years in which he was a prisoner of war. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340214
- ISBN
- 9780826340214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.24
€ 41.24