The Naked Truth about Hedonism II: A Totally Unauthorized, Naughty but Nice Guide to Jamaica's Very Adult Resort
ISBN: 9781970086010 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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328,88 zł |
Tourism in Cuba: Casinos, Castros, and Challenges
ISBN: 9781787439030 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Flapper Era to Batista, Cuba strove to position itself as America's Caribbean playground, but Castro's Revolution put an end to that. Now, the "Cuban Thaw" promises US travelers a return to the island. This book explores the history and development of tourism in Cuba and provides insight on what it was, what it is, and what it may be.
From the Flapper Era to Batista, Cuba strove to position itself as America's Caribbean playground, but Castro's Revolution put an end to that. Now, th...
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382,48 zł |
Women at Sea: Travel Writing and the Margins of Caribbean Discourse
ISBN: 9780312219963 / Angielski / Twarda / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From cross-dressing pirates to servants and slaves, women have played vital and often surprising roles in the navigation and cultural mapping of Caribbean territory. Yet these experiences rarely surface in the increasing body of critical literature on women s travel writing, which has focused on European or American women traveling to exotic locales as imperial subjects. This stellar collection of essays offers a contestatory discourse that embraces the forms of travelogue, autobiography, and ethnography as vehicles for women s rewriting of "flawed" or incomplete accounts of Caribbean...
From cross-dressing pirates to servants and slaves, women have played vital and often surprising roles in the navigation and cultural mapping of Carib...
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384,63 zł |
Women at Sea: Travel Writing and the Margins of Caribbean Discourse
ISBN: 9781349621309 / Angielski / Miękka / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This stellar collection of essays offers a contestatory discourse that embraces the forms of travelogue, autobiography, and ethnographic accounts as vehicles for women's rewriting of "flawed" or incomplete accounts of Caribbean cultures and societies.
This stellar collection of essays offers a contestatory discourse that embraces the forms of travelogue, autobiography, and ethnographic accounts as v...
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384,63 zł |
Genders 21: Forming and Reforming Identity
ISBN: 9780814780060 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Forming and Reforming Identity exposes the historical sites of identity formation and seeks to define the mechanisms of modern-day gender ideologies. Illuminating the power of the family and state in shaping gender identities, the book also examines the constitution of these identities. Each chapter reveals the complexities and contradictions that inevitably accompany the formation of any new category of identity, whether they are deliberately restrictive or intended as a reformation of the old. The volume moves, as gender construction does, across a field of different media:... Forming and Reforming Identity exposes the historical sites of identity formation and seeks to define the mechanisms of modern-day gender id... |
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403,79 zł |
In Conclusion: A Collection of Summary Talks in High Energy Physics
ISBN: 9789812384652 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This invaluable volume is a collection of conference talks by James D Bjorken, who has made a huge impact on particle physics and the development of the Standard Model. The earliest of these talks was given in 1965, and the latest in 1990.
This invaluable volume is a collection of conference talks by James D Bjorken, who has made a huge impact on particle physics and the development of t...
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413,88 zł |
The Beach Book, Eleuthera, Bahamas Edition: The Ultimate Guide to All of Eleuthera's 135 Beaches
ISBN: 9780991568703 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ultimate guide to ALL of Eleuthera, Bahamas 135 beaches. The book is complete with maps, detailed directions, stunning photos, and important tid-bits of information that can only be obtained by someone who has been there, seen that, and told all. Some who have never been to Eleuthera, or to the Bahamas, may wonder why they need such a guide. Picture a charming tropical island, but one without signs, clear landmarks, and many well-paved roads. Most of the beaches are accessible, but only if you know how to get there. The roads are often nothing more than rough pock laden trails cut through...
The ultimate guide to ALL of Eleuthera, Bahamas 135 beaches. The book is complete with maps, detailed directions, stunning photos, and important tid-b...
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421,01 zł |
Living with the Puerto Rico Shore
ISBN: 9780822315759 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this, the eighteenth title in Duke University Press's "Living With the Shore" series, the authors present a "user's guide" to the coastal zone of Puerto Rico. Presenting a geological appraisal of the history, dynamics, and hazards of the island's coastline, "Living With the Puerto Rico Shore" is the first in the series to examine a tropical region and the first to examine an area outside the continental United States.
The book provides detailed descriptions of the entire shoreline, noting the specific coastal hazards of each coastal reach. These hazards include coastal erosion, storm... In this, the eighteenth title in Duke University Press's "Living With the Shore" series, the authors present a "user's guide" to the coastal zone of P...
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429,03 zł |
Journey to Accompong
ISBN: 9780837151878 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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445,10 zł |
The Dominican Republic Reader: History, Culture, Politics
ISBN: 9780822356882 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite its significance in the history of Spanish colonialism, the Dominican Republic is familiar to most outsiders through only a few elements of its past and culture. Non-Dominicans may be aware that the country shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti and that it is where Christopher Columbus chose to build a colony. Some may know that the country produces talented baseball players and musicians; others that it is a prime destination for beach vacations. Little else about the Dominican Republic is common knowledge outside its borders. This Reader seeks to change that. It provides an...
Despite its significance in the history of Spanish colonialism, the Dominican Republic is familiar to most outsiders through only a few elements of it...
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489,59 zł |
Tourism and Informal Encounters in Cuba
ISBN: 9781782389484 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on a detailed ethnography, this book explores the promises and expectations of tourism in Cuba, drawing attention to the challenges that tourists and local people face in establishing meaningful connections with each other. Notions of informal encounter and relational idiom illuminate ambiguous experiences of tourism harassment, economic transactions, hospitality, friendship, and festive and sexual relationships. Comparing these various connections, the author shows the potential of touristic encounters to redefine their moral foundations, power dynamics, and implications, offering... Based on a detailed ethnography, this book explores the promises and expectations of tourism in Cuba, drawing attention to the challenges that tou... |
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499,68 zł |
Jamaica
ISBN: 9780837116549 / Angielski / Twarda / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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562,11 zł |
The Haiti Reader: History, Culture, Politics
ISBN: 9781478005162 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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585,49 zł |
The Jamaica Reader: History, Culture, Politics
ISBN: 9781478010494 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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585,49 zł |
Unpacked: A History of Caribbean Tourism
ISBN: 9781501766404 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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585,49 zł |
The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics
ISBN: 9781478003649 / Angielski / Twarda / 744 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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610,73 zł |
Sun, Sea, and Sound: Music and Tourism in the Circum-Caribbean
ISBN: 9780199988853 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Music and tourism, both integral to the culture and livelihood of the circum-Caribbean region, have until recently been approached from disparate disciplinary perspectives. Scholars who specialize in tourism studies typically focus on issues such as economic policy, sustainability, and political implications; music scholars are more likely to concentrate on questions of identity, authenticity, neo-colonialism, and appropriation. Although the insights generated by these paths of scholarship have long been essential to study of the region, Sun, Sea, and Sound turns its attention to the...
Music and tourism, both integral to the culture and livelihood of the circum-Caribbean region, have until recently been approached from disparate disc...
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627,92 zł |
The West Indies Before and Since Slave Emancipation: Comprising the Windward and Leeward Islands' Military Command.....
ISBN: 9780714619354 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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681,40 zł |
The Memoirs of Pere Labat, 1693-1705: First English Translation
ISBN: 9780714619408 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The adventures of pere Labat during his stay in the West Indies as a Dominican missionary are varied, but it is in the descriptions of the lives of the different races that the value of his memoirs resides.
The adventures of pere Labat during his stay in the West Indies as a Dominican missionary are varied, but it is in the descriptions of the lives of th...
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681,40 zł |
Tourism in the Caribbean: Trends, Development, Prospects
ISBN: 9780415303613 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Caribbean is one of the premier tourist destinations in the world. Changes in travel patterns, markets and traveller motivations have brought about considerable growth and dramatic change to the region's tourism sector. This book brings together a high calibre team of international researchers to provide an up-to-date assessment of the scope of tourism and the nature of tourism development in the Caribbean. Divided into three parts, the book:
The Caribbean is one of the premier tourist destinations in the world. Changes in travel patterns, markets and traveller motivations have brought a... |
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731,87 zł |