wyszukanych pozycji: 1189
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The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation
ISBN: 9780804783521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once their own and destroying the American way of life. In this book, Leo R. Chavez contests this assumption's basic tenets, offering facts to counter the many fictions about the -Latino threat.- With new discussion about anchor babies, the DREAM Act, and recent anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona and other states, this expanded second edition critically investigates the stories about recent immigrants to show how prejudices are used to malign an...
News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once ...
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98,70 |
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12 Millones & + Estamos Jodidos: Nosotros También Queremos Ser Parte Del Sueño Americano
ISBN: 9781479779239 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 2013 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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137,53 |
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The Widow, The Priest and The Octopus Hunter: Discovering a Lost Way of Life on a Secluded Japanese Island
ISBN: 9784805318140 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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30,79 |
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The Business Brokering and Income Producing Property Principles
ISBN: 9781494215439 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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80,72 |
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Visualizing Genocide: Indigenous Interventions in Art, Archives, and Museums
ISBN: 9780816542314 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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426,20 |
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The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation
ISBN: 9780804783514 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once their own and destroying the American way of life. In this book, Leo R. Chavez contests this assumption's basic tenets, offering facts to counter the many fictions about the "Latino threat." With new discussion about anchor babies, the DREAM Act, and recent anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona and other states, this expanded second edition critically investigates the stories about recent immigrants to show how prejudices are used to malign... News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land on... |
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S.S. City of Midland 41
ISBN: 9781531618322 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The historic steamship City of Midland 41 sailed the waters of Lake Michigan for nearly half a century, transporting railroad cars, automobiles, and passengers. After her construction in 1941 by the revered Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, the nation's newspapers and newsreel services covered her launching and maiden voyage with enthusiastic flair. In time, she became the most beloved of all the Great Lakes car ferries.
She was built as the flagship for the Pere Marquette Railway's Lake Michigan ferry fleet, and signified a bold departure from traditional Great Lakes vessel design. Her sleek... The historic steamship City of Midland 41 sailed the waters of Lake Michigan for nearly half a century, transporting railroad cars, automobiles, and p...
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Chocolate Waters
ISBN: 9781481165198 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. These poems are semi-sweet reflections of New Mexico off the artery of the Rio Grande with rhyme and reason, free-verse and haiku.
These poems are semi-sweet reflections of New Mexico off the artery of the Rio Grande with rhyme and reason, free-verse and haiku.
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The Cry of Gloriana: At the Battle of Puebla on the Cinco de Mayo
ISBN: 9781475113938 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When Gloriana agreed to cohost a formal dinner with her uncle, she did not know she was about to discover a plot to overtake her country. The pampered and sheltered young heiress soon found herself squeezed by several vises: Europe and Mexico, Church and state, liberal and conservative. The battle at Puebla on the Cinco de Mayo is by all accounts a minor skirmish, but one which electrified he world. That Napoleon's army should be routed by a ragtag band of ill-equipped campesinos was astounding. By unifying Mexicans across all cultural and racial lines, it gave them a bonding national...
When Gloriana agreed to cohost a formal dinner with her uncle, she did not know she was about to discover a plot to overtake her country. The pampered...
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12 Millones & + Estamos Jodidos: Nosotros Tambien Queremos Ser Parte del Sueno Americano
ISBN: 9781479779222 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2013 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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91,67 |
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Mothermorphosis
ISBN: 9780997093339 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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50,10 |
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Visualizing Genocide: Indigenous Interventions in Art, Archives, and Museums
ISBN: 9780816542307 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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145,48 |
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Not As It Seems
ISBN: 9781479175420 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Turbulence in post WWII New Mexico. Lino learns to cope with cultural and language changes while groping with identity. He marvels at his older brother's and cousin's prowess in their head-on take of circumstance. The drought and family matters also trouble the teen: do they continue to farm under desperate conditions? do they move to the city. do they integrate into the anglo society? Lino struggles with these dilemmas while gradually uncovering a family secret and coping with a murder. Lino has a long row to hoe.
Turbulence in post WWII New Mexico. Lino learns to cope with cultural and language changes while groping with identity. He marvels at his older brothe...
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48,55 |
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Understanding and Transforming ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIORS in CHILDREN: A Complete Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Caregivers
ISBN: 9798304518130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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52,56 |
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Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia: Development and Culture in the Modern State
ISBN: 9780826520470 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The history of modern Nicaragua is populated with leaders promising a new and better day. Inevitably, as Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia demonstrates, reality casts a shadow and the community must look to the next leader. As an impoverished state, second only to Haiti in the Americas, Nicaragua has been the scene of cyclical attempts and failures at modern development. Author Daniel Chavez investigates the cultural and ideological bases of what he identifies as the three decisive movements of social reinvention in Nicaragua: the regimes of the Somoza family of much of the early to...
The history of modern Nicaragua is populated with leaders promising a new and better day. Inevitably, as Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia d...
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437,62 |
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The Strike of the Red Horseman
ISBN: 9798989810369 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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96,30 |
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Timeless Caravan: The Story of a Spanish-American Family
ISBN: 9781632932518 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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219,46 |
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Heroes in Action: The Latino Legacy of World War II
ISBN: 9781523751280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the case of the 1940s-era Latino soldiers, their social standing was on a level no higher than the segregated blacks living in America's Deep South. The emergence of the Latino GIs as battlefield heroes, exemplified by a lengthy list of Medal of Honor recipients, is still mostly a footnote of World War II. This book profiles a group of Latino men who left their humble homes in California, not necessarily to fight the Germans or Japanese or out of extreme patriotism, but more practically, to discover a way out of the poverty, discrimination and hopelessness that their families called life....
In the case of the 1940s-era Latino soldiers, their social standing was on a level no higher than the segregated blacks living in America's Deep South...
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28,29 |
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Secretos de Un Inversionista: Guía de Inversiones para el ciudadano de a pie y Como Blindarse ante la Próxima Gran Crisis Económica Inte
ISBN: 9781671740105 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2019 / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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234,28 |
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Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation
ISBN: 9780465054312 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Are Hispanics "making it"--achieving the American dream following the pattern of other ethnic groups? This controversial book shatters the myth that 20 million His panics--fast becoming the nation's largest minority--are a permanent underclass. Chavez considers the radical implications for bilingual education, immigration policy, and affirmative action.
Are Hispanics "making it"--achieving the American dream following the pattern of other ethnic groups? This controversial book shatters the myth that 2...
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