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Paperback. Completed in 1653, Father Bernabe Cobo's "Historia del Nuevo Mundo" is an important source of information on pre-conquest and colonial Spanish America. Though parts of the work are lost, the remaining sections which have been translated offer insights into Inca culture and Peruvian history. This title presents a translation of Cobo's massive work. Translator(s): Hamilton, Roland. Num Pages: 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HDD; HRAX; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292738614
ISBN
9780292738614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.98

hardcover. This book analyzes how Latin American countries modified their institutions to promote the inclusion of women, Afrodescendants, and indigenous peoples. Series: Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSJ1; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521870566
ISBN
9780521870566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.82

Paperback. Learn all about the INCREDIBLE INCAS, with all the nasty bits left in. Find out the horrible truth, like how a bucket of stewed pee could make you beautiful, why servants ate the emperor's hair and what happened in their legendary golden temples. Includes a grisly quiz to test your knowledge. Illustrator(s): Reeve, Philip. Series: Horrible Histories. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3D; 5AJ; YNH; YNU. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Scholastic
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781407178660
ISBN
9781407178660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.06

Paperback. Extensively revised to incorporate the latest interpretations and address issues of race and gender as well as of economic interest, this is the only book that in such a short space covers the causes, events, and consequences of the wars of independence (1810-1825) in all of Latin America Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Third
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292745346
ISBN
9780292745346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. In Indian Given Maria Josefina Saldana-Portillo provides a sweeping historical and comparative analysis of racial ideologies in Mexico and the United States from 1550 to the present to show how indigenous peoples provided the condition of possibility for the emergence of each nation. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360148
ISBN
9780822360148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Hardback. In Indian Given Maria Josefina Saldana-Portillo provides a sweeping historical and comparative analysis of racial ideologies in Mexico and the United States from 1550 to the present to show how indigenous peoples provided the condition of possibility for the emergence of each nation. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JFSL9. 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
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359883
ISBN
9780822359883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.05

Paperback. Chronicles the history of Indigenous political activism in Ecuador, from the creation of the local agricultural syndicates in the 1920s through the protests of 1990. This work reveals the central role of women in Indigenous movements and the history of productive collaborations between rural Indigenous activists and urban leftist intellectuals. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFC; JFSL9; JHM; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342793
ISBN
9780822342793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Godoy investigates five lowland Amerindian societies of tropical Latin America-all of which are experiencing deep changes as they modernize-to discover the results of a market economy on both indigenous peoples and the conservation of tropical rainforest flora and fauna. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL9; JHM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231117852
ISBN
9780231117852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.81

hardcover. Examining repartimiento production of cochineal, a dyestuff produced exclusively by Oaxacan Indians and representing Mexico's most valued export after silver, this study shows that Indians produced cochineal for the market voluntarily because it provided them with needed income. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 tables, 15 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735124
ISBN
9780804735124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.71

Hardback. 'It is indispensable that Ecuador has peace, but to have peace you need freedom and to have freedom you need justice. And the Indian population needs justice.' - President Gustavo Noboa, January 23, 2000. For five centuries, the Indians had very little voice. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 286 pages, illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9; JPA; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842051071
ISBN
9780842051071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.52

Paperback. 'It is indispensable that Ecuador has peace, but to have peace you need freedom and to have freedom you need justice. And the Indian population needs justice.' - President Gustavo Noboa, January 23, 2000. For five centuries, the Indians had very little voice. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 286 pages, illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9; JPA; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842051088
ISBN
9780842051088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

hardcover. Local Liberalisms shows how early nineteenth-century Mexicans-be they indigenous villagers, government officials, or local elites-worked to incorporate the institutions of liberalism into their daily political lives, and how those local institutions interacted with a national liberal movement that often contradicted them. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; JFSL4; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757645
ISBN
9780804757645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.03

Hardback. Via military conquest, Catholic evangelization, and intercultural engagement and struggle, a vast array of knowledge circulated through the Spanish viceroyalties in Mexico and the Andes. This book highlights the critical role that indigenous intellectuals played in this cultural ferment. Editor(s): Ramos, Gabriela; Yannakakis, Yanna P. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 photographs, 5 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSX; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356479
ISBN
9780822356479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.58

Paperback. Via military conquest, Catholic evangelization, and intercultural engagement and struggle, a vast array of knowledge circulated through the Spanish viceroyalties in Mexico and the Andes. This book highlights the critical role that indigenous intellectuals played in this cultural ferment. Editor(s): Ramos, Gabriela; Yannakakis, Yanna P. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 photographs, 5 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSX; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356608
ISBN
9780822356608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, like their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for discrimination. This title traces the history of the notion of race from this turn-of-the-century definition to a denial of the definition's scientific validity. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324201
ISBN
9780822324201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.76

Paperback. Presents an ethnographic account of Pan-Maya cultural activism. This book shows that Pan-Mayanism reflects diverse local, national, and international influences. It explores the movement's attempts to interweave these varied strands into political programs to promote human and cultural rights for Guatemala's indigenous majority. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table 2 maps 19 line illus. 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSL9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058825
ISBN
9780691058825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 34.74

Paperback. Features case studies of movements in Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil that weigh the degree of success achieved by indigenous leaders in influencing national agendas when governments display ambivalent attitudes about strengthening ethnic diversity. This book addresses the double binds of indigenous organizing and 'working within the system'. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292791411
ISBN
9780292791411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. In recent years the concept and study of civil societyA" has received a lot of attention from political scientists, economists, and sociologists, but less so from anthropologists. A ground-breaking ethnographic approach to civil society as it is formed in indigenous communities in Latin America.. Editor(s): Fischer, Edward F. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL9; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455972
ISBN
9781845455972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.95

Hardback. The book explores how struggles for land, rights, and political power are embedded within physical landscapes, and how indigenous identity is reformed as globalizing forces simultaneously threaten and promote the notion of indigeneity. Editor(s): Sarmiento, Fausto O; Hitchner, Sarah. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; JFSL9; JHMC; JPVH3; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333965
ISBN
9781785333965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.89

Paperback. Series: Arakmbut of Amazonian Peru S. Num Pages: 5 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HR; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 215 x 2. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571818379
ISBN
9781571818379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.08

Hardback. The Arakmbut are an indigenous people in the southeastern Peruvian rain forest who have survived with their culture intact despite encounters with missionaries since the 1950s and a gold rush into their territory over the past 15 years. This final volume of the series looks at the growing consciousn Series: Arakmbut of Amazonian Peru S. Num Pages: 9 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 1KLSR; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571818751
ISBN
9781571818751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.11

Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHB; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608464180
ISBN
9781608464180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.70

Hardback. Industrial Development in a Frontier Economy is pioneering microanalysis of 59 Argentinean corporations between 1890 and 1930 that explains Argentina's failure to develop an efficient manufacturing sector, even as countries in similar circumstances successfully modernized. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759830
ISBN
9780804759830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.90

hardcover. A nuanced understanding of modernization in nineteenth-century Brazil that demonstrates Brazilian commitment to technological innovation. Num Pages: 254 pages, 26 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107100565
ISBN
9781107100565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.90

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