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Paperback. The grasslands of Brazil - known as the cerrados - cover roughly a quarter of its land surface and are among the most threatened regions in South America. This text brings together researchers on the area to produce an account of the natural history and ecology of the cerrado/savanna ecosystem. Editor(s): Oliveira, Paulo S.; Marquis, Robert J. Num Pages: 424 pages, 61 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; PSAF; RGBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120432
- ISBN
- 9780231120432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.06
€ 71.06
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; KCD; KCF; KCM; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691623016
- ISBN
- 9780691623016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.17
€ 65.17
Paperback. Urban Circus - Holiday reads and travel literature by Catriona Rainsford exploring the world of Mexican malabaristas or circus performers and her journeys with them. Also a discussion about hand-to-mouth travel, this narrative includes stories of the Mexican streets, its urban poor, indigenous culture and ancient wandering entertainer traditions. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336. Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). 296 pages, 1 map. A story that opens in Chihuahua, North Mexico, with a chance meeting with a group of itinerant Mexican street performers. Entranced by their stories and free-roaming lifestyle, the author decides to go with them on what becomes a two-year, hand-to-mouth journey across Mexico. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTL. Dimension: 204 x 143 x 21. Weight: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bradt Travel Guides
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841624440
- ISBN
- 9781841624440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.44
€ 17.99
€ 15.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJ; JFC; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313472
- ISBN
- 9780822313472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. Dictatorship in South America explores the experiences of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile with brutal military dictatorships in the Cold War period. Based on the strong and recent currents of historiography emerging from these countries, it offers a compelling narrative that brings popular perspectives to bear on national histories. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190558
- ISBN
- 9781405190558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
Paperback. Explores the story of how the Spanish priests and missionaries of Catholic church in post-conquest Peru systematically attempted to incarnate Christianity in Quechua. This book examines historical contexts of Christian writing in Quechua; and the role Andean religious images were given in creating a syncretic Christian-Andean iconography of God. Series: History, Languages and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JB; 3JD; CF; HBTQ; HBTR; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025915
- ISBN
- 9780268025915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 50.75
€ 51.78
€ 50.75
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBTV; JPA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641737
- ISBN
- 9780691641737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.85
€ 200.85
Paperback. Contains text in Spanish. Num Pages: 182 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883076
- ISBN
- 9788772883076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.38
€ 17.38
Paperback. Bartra offers commentary on connections between popular culture, national ideology, and the state, assessing socio-cultural events and processes in Mexico and analyzing Mexico's cultural and political relationship to the US. Translator(s): Healy, Mark Alan. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329237
- ISBN
- 9780822329237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606060070
- ISBN
- 9781606060070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.43
€ 29.99
€ 21.43
Paperback. A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations--encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms--across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 408 pages, 79 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718579
- ISBN
- 9780292718579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.24
€ 46.99
€ 41.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Carneiro, Fransisco G.; Gill, Indermit S. Num Pages: 266 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 186 x 24. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594545986
- ISBN
- 9781594545986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.35€ 119.89
€ 178.35
€ 119.89
Editor(s): Sanches, Peter. Num Pages: 168 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; HB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- KIT Publishers Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789460223853
- ISBN
- 9789460223853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.75
€ 57.75
Hardback. Nascent debates about democracy in the contemporary developing world are modified by such descriptions as delegative, incomplete or even authoritarian. Nun provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of democracy from ancient Greece to contemporary Latin America. Series: Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742520394
- ISBN
- 9780742520394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.66
€ 126.66
Paperback. An insider's account of lucha libre, the popular Mexican version of professional wrestling. It explores lucha libre as a cultural performance, an occupational subculture, and a set of symbols that circulate through Mexican culture and politics. It shows how a sport imported from the US in the 1930s came to be an iconic symbol of Mexican culture. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 b&w illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFCA; WSTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342328
- ISBN
- 9780822342328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.98
€ 31.99
€ 28.98
Hardcover. Shows how the experience of violence in Argentina shed light on a new sense of "being together" that goes beyond bloodline ties. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 206 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662797
- ISBN
- 9781855662797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.48
€ 82.48
Hardback. In 2001, Eduardo Costantini, the founder of the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), began collecting artworks from across Latin America. This title consists of more than two hundred works, encompassing drawings, paintings, sculptures, and objects by seventy-eight artists from various countries. Series: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Num Pages: 156 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 281 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181005
- ISBN
- 9780300181005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
Paperback. In this powerful anthropological study of a Bolivian tin mining town, Nash explores the influence of modern industrialization on the traditional culture of Quechua-and-Aymara-speaking Indians. Num Pages: 363 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JHBL; JHM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080514
- ISBN
- 9780231080514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.75
€ 41.99
€ 29.75
hardcover. In April 2002, the US and EU announced the end of a trade dispute over the sale of bananas into the EU market. This book examines the issues surrounding the dispute and provides an insight into this story. Editor(s): Josling, T. E.; Taylor, T.G. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; KCLT; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cabi United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851996370
- ISBN
- 9780851996370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.07
€ 203.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853453888
- ISBN
- 9780853453888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.15
€ 13.99
€ 13.15
hardcover. Num Pages: 764 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2AB; 2ADS; 2JNN; CBDX; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 764
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804711838
- ISBN
- 9780804711838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.84
€ 177.84
Paperback. An examination of the connections between social identity and social memory using archaeological research on indigenous societies that existed more than one thousand years ago in what is now Honduras. Series: Material Worlds. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 photos, 8 tables, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; HBJK; HBLA; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347040
- ISBN
- 9780822347040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252039935
- ISBN
- 9780252039935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.26
€ 123.26
Paperback. Focusing on the malaise of underdevelopment that has shaped the country since the Spanish conquest, the author offers a panoramic interpretation of Mexican history and culture from the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras through the twentieth century. He helps us understand where the country has come, why it is where it is today, and where it might go. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262362
- ISBN
- 9780520262362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10