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This timely book provides a balanced and deeply knowledgeable introduction to Cuba since Christopher Columbus’s first arrival in 1492. With decades of experience studying and reporting on the island……続きを見る

A lo largo de sus más de dos siglos de presencia en suelo americano, el tribunal del Santo Oficio se ocupó del proceso de una considerable variedad de crímenes cometidos en contra de la fe católica ……続きを見る

In 'Der Kampf um die Cheopspyramide: Historischer Roman' entführt der Autor Max Eyth die Leser in das alte Ägypten, wo die Protagonisten in einem spannenden Kampf um die legendäre Cheops-Pyramide ve……続きを見る

Cuba’s Gay Revolution explores the unique health-based approach that was employed in Cuba to dramatically change attitudes and policies regarding sexual diversity (LGBTQ) since 1959. It examines lea……続きを見る

Destacado estudio de la historia política peruana del siglo XIX. Abarca desde el primer civilismo de Manuel Pardo, hasta La Patria Nueva de Leguía. Es un análisis de la república que nos permite res……続きを見る

Reconocida investigación historiográfica sobre procesos políticos, sociales y culturales que se llevaron a cabo durante la construcción del estado chileno durante la Guerra del Pacífico. Reconocida ……続きを見る

Puerto Rico is often left out of conversations on migration and transnationalism within the Latino context. Sponsored Migration: The State and Puerto Rican Postwar Migration to the United States by ……続きを見る

Como infatigable andinista, caminante y atento observador de la naturaleza, Manuel Rojas conocía de árboles, pájaros, flores e insectos, así como del relieve de la costa y el cielo de Chile. En sus ……続きを見る

The Inca continue to fascinate us today. The book presents their unique history from its beginnings to the conquest by the Spaniards in the 16th century. The book also presents the sources and the r……続きを見る

Using Puerto Rican politics in New York City as a case study, particularly focusing on political elites, Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960–1990 argues tha……続きを見る

The Poetry of the Americas offers a lively and detailed history of relations among poets in the US and Latin America, spanning three decades from the Good Neighbor diplomacy of World War II through ……続きを見る

Nuestra ""casa"", más que un lugar físico, es un conjunto de recuredos que nos permite comprender mejor quienes éramos, quienes somos, y puede ayudarnos a comprender quienes seremos. Ese sentido de ……続きを見る

En las elecciones del 2004, hubo 3 millones más votantes hispanos que en el año 2000. Los hispanos pusieron al presidente George W. Bush en la Casa Blanca en el 2000 y luego lo reeligieron en el 200……続きを見る

Ensayos sobre el proceso y el contexto en el que la Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya emitió la sentencia que zanjó la controversia jurídica en torno a la delimitación marítima entre el Per……続きを見る

Análisis de los proyectos de nación imaginados por los grandes pensadores de los siglos XIX y XX. Lograda la independencia, el Perú comienza a configurarse como un estado que está aún muy lejos de a……続きを見る

Análisis del funcionamiento del poder de los Incas, en el que se cuestiona la existencia de las panacas incaicas, si el Imperio funcionó como una monarquía o como una diarquía y si el inca era todop……続きを見る

This book offers a legal and socio-political analysis of the Brazilian Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. Discussing Colombian, Guatemalan and Mexican experiences, it fills a gap ……続きを見る

Children on the Threshold in Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Nature, Gender, and Agency analyzes child and adolescent protagonists in Latin American cinema. This book contends that child charact……続きを見る

This concise book provides an accessible overview of the history of the telenovela in Latin America within a pan-Latino context, including the way the genre crosses borders between Latin America and……続きを見る

This book examines the emergence, development, and demise of a network of organizations of young leftist militants and intellectuals in South America. This new generation, formed primarily by people……続きを見る

In the 1980s and 1990s, nations throughout Latin America experienced the dual transformations of market liberalizing reforms and democratization. Since then, perhaps no issue has been more controver……続きを見る

One of the oldest and most celebrated cities in the Western Hemisphere, Havana is a fascinating metropolis where history has left its handprint on every corner. Here, an international trio of well-k……続きを見る

A comprehensive, timely, and entertaining account of the political, cultural, and economic dynamics of more than thirty discrete countries of the Western Hemisphere, this book is updated each year, ……続きを見る

The authors analyze the tortuous course that Puerto Rico has followed in evolving a population policy, highlighting the island's rapic economic growth, its role as a laboratory for testing different……続きを見る

From 1973 to 1987, Volkswagen's (VW) 140,000 hectare 'pioneer' cattle ranch on the Amazon frontier laid bare the limits of capitalist development. These limits were not only economic, with the core ……続きを見る

Cuba has loomed large in American memory and history. Throughout the last half-century, the island and its larger-than-life revolutionary leader have been key players in the Cold War and mythologize……続きを見る

This book challenges the wide-ranging generalizations that dominate the literature on the impact of export-led growth upon Latin America during the first export era. The contributors to this volume ……続きを見る

Chocolate and sugar, alcohol and tobacco, peyote and hallucinogenic mushroomsーthese seductive substances have been a nexus of desire for both pleasure and profit in Mesoamerica since colonial times……続きを見る

Theatre and Dictatorship in the Luso-Hispanic World explores the discourses that have linked theatrical performance and prevailing dictatorial regimes across Spain, Portugal and their former colonie……続きを見る

La Retraite de Laguna est un roman historique de l'écrivain, historien et politicien brésilien, d'origine française, Alfredo d’Escragnolle Taunay (1843 – 1899). L'auteur y raconte la tragique retrai……続きを見る