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Paperback. Traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture, and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. This book includes several chapters that explore Brazilian identity through the interlinked concepts of texts, facts, sights, and sounds. Editor(s): Nava, Carmen; Lauerhass, Ludwig, Jr. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742537576
- ISBN
- 9780742537576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.23
€ 61.23
Hardcover. This book examines a sophisticated effort by radical economic reformers to change the ideology of nationalism in Mexico from 1988-94 and so "reinvent" the country in a way that was more friendly to their market policies, and responses to this by opposition parties. Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846314858
- ISBN
- 9781846314858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Paperback. Examines the meaning of liberalism for a slave society, the tension between systems of patriarchy and patronage, and the link between language and power in a largely illiterate society. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2; JFSP; JMJ; JNC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803278042
- ISBN
- 9780803278042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.99
€ 37.99
€ 34.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814759479
- ISBN
- 9780814759479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. Explores the history of material culture and consumption in Latin America over the past 500 years. Series: New Approaches to the Americas. Num Pages: 268 pages, 32 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3J; JHMC; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521777025
- ISBN
- 9780521777025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.38
€ 31.99
€ 30.38
hardcover. Editor(s): Kowarick, Lucio. Translator(s): Fisher, William; Mundy, Kevin. Num Pages: 269 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTV; JFSG; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458623
- ISBN
- 9780853458623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.49
€ 37.99
€ 32.49
Hardback. This is a study of US-Brazilian relations that seriously examines the internal politics and economics of both countries and how they played themselves out in the late 19th century. The author examines not only internal dynamics but also the nature of the international regime at the time. Num Pages: 316 pages, 7 tables 17 figures 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726023
- ISBN
- 9780804726023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.81
€ 162.81
Hardback. This book provides a translation from the Nahuatl (or Aztec) of two sets of historical annals written by Mexican indigenous people from the Tlaxcala-Puebla region in the late seventeenth century; the introduction and notes make the works accessible to the modern reader. Editor(s): Townsend, Camilla. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763790
- ISBN
- 9780804763790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.43
€ 84.43
Hardback. This book confronts the question of who and what is a Nikkei, that is, a person of Japanese descent, by presenting 18 case studies from throughout the Americas--including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States. Editor(s): Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo; Kikumura-Yano, Akemi; Hirabayashi, James A. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744614
- ISBN
- 9780804744614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.80
€ 154.80
Paperback. Presents a rationale for the development of political alternatives to the exclusionary, exploitative institutions of neoliberal globalization. This work lays out the foundational elements for a politics of just and sustainable co-existence. It explains the political principles of liberation and addresses matters such as reform and revolution. Translator(s): Ciccariello-Maher, George. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343288
- ISBN
- 9780822343288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.37
€ 27.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. A memoir recounting a family s efforts to locate and free a young Brazilian activist arrested, imprisoned, and tortured by the military dictatorship. Editor(s): Green, James N. Translator(s): Nielsen, Rex P. Num Pages: 208 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; BG; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347361
- ISBN
- 9780822347361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.41
€ 27.99
€ 26.41
Hardcover. The terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the richest mammalian fauna. Containing identification keys and brief descriptions of each order, family, and genus, this title covers marsupials, shrews, armadillos, sloths, anteaters, and bats. Editor(s): Gardner, Alfred L. Num Pages: 912 pages, 283 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 222 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226282404
- ISBN
- 9780226282404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.60€ 89.28
€ 107.60
€ 89.28
Paperback. Focuses on the development of Mexican colonial painting and its relationship with European art and civilization and the contributions of its indigenous peoples. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 colour plates & 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890133583
- ISBN
- 9780890133583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.83
€ 40.99
€ 28.83
Hardback. This work examines the lives of people caught in the dynamics of changing mores, rapid urbanization and public health issues in 19th century Buenos Aires. "Modernity in the Flesh" shows the costs Argentines paid for the establishment of liberal democracy between 1880 and 1910. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJC; GTB; HBTB; JFC; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748711
- ISBN
- 9780804748711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.19
€ 95.19
paperback. Editor(s): Bauer, Brian S. Translator(s): Bauer, Brian S.; Smith, Vania. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages, 63 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714854
- ISBN
- 9780292714854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.76
€ 35.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. Coca's Gone examines the legacy of violence and shattered expectations that shaped the stories told by people of Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley in the aftermath of a twenty-year cocaine boom. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759588
- ISBN
- 9780804759588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.54
€ 31.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. In Diaspora and Trust Adrian H. Hearn proposes a new paradigm for economic development in Mexico and Cuba that is predicated on the development of trust among the state, society, and each nation's resident Chinese diaspora communities, lest they get left behind in the twenty-first century economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360735
- ISBN
- 9780822360735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. Cholas and Pishtacos are two provocative characters from South American popular culture. In this book, these two figures become vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence beginning with three forms of social and economic interaction: estrangement, exchange and accumulation. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFFE; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226891545
- ISBN
- 9780226891545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.35
€ 37.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Lavigne, Gregory; Cote, Catherine. Num Pages: 147 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JF; KC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624178481
- ISBN
- 9781624178481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.43€ 96.55
€ 140.43
€ 96.55
Hardback. Cleansing Honor with Blood examines the daily experiences of interpersonal violence, the elaboration of masculine identities around honor and the practice of violence, and the contests for power and authority among free poor men from the hinterlands of the northeastern Brazilian province of Ceara between 1845 and 1889. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774567
- ISBN
- 9780804774567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.18
€ 90.18
hardcover. This book reexamines the structure of Inca society on the eve of the Spanish Conquest. The author argues that native Andean cosmology organized the indigenous political economy as well as spatial and socio-kinship systems. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 44 figures, 3 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749213
- ISBN
- 9780804749213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.88
€ 143.88
Paperback. Illustrates how despite the hyper-visibility of Latinos in recent political debates, the daily lives of America's new "majority minority" remain largely invisible and mischaracterized Editor(s): Perez, Gina M. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFC; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814791295
- ISBN
- 9780814791295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. This is a thorough assessment of the gripping yet gruesome topic of Latin American violence. Written by leading scholars from the Americas and Europe, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject to date and it focuses specifically on state-supported murder and violence. Editor(s): Johnson, Eric A.; Salvatore, Ricardo; Spierenburg, Pieter. Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Book Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118657355
- ISBN
- 9781118657355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.32
€ 27.32
Paperback. This is a paired comparison of the eight Latin American countries with the longest history of urban commercial and industrial development: Brazil and Chile; Mexico and Venezuela; Uruguay and Colombia; and Argentina and Peru. Num Pages: 904 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSH; 1KLSR; 1KLSU; 1KLSV; GTF; JPA; KNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 904
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268017729
- ISBN
- 9780268017729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.50€ 54.99
€ 55.50
€ 54.99