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The history of Mexico in the twentieth century is marked by conflict between church and state. This book focuses on the efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to influence Mexican society through Jesuit-led organisations such as the Mexican Catholic Youth Association, the National Catholic Student Union, and the Universidad Iberoamericana. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HRAM2; HRCC7; JNKS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826354600
- ISBN
- 9780826354600
Condition: New
€ 70.47
€ 70.47
Through cross-cultural comparisons, archaeological data, and ethnographic insights, Joel W. Palka addresses central questions about Maya pilgrimage practice and discusses the broad importance of Maya ritual landscapes and pilgrimage for Mesoamerica as a whole. Series: Archaeologies of Landscapes in the Americas Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HDD; HRK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826354747
- ISBN
- 9780826354747
Condition: New
€ 95.57
€ 95.57
This book examines the spiritual community of the followers of St. Francis of Wounds in the town of Caninde in northeast Brazil. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826355317
- ISBN
- 9780826355317
Condition: New
€ 70.04
€ 70.04
In Of Love and Other Passions Guiomar Duenas-Vargas delves into the world of emotions among the bourgeois elite in Bogota from the end of the colonial period to 1870." Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826355850
- ISBN
- 9780826355850
Condition: New
€ 70.90
€ 70.90
Hardcover. Bringing together contributions from specialists in Hispanic studies - both Peninsular and Latin American - this volume explores historical, political, and ideological issues. The essays are linked by an understanding of Hispanism as a cultural construction with different intellectual and political meanings in different periods. Editor(s): Morana, Mabel. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826514714
- ISBN
- 9780826514714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.76
€ 123.76
Taking up the relationship between ethics and literature, this is a political autobiography of,Kimberly Nance, a Latin American activist, who hopes, through the telling of her life story, to bring about change - was met with a great deal of excitement by scholars who posited it as a radical form of literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826515230
- ISBN
- 9780826515230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Presents an interdisciplinary study of literary, cinematic, and graphic images of Mexican national identity in the 1980s and '90s. Discussing, in depth, writings, films, and cartoons from a vast array of contemporary sources, this book creates a social history of this important shift. Num Pages: 254 pages, 60 illustrations index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AKLC; APFA; DSBH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826515384
- ISBN
- 9780826515384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.04
€ 124.04
Essays in this volume deal with the historical, linguistic, and ideological legacy of the Spanish Empire and its language in the New World. Editor(s): Echavez-Solano, Nelsy; Mendez, Kenya C. Dworkin Y. Series: Hispanic Issues Series. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; CFF; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826515667
- ISBN
- 9780826515667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.30
€ 123.30
Paperback. Essays in this volume deal with the historical, linguistic, and ideological legacy of the Spanish Empire and its language in the New World. Editor(s): Echavez-Solano, Nelsy; Mendez, Kenya C. Dworkin Y. Series: Hispanic Issues Series. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; CFF; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826515674
- ISBN
- 9780826515674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.50
€ 52.50
An ethnography that juxtaposes the context of post-war reconstruction at home, shaped by a fragile institutional peace process and emerging pan-Maya movement, with the hidden, marginal lives of mostly undocumented K'iche' transmigrants in New England, and describes the movement of people, money, symbols, and ideas between the two locations. Num Pages: 376 pages, references, index, glossary. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826515803
- ISBN
- 9780826515803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.16
€ 124.16
Explores the role played by culture in the transition to democracy in Latin America's Southern Cone (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) and Spain, with a focus on opposing stances of acceptance and defiance by artists and intellectuals in post-authoritarian regimes. Editor(s): Martin-Estudillo, Luis; Ampuero, Roberto. Series Editor(s): Spadaccini, Nicholas. Series: Hispanic Issues Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516046
- ISBN
- 9780826516046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.44
€ 123.44
Paperback. Explores the role played by culture in the transition to democracy in Latin America's Southern Cone (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) and Spain, with a focus on opposing stances of acceptance and defiance by artists and intellectuals in post-authoritarian regimes. Editor(s): Martin-Estudillo, Luis; Ampuero, Roberto. Series Editor(s): Spadaccini, Nicholas. Series: Hispanic Issues Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516053
- ISBN
- 9780826516053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
Jews in Latin America, in addition to their prominent role in business, commerce, and finance, have a significant presence in cultural production and the arts. Like Hollywood, the Argentine and Mexican film industries are heavily Jewish, while the media - print journalism, radio, and television - have long been associated with Jewish interests. Editor(s): Foster, David William. Series: Hispanic Issues Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; AB; JFCA; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516237
- ISBN
- 9780826516237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.30
€ 123.30
Contains thirteen essays that explore the Mexican point of view from the 1920s to the present in order to register often unheard voices in the complex cross-border, cross-cultural reality shared by the two nations. This collection discusses travel writing, novels, film, essays, political cartoons, and Mexican sociocultural movements. Editor(s): Egan, Linda; Long, Mary K. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b&w cartoons, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJ; DNF; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516381
- ISBN
- 9780826516381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.46
€ 125.46
The Classic Maya 'collapse' has been attributed to environmental destruction, declining dietary health, and social changes such as increased warfare or changing economies. This study explores these models using ancient animal remains recovered from the Petexbatun archaeological sites. Series: Vima Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 86 figures, 78 tables, references. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 267 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1302.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516466
- ISBN
- 9780826516466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.25
€ 128.25
Includes essays that tease out the power of print and visual cultures, examine the impact of carnival, delve into religion and war, and study the complex histories of gender identities and disease. Editor(s): Acree, William G.; Espitia, Juan Carlos Gonzalez. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516657
- ISBN
- 9780826516657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.74
€ 123.74
Paperback. Includes essays that tease out the power of print and visual cultures, examine the impact of carnival, delve into religion and war, and study the complex histories of gender identities and disease. Editor(s): Acree, William G.; Espitia, Juan Carlos Gonzalez. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516664
- ISBN
- 9780826516664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.73
€ 52.73
Hardcover. Editor(s): Castillo, David R.; Nelson, Bradley J. Series: Vanderbilt Uni Press: Hispanic Issues Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826518163
- ISBN
- 9780826518163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.87
€ 123.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Castillo, David R.; Nelson, Bradley J. Series: Vanderbilt Uni Press: Hispanic Issues Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826518170
- ISBN
- 9780826518170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.65
€ 52.65
Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826518224
- ISBN
- 9780826518224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.54
€ 123.54