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Paperback. Since the late 1980s, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been 'return' migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. This book illuminates how cultural encounters caused by transnational migration can reinforce local ethnic identities and nationalist discourses. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231128391
- ISBN
- 9780231128391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.18
€ 44.99
€ 32.18
Paperback. Through an examination of three subject areas - violence, alcohol, and the export-processing (maquiladora) industry - this book explores the daily relationships and routines of urban Hondurans. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255449
- ISBN
- 9780520255449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.01
€ 32.99
€ 24.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334653
- ISBN
- 9780745334653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.04
€ 21.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. Complete in breadth and chronological span, A History of Brazil is a panoramic interpretation of the Brazilian past from discovery to the present that treats the economic, social, cultural, and political evolution of Latin America's largest nation Num Pages: 544 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079556
- ISBN
- 9780231079556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.84
€ 46.99
€ 35.84
Hardback. Lesley Gill traces the rise and fall of the strong labor unions and working class of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, showing how the incursion of neoliberalism, the drug trade, and counterinsurgency military campaigns into civil society that began in the 1980s has destabilized everyday life and decimated the city's powerful social institutions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360292
- ISBN
- 9780822360292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.41
€ 120.41
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
€ 19.01
Paperback. Presents interpretations of the causes of the revolution in Bolivia of 1952 and compares them to the great social transformations that occurred in France, Mexico, Russia, China and Cuba. The essays also examine the political, social and economic development of the country after the revolution. Series: David Rockefeller Centre on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 figures, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011410
- ISBN
- 9780674011410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.74
€ 26.99
€ 23.74
Paperback. In this ethnography of the Cancha mega-market in Cochabama, Bolivia, Daniel M. Goldstein examines what it means for the market's poorest vendors to maintain personal safety and economic stability by navigating systems of informality and illegality and how this dynamic is representative of the neoliberal modern city. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360452
- ISBN
- 9780822360452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.59
€ 33.99
€ 30.59
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 479
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333517376
- ISBN
- 9780333517376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.17
€ 157.17
Paperback. The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City were remarkable for the convergence of trends in world history. Mexican leaders were hoping to showcase a newly modernized Mexico, both modern and cosmopolitan, cultured and imbued with tradition. This book narrates the engaging tale, from the initial aspirations of the Mexicans to the end of the games. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806969
- ISBN
- 9780875806969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.41
€ 27.99
€ 26.41
Hardcover. Offering new insight into 3000 years of Mesoamerican history, from roughly 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest, this study examines the methods, purposes and values of warfare as practiced by the major pre-Columbian societies and shows how warfare affected the rise of the state. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 b&w photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077348
- ISBN
- 9780520077348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.76€ 47.36
€ 59.76
€ 47.36
Paperback. Insider account of Colombia's guerrilla war, assessing the future of armed struggle in Latin America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328751
- ISBN
- 9780745328751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.34
€ 37.99
€ 30.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSU; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192655
- ISBN
- 9781845192655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Hardcover. This work is about how the three most important countries in South America have responded to the challenges of globalization since the mid 1960s, the first OPEC price hike, the Third World debt crisis, and finally bold, but often ill-planned, neo-liberal reforms of the 1990s. Editor(s): Shaw, Professor Timothy M. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSH; KCL; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919729
- ISBN
- 9780333919729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.82
€ 104.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; ACXD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781477311509
- ISBN
- 9781477311509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.59
€ 33.99
€ 30.59
Paperback. The first book to analyse three decades of neoliberal economic, labour and social policies in Chile, from the Pinochet dictatorship until today. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745324500
- ISBN
- 9780745324500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.90
€ 37.99
€ 25.90
Paperback. This fascinating account reveals the potential force-and the potential limitations-of devotion in people's lives and religious imagination. Series: Lived Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28, 28 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882296
- ISBN
- 9780801882296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.71
€ 32.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 177 pages, illustrations map, port. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK; HBLW; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551641928
- ISBN
- 9781551641928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.89
€ 18.99
€ 17.89
Hardcover. Contains discussions by a wide range of philosophers and historians of philosophy. This book is suitable for philosophers interested in scepticism. It presents in English the work of philosophers from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Editor(s): Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337690
- ISBN
- 9780792337690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.07
€ 169.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271021256
- ISBN
- 9780271021256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.36€ 62.99
€ 74.36
€ 62.99
Paperback. This text examines violence in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, looking at two conceptually linked forms of perilous face-to-fact encounters: Carnival, a bacchanalian festival, and briga, a potentially lethal street confrontation. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725897
- ISBN
- 9780804725897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.24
€ 45.99
€ 41.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639588
- ISBN
- 9780816639588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.47
€ 29.99
€ 27.47
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary study explores the interaction between memory and transitional justice in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay and develops a theoretical framework for bringing these two fields of study together through the concept of critical junctures. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JPA; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269386
- ISBN
- 9781137269386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813570754
- ISBN
- 9780813570754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.27
€ 47.99
€ 43.27