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Paperback. Central America is a tiny region, broken into seven smaller nations. This book focuses on the political events and cultural patterns that have shaped the region. It develops special themes, such as the causes of unity and disunity on the isthmus and the economic pressures on the rain forest from farming and tourism. Series: Brief History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 58 black-&-white photographs & illustrations, 9 maps, index, bibliography, further readin. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Checkmark Books
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816073320
- ISBN
- 9780816073320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.37
€ 26.99
€ 23.37
Paperback. Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given Mexicans a rich tradition of national celebration that is part creation myth, part official pomp, and part popular merrymaking. This work looks at how Independence Day festivities have provided a medium for informal education. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; Lorey, David E. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASZP; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029155
- ISBN
- 9780842029155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 49.23
€ 51.99
€ 49.23
Paperback. A fascinating history of the Maya - drawing on a wealth of recent archaeological discoveries - whose civilisation in the jungles of Central America was for almost a thousand years hidden from the world. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBLC; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 202 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753809891
- ISBN
- 9780753809891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Exposes the self-serving logic behind much middle-class opposition to Venezuela's elected leader, and explains the real reason for their alarm. This work argues that the Chavez government has instituted one of the progressive constitutions, but warns that they have yet to overcome the dangerous spectres of the country's past. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844675524
- ISBN
- 9781844675524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.08
€ 27.99
€ 25.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Duke University Press U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822312246
- ISBN
- 9780822312246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.04
€ 30.99
€ 28.04
Hardback. The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world and much of it in informal settlements. This book presents cutting-edge research from various world regions to demonstrate how these trends make new forms of social and political power possible. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; AlSayyad, Nezar. Series: Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FM; 1KL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739107409
- ISBN
- 9780739107409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.17
€ 129.17
Paperback. Covers traditional metres, sound patterns and forms, but strongly emphasizes the more difficult questions of the rhythm, sound and shape of contemporary poetry. It discusses poetry's content and scope, and poetry in society - both in Britain and, by way of contrast, revolutionary Nicaragua. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLCN; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333542071
- ISBN
- 9780333542071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.38
€ 50.99
€ 42.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645008
- ISBN
- 9780816645008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.20
€ 30.99
€ 28.20
Paperback. Presents a description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital. Editor(s): Cohen, John M. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 416 pages, b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0010334
- ISBN
- 9780140441239
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. An ethnography exploring disagreements among Paraguayan peasants, government bureaucrats, and development experts about how state bureaucracy should function, what archival documents are for, and who gets to narrate the past. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350361
- ISBN
- 9780822350361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.38
€ 33.99
€ 30.38
Paperback. Viva La Revolucion is Hobsbawm's magisterial work on Latin America, the fruit of forty years' writing about the continent. Num Pages: 480 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349141299
- ISBN
- 9780349141299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 5.70
€ 15.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Spedaliere, Donato; Shumate, Johnny. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 80 pages, 35 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 249 x 6. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849085687
- ISBN
- 9781849085687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.91
€ 24.99
€ 19.91
Paperback. An examination of Latin American populism and its relationship to neoliberalism, this book covers a set of countries in South and Central America to track the political paths of each in terms of how they have adapted to free markets, privatisation, unemployment and increasing inequality. Editor(s): Demmers, J.; Jilberto, A.E.Fernandez; Hogenboom, Barbara. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures, notes, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLCN; 1KLCS; 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSE; 1KLSH; 1KLSR; GTB; JPH; KCM; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781856498876
- ISBN
- 9781856498876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.36
€ 45.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. The current volume from the editors of the acclaimed Reclaiming Latin America will address the current trajectories of rightwing politics in Latin America in the face of leftist governments and regional alliances, the discrediting of neoliberalism, and the decline of US hegemony. Editor(s): Dominguez, Francisco; Lievesley, Geraldine; Ludlam, Steve. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848138117
- ISBN
- 9781848138117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Paperback. Under the 60-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado party, wealth and power became concentrated in the hands of a small few; until elections in 2008 broke the party's hold on the country. This book tells the story of how Fernando Lugo, a bishop from a deprived diocese, swept to victory and what this means for his country. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848133136
- ISBN
- 9781848133136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.36
€ 45.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. The incredible story of Lula, from an early life of poverty and chaos to becoming President of Brazil. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14, Black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848130111
- ISBN
- 9781848130111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.36
€ 45.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. Social Movements and Leftist Governments in Latin America moves beyond simple discussion of social movements to address an issue that is crucial for politics in the region today but has yet to be properly analysed - specifically, what is the position of the social movements after progressive governments take power. Editor(s): Prevost, Gary; Campos, Carlos Oliva; Vanden, Harry E. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJP; 3JM; JHB; JPH; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780321837
- ISBN
- 9781780321837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.30
€ 34.99
€ 29.30
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334653
- ISBN
- 9780745334653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.19
€ 21.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English. Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M.; Henderson, Timothy J. Series: Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 808 pages, 91 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 808
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822330424
- ISBN
- 9780822330424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
€ 36.99
€ 33.65
Paperback. After El Salvador's brutal civil war ended in 1992, crime rates shot up. People began to speak of the peace as "worse than the war." This study examines how narratives of post-conflict violence, told by ordinary people, offered ways of coping with uncertainty during a stunted transition to democracy. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222357
- ISBN
- 9780812222357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.39
€ 40.99
€ 35.39