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Hardback. Presents an overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico that synthesizes information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. This book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, pleisosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs. Editor(s): Rivera-Sylva, Hector E.; Carpenter, Kenneth; Frey, Eberhard. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 color illus., 93 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253011831
ISBN
9780253011831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.55

Paperback. While recognizing its origins and scope, this book offers an interpretation of Latin American philosophy by looking at its radical and transformative roots. It explores Latin America's engagement with contemporary problems in Western philosophy and describes the transformative impact of this encounter on contemporary thought. Series: World Philosophies. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012579
ISBN
9780253012579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.87

Paperback. Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages, 10 b&w illus., 9 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023032
ISBN
9780253023032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. Examines the Latina subject whose work as dramatist, actress, theorist, and/or critic further defines the field of theater and performance in the United States. This book considers the emergence of a Latina aesthetics developed in the United States, but simultaneously linked with Latin America. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 b&w photos, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; AN; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212856
ISBN
9780253212856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.31

Paperback. People of African descent in the New World (the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean) share a common set of experiences: domination and resistance, slavery and emancipation, the pursuit of freedom, and struggle against racism. This volume embraces the challenge to probe differences embedded in Black ethnicities. Editor(s): Hine, Darlene Clark; McLeod, Jacqueline. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780253214508
ISBN
9780253214508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Brazil, Vietnam, and Zambia, this volume integrates youth studies with urban studies, and argues that youth is an experience in its own right, not merely a transition from childhood to adulthood. It includes case studies in three cities - Recife, Hanoi, and Lusaka. Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 37 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1HFMZ; 1KLSB; JFSG; JFSP2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219695
ISBN
9780253219695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. The people of Quirpini, a rural community in the Bolivian Andes, are in constant motion. They visit each other's houses, work in their fields, go to nearby towns for school, market, or official transactions, and travel to Buenos Aires for wage labour. This work argues that by their travels, they play a role in shaping the places they move through. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 1KLSX; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222107
ISBN
9780253222107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

hardcover. Discusses the effects of mercury pollution on the indigenous peoples of Peru and Bolivia Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; KNAT; RNK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780253356512
ISBN
9780253356512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HRCX7; JFSF; KCM; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268026110
ISBN
9780268026110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. Reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, this title argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702363
ISBN
9780292702363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.01

Paperback. Presents an overview of the prehistory of the Cuzco region from the arrival of the first hunter-gatherers (ca 7000 BC) to the fall of the Inca Empire in AD 1532. This book addresses both the specific patterns of settlement in the Cuzco Valley and the larger processes of cultural development. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 271 pages, 76 photos, 25 figures, 26 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 276 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292702790
ISBN
9780292702790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. Offers the readings of fourteen key films to demonstrate how these cultural products promote the principles of an antiheterosexist stance. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292705371
ISBN
9780292705371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. Constructs ethnohistories of the Xiximes, Acaxees, Conchos, Tepehuanes, and Tarahumaras to explain why only two of the five groups successfully resisted Spanish conquest and colonization. This title offers an analysis of each group's past from the time the Spaniards first attempted to settle them in missions up to the middle of eighteenth century. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 maps, 2 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292705517
ISBN
9780292705517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of Maya handicraft vendors in the international marketplace. Num Pages: 332 pages, 13 b&w illus., 4 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFC; JFFS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705678
ISBN
9780292705678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.76

Paperback. Since the early twentieth century, technological transfers from the United States to Latin American countries have involved technologies of violence for social control. This title includes essays that addresses the topic of state-sponsored terrorism in a variety of ways. Editor(s): Menjivar, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Nestor P. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1 graph, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JKV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292706798
ISBN
9780292706798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.87

Paperback. Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies. This book examines the evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings and animals, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred. Editor(s): Benson, Elizabeth P.; Cook, Anita G. Num Pages: 227 pages, 66 halftones, 47 line drawings, 3 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292708945
ISBN
9780292708945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. The second phase of the civil rights movement (1965-1973) was a pivotal period in the development of ethnic groups in the United States. This title creates an intercultural frame to study the historical and cultural connections among Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and Chicanos/as since the 1960s. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292709652
ISBN
9780292709652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Responding to the changes in Guatemala, the women there began organizing to gain an active role in the national body politic. This study examines the formation and evolution of the Guatemalan women's movement and assesses how it has been affected by, and has in turn affected, the forces of democratization and globalization. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712539
ISBN
9780292712539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.01

Paperback. Looks behind the generalities of debates about globalization to explore the personal impact of global forces on the Peruvian poor. This ethnography offers insight into how the people have coped with extreme poverty and rapid population growth - and their creation of lives and customs in the process. Num Pages: 280 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713000
ISBN
9780292713000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

paperback. Rancheros hold a distinct place in the culture and social hierarchy of Mexico. This work provides insight into the lives of rancheros, as seen from their own perspectives. It focuses on three culturally salient styles of speaking that characterize rancheros: franqueza; respeto; and relajo. Num Pages: 342 pages, 26 b&w photos, 4 maps, 4 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 663.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714830
ISBN
9780292714830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. A groundbreaking examination of Chile's Mapuche shamans and their use of a unique tree in ritual transvestitism and political defiance. Num Pages: 335 pages, 31 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HRKT; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292716599
ISBN
9780292716599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.76

Paperback. Presents an examination of those who survived Guatemala's civil war, and the mindset that helped them transform their society in the face of state-sanctioned terrorism. This book is drawn from interviews conducted in the early 1990s with more than eighty survivors of the state-sanctioned violence. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716773
ISBN
9780292716773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Presents a thesis about the origins and development of the calendrical system. This title shows how time became materialized - transformed into status objects such as monuments that encoded calendrical or temporal concerns - as well as politicized, becoming the foundation for societal order, political legitimization, and wealth. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 280 pages, 74 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716926
ISBN
9780292716926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. This book presents an analysis of telenovelas and narco-dramas. It assesses the dynamic role of melodrama in creating meaningful cultural images to explain why these genres have become so successful. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; APT; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Edition
1st PB Edition
SKU
V9780292717121
ISBN
9780292717121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

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