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In 1528, a Spanish expedition was shipwrecked in the Gulf of Mexico. Eight years later only four men remained alive. One of the four, Cabeza de Vaca, later published an account of what occurred. Nak……続きを見る

Nine short essays exploring the K’iche’ Maya story of creation, the Popol Vuh. Written during the lockdown in Chicago in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, these essays consider the Popol Vuh as a……続きを見る

Hace 500 años España llega a México e impone, entre muchas otras cuestiones, lengua, gobierno y religión. ¿Qué era México antes de la llegada de los españoles? ¿Cortés destruyó una maravillosa civil……続きを見る

Ningún venezolano debería ser asesinado por participar en una manifestación contra la violación de los derechos humanos por parte de los entes que irregularmente detenten el poder o de naturaleza re……続きを見る

América empezó a poblarse hace miles de años y los pueblos originarios crearon muchos modos de vivir, estar en sociedad, gobernarse. En 1492, Colón abrió un camino por donde no dejaron de llegar eur……続きを見る

Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Corte……続きを見る

2014 is the 100-year-anniversary of the panama canal: one of the most extraordinary engineering feats in world history. Hell's Gorge traces a heroic dream that spanned four centuries: to build a can……続きを見る

IT’S 770 AD. IN WHAT WILL LATER BECOME CENTRAL AMERICA, THE ANCIENT MAYA HAVE FLOURISHED FOR CENTURIES, BUILDING A CIVILIZATION OF CULTURE, WONDER, AND INTRIGUE, BUT THEIR WAY OF LIFE MAY NOT ENDURE……続きを見る

This collection of letters and documents records the period of time that Sister Margaret Jane Kling, Sister Andrea Nenzel, and others served in El Salvador with the Jesuit Refugee Service, living an……続きを見る

Este perspicaz estudio sobre la Nicaragua actual realiza un análisis sobre la crisis en la que el país ha caído. Profundamente reflexivo y lleno de humanidad, logra un balance historiográfico y psic……続きを見る

Este libro senala y examina el cambio de paradigma experimentado en los ultimos anos por el campo de los estudios de memoria: un giro interseccional y epistemologico que desplaza espacial, temporal ……続きを見る

In this groundbreaking new study on ladinas in Guatemala City, Patricia Harms contests the virtual erasure of women from the country’s national memory and its historical consciousness. Harms focuses……続きを見る

Em "Dispositivo Nacional: Biopolítica e (anti)modernidade nos discursos fundacionais da Argentina" analisa a nação que emergiu a partir dos escritos dos intelectuais argentinos da "geração" de 1837.……続きを見る

Este libro constituye un esfuerzo interdisciplinario por entender el pasado, el presente y el futuro de una región que podríamos denominar como el Caribe suroccidental, que incluye a los países cent……続きを見る

LA PUTA BEATA, EL FRAILE DESCREÍDO, EL INDIO COJO Y EL HIDEPUTA HONRADO. Su madre era puta. Su padre, inglés. No tenía apellido cuando el apellido era lo único que espantaba el hambre. Aún así, ilus……続きを見る

Los autores, destacan que los ayuntamientos son una de las principales instituciones sociales y políticas de México, formados constitucionalmente a principios del siglo XIX, conforme a las disposici……続きを見る

This is first book in English dealing with the history of the Socialist Internationalーthe international alliance of social democratic partiesーduring the presidency of former German Chancellor Will……続きを見る

Andrea, Silvia, Ana, and Pamela were impoverished youth when the Sandinista revolution took hold in Nicaragua in 1979. Against the backdrop of a war and economic crisis, the revolution gave them hop……続きを見る

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The first humans to inhabit the continents of North and South America were groups of hunter-gatherers who a……続きを見る

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The first American civilization, the Olmec, arose in Mesoamerica around 1200 BCE. They became the dominant ……続きを見る

A BOLD PEOPLE – A DIFFERENT KIND OF STRENGTH With a twist or two, this original first-hand account documents an extreme moment in time. Heartbreaking, sometimes even funny, it will broaden even the ……続きを見る

En 1906, a penas tres años después de la independencia de Panamá de Colombia, nació Teófilo de Jesús Alvarado Segovia. Su larga vida refleja una trayectoria paralela con la historia del país: Los Es……続きを見る

This book builds upon Irina Carlota [Lotti] Silber's nearly 25 years of ethnographic research centered in Chalatenango, El Salvador, to follow the trajectoriesーgeographic, temporal, storiedーof sev……続きを見る

A nuanced account from a user perspective of what it’s like to live in a datafied world. We live in a media-saturated society that increasingly transforms our experiences, relations, and identities ……続きを見る

Honduras cierra sus fronteras a los salvadoreños por 12 años, como resultado de la llamada Guerra del fútbol, la cual surge por la disputa en la participación del Mundial de fútbol de 1970 en México……続きを見る

An anthropologist uncovers how "great coffee" depends not just on taste, but also on a complex system of values worked out among farmers, roasters, and consumers. What justifies the steep prices com……続きを見る

In Panama in Black, Kaysha Corinealdi traces the multigenerational activism of Afro-Caribbean Panamanians as they forged diasporic communities in Panama and the United States throughout the twentiet……続きを見る

In 'The American Navy' by French Ensor Chadwick, the author provides a comprehensive look into the history and development of the United States Navy. The book explores the strategic significance of ……続きを見る

In 'A United States Midshipman in China' by Yates Stirling, readers are transported to a unique literary world where the protagonist navigates the complexities of Chinese culture and society during ……続きを見る

In this article from the October 10, 1923, issue of "The Outlook," magazine, Joseph B. Strauss discusses the state of agricultural production in El Salvador and other countries of Central America, t……続きを見る