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An Impossible Living in a Transborder World: Culture, Confianza, and Economy of Mexican-Origin Populations
ISBN: 9780816526352 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They are known as cundinas or tandas in Mexico, and for many people these local savings-and-loan operations play an indispensable role in the struggle to succeed in today's transborder economy. With this extensively researched book, Carlos Velez-Ibanez updates and expands upon his major 1983 study of rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs), incorporating new data that reflect the explosion of Mexican-origin populations in the United States. Much more than a study of one economic phenomenon though, the book examines the way in which these practices are part of greater transnational...
They are known as cundinas or tandas in Mexico, and for many people these local savings-and-loan operations play an indispensable role in the struggle...
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111,23 |
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The Venus Calendar Observatory at Aztec New Mexico
ISBN: 9781452036564 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between the 10th and 14th century's AD a grand civilization developed in what are now the 4 corners of the USA, encompassing approximately 10,000 square miles. Many scholars have studied this "Chaco Phenomena" and have ascertained that there was great influence from cultures of the South in what is now Mexico and Guatemala. Parrots, Macaws, cacao certain iconography and burial effects found in the Chaco Domain are consistent with materials mentioned in the Mayan Popol Vuh describing specific attributes of Ahauship (kingship) in Meso-America. These items have been found within the Chaco...
Between the 10th and 14th century's AD a grand civilization developed in what are now the 4 corners of the USA, encompassing approximately 10,000 squa...
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196,72 |
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Latinas in the Workplace: An Emerging Leadership Force
ISBN: 9781579223533 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latinas in the Workplace highlights the stories of eight exceptional women. It is the third book in the Journeys to Leadership series that features stories about extraordinary women who have found paths to success in male-dominated arenas.
Even though each took a different route to success, these women share an overarching, almost implicit, understanding of what they aspired to: the freedom to choose where and how to invest time and energy, to establish professional and personal balance, and enjoy the luxury of defining that balance. Despite their... Latinas in the Workplace highlights the stories of eight exceptional women. It is the third book in the Journeys to Leadership series th...
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135,41 |
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Amore Therapy: A Door to Understanding Hispanic Families
ISBN: 9781452065458 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Xiomara Melo introduces AmoRe Therapy, a clinical intervention designed for the specific needs of Hispanics couples and families, utilizing Biblical concepts of marriage, this modality speaks straight to the basic emotional needs of love and respect of men and women, within a spiritual context that allows for greater safety and security of attachment to God as well as to each other. Additionally this model bridges the gap in research and clinical practice in working with families with a domestic violence history. Through the use of humor, story telling, and psychodrama techniques such as...
Xiomara Melo introduces AmoRe Therapy, a clinical intervention designed for the specific needs of Hispanics couples and families, utilizing Biblical c...
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144,70 |
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Amore Therapy: A Door to Understanding Hispanic Families
ISBN: 9781452065465 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Xiomara Melo introduces AmoRe Therapy, a clinical intervention designed for the specific needs of Hispanics couples and families, utilizing Biblical concepts of marriage, this modality speaks straight to the basic emotional needs of love and respect of men and women, within a spiritual context that allows for greater safety and security of attachment to God as well as to each other. Additionally this model bridges the gap in research and clinical practice in working with families with a domestic violence history. Through the use of humor, story telling, and psychodrama techniques such as...
Xiomara Melo introduces AmoRe Therapy, a clinical intervention designed for the specific needs of Hispanics couples and families, utilizing Biblical c...
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113,03 |
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Quebra-Quilos and Peasant Resistance: Peasants, Religion, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Brazil
ISBN: 9780761853053 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the complicated, multi-faceted uprising by analyzing its underlying causes: increased taxes, rising costs of foodstuffs, the forced implementation of this new metric system, fear of being drafted into the military and, finally, the imprisonment of two of the leading bishops in Brazil, known as the Religious Question.
This book explores the complicated, multi-faceted uprising by analyzing its underlying causes: increased taxes, rising costs of foodstuffs, the forced...
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183,84 |
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Esperanza en tiempos de oscuridad: Experiencia de un Salvadore-o Americano
ISBN: 9780761851950 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Randy Jurado Ertll, un salvadoreno americano, crecio en el Sur Centro de Los Angeles a fines de los anos 1970 y durante los 80, y tambien vivio en El Salvador cuando era un nino, asi como en Rochester, Minnesota, Washington, D.C., y en Alexandria, Virginia. En cada una de estas ciudades presencio la dinamica y retos de la comunidad Latina. Porque ha vivido y trascendido las luchas, es capaz de captar una imagen realista y compasiva de la comunidad Latina a traves de esta experiencia convincente narrada en este poderoso libro.
Randy Jurado Ertll, un salvadoreno americano, crecio en el Sur Centro de Los Angeles a fines de los anos 1970 y durante los 80, y tambien vivio en El ...
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145,14 |
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Latin Dance
ISBN: 9780313376085 / Angielski / Twarda / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latin dance and music have had a widespread influence upon the development of other social dance and music styles in the United States. As a result, Latin dance styles are among the most important dance forms in America. "Latin Dance" addresses every major style of Latin dance, describing the basic steps that characterize it as well as its rhythmic pace and time signature, and examining its development from European, African, and Amerindian influences. The author explains the range of styles and expression to be found in Latin dances primarily within the context of couples social... Latin dance and music have had a widespread influence upon the development of other social dance and music styles in the United States. As a result... |
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173,15 |
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Tracing Dominican Identity: The Writings of Pedro Henríquez Ureña
ISBN: 9780230109377 / Angielski / Twarda / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did all things African disappear from Santo Domingo? How did a white Hispanic identity instead come to dominate the country's collective consciousness? Why did Dominican intellectuals, in trying to create a free and modern society and shield their country from North American imperialism, reengage Spanish neocolonialism? In an effort to explore these questions, the author analyzes and discusses the socio-historical meanings and implications of Pedro Henriquez Urena's (1884-1946) writings on language. This important twentieth century Latin American intellectual is an unavoidable reference...
How did all things African disappear from Santo Domingo? How did a white Hispanic identity instead come to dominate the country's collective conscious...
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200,77 |
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Five Years in Revolutionary Cuba: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781449071646 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a young missionary in Cuba during its revolution 50 years ago, Carroll English kept a diary of the events as the revolution closed in upon her and her missionary colleagues in the girl's school where she had been assigned by her church. The text for this book is largely drawn from her diary jottings of the time.
As a young missionary in Cuba during its revolution 50 years ago, Carroll English kept a diary of the events as the revolution closed in upon her and ...
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61,02 |
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Five Years in Revolutionary Cuba: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781449071653 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a young missionary in Cuba during its revolution 50 years ago, Carroll English kept a diary of the events as the revolution closed in upon her and her missionary colleagues in the girl's school where she had been assigned by her church. The text for this book is largely drawn from her diary jottings of the time.
As a young missionary in Cuba during its revolution 50 years ago, Carroll English kept a diary of the events as the revolution closed in upon her and ...
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114,89 |
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El Colibrí: The Hummingbird
ISBN: 9781452081946 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,80 |
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El Colibrí: The Hummingbird
ISBN: 9781452081953 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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99,47 |
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Barrio Boy: 40th Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 9780268029791 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. About the Book Since it was first published in 1971, Galarza's classic workhas been assigned in high school and undergraduate classrooms across the country, profoundly affecting thousands of students who read this true story of acculturation into American life. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the publication of Barrio Boy, the University of Notre Dame Press is proud to reissue this best-selling book with a new text design and cover, as well an introduction--by Ilan Stavans, the distinguished cultural critic and editor of the Norton... About the Book Since it was first published in 1971, Galarza's classic workhas been assigned in high school and undergr... |
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106,39 |
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An Other's Mind
ISBN: 9781452075402 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "An Other's Mind" you get a firsthand look at the yet unaddressed core issue that has rendered the United States a more sharply divided nation than ever. Fact is, we may all share the same longing that ours be a society that is fair, just, free, equal and democratic, but these themes, fundamental as they are, have markedly different contexts for those of us flourishing in the mainstream than for those of us struggling at the margins. An impaired person might for example perceive that it is only fair that at the expense of the rest of us public places be rendered handicapped-accessible so...
In "An Other's Mind" you get a firsthand look at the yet unaddressed core issue that has rendered the United States a more sharply divided nation than...
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90,20 |
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An Other's Mind
ISBN: 9781452075396 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "An Other's Mind" you get a firsthand look at the yet unaddressed core issue that has rendered the United States a more sharply divided nation than ever. Fact is, we may all share the same longing that ours be a society that is fair, just, free, equal and democratic, but these themes, fundamental as they are, have markedly different contexts for those of us flourishing in the mainstream than for those of us struggling at the margins. An impaired person might for example perceive that it is only fair that at the expense of the rest of us public places be rendered handicapped-accessible so...
In "An Other's Mind" you get a firsthand look at the yet unaddressed core issue that has rendered the United States a more sharply divided nation than...
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127,91 |
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Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants: A Texas History
ISBN: 9780292726444 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner, NACCS Book Award, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, 2013 During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a majority of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States resided in Texas, making the state a flashpoint in debates over whether to deny naturalization rights. As Texas federal courts grappled with the issue, policies pertaining to Mexican immigrants came to reflect evolving political ideologies on both sides of the border. Drawing on unprecedented historical analysis of state archives, U.S. Congressional records, and other... Winner, NACCS Book Award, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, 2013 During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuri... |
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96,71 |
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Marti vs. Dario?
ISBN: 9781426955143 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,03 |
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Amphetamine King
ISBN: 9781456748234 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his book, Gonzales provides snapshots of true-life accounts to eloquently describe the world in which he lived - from the humble beginnings of his childhood, to his life as a Drug Kingpin, to his transformation in State Prison. He goes into detail of how he perfected the manufacturing and distribution of amphetamines during the mid to late 1980's. His escapades include run-ins with infamous drug lords and mad men of various underground organizations. And of course, he discusses the key people involved in helping him rise from a Latino Texan minion to a convicted Drug Kingpin.
In his book, Gonzales provides snapshots of true-life accounts to eloquently describe the world in which he lived - from the humble beginnings of his ...
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100,55 |
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Amphetamine King
ISBN: 9781456748258 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his book, Gonzales provides snapshots of true-life accounts to eloquently describe the world in which he lived - from the humble beginnings of his childhood, to his life as a Drug Kingpin, to his transformation in State Prison. He goes into detail of how he perfected the manufacturing and distribution of amphetamines during the mid to late 1980's. His escapades include run-ins with infamous drug lords and mad men of various underground organizations. And of course, he discusses the key people involved in helping him rise from a Latino Texan minion to a convicted Drug Kingpin.
In his book, Gonzales provides snapshots of true-life accounts to eloquently describe the world in which he lived - from the humble beginnings of his ...
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57,45 |
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