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Paperback. National identity in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Translator(s): Ramirez, Jane. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856277
- ISBN
- 9780807856277
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Condition: New
€ 44.25
€ 44.25
Paperback. A study of the exiled Cuban writers from the 19th century known as los filibusteros who created a body of literature demanding independence from Spain and alliance with or annexation to the US. The transnational culture of writers went hand in hand with economic flow between the countries and was fuelled by belief in a US promise of freedom. Series: Envisioning Cuba. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855942
- ISBN
- 9780807855942
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Condition: New
€ 50.39
€ 50.39
Paperback. Lillian Guerra argues that political violence and competing interpretations of the "social unity" proposed by Cuba's revolutionary patriot, Jose Marti, reveal conflicting visions of the nation - visions that differ in their ideological radicalism and in how they cast Cuba's relationship with the United States. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13ill.1tabs.1M. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855904
- ISBN
- 9780807855904
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Condition: New
€ 51.77
€ 51.77
Paperback. After Cuba's independence, nationalists aimed to transcend racial categories in order to create a unified polity. But racial and cultural heterogeneity posed continual challenges to these liberal notions of citizenship. Alejandra Bronfman traces the formation of Cuba's multiracial legal and political order in the early Republic. Series: Envisioning Cuba. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855638
- ISBN
- 9780807855638
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Condition: New
€ 50.39
€ 50.39
Paperback. Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991) collected oral histories, stories, and music from Cubans of African descent. Her work is often viewed as an extension of the work of her famous brother-in-law, Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz. Edna Rodriguez-Mangual challenges this, proposing that her work is an alternative to the hegemonizing national myth of Cuba. Series: Envisioning Cuba. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855546
- ISBN
- 9780807855546
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Condition: New
€ 54.39
€ 54.39
Paperback. Combining archaeological and historical methods, this is an account of the runaway slaves settlements ("palenques") that formed in the inaccessible mountain chains of eastern Cuba from 1737 to 1850. The author demonstrates how romanticized the communities have become in historical memory. Translator(s): Todd, Mary. Series: Envisioning Cuba. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illustrations, 15 tables, 13 maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807854792
- ISBN
- 9780807854792
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Condition: New
€ 56.20
€ 56.20
Paperback. The author uses previously untapped primary resources to bring insights to questions of Puerto Rican identity, nationalism and migration. Duany argues that the Puerto Rican nation must be understood as a new kind of translocal entity with deep cultural continuities. Num Pages: 368 pages, 29 illustrations, 20 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HBJK; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853726
- ISBN
- 9780807853726
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Condition: New
€ 51.26
€ 51.26
Paperback. One of the oldest and most celebrated cities in the Western Hemisphere, Havana is a metropolis where history has left its handprint on every corner. An international trio of architects and planners assesses nearly 500 years of development in the Cuban capital. Num Pages: 544 pages, 48 illustrations, 33 tables, 17 maps, 11 figures, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AMVD; HBJK; JFSG; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853696
- ISBN
- 9780807853696
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Condition: New
€ 51.97
€ 51.97
Paperback. An examination of the emancipation process in the British Caribbean, particularly Jamaica, during the 1830s, and in the USA, particularly South Carolina, during the 1860s. It explores how former slaves, former slaveholders, and their governments understood and discussed slavery and emancipation. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853450
- ISBN
- 9780807853450
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Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. Exploring the cultural dimensions of the US contact with Haiti through a range of examples from the occupation and its aftermath, this text shows that what Americans thought and wrote about Haiti during those years contributed in crucial and unexpected ways to an emerging culture of Imperialism Num Pages: 432 pages, 30 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849385
- ISBN
- 9780807849385
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Condition: New
€ 51.97
€ 51.97
Paperback. Between 1920 and 1940, Cuba underwent a transition from oligarchic rule to a nominal constitutional democracy. This crucial stage of Cuba's political evolution, often overshadowed by the 1959 revolution, is addressed here, stressing the importance of the mass mobilization of the popular classes. Series: Envisioning Cuba. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW; JPFF; JPH; JPQ; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849255
- ISBN
- 9780807849255
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Condition: New
€ 50.45
€ 50.45
Paperback. Tracing the formulation of nationalist ideologies, government policies, and forms of social and political mobilization in Cuba, de la Fuente explores the opportunities and limitations that Afro-Cubans experienced in such areas as job access, education and political representation. Series: Envisioning Cuba. Num Pages: 464 pages, 15 illustrations, 10 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849224
- ISBN
- 9780807849224
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Condition: New
€ 57.06
€ 57.06
Paperback. This volume features all 109 bird illustrations, 20 colour plates, and the text from Catesby's "Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahamas". The editor discusses the perception of each species during the colonial period and compares Catesby's observations with those of other naturalists. Series: Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 colour and 92 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJWB; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807848166
- ISBN
- 9780807848166
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.83
€ 50.99
€ 42.83
The War of 1898: The United States and Cuba in History and Historiogra...
Perez, Louis A. Jr., Perez, Louis A.
Paperback. This work examines the meaning of the Cuban war for independence of 1898, as represented in 100 years of American historical writing. It offers both a critique of the conventional historiography and an alternate history of the war informed by Cuban sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- a
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847428
- ISBN
- 9780807847428
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Condition: New
€ 44.67
€ 44.67
Paperback. Cuba was among the first countries in the world to utilize rail transport. This text presents a history of Cuban railroads from their introduction in the 19th century, through to the 1959 revolution, focusing particular attention on its interconnection with Cuba's predominant agro-industry - sugar. Translator(s): Todd, Mary; Knight, Franklin W. Num Pages: 560 pages, 35 illustrations, 9 maps, 11 tables, 5 figures, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846926
- ISBN
- 9780807846926
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Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00
Paperback. This study explores the process by which the conversion of African-born slaves and their descendants to Protestant Christianity took place. Using archival sources, the authors chart the conversion, depicting religious transformation as a reciprocal movement involving black and white Christians. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846810
- ISBN
- 9780807846810
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Condition: New
€ 56.54
€ 56.54
Paperback. Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HRCC7; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807843932
- ISBN
- 9780807843932
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Condition: New
€ 55.54
€ 55.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1KJW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483257
- ISBN
- 9780801483257
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Condition: New
€ 51.69
€ 51.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746309551
- ISBN
- 9780746309551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.22
€ 43.22
paperback. Series: Envisioning Cuba. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781469631028
- ISBN
- 9781469631028
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Condition: New
€ 46.85
€ 46.85