wyszukanych pozycji: 13
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Getting High: Marijuana in World History, Updated Edition
ISBN: 9781538161951 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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410,97 zł |
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National Rhythms, African Roots: The Deep History of Latin American Popular Dance
ISBN: 9780826329417 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When John Charles Chasteen learned that Sim?n Bolivar, the Liberator, danced on a banquet table to celebrate Latin American independence in 1824, he tried to visualize the scene. How, he wondered, did the Liberator dance? Did he bounce stiffly in his dress uniform? Or did he move his hips? In other words, how high had African dance influences reached in Latin American societies? A vast social gap separated Bolivar from people of African descent; however, Chasteen's research shows that popular culture could bridge the gap. Fast-paced and often funny, this book explores the history of... When John Charles Chasteen learned that Sim?n Bolivar, the Liberator, danced on a banquet table to celebrate Latin American independence in 1824, h... |
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181,08 zł |
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Getting High: Marijuana in World History, Updated Edition
ISBN: 9781538161968 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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135,19 zł |
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Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America
ISBN: 9780393283051 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Born in Blood and Fire, Fourth Edition has been extensively revised to heighten emphasis on current cultural analyses of Latin American society and facilitate meaningful connections between the Encounter and the present. Throughout the Fourth Edition, a new full-color design highlights an enriched and expanded map and illustration program. This, along with new quizzing and assessment options and a new edition of the companion reader, offers students and instructors more support than ever before.
Born in Blood and Fire, Fourth Edition has been extensively revised to heighten emphasis on current cultural analyses of Latin American socie...
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393,93 zł |
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Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos
ISBN: 9780826315984 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A sweeping narrative of two 19th century charismatic leaders and their powerful armies on the Brazil/Uruguay border.
A sweeping narrative of two 19th century charismatic leaders and their powerful armies on the Brazil/Uruguay border.
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181,08 zł |
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Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence
ISBN: 9780195392364 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A premier volume in Oxford's Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American wars of independence. Proceeding almost cinematically, scene by vivid scene, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts, key events, and dominant trends, braided together in a single, taut narrative. He vividly depicts the individuals and events of those tumultuous years, capturing the gathering forces for independence, the clashes of troops and decisions of leaders, and the rich, elaborate tapestry of...
A premier volume in Oxford's Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin A...
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108,45 zł |
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After Eden: A Short History of the World
ISBN: 9781324036920 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In After Eden, prominent Latin American historian John Charles Chasteen provides a concise history of world, in which he explores the origins and persistence of the timeless phenomena of humanity’s inhumanity to itself. Where did it come from? Why has it been so prevalent throughout our history? And, most importantly, can we overcome it? Chasteen argues that to do so, we must understand our shared past, and that while much of it is violent, we can look for inspiration from major periods when we strived to live more co-operatively, such as our early foraging periods; to the creation of...
In After Eden, prominent Latin American historian John Charles Chasteen provides a concise history of world, in which he explores the origins and pers...
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143,22 zł |
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Born in Blood and Fire: Latin American Voices
ISBN: 9780393283068 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. The companion reader to the most readable, highly regarded, and affordable history of Latin America for our times.
The companion reader to the most readable, highly regarded, and affordable history of Latin America for our times.
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108,10 zł |
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After Eden: A Short History of the World
ISBN: 9781324086475 / Angielski / 03-09-2024 Książka dostępna od: 03-09-2024 |
Planowany termin premiery książki: 03-09-2024
Książkę można już zamówić z rabatem 5% |
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82,56 zł |
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The Vortex
ISBN: 9780822370857 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Published in 1924 and widely acknowledged as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature, Jose Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex follows the harrowing adventures of the young poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia as they elope and flee from Bogota into the wild and woolly backcountry of Colombia. After being separated from Alicia, Arturo leaves the high plains for the jungle, where he witnesses firsthand the horrid conditions of those forced or tricked into tapping rubber trees. A story populated by con men, rubber barons, and the unrelenting landscape, The Vortex is...
Published in 1924 and widely acknowledged as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature, Jose Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex fol...
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472,62 zł |
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The Vortex
ISBN: 9780822371106 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Published in 1924 and widely acknowledged as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature, Jose Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex follows the harrowing adventures of the young poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia as they elope and flee from Bogota into the wild and woolly backcountry of Colombia. After being separated from Alicia, Arturo leaves the high plains for the jungle, where he witnesses firsthand the horrid conditions of those forced or tricked into tapping rubber trees. A story populated by con men, rubber barons, and the unrelenting landscape, The Vortex is...
Published in 1924 and widely acknowledged as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature, Jose Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex fol...
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118,10 zł |
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The Lettered City
ISBN: 9780822317661 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Presents an overview of the power of written discourse in the historical formation of Latin American societies, and highlights the central role of cities in deploying and reproducing that power. This title explores the place of writing and urbanisation in the imperial designs of the Iberian colonialists.
Presents an overview of the power of written discourse in the historical formation of Latin American societies, and highlights the central role of cit...
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107,82 zł |
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Born in Blood and Fire
ISBN: 9781324069812 / Mixed media product / 2024 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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292,01 zł |