South America 20

Our Indigenous Ancestors complicates the history of the erasure of native cultures and the perceived domination of white, European heritage in Argentina through a study of anthropology museums in th……続きを見る

In mid-twentieth-century Latin America there was a strong consensus between Left and RightーCommunists working under the directives of the Third International, nationalists within the military inter……続きを見る

The United States emerged from World War II with generally good relations with the countries of Latin America and with the traditional Good Neighbor policy still largely intact. But it wasn’t too lo……続きを見る

Democracy has always been an especially volatile form of government, and efforts to create it in places like Iraq need to take into account the historical conditions for its success and sustainabili……続きを見る

The resurgence of the Left in Latin America over the past decade has been so notable that it has been called “the Pink Tide.” In recent years, regimes with leftist leaders have risen to power in Arg……続きを見る

Legacies of State Violence and Transitional Justice in Latin America presents a nuanced and evidence-based discussion of both the acceptance and co-optation of the transitional justice framework and……続きを見る

Nineteenth-century Brazil’s constitutional monarchy credibly committed to repay sovereign debt, borrowing repeatedly in international and domestic capital markets without default. Yet it failed to l……続きを見る

This groundbreaking history explores the many unrecognized, enduring linkages between the state of California and the country of Chile. The book begins in 1786, when a French expedition brought the ……続きを見る

Organized in the mid-1970s as a means of communal protection against livestock rustling and general thievery in Peru’s rugged northern mountains, the rondas campesinas (peasants who make the rounds)……続きを見る

This richly orchestrated novel, which won a national literary prize in the author's native land, Venezuela, also earned international recognition when the William Faulkner Foundation gave it an awar……続きを見る

How does globalization work? Focusing on Latin America, Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth show that exports of expertise and ideals from the United States to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico have……続きを見る

In May 1888 the Brazilian parliament passed, and Princess Isabel (acting for her father, Emperor Pedro II) signed, the lei aurea, or Golden Law, providing for the total abolition of slavery. Brazil ……続きを見る

Brazil's Northeast has traditionally been considered one of the country's poorest and most underdeveloped areas. In this impassioned work, the Brazilian historian Durval Muniz de Albuquerque Jr. inv……続きを見る

Policies concerning marriage, morality, and intimacy were central to the efforts of the Spanish monarchy to maintain social control in colonial Charcas. The Bourbon Crown depended on the patriarchal……続きを見る

Qui sont ces adolescents qui ont fui l'Amérique du Sud pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale ? Dans les années 1970, toute une génération de lycéens éveillée politiquement et scolarisée dans les meille……続きを見る

La storia militare dell'argentina dagli esordi della colonia nel 1600, passando dalla spedizione di Cevallos al presidente Yrigoyen (1758 - 1917). Completo e professionale studio su tre volumi. Il t……続きを見る

La storia militare dell'argentina dagli esordi della colonia nel 1600, passando dalla spedizione di Cevallos al presidente Yrigoyen (1758 - 1917). Completo e professionale studio su tre volumi. Il p……続きを見る

La storia militare dell'argentina dagli esordi della colonia nel 1600, passando dalla spedizione di Cevallos al presidente Yrigoyen (1758 - 1917). Completo e professionale studio su tre volumi. Il s……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre Vous avez largué les amarres. Le vieux continent est derrière vous. Cap sur Buenos Aires, le symbole jusque dans les années 1960 ……続きを見る

The agenda of neoliberal market reform known as the Washington Consensus, which was meant to turn around the economies of developing and postcommunist countries and provide the bedrock of economic s……続きを見る

It has been argued that the first presidential campaign of Michelle Bachelet in Chile and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Argentina used a rhetoric of newness. Some political observers have said t……続きを見る

Originally published in Spanish, Curbelo’s The History of the Mormons in Argentina is a groundbreaking book detailing the growth of the Church in this Latin American country. Through numerous interv……続きを見る

Award-winning journalist Jonathan Franklin chronicles the harrowing account of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for fourteen weeks in the fall of 2010. A resident of Chile since 19……続きを見る

A historic shift has occurred in the organizational structures through which the lower classes in Latin America express voice and find political representation. With the political and economic refor……続きを見る

Latin America is still dealing with the legacy of terror and torture from its authoritarian past. In the years after the restoration of democratic governments in countries where violations of human ……続きを見る

The sixteenth-century changes wrought by expansion of Spanish empire into Peru shaped the ways of being a family in colonial Peru. Even as migration, race mixture, and transculturation took place, f……続きを見る

Bolivian Labor Immigrants' Experiences in Argentina examines key issues regarding the structural factors that pattern the integration of Bolivian immigrants in labor markets segmented by inequalitie……続きを見る

The revolutionary movements that emerged frequently in Latin America over the past century promoted goals that included overturning dictatorships, confronting economic inequalities, and creating wha……続きを見る

Since the early 1980s Ecuador has experienced a series of events unparalleled in its history. Its “free market” strategies exacerbated the debt crisis, and in response new forms of social movement o……続きを見る

Uncovering The Mysteries of Inca (Forgotten Empires Series) The Incas are one of the most celebrated ancient civilizations. From truths learned by the study of their daily lives to far-fetched tales……続きを見る