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Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Akron Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935603047
- ISBN
- 9781935603047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.36€ 49.12
€ 56.36
€ 49.12
Paperback. In eight decades photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo created works of art that display an array of styles and themes. This volume contains 50 images with extended commentaries on each by Robert Tejada, a curator and critic. There is also a transcript of a symposium on Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 194 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366255
- ISBN
- 9780892366255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.25
€ 21.99
€ 17.25
Paperback. Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as 'a finger in the wound'. This book explores the implications of this painfully graphic metaphor in a study of the civil war and its aftermath. It investigates the notion of Quincentennial Guatemala, which has given focus to the overarching question of Mayan - and Guatemalan - identity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 black-and-white illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212855
- ISBN
- 9780520212855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.84
€ 40.99
€ 28.84
Hardback. In this important new book Jorge Larrain examines the trajectories of modernity and identity in Latin America and their reciprocal relationships. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3J; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626239
- ISBN
- 9780745626239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.95
€ 75.95
Paperback. This volume explains what led to America's decision to take up arms against Great Britain in 1812 and assesses the three terrible years of fighting that followed on land and sea, where battles such as Lake Erie and Lake Champlain launched American naval traditions. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 b&w and 25 colour illustrations, chronology. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764665
- ISBN
- 9781841764665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.83
€ 25.99
€ 20.83
Paperback. Documents an exhibition that examines Brazil from the perspective of blindness as a critical category Num Pages: 148 pages, 50 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Krannert Art Museum,US United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883015466
- ISBN
- 9781883015466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.68
€ 48.68
Paperback. Through case studies, this study examines Mexico's reform exprerience in privatization, and explains how institutional dynamics and the capacity to solve the problem of policy "costs" strongly affected reformers' prospects of success. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511125
- ISBN
- 9780742511125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.29
€ 72.29
Hardback. Covering a forty-year period, this comparative and longitudinal study traces the medicalization of birth in Guatemala and its effects on women's lives and their economic and social status. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNAC; MJT; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 661. Weight in Grams: 587.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781477311387
- ISBN
- 9781477311387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.36
€ 95.36
Hardback. Has the liberalization of the Colombian economy gone too far or not far enough? This volume of studies on the Colombian economy seeks to shed some light on this question. It discusses a variety of issues related to the economic opening or liberalization of Colombia. It aims to provide insight into the impact of liberalization in Latin America. Editor(s): Gunter, Frank R.; Callahan, Colleen. Series: Contemporary Studies in Economic & Financial Analysis. Num Pages: 442 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780762304189
- ISBN
- 9780762304189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.73
€ 121.73
Paperback. Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, illegitimate offspring of elite families in colonial Spanish America appealed to the Council of the Indies in Spain to purchase legitimations. This analysis provides a detailed picture of attitudes to illegitimacy in colonial Spanish America. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 tables 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3J; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731485
- ISBN
- 9780804731485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.99
€ 38.99
€ 34.99
Hardback. This comprehensive overview of Venezuelan history, culture, and politics is designed to ground the high school student's knowledge of the crucial role of the nation on the international scene. Series: Nations in Focus. Num Pages: 459 pages, 95. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFS; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 459
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781598845693
- ISBN
- 9781598845693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64
€ 94.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480085
- ISBN
- 9781611480085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.68
€ 116.68
hardcover. This text examines the "dark side" of civil society - the cases in which the participation of average citizens leads to undemocratic results. It looks at associational life in pre-Nazi Germany, anti-desegregation movements in the United States and organizations for rights in democratic Argentina. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748988
- ISBN
- 9780804748988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.89
€ 100.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHL; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 37.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762777549
- ISBN
- 9780762777549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.99
€ 27.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 1KLCR; JFFA; JPQB; KCF; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780271020280
- ISBN
- 9780271020280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.15
€ 42.99
€ 33.15
Paperback. An account of the history and significance of an armed rebellion which took place in northwestern Mexico in the early 1890's. The author gives an account of the roots of the conflict and discusses its present day significance to culture and government. Num Pages: 444 pages, 36 half-tones 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804730396
- ISBN
- 9780804730396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.17
€ 44.99
€ 39.17
Paperback. In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, like their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for discrimination. This title traces the history of the notion of race from this turn-of-the-century definition to a denial of the definition's scientific validity. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324201
- ISBN
- 9780822324201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080321
- ISBN
- 9780226080321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.35
€ 38.99
€ 30.35
Num Pages: 224 pages, 484 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WCP; WCR; WFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 149.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409615
- ISBN
- 9780887409615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 37.95
€ 52.92
€ 37.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736015
- ISBN
- 9780804736015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.73
€ 151.73
Paperback. Treats the diversity of seeds and diaspores of plants commonly encountered in the Amazon and other lowland moist forests of the American tropics. This guide features a whole-plant approach to seed identification that provides descriptions of the seeds, as well as of the habit, trunk, bark, leaves, infructescence, and fruit of Amazonian plants. Series: Princeton Field Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages, 750 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146478
- ISBN
- 9780691146478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Hardback. 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; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751803
- ISBN
- 9780804751803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.95
€ 142.95
Paperback. Between Security and Rights in a Bolivian City. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. 344 pages, 9 photographs, 1 map. Illuminates the complex interconnections between differing definitions of security and human rights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JFSL9. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 21. Weight: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353119
- ISBN
- 9780822353119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. This work explores the popular Catholic musical ensembles of southeastern Brazil known as Folias de Reis (companions of kings).Focusing on urban folias, Suzel Ana Reily shows how participants use the ritual journeys and musical performance to create sacred spheres set apart from the everyday. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 halftones, 6 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226709413
- ISBN
- 9780226709413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.46
€ 38.99
€ 30.46