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This book shows the results of my doctoral thesis in Social Sciences about the construction of Muslim identities in São Paulo, the state which receives more Muslim immigrants in Brazil. The issue of……続きを見る

Painful Birth is the astounding story of how Chile narrowly escaped becoming a Leninist/Stalinist slave state in the early 1970s and over a relatively short historic period was transformed into the ……続きを見る

Deforestation in the Amazon, one of today's top environmental concerns, began during a period of rapid colonization in the 1970s. Throughout that decade, Anna Luiza Ozorio de Almeida, a Stanford-tra……続きを見る

These are the recollections of Alexandreーof his life, his death-in-life, and his ultimate death, as they are played out against the mobile tapestry of the valley where he was born. The valley itsel……続きを見る

Geography has always played a major role in world politics. In this study, Philip Kelly maps the geopolitics of South America, a continent where relative isolation from the power centers in North Am……続きを見る

Chronicling the dramatic history of the Brazilian Amazon during the Second World War, Seth Garfield provides fresh perspectives on contemporary environmental debates. His multifaceted analysis expla……続きを見る

The story of the fall of the Inca civilisation in Peru is one of the most astonishing episodes ever to occur in history; and in the skilful hands of William H. Prescott, one of America's greatest hi……続きを見る

First published in 1967, This biography of Dom Pedro's reign tells how he met the problems arising from relations with the neighboring South American states, the premature political system of his ow……続きを見る

In 1569 the Spanish viceroy Francisco de Toledo ordered more than one million native people of the central Andes to move to newly founded Spanish-style towns called reducciones. This campaign, known……続きを見る

Brazilian popular music is widely celebrated for its inventive amalgams of styles and sounds. Cariocas, native residents of Rio de Janeiro, think of their city as particularly conducive to musical m……続きを見る

In Outlawed, Daniel M. Goldstein reveals how indigenous residents of marginal neighborhoods in Cochabamba, Bolivia, struggle to balance security with rights. Feeling abandoned to the crime and viole……続きを見る

Brazilian Art under Dictatorship is a sophisticated analysis of the intersection of politics and the visual arts during the most repressive years of Brazil's military regime, from 1968 until 1975. R……続きを見る

Long Live Atahualpa is an innovative ethnographic study of indigenous political movements against discrimination in modern Ecuador. Exploring the politicizing of Indiannessーthe right of indigenous ……続きを見る

Beginning in the late 1970s, activists from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro challenged the conditionsーsuch as limited access to security, sanitation, public education, and formal employmentーthat sep……続きを見る

Durante os últimos trinta anos, o jornalista Elio Gaspari reuniu documentos até então inéditos e fez uma exaustiva pesquisa sobre o governo militar no Brasil. O resultado desse meticuloso trabalho g……続きを見る

A obra mais importante sobre a história recente do país em uma nova edição revista e ampliada. Durante os últimos trinta anos, o jornalista Elio Gaspari reuniu documentos até então inéditos e fez um……続きを見る

A obra mais importante sobre a história recente do país em uma nova edição revista e ampliada. Durante os últimos trinta anos, o jornalista Elio Gaspari reuniu documentos até então inéditos e fez um……続きを見る

A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres, During the years 1820 to 1825 At a time when the rich and fertile provinces of South America are daily becoming increased objects of commercial consideratio……続きを見る

For almost four centuries, the indigenous Chiripá (Guaraní) people of eastern Paraguay have maintained themselves as a distinct society and culture, despite continual and often intense relations wit……続きを見る

Este volume reúne uma seleção de artigos aparecidos em jornais do país ao longo de mais de vinte anos. A ideia de publicá-lo me ocorreu quando me dei conta do possível interesse, para o leitor, de t……続きを見る

A rich and wonderful history of quinine – the cure for malaria. In the summer of 1623, ten cardinals and hundreds of their attendants, engaged in electing a new Pope, died from the 'mal'aria' or 'ba……続きを見る

"Once again I repeat that I am not an impartial; objective critic. My judgments are nourished by my ideals, my sentiments, my passions. I have an avowed and resolute ambition: to assist in the creat……続きを見る

This collection of essays challenges long-entrenched ideas about the history, nature, and significance of the informal neighborhoods that house the vast majority of Latin America's urban poor. Until……続きを見る

O autor, relata as receitas marcantes na culinária da Bahia, em seu estudo aponta a grande relação existente entre a presença africana e a criação de u……続きを見る

Charles Walker examines the largest rebellion in the history of Spain's American empire, led by Latin America's most iconic revolutionary, Tupac Amaru, and his wife. It began in 1780 as a multiclass……続きを見る

At Home with the Patagonians : A Year's Wanderings over Untrodden Ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio Negro In submitting the following pages to the public, I am conscious that some reade……続きを見る

In the sixteenth century the King of Spain issued his soldiers with a three-pronged mission: to find gold, spread the word of Christianity and claim new territories for Spain. The Conquistadors, as ……続きを見る

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the increasingly important and controversial subject of race relations in Brazil. North American scholars of race relations frequently turn to B……続きを見る

Buying into the Regime is a transnational history of how Chilean grapes created new forms of consumption and labor politics in both the United States and Chile. After seizing power in 1973, Augusto ……続きを見る

The Colombian activist Juan Gregorio Palechor (1923–1992) dedicated his life to championing indigenous rights in Cauca, a department in the southwest of Colombia, where he helped found the Regional ……続きを見る