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2000Best.-Nr. 36108Hoboken: KTAV Publishing House Inc 2000. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xiv 257pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and cover. Frontispiece b/w photograph of Alfred Jospe. A collection of essays by Alfred Jospe on Jewish life and education in the university as well as Jewish identity and thought. Alfred Jospe was a German-American rabbi who fled the Nazis right before the start of World War II. He served as one of the major leaders of the Jewish campus organization Hillel for a number of decades. Head and tail of spine bumped. Overall in very good condition. KTAV Publishing House, Inc hardcover books
1988Best.-Nr. 053744Quito Ecuador: Ediciones Abya-Yala 1988. 1st Spanish . Paper Back. Near Fine/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2vol.set:682pp.incl.index; SCs green w/yellow&brwn.w/yellow-photocovers; slight rub w/cleantight pgs. V2 pub.1989. Title trans.: "Shuar Life and Culture" Original Title: "The Head Hunters of Western Amazonas: The Life and Culture of the Jíbaro Indians of Eastern Ecuador and Perú" illus. in Spanish Ediciones Abya-Yala unknown
2006Best.-Nr. B79411Buenos Aires Argentina: Cooperativa Chilavert Artes Graficas 2006. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Inscribed by Kosice to curator Lynn Zelevansky! Black cloth boards in dust jacket small square quarto 9" x 10" 237pp. illustrated in color and b&w. Book has a couple small rubs to boards binding tight text clean and unmarked. DJ has faint shelfwear in archival mylar wrap. Text in Spanish and English. Cooperativa Chilavert Artes Graficas hardcover
1944Best.-Nr. 20115Buenos Aires Sociedad Geográfica Americana 1944. Paperback. Good. 20p. photos wrps. Culture in northern Perú discovered in 1941. Numerous ceramic objects are pictured in photos. Buenos Aires, Sociedad Geográfica Americana paperback
2004Best.-Nr. 337079Migros Museum for Gegenwartskunst Zurich; JRP/Ringier and Koenig Books 2004-05-01. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. 2004; Migros Museum for Gegenwartskunst Zurich; JRP/Ringier and Koenig Books; first edition; 160pp. Museum Catalogue. No dust jacket potentially as issued. Very good hardcover from a personal collection NOT ex-library. Binding is tight sturdy and square; red cloth boards also very good; gilt titling remains bright and bold. Tail of spine lightly bumped; shelfwear very minor overall; a crisp and clean copy. Interior is free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown Minneapolis Minnesota. Migros Museum for Gegenwartskunst Zurich; JRP/Ringier and Koenig Books paperback
1944Best.-Nr. 90105New York: The American Jewish Committee 1944. Third Printing Stated. Pamphlet. Fair. 74 pages. The Table of Contents is at the end disbound but present. This the Pamphlet Series: Jews and the Post-War World Number 1. This work was associated with the Research Institute on Peace and Post-War Problems. Raphael Mahler August 15 1899 – October 4 1977 was a Galician-born Jewish historian who worked in Poland America and Israel. From 1924 to 1937 Mahler taught general and Jewish history in the Gymnasium and the Lyceum "Ascola" in Warsaw. He was active in the Warsaw branch of the Polish Historical Society. He contributed to and edited Der Yunger Historikes from 1926 to 1929 Bleter far Geshicte from 1934 to 1939 the YIVO yearbooks. In 1937 Mahler immigrated to America at the invitation of YIVO and settled in New York City. He worked as a lecturer in YIVO's research student courses the Jewish National Labor Alliance's teachers seminary and the Workmen's Circle's courses. He was a lecturer of the Herzliah Hebrew Teachers' Institute from 1938 to 1939. He wrote extensively on Jewish history and historiography. Thirty of his articles were published in the Encyclopedia Judaica in Berlin and he contributed articles to the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. In 1950 Mahler immigrated to Israel and lectured on Jewish economic history at the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics. In 1959 he joined the Tel Aviv University faculty. He wrote in Yiddish Polish German Hebrew and Yiddish. A bibliography of his work compiled in 1974 listed over 500 publications. In 1977 he was awarded the Israel Prize for his contributions to Jewish scholarship. Jewish emancipation was the process in various nations in Europe of eliminating Jewish disabilities to which European Jews were then subject and the recognition of Jews as entitled to equality and citizenship rights. It included efforts within the community to integrate into their societies as citizens. It occurred gradually between the late 18th century and the early 20th century. Jewish emancipation followed after the Age of Enlightenment and the concurrent Haskalah or Jewish Enlightenment. Various nations repealed or superseded previous discriminatory laws applied specifically against Jews where they resided. Before the emancipation most Jews were isolated in residential areas from the rest of the society; emancipation was a major goal of European Jews of that time who worked within their communities to achieve integration in the majority societies and broader education. Many became active politically and culturally within wider European civil society as Jews gained full citizenship. They immigrated to countries offering better social and economic opportunities such as the United Kingdom and the Americas. Some European Jews turned to socialism Zionism or both. The early stages of Jewish emancipation movements were part of the general progressive efforts to achieve freedom and rights for minorities. While this was a movement it was also a pursuit for equal rights. Thus the emancipation movement would be a long process. The question of equal rights for Jews was tied to demands for constitutions and civil rights in various nations. Jewish statesmen and intellectuals such as Heinrich Heine Johann Jacoby Gabriel Riesser Berr Isaac Berr and Lionel Nathan Rothschild worked with the general movement toward liberty and political freedom rather than for Jews specifically. During the Revolutions of 1848 Jewish emancipation was granted by the Basic Rights of the Frankfurt Parliament Paragraph 13 which said that civil rights were not to be conditional on religious faith. But only some German states introduced the Frankfurt parliamentary decision as state law such as Hamburg; other states were reluctant. Important German states such as Prussia 1812 Württemberg 1828 Electorate of Hesse 1833 and Hanover 1842 had already emancipated their Jews as citizens. By doing so they hoped to educate the gentiles and terminate laws that sought to oppress the Jews. Although the movement was mostly successful; some early emancipated Jewish communities continued to suffer persisting or new de facto though not legal discrimination against those Jews trying to achieve careers in public service and education. Those few states that had refrained from Jewish emancipation were forced to do so by an act of the North German Federation on 3 July 1869 or when they acceded to the newly united Germany in 1871. The emancipation of all Jewish Germans was reversed by Nazi Germany from 1933 until the end of World War II. The American Jewish Committee unknown
Best.-Nr. 0364186046.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. a77362Puebla 1855. One page printed broadside in Spanish. Folded in half. Good lightly foxed edges lightly frayed. . unknown
1870Best.-Nr. 41143México: Imprenta de F. Díaz de León y Santiago White 1870. Paperback. Good. 52p. wrps back wrp detached; a few leaves with marginal maceration. García was accused of being part of a revolutionary plot in his home state of Zacatecas. Imprenta de F. Díaz de León y Santiago White paperback
1999Best.-Nr. 81037Washington D. C.: Smithsonian Institution 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. signed by Arno Rafael Minkkinen on title page. preface by Minkkinen. previous owner's blind stamp on first page. part of the Motta Photography Series. ; 9 x 8 7/8 "; Signed by Author. Smithsonian Institution hardcover
2018Best.-Nr. 2-6202161833Editorial Académica Española 2018. Paperback. New. 124 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.28 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
2016Best.-Nr. 2-6130158521Novas Edições Acadêmicas 2016. Paperback. New. 128 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.29 inches. Novas Edições Acadêmicas paperback
1951Best.-Nr. 028249San Jose Costa Rica: Impr. La Naciion 1951. Octavo. 127 pages photo illustrated bibliography. Cortes Castro picked the President of his Congress Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia as his candidate. Once elected the new President promptly reorganized the party Partido Repulicano Nacional PRN and changed the political direction moving toward social and progressive reforms with the support of the Archbishop. In effect it made Costa Rica one of the more liberal democracies of Central America. Ex-library copy from the Bibliotheca Nacional Ernesto J. Castillero R. with their stamp to title page and front wrapper bound in red paper wraps lettered and decorated in black corners bumped the number 2153 on front cover and on title page. A very good copy. Impr. La Naciion unknown
Best.-Nr. 9786587235363ELEFANTE EDITORA. new. A vida dos africanos no se limitou escravizao e destruio de suas formas anteriores de organizao social. Ultrapassada a experincia marcante da travessia do Atlntico milhes de vidas foram reinventadas mesmo sob condies terrivelmente adversas. Novas devoes formaes familiares l�nguas novos alimentos: tudo estava por ser feito nas diferentes formas de resistncia mobilizadas para a sobrevivncia. E sobreviver era a maior resistncia sem mencionar que o aprendizado da narrativa da pr�pria hist�ria em moldes compreens�veis aos interlocutores que se pretendia alcanar era uma prova ineg�vel de vitalidade. � O autor no se deixou intimidar pela fonte inusitada no ambiente dos historiadores profissionais no Brasil e encarou assuntos sobre os quais autores abalizados pareciam j� haver dito tudo como � o caso dos significados da liberdade para quem os construiu. Enfrentar esses desafios so a prova de maturidade intelectual que Rafael nos d�. Se essa prova serve para habilit�-lo no of�cio o livro tamb�m traz ao leitor uma escrita fina bem constru�da e prazerosa. Os maus escritores que me perdoem mas escrever bem � tarefa da qual o historiador no deve descuidar. Leitor adentre sem medo que o livro � bonito demais! Jaime Rodrigues no Pref�cio O intento de Rafael que diga-se de passagem se efetiva com classe ao estudar a autobiografia de escravizados nos Estados Unidos cumpre dupla funo: estudar a gnese da contradio fundante da modernidade capitalista no interior daquela que se tornar� a principal potncia econmica mundial em meados do s�culo xx e como derivao nos permitir acesso a um debate de forma e contedo relacionado a um dos mais importantes instrumentos de reorganizao e insurgncia da di�spora negra: a escrita em primeira pessoa. � Em seu primeiro livro Rafael Domingos Oira se consagra como um dos grandes nomes da historiografia desde o Sul para o mundo. Com o passado de luta feita por homens e mulheres escravizados to bem complexificado por Rafael temos mais elementos para interpelar o presente com um horizonte de possibilidades mais digno e emancipado. M�rcio Farias na Apresentao ELEFANTE EDITORA unknown
Best.-Nr. 19-3653New York: Elizabeth Harris Gallery 2014. 4to. 70 pp. Soft cover. Near Fine. Color plates. Features works by Pat Passlof with an essay by Raphael Rubenstein. New York: Elizabeth Harris Gallery, 2014. paperback
1985Best.-Nr. 12282Mexico: Fondo Editorial De La Plastica Mexicana. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1985. Second Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 3000 copies. Mild bumping and rubbing to brown cloth. Front hinge starting. Unclipped DJ light browning and scuffing mostly on rear panel. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks ex-lib marks stamps or stickers. Very large book may require extra postage due to size. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 316 pages . Fondo Editorial De La Plastica Mexicana hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 295372Keter 1982. Hardcover . Very Good. Six volumes excellent resource OCLC Number: 794457339 Keter hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0331507838.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2007Best.-Nr. 4120In Spanish. Paperback with flaps. 130 pp. Bookstore seal on half-title page. Apparently never used. Clean tight copy. Ships immediately. El Ancantilado paperback
1987Best.-Nr. 1001604NEW ~ Anthology of traditional Christmas carols from Cuena Ecuador with lyrics and scores. First and only edition. Partituras e letras. Villancicos tradicionales. 146pp. Illustrated. En espanol / Spanish. No ISBN. Minor shelf wear: cover rubbed corners worn. In stock. Usually ships in three days. BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR paperback
2023Best.-Nr. 1003099NEW ~ Up-to-date coverage of historical scholarship on the "drogas do sertao"-- the forest products of the Brazilian Amazon that gained global demand in the eighteenth century especially the cacao that fueled a choclate drinking fad in Europe but also salsaparrilha cravo copaiba and many others. Fouteen chapters by a group of recognized international historians. 458pp. Map. Illus. Bibliographies. Biographies. Em portugues / Portuguese. In stock. Usually ships within three days. CENTRO DE HISTORIA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA paperback
Best.-Nr. 0365032077.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 9788584409648LUMEN JURIS. new. Description anavailable LUMEN JURIS unknown
2010Best.-Nr. 924Berkeley California: Pandemonium Press 2010. 2nd Edition stated. Softcover. Very Good. 6 x 8 7/8. Inscribed and dated "1/4/12" and signed "Rafael" by the author on the dedication page. A rather nice copy with tight binding and square uncreased spine. No marks to text. Light cover wear including a few light handling creases. Small mark back cover. Pandemonium Press paperback
1951Best.-Nr. 1807Alma y vida de marta abreu biografia por rafael marquina prologo de jose maria chacon y calvoepilogo de jorge manach primera edicion habana cuba 1951 biografia de Marta de los Ãngeles González - Abreu y Arencibia conocida como Marta Abreu de Estévez Santa Clara 13 de noviembre de 1845->París 2 de enero de 1909 fue una >filántropa cubana. Nació en Santa Clara en la calle Sancti Spíritus en la casa marcada con el número 49 hoy Juan Bruno Zayas hija de Pedro Nolasco González-Abreu y Jiménez y de Rosalía Arencibia y Plana ambos nacidos también en la misma ciudad. Creció y se educó en el seno de una acaudalada familia cuya vida se caracterizó por sus cuantiosos donativos para las obras de beneficencia y utilidad pública. Posteriormente se muda a una finca de su familia en el actual municipio de Encrucijada la cual estaba destinada al cultivo de la >caña de azúcar. Gracias al trabajo con los esclavos y por su buen corazón y bondad era conocida entre ellos como "La Generosa". Contribuyó con numerosos recursos financieros a la lucha por la independencia de Cuba. Con fondos provistos por ella se organizaron a mediados de 1896 tres expediciones destinadas a Las Villas y >Camagüey además financió la construcción de la línea férrea desde el municipio de Encrucijada hasta la ciudad de Santa Clara y posteriormente la terminal de trenes que hoy en día lleva su nombre en homenaje de los pobladores a dicha personalidad. En 1874 se casó con el doctor >Luis Estévez y Romero abogado matancero quien siempre apoyó sus actividades benéficas y patrióticas y que fue vicepresidente de la República durante el gobierno de >Tomás Estrada Palma. su autor Rafael Marquina. Barcelona >España 1887-La Habana 1960. Escritor periodista crítico y autor teatral director del Teatro-Biblioteca del pueblo en Cuba. Colaboró con varias publicaciones de la época.En 1935 se estableció en Cuba y poco después ingresó en la redacción del periódico "Información" donde se mantuvo muchos años. Integró la directiva de la >Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UEAC creada en 1938 y en 1940 fue nombrado director del "Teatro Biblioteca del Pueblo" primer teatro ambulante construido por el gobierno cubano donde llevó a escena obras de >Martí >José Antonio Ramos y Pichardo Moya adaptó el cuento de Enrique Serpa "Contra el deber" y en unión de >Félix Lizaso escribió la pieza "Estampas martianas". Editorial lex hardcover