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Indigenous allies helped the Spanish gain a foothold in the Americas. What did these Indian conquistadors expect from the partnership, and what were the implications of their involvement in Spain’s ……続きを見る

One of the principal aims of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua was to end the exploitation of the rural poor. But its attempts to promote balanced economic development and redistribute agricult……続きを見る

El Salvador’s civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years later. It saw extreme violence on both sides, including the terrorizing and targeting of civilians by death squads, recruitment of……続きを見る

Situated at the intersection of cultural heritage and local community, this book enlarges our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of southern México and northern Central America who became detac……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

The World Health Organization is currently promoting a policy of replacing traditional or lay midwives in countries around the world. As part of an effort to record the knowledge of local midwives b……続きを見る

On December 19, 1554, the members of Tenochtitlan’s indigenous cabildo, or city council, petitioned Emperor Charles V of Spain for administrative changes “to save us from any Spaniard, mestizo, blac……続きを見る

Honduras: una de las guerras no declaradas menos contadas del mundo. Honduras no es Irak, pero en algún momento, Alberto Arce ーúnico corresponsal extranjero en Tegucigalpa de 2012 a 2014ー lo vivió……続きを見る

Definitively tracing the evolution of the Maya civilization from the arrival of migrating 'first peoples' to the end of the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican World with the Spanish Conquest in the 16th cen……続きを見る

The History of the Maya definitively traces the cultural evolution of the Maya civilization from the arrival of migrating 'first peoples' to the end of the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican World with the ……続きを見る

The Mystery of Maya Math Code is solved and simplified! Presented in a manner that is not long winded by explaining centuries of theories regarding ancient mathematics, Maya philosophy, and history.……続きを見る

In the past fifty years, the study of indigenous and pre-Columbian art has evolved from a groundbreaking area of inquiry in the mid-1960s to an established field of research. This period also spans ……続きを見る

Amor Enmedio del Conflicto es una historia que describe los sueños, el coraje, la valentía y la constancia de una familia que sobrevive entre el conflicto y la esperanza. Con lujo de detalles rescat……続きを見る

Suriname werd in 1975 onafhankelijk. Nog geen vijf jaar later pleegden militairen een staatsgreep. Daarna bepaalden de Decembermoorden, drugshandel, een binnenlandse oorlog en economische teloorgang……続きを見る

Paco Ignacio Taibo II zeichnet in diesem Buch ein umfassendes Porträt der Yaqui, ihrer Geschichte und Kultur und schildert den 42 Jahre währenden bewaffneten Kampf der indigenen Guerilla-Einheiten u……続きを見る

Poets and Prophets of the Resistance offers a ground-up history and fresh interpretation of the polarization and mobilization that brought El Salvador to the eve of civil war in 1980. Challenging th……続きを見る

Andrés Canché became the cacique, or indigenous leader, of Cenotillo, Yucatán, in January 1834. By his retirement in 1864, he had become an expert politician, balancing powerful local alliances with……続きを見る

This reexamination of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's thoughts on socialism, democracy, and revolution is a must-read for today's activistsーor anyone longing to fight for a better world. Fifty years after ……続きを見る

SPANISH LANGUAGE EDITION Ganadora del Premio Pulitzer 2003 de Obras Dramáticas “Extraordinaria y evocativa. La estelar Ana en el trópico es una obra de arte.” –Christine Dolen, Miami Herald “Ana en ……続きを見る

Winner of the 2003 Pulitizer Prize for Drama . . . there are many kinds of light. The light of fires. The light of stars. The light that reflects off rivers. Light that penetrates through cracks. Th……続きを見る

"Tom Diaz has worn out some shoe leather, much like a good detective, in gathering facts, not myths or urban legends. As a result he has produced an accurate and comprehensive look at a grave and pr……続きを見る

An extraordinarily vivid, unflinching series of portraits of South America today, written from the inside out, by the award-winning New Yorker journalist and widely admired author of Samba. 続きを見る

Named one of the best true crime books of all time by Time In the last six years, more than eighty thousand people have been killed in the Mexican drug war, and drug trafficking there is a multibill……続きを見る

This book explores the properties of space travel in the vicinity of strong gravitational fields. It is a concept approved by the American government. The book presents this concept to a general pub……続きを見る

Cortés and his small army of Conquistadors enter Tenochtitlan, the island city of the Aztecs, as guests of the psychotic emperor Moctezuma who plans to trap them there and kill them all. In a stunni……続きを見る

Ein spannender Reisebericht in Briefen Die Briefe Alexander von Humboldts aus Südamerika an seinen Bruder Wilhelm sind eine sehr persönliche Schilderung der abenteuerlichen Fahrt auf dem Orinoco, d……続きを見る

“Face to face with the schism caused by rational and scientific thought, Carlos Barrios undertakes an authentic and passionate search, bringing us close to the Cosmovision of one of the most ancient……続きを見る

In 'Die Goldkarawane', dem Abenteuerroman von Walther Kabel, begleiten wir den Protagonisten auf einer fesselnden Reise durch die Wüste Afrikas. Der Autor entführt die Leser in eine Welt voller Gefa……続きを見る

Labor and Love in Guatemala re-envisions the histories of labor and ethnic formation in Spanish America. Taking cues from gender studies and the "new" cultural history, the book transforms perspecti……続きを見る

It doesn't take long to discover that Belize is a land of contrasts. From the poverty and disarray of the cities to the quiet countryside, many differences are soon found. With poverty and crime run……続きを見る