Central America 6

The Mayan Empire Uncovering The Mysteries of Maya (Forgotten Empires Series) The Mayan culture is utterly fascinating and holds many mysterious secrets. In this book you will discover all about the ……続きを見る

On the eastern border of Guatemala and Honduras, pilgrims and travelers flock to the Black Christ of Esquipulas, a large statue carved from wood depicting Christ on the cross. The Catholic shrine, b……続きを見る

Embodying Ecological Heritage in a Maya Community: Health, Happiness, and Identity provides an ethnographic account of life in a rural farming village in southern Belize, focusing on the connections……続きを見る

Encyclopedia of the Ancient Maya offers an A-to-Z overview of the ancient Maya culture from its inception around 3000 BC to the Spanish Conquest after AD 1600. Over two hundred entries written by mo……続きを見る

In The Chicken and the Quetzal Paul Kockelman theorizes the creation, measurement, and capture of value by recounting the cultural history of a village in Guatemala's highland cloud forests and its ……続きを見る

In the early twentieth century, the Boston-based United Fruit Company controlled the production, distribution, and marketing of bananas, the most widely consumed fresh fruit in North America. So gre……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Romane und Geschichten aus dem Wilden Westen: Die Neue Welt Sammelband" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. ……続きを見る

Using Costa Rica as a example, Longley carefully examines the development of the successful relationship between a nonindustrialized country and the United States, revealing the complex forces at wo……続きを見る

Climate change is producing profound changes globally. Yet we still know little about how it affects real people in real places on a daily basis because most of our knowledge comes from scientific s……続きを見る

A vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The "masterful chronicle" of the discovery of the legendary lost civilization of the Maya and the quest to unlock their secrets. Featuring a history and description of the ……続きを見る

Climate change is producing profound changes globally. Yet we still know little about how it affects real people in real places on a daily basis because most of our knowledge comes from scientific s……続きを見る

In Lateinamerika ist Simón Bolívar politisches Idol und Symbolfigur. Bis heute leben die Legenden über ihn weiter, ist er Thema staatstragender Reden, Stoff für Kunst und Literatur. Michael Zeuske ……続きを見る

In 1981, more than a thousand civilians around El Mozote, El Salvador, were slaughtered by the country’s U.S.-trained army. The story was coveredーand soon forgottenーby the international news media……続きを見る

El Salvador might be the smallest country in Central America by territory but it has had a significant impact on the region and played an important role in U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America. ……続きを見る

"The Panama Canal: An Informal History of Its Concept, Building, and Present Status" relates the struggles, conflicts, obstacles, and achievement involved in the construction of the canal. Originall……続きを見る

Human rights activist and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz has been described as “a force of nature on the page and off.” That force is fully present in Blood on the Border, the third in her acclaimed……続きを見る

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Ancient civilizations is one 4th grade subject that can be quite difficult to understand just be reading texts. The good news is history picture books exist and they are a joy to study. Pictures pro……続きを見る

The Mayans and Incas of South America were influential people in the region's culture and tradition. Learn about them through this attention-grabbing educational book. By using more pictures and onl……続きを見る

Going back to the past is both scary and exciting, with it being mysterious and all. But this picture book provides just the right sneak peek into forgotten times. Here, you get to see for yourself ……続きを見る

Learning about the Mayan Civilization can become quite boring when you're just reading about it. There is little interaction with texts compared to seeing pictures. That is why this educational book……続きを見る

Reseña Crítica: El Ocaso de los Reinos del Caribe En Leyendas Americanas, José Güell y Renté despliega una narrativa épica y elegíaca que rescata las voces silenciadas de la conquista en Kiskeya, Ay……続きを見る

Deborah Levenson-Estrada provides the first comprehensive analysis of how urban labor unions took shape in Guatemala under conditions of state terrorism. In Trade Unionists against Terror, she explo……続きを見る

David Whisnant provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamic relationship between culture, power, and policy in Nicaragua over the last 450 years. Spanning a broad spectrum of popular and traditi……続きを見る

Before social unrest shook the region in the 1970s, Central America experienced more than a decade of rapid export growth by adding cotton and beef to the traditional coffee and bananas. Williams sh……続きを見る

Although most discussions of the Guatemalan “revolution” of 1944–54 focus on international and national politics, Revolution in the Countryside presents a more complex and integrated picture of this……続きを見る

In this new analysis of Honduran social and political development, Darío Euraque explains why Honduras escaped the pattern of revolution and civil wars suffered by its neighbors Guatemala, El Salvad……続きを見る

To many observers, Anastasio Somoza, who ruled Nicaragua from 1936 until his assassination in 1956, personified the worst features of a dictator. While not dismissing these characteristics, Knut Wal……続きを見る

The 1979 rebellion in Nicaragua was the first in modern Latin America to be carried out with the active participation and support of Christians. Like all revolutions, the Nicaraguan Revolution has p……続きを見る