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Hardback. This volume provides a thorough, interdisciplinary resource for understanding, food, feasting, and cultural practices in ancient Mesoamerica. It presents the metaphoric value of food in Mesoamerican symbolism, ritual, and mythology. Editor(s): Staller, John Edward; Carrasco, Michael. Num Pages: 691 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3B; HDD; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1160.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 691
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441904706
- ISBN
- 9781441904706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 327.86
€ 327.86
Paperback. Chronicling the discourse among intellectuals and state officials during the period from the abolition of slavery in 1888 to the start of Brazil's military regime in 1964, the author uncovers how the state's nonwhite majority moved from being a source of embarrassment to being a critical component of Bahia's identity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871157
- ISBN
- 9780807871157
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Condition: New
€ 45.10
€ 45.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New Holland Australia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742576985
- ISBN
- 9781742576985
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.50
€ 17.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. This study concerns a pivotal but unexamined surge in frontier violence that engulfed the eastern forests of eighteenth-century Brazil. It focuses on social, cultural, and racial relations among settlers, slaves, and native peoples accused of cannibalism. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures, 26 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763387
- ISBN
- 9780804763387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands: The Legac...
. Ed(S): Quiroga, Diego; Sevilla, Ana Maria
hardcover. Editor(s): Quiroga, Diego; Sevilla, Ana Maria. Series: Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands. Num Pages: 179 pages, 6 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 5 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSEG; PSAJ; RNC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- SKU
- V9783319340500
- ISBN
- 9783319340500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.67
€ 143.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 386 x 310 x 6. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873658218
- ISBN
- 9780873658218
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.05
€ 53.99
€ 45.05
Hardcover. Combining in innovative ways the tools and approaches of postcolonial and popular culture studies as well as comparative literary analysis, this is an ambitious, interdisciplinary study that develops - across several related discursive sites - an argument about the centrality of time travel in the Latin American and Caribbean imagination. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117983
- ISBN
- 9780230117983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.32
€ 50.53
€ 45.32
Hardback. Arguing that critical reporting in South America can be better understood as watchdog journalism than as investigative reporting of the American or European variety, this text examines the country's historical absence of a critical press and discusses the evolution of journalistic culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSR; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119740
- ISBN
- 9780231119740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.83€ 87.64
€ 115.83
€ 87.64
Hardcover. This book addresses the Lusophone Black Atlantic as a space of historical and cultural production between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa. The authors demonstrate how it has been shaped by diverse colonial cultures including the Portuguese imperial project. The Lusophone context offers a unique perspective on the history of the Atlantic. Editor(s): Naro, Nancy Priscilla; Sansi Roca, Roger; Treece, David H. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADPB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600478
- ISBN
- 9780230600478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.14
€ 123.14
Paperback. The first excavators of the temple were surprised by the rich offerings deposited between 1325 and 1521, says L pez Luj n (Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City), but recognized their importance immediately and began special techniques to record and preserve them as a window into the symbolic-mythical-magical-religious world of the Aztecs. Neither da Num Pages: 421 pages, 83 drawings, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 205 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1095.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826329585
- ISBN
- 9780826329585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.71
€ 56.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780770436377
- ISBN
- 9780770436377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.14
€ 16.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBJK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816647156
- ISBN
- 9780816647156
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Hardback. Community Action for Conservation: Mexican Experiences Editor(s): Porter-Bolland, Luciana; Ruiz-Mallen, Isabel; Camacho-Benavides, Claudia; McCandless, Susannah R. Num Pages: 179 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461479550
- ISBN
- 9781461479550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.62
€ 185.62
Paperback. Contemporary Latin America presents the epochal political, economic, social, and cultural changes in Latin America over the last 40 years and comprehensively examines their impact on life in the region, and beyond. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405139717
- ISBN
- 9781405139717
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Condition: New
€ 36.36
€ 36.36
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
Paperback. Focuses on the "animal game," a kind of popular gambling entertainment or lottery originated in 1882 within Brazil, in which locals bet on a list of twenty-five animals. Written in English, this work moves smoothly between comprehensive analysis and field observations of specific behaviors and practices. Translator(s): Landers, Clifford E. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHMC; WDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025809
- ISBN
- 9780268025809
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.83
€ 29.99
€ 26.83
The Kaqchikel Maya, who live in the highlands of central Guatemala, experience soul as part of a continuum of bodily states. This account of life in one highland Maya community shows how, among Kaqchikels, spirit expresses itself fundamentally through the body, and not as something entirely separate from the body. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 drawing, 13 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HBJK; HRQM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826335234
- ISBN
- 9780826335234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.32
€ 95.32
Paperback. Examines class formation and social and labor issues in the Hidalgo mining district in Northern Mexico from the 1890s to the 1920s. Num Pages: 273 pages, 1 halftone, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826345813
- ISBN
- 9780826345813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.57
€ 46.57
Paperback. Child pornography and the sexual abuse of children through misuse of the media and the Internet are complex yet closely related issues. Not only do they necessitate complex solutions, they also demand a social response from all sectors of society. This volume records the response of these various sectors.. Editor(s): Arnaldo, Carlos A. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; 1FKS; 1FMP; 1H; 1KLCS; 1KLSB; JFD; JFFE1; JKV; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812469
- ISBN
- 9781571812469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.18
€ 44.18
Paperback. Colonial discourse in the United States has tended to criminalise, pathologise, and depict as savage not only Native Americans but Mexican immigrants, indigenous peoples in Mexico, and Chicanas/os as well. This book reveals how each group, has actively attempted to create for itself a social and textual space. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327486
- ISBN
- 9780822327486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742556003
- ISBN
- 9780742556003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.81
€ 72.81
Paperback. Illuminates the historical richness and geographical diversity of the Puerto Rican experience. Editor(s): Whalen, Carmen Teresa. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134137
- ISBN
- 9781592134137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.17
€ 35.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. Fascinated by the idea of Western civilization as being a sequence of numerous misinterpretations and misrepresentations, these 19 essays, of Ilan Stavans, cover a broad range of topics with the unifying theme being the crossroads where politics and the imagination meet. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSB; GTB; JFCX; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240318
- ISBN
- 9780312240318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.04
€ 31.99
€ 27.04
Paperback. Conversations with Writers and Artists. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicanolandia writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicanolandia literature and art. This book presents interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicanolandia poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713123
- ISBN
- 9780292713123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10