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Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola
ISBN: 9780809097135 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like two roosters in a fighting arena, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are encircled by barriers of geography and poverty. They co-inhabit the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, but their histories are as deeply divided as their cultures: one French-speaking and black, one Spanish-speaking and mulatto. Yet, despite their antagonism, the two countries share a national symbol in the rooster--and a fundamental activity and favorite sport in the cockfight. In this book, Michele Wucker asks: "If the symbols that dominate a culture accurately express a nation's character, what kind of a country... Like two roosters in a fighting arena, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are encircled by barriers of geography and poverty. They co-inhabit the Car... |
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84,55 zł |
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The Dominican Republic
ISBN: 9781558765191 / Angielski / Miękka / 588 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This updated and expanded edition extends the narrative from 1990 to the first decade of the present century, beginning with the collapse of the Dominican economy. In addition to the electoral fraud and constitutional reforms of 1994 and the return administration of Leonel Fernandez, the updated chapters focus on financial crises, the economic reforms of the 1990s, the free trade agreement with the United States, and party politics. They also take account of the recent Dominican electoral processes, the colossal and fraudulent banking crisis of 2002-2004, and the perpetuation of corruption as...
This updated and expanded edition extends the narrative from 1990 to the first decade of the present century, beginning with the collapse of the Domin...
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159,04 zł |
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Dominican Cultures: The Making of a Caribbean Society
ISBN: 9781558764354 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the Spanish brought their religion, language, values, and traditions to the island to form the cornerstone of the Dominican culture, a later influx of Germans, Irish, Italians, and Sephardic Jews from the Dutch Caribbean and Lebanon added further variety. This book acknowledges creolization as the dominant feature of Dominican culture.
While the Spanish brought their religion, language, values, and traditions to the island to form the cornerstone of the Dominican culture, a later inf...
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115,99 zł |
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Pitching Democracy: Baseball and Politics in the Dominican Republic
ISBN: 9781477326763 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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184,98 zł |
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Rayanos y Dominicanyorks: la dominicanidad del siglo XXI
ISBN: 9781930744608 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Estados Unidos resulta un tema controversial que implica la construccion y manipulacion de imaginarios comunmente plagados de prejuicios, pero tambien de divergencias e incongruencias. Este libro explora los mecanismos generativos de representacion mediante los cuales intelectuales dominicanos y cubanos se reposicionaron a lo largo del siglo XX frente a una alteridad estadounidense imaginada, bien desde la ciudad letrada, o bien desde su periferia. El tema de Estados Unidos llama a una autoafirmacion de identidad y de diferencia que gravita sobre la disparidad de poder entre ambas Americas....
"Estados Unidos resulta un tema controversial que implica la construccion y manipulacion de imaginarios comunmente plagados de prejuicios, pero tambie...
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204,96 zł |
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The Fascinating Origin of the Dominican Republic
ISBN: 9781977248459 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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84,36 zł |
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43,04 zł |
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El Otro de Nuestra Am'erica: Imaginarios Frente a Estados Unidos En La Rep'ublica Dominicana Y Cuba
ISBN: 9781243601551 / Hiszpański Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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204,96 zł |
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