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Latin America's Indigenous writers have long labored under the limits of colonialism, but in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, they have constructed a literary corpus that moves them be……続きを見る

Becoming Creole explores how people become who they are through their relationships with the natural world, and it shows how those relationships are also always embedded in processes of racializatio……続きを見る

This pamphlet describes the critical role of Army officers who defied the odds and saw this immense project through to completion. They included Col. William C. Gorgas, who supervised the medical ef……続きを見る

This pioneering work brings the pre-Columbian and colonial history of Latin America home: rather than starting out in Spain and following Columbus and the conquistadores as they “discover” New World……続きを見る

The author was a member of the second of four brigades organised by the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign for the 1988-89 season, and their experience was quite different from those who’d visited in ear……続きを見る

Contra el tiempo, los textos pueden conservar de lo edificado, aquello que los inspirara en su momento. En los edificios, los espacios públicos, los monumentos y en el dédalo de las calles que los c……続きを見る

Como si se tratara de un tapiz tejido con los hilos de antiguos relatos es este cuentario. En sus páginas habitan las hadas, los príncipes, las princesas, los piratas y los castillos encantados que ……続きを見る

Las historias seleccionadas en este libro describen cómo funcionó el sistema esclavista africano en Costa Rica, contado por sus propias víctimas. Hubo particularidades porque no fue igual la vida de……続きを見る

In “Quando il Diavolo ci mette la coda... fatti, fattacci e di tutto un po’ al ritmo di samba e bossa-nova” l’autore ha voluto descrivere gli eventi accaduti ad uno dei protagonisti, oltre che a que……続きを見る

Costa Rica is an eco-travel paradise! From pristine beaches and jungle waterfalls to high-altitude coffee farms, Costa Rica: The Complete Guide puts the best of Costa Rica at your fingertips. Over 1……続きを見る

This Atlantic world history centers on the life of Juan Nepomuceno Prieto (c. 1773–c. 1835), a member of the West African Yoruba people enslaved and taken to Havana during the era of the Atlantic sl……続きを見る

L’America Latina è una miniera inesauribile di storie impossibili, romanzesche, drammatiche, incredibili, epiche. Storie di persone comuni che la vita, la geografia, la cultura di quel mondo, sconvo……続きを見る

Este libro pertenece a la colección: “Desde lejanas tierras”, impresa en 1945 por una editorial española. Son una serie de narraciones dirigidas a la juventud, coleccionadas por un Padre de la “Comp……続きを見る

A smashing good true story about a young Yankee trapped in tropical Central America, exploring a strange parallel universe of three thousand years of victimization and blood letting. Experience his ……続きを見る

Winner, 2019 LASA Southern Cone Section Best Book Award In Vernacular Latin Americanisms, Fernando Degiovanni offers a long-view perspective on the intense debates that shaped Latin American studies……続きを見る

Guatemala’s Catholic Revolution is an account of the resurgence of Guatemalan Catholicism during the twentieth century. By the late 1960s, an increasing number of Mayan peasants had emerged as relig……続きを見る

Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua offers a broad and comprehensive analysis of Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast and the process of autonomy that was initiated in 1987 as……続きを見る

Preface During the year 1875 I published under title of The Native Races of the Pacific States what purports to be an exhaustive research into the character and customs of the aboriginal inhabitants……続きを見る

A reshaping of traditional understandings of Costa Rica and its national identity The Saints of Progress: A History of Coffee, Migration, and Costa Rican National Identity chronicles the development……続きを見る

Non abbiamo più tempo. Occorre che ciascuno di noi con consapevolezza e determinazione assuma la responsabilità di creare un futuro di pace, armonia e benessere. Le azioni politiche, nonostante poss……続きを見る

The Panama Canal's untold historyーfrom the Panamanian point of view. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal’s American builders displaced 40,000 residents and erased entire towns in……続きを見る

Historically, Los Angeles and its exhibition market have been central to the international success of Latin American cinema. Not only was Los Angeles a site crucial for exhibition of these films, bu……続きを見る

Now in its fifth edition, this leading reader has been updated with new readings and visual sources. This edition includes an added final chapter on current social movements to help students reflect……続きを見る

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - this is not a print replica, and thus it is suitable for all devices. The Northern Tria……続きを見る

Uma cidade em ritmo de transformação, buscando um padrão de modernidade tecnológica que abarcava uma avalanche de mudanças. A construção de uma história homogênea e oficial pautada pelo mito do band……続きを見る

Há em todo o material que compõe Raça: trajetórias de um conceito – histórias do discurso racial na América Latina o interesse comum de se pensar o discurso racial tal como ele foi elaborado por div……続きを見る

O Massacre dos Nativos na Colonização da América Espanhola traz um relato sangrento e assustador da conquista e colonização das Américas por quem vivenciou os fatos. Frei Bartolomé de Las Casas foi ……続きを見る

" Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias", escrito por Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, es en sí una denuncia dura y severa de las matanzas, crueldades y todo tipo de abusos cometidos en Amé……続きを見る

Partimos da convicção de que o entendimento das instituições e dos grupos sociais que conduzem a máquina da justiça explicam muitas coisas sobre as histórias que possam vir a ser contadas sobre o te……続きを見る

Uma maneira interessante de aprender história Os 365 dias deste livro reúnem conhecimento e curiosidades imprescindíveis. Um acontecimento por dia, todos os dias do ano, sem exceção, que podem ser l……続きを見る