The Petexbatun Regional Archaeological Project: A Multidisciplinary Study of the Maya Collapse
ISBN: 9780826514431 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This overview and introduction to the multi-volume Petexbatun project series describes the objectives, structure, personnel, and major findings of the seven-year multidisciplinary investigation. The previous research, issues, and problem-orientation of the project are reviewed, and an unusually frank history of the 1989-1996 field investigations is presented. Final results of the dozen Petexbatun subprojects are previewed, including summaries of site-specific studies of centers and subordinate kingdoms and the regional disciplinary subprojects exploring osteology, ecology, faunal studies,...
This overview and introduction to the multi-volume Petexbatun project series describes the objectives, structure, personnel, and major findings of the...
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373,12 zł |
Repression, Resistance, and Democratic Transition in Central America
ISBN: 9780842027687 / Angielski / Miękka / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For Central America, the last third of the 20th century was a time of dramatic change in which most countries shifted from dictatorships to formal political democracy. This study demonstrates how revolt and revolution served as the motors of political change in Central America. The book examines the various ways in which democratic transition has taken place - all of which have been distinct from countries in South America, where democratization was relatively sudden and peaceful. It analyzes the major forces shaping change in the region and provides the recent political history of all six...
For Central America, the last third of the 20th century was a time of dramatic change in which most countries shifted from dictatorships to formal pol...
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227,12 zł |
We Were Taught to Plant Corn Not to Kill: Secrets Behind the Silence of the Mayan People
ISBN: 9780977810406 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. My name is Tax'a Leon and this book is about my family and my people, the K'iche' Maya. My father was murdered three years ago. I still have my mother and 12 brothers and sisters. Nothing was done to solve the murder of my father or the people that turn up every day in the cornfields machetied to death. After all the things that have happened to our family there are times when I feel fear and sadness and despair in humanity. I wrote this book to tell people about the armed conflict that is still taking place in my country, Guatemala. The interviews were conducted in my native language...
My name is Tax'a Leon and this book is about my family and my people, the K'iche' Maya. My father was murdered three years ago. I still have my mother...
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161,03 zł |
El País Bajo Mi Piel / The Country Under My Skin
ISBN: 9781400034390 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tras casarse muy joven y ser madre, Gioconda Belli se unio al clandestino y emergente movimiento Sandinista, sustituyendo su deseo de ser una buena esposa por la necesidad de vivir una vida plena y comprometida con los cambios sociales en su pais. Ironicamente, su pertenencia a la burguesia y su carrera como poeta renombrada, le brindaron la fachada que le permitio funcionar, secretamente, como rebelde. Desde su infancia en Managua y sus encuentros iniciales con poetas y revolucionarios, a persecuciones urbanas, reuniones con Fidel Castro, relaciones amorosas truncadas por la muerte o el...
Tras casarse muy joven y ser madre, Gioconda Belli se unio al clandestino y emergente movimiento Sandinista, sustituyendo su deseo de ser una buena es...
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80,85 zł |
Decolonizing Development: Colonial Power and the Maya
ISBN: 9781405157056 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the 2010 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology (Honors of the CAPE specialty group (Cultural and Political Ecology))
Decolonizing Development investigates the ways colonialism shaped the modern world by analyzing the relationship between colonialism and development as forms of power.
Winner of the 2010 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology (Honors of the CAPE specialty gr...
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324,45 zł |
Decolonizing Development: Colonial Power and the Maya
ISBN: 9781405157063 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the 2010 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology (Honors of the CAPE specialty group (Cultural and Political Ecology))
Decolonizing Development investigates the ways colonialism shaped the modern world by analyzing the relationship between colonialism and development as forms of power.
Winner of the 2010 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology (Honors of the CAPE specialty gr...
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108,10 zł |
Zone Policeman 88: A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers
ISBN: 9781410101211 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1913, during the construction of the Panama Canal, Harry A. Franck tells the story of his service as a police officer in the Canal Zone. Franck was a well-known travel writer in the first half of the twentieth century. He missed none of the color and humor and adventures of his experiences; and his book is a faithful and fascinating picture of all he saw and heard and enjoyed - enjoyed to the full and makes his reader enjoy. There are many photographs of the canal construction and other scenes taken by the author.
Originally published in 1913, during the construction of the Panama Canal, Harry A. Franck tells the story of his service as a police officer in the C...
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85,97 zł |
The Blindfolds Eyes My Journey from Truth to Torture
ISBN: 9781570755637 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This searing memoir of an American nun who was abducted and tortured in Guatemala--and continues to search for healing and justice--shows that the human spirit is a force stronger than violence and fear.
This searing memoir of an American nun who was abducted and tortured in Guatemala--and continues to search for healing and justice--shows that the hum...
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121,28 zł |
Is There a Hole in the Boat? Tales of Travel in Panama Without a Car
ISBN: 9781591139973 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Darrin DuFord hikes, bribes, and barters his way across Panama, an overlooked filament of the tropics. Sampling barbecued jungle rodent and corn homebrew, DuFord encounters a land where the machete can slash through just about anything, except the nation' s spirit.
Darrin DuFord hikes, bribes, and barters his way across Panama, an overlooked filament of the tropics. Sampling barbecued jungle rodent and corn homeb...
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72,22 zł |
South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2006
ISBN: 9781857433128 / Angielski / Twarda / 1082 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An unrivaled survey on the countries and territories of this immense region.
* Over 900 pages of in-depth analysis, up-to-date statistics and invaluable directory details * Includes contributions from acknowledged authorities who examine topics of regional importance. General Survey * Thoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by acknowledged experts covering issues of regional importance are examined by acknowledged authorities of the area, subjects covered include: "Religion in 21st Century Latin America; " "Indigenous Peoples in Latin America in the 21st... An unrivaled survey on the countries and territories of this immense region.
* Over 900 pages of in-depth analysis, up-to-date statistics and inval... |
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667,83 zł |
Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America
ISBN: 9781931313650 / Angielski / Miękka / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Constituciones Fundacionales de Costa Rica (1824)
ISBN: 9788498161359 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Black Townsmen: Urban Slavery and Freedom in the Eighteenth-Century Americas
ISBN: 9781403975768 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. The author follows these men and women illustrating how their choices and actions placed them at the foreground of the development of Atlantic urban slavery and emancipation.
This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. Th...
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192,30 zł |
Environment Under Fire
ISBN: 9780853458401 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821-1871
ISBN: 9780820330655 / Angielski / Miękka / 648 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rafael Carrera (1814-1865) ruled Guatemala from about 1839 until his death. Among Central America s many political strongmen, he is unrivaled in the length of his domination and the depth of his popularity. This life and times biography explains the political, social, economic, and cultural circumstances that preceded and then facilitated Carrera s ascendancy and shows how Carrera in turn fomented changes that persisted long after his death and far beyond the borders of Guatemala."
Rafael Carrera (1814-1865) ruled Guatemala from about 1839 until his death. Among Central America s many political strongmen, he is unrivaled in the l...
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Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, AD 600-800
ISBN: 9780521842464 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, AD 600-800 examines an important aspect of the visual cultures of the ancient Maya in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. During a critical period of cultural evolution, artistic production changed significantly, as calligraphy became an increasingly important formal element in Maya aesthetics and was used extensively in monumental building, sculptural programs and small-scale utilitarian objects. Adam Herring's study analyzes art works, visual programs, and cultural sites of memory, providing an anthropologically-informed description of...
Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, AD 600-800 examines an important aspect of the visual cultures of the ancient Maya in southern Mexico, Guatemala, ...
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Seaway to the Future: American Social Visions and the Construction of the Panama Canal
ISBN: 9780299229405 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Realizing the century-old dream of a passage to India, the building of the Panama Canal was an engineering feat of colossal dimensions, a construction site filled not only with mud and water but with interpretations, meanings, and social visions. Alexander Missal s Seaway to the Future unfolds a cultural history of the Panama Canal project, revealed in the texts and images of the era s policymakers and commentators. Observing its creation, journalists, travel writers, and officials interpreted the Canal and its environs as a perfect society under an efficient, authoritarian management...
Realizing the century-old dream of a passage to India, the building of the Panama Canal was an engineering feat of colossal dimensions, a construction...
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Trespassers Forgiven : Memoirs of Imperial Service in an Age of Independence
ISBN: 9781845117801 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within three decades of the end of the Second World War, the once mighty British Empire had been dismantled leaving only a few residual spots of red on the world map. This was the age of de-colonization and Independence. Trespassers Forgiven offers a personal glimpse into the history of British Honduras (Belize) at this crucial period in British history. C.H. Godden examines the long road Belize travelled to eventual independence in 1981 after more than a century as a British colony. He demonstrates the very real difficulties the new government faced and how the country's... Within three decades of the end of the Second World War, the once mighty British Empire had been dismantled leaving only a few residual spots of re... |
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Democracy and U.S. Policy in Latin America During the Truman Years
ISBN: 9780813033426 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A work of solid scholarship that challenges the notion of the United States as the rampant eagle in its relations with Latin America . . . will appeal to specialists in Latin American studies, U.S. diplomatic history, and international relations, and will likely make the required reading lists of graduate students in these fields. --Charles D. Ameringer, Pennsylvania State University A work of solid scholarship that challenges the notion of the United States as the rampant eagle in its relations with Latin America . . . will ap... |
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175,80 zł |
Anti-Americanism in Latin America and the Caribbean
ISBN: 9781845451424 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ."an excellent collection.Like any good collection, the articles raise as many questions as they answer. that] highlight the value of the collection for use in undergraduate courses on Latin American history, inter-American relations or U.S. foreign policy. Liberal use of appropriate political cartoons adds spice to the readings." - Hispanic American Historical Review .."a very interesting collection of nine original essays, plus an extensive introduction by the editor. whose]concluding remarks leave room for future debates.. It] could help undergraduate students in many disciplines, from...
."an excellent collection.Like any good collection, the articles raise as many questions as they answer. that] highlight the value of the collection f...
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143,59 zł |