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Paperback. The overwhelming impact of Europe followed by precocious independence produced an exceptional outward orientation, which has prompted successive waves of reform. This book explores the resulting patterns that can be observed in multiple domains, through the optic of a 'mausoleum of modernity.' Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619968
- ISBN
- 9780230619968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Hardcover. Constructing Mexico City: Colonial Conflicts over Culture, Space, and Authority examines the spatial, material, and cultural dimensions of life in eighteenth-century Mexico City, through programs that colonial leaders created to renovate and reshape urban environments. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619579
- ISBN
- 9780230619579
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Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.05
€ 50.53
€ 45.05
Hardcover. This book sets out to narrate the contributions to and influence on the history of Chile that British visitors and immigrants have had, not as bystanders but as key players, starting in 1554 with the English Queen 'Bloody Mary' becoming Queen of Chile, and ending with the decline of British influence following the Second World War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618497
- ISBN
- 9780230618497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.60
€ 50.53
€ 45.60
Hardcover. This book presents some in-depth cases regarding specific informal economic activities in Brazil. Using an ethnographic approach, the author shows the social and economic processes that allow the informal economy to be reproduced, revealing the complex and heterogeneous relations between the formal and the informal parts of economy. Num Pages: 270 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; JH; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618176
- ISBN
- 9780230618176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Hardcover. This book considers neopopulism as a central issue to understand patterns of women's citizenship construction in many countries of contemporary Latin America. It also explains the paradoxes entailed for women's participation and citizenship rights. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618152
- ISBN
- 9780230618152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.14
€ 50.53
€ 45.14
Hardcover. Reimagining the Immigrant examines integrative practices by residents towards Mexican immigrants in a small farm town in America. This groundbreaking book sheds light on the coexisting practices of discrimination and accommodation and the ways in which immigrants and established residents reimagine ethnic identity in a more positive light. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616028
- ISBN
- 9780230616028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
The City of Translation: Poetry and Ideology in Nineteenth-Century Col...
José María Rodríguez García
Hardcover. A sweeping intellectual history of the relationship between literary translation, authoritarian politics, linguistic ideologies, juristic philology, religion, and poetry in late nineteenth-century Colombia. Num Pages: 261 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 2ADS; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430. Poetry and Ideology in Nineteenth-century Colombia. 292 pages, Illustrations. A sweeping intellectual history of the relationship between literary translation, authoritarian politics, linguistic ideologies, juristic philology, religion, and poetry in late nineteenth-century Colombia. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 2ADS; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615335
- ISBN
- 9780230615335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Hardcover. Spanning the whole of Latin America, including Brazil, from its beginnings in 1492 up to the present time, Rivera-Barnes and Hoeg analyze the relationship between literature and the environment in both literary and testimonial texts, asking questions that contribute to the on-going dialogue between the arts and the sciences. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615199
- ISBN
- 9780230615199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.12
€ 50.53
€ 45.12
Hardcover. This book looks at Cuban and Argentine theater of the late 1960s and early 1970s to see how the idea of spectacle as violence was used to comment on and question the social and political violence that was unfolding offstage. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KLSA; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613140
- ISBN
- 9780230613140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. This is the first book-length analysis of the rise in power of the Bolivian party Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and its leader, President Evo Morales. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JPFF; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608191
- ISBN
- 9780230608191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. Respected film critic Gonzalo Aguilar offers a lucid and sophisticated analysis of Argentine films of the last decade. This is the most complete and up-to-date work in English to examine the 'new Argentine cinema' phenomenon. Aguilar looks at highly relevant films, including those by Lucrecia Martel and Sergio Rejtman. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606593
- ISBN
- 9780230606593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
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
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. Guerrero focuses on a selection of Mexican historical novels that are particularly revealing of literary trends during the last three decades. The study addresses the balancing act of Mexican writers as they trace a national identity in the face of globalization and respond to modernization on their own terms. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606371
- ISBN
- 9780230606371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Hardcover. Based on more than five years of anthropological fieldwork in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this book highlights race, class, gender and territory to argue that Brazillian hip hoppers are subjects rather than objects of history and everyday life. This is the first ethnography in English to analyze Brazilian hip hop. Num Pages: 222 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604650
- ISBN
- 9780230604650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. This book compares rebel media use in three Mesoamerican rebellions: the Nicaraguan Revolution, the Salvadoran civil war and the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. Directly comparing media use in all three rebellions provides a richer understanding of the role of media in social change, particularly violent change. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 235 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTV; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604438
- ISBN
- 9780230604438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. This book applies Revolution in Military Affairs theories to explain the various strategic victories and losses for assorted social forces in Colombia and Mexico. These countries form the ideal comparative case study of RMA, both from above by the state, and below by civil society. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSC; HBTV; JPQ; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602823
- ISBN
- 9780230602823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Hardcover. This book looks at the Guatemalan peace process, which was successful in providing a development program to modernize the economy and national infrastructure with the support of international organizations and negotiating parties, analyzing the extent to which peace processes offer opportunity for progressive social transformation. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTJ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600515
- ISBN
- 9780230600515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Hardcover. Can elections create democrats? Why and how do formerly armed opposition groups decide to invest in electoral politics or to undermine them? This book argues that the answer lies in the patterns of inter- and intraparty struggles created by participation in repeated elections over time. Num Pages: 207 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1HFMQ; 1KLCS; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600300
- ISBN
- 9780230600300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardcover. This book provides an in-depth analysis of neo-liberal and progressive economic reforms and policies implemented in Chile since the Pinochet dictatorship. The core thesis of the book is that there is not just 'one Chilean economic model', but that several have been in force since the coup of 1973. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJP; KCLF; KCLT; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577381
- ISBN
- 9780230577381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.14
€ 123.14
Hardcover. Today's Latino poetry scene is incredibly vibrant. With original interviews, this is the first meditation on the thematic features of such poetry. Looking at how Julia Alvarez, Rhina Espaillat, Rafael Campo, and C. Dale Young use structures such as meter, rhyme, and line break, this study identifies a poetics of formalist Latino poetry. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391635
- ISBN
- 9780230391635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61