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A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year The forgotten story of a decades-long international quest for a rare and coveted orchid, chronicling the botanists, plant hunter……続きを見る

Peter V. N. Henderson provides a sweeping look at Uruguay's political, economic, and social history from colonial times to the twenty-first century within a transnational context. This book dives in……続きを見る

"Ese vagar sin rumbo por nuestra 'Mayúscula América' me ha cambiado más de lo que creí."--Ernesto Che Guevara, de Diarios de Motocicleta Diarios de Motocicleta es el diario de viaje del Che Guevara,……続きを見る

In February 2025, Michael Palin travelled to Venezuela to get a sense of what life is like in one of South America's most culturally rich, vibrant but also troubled nations. In the journal he kept d……続きを見る

Los Llanosーthe rain-leached, eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombiaーare among the most brutal environments on Earth and an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever……続きを見る

In 'Heilige Mysterien bei den Mayas und den Quichés' entführt uns Augustus Le Plongeon in die tiefen Geheimnisse der maya- und quiché-kulturellen Traditionen. In einem fließenden und zugleich präzis……続きを見る

Lessons from the greatest people’s victory against corporate neoliberal capture in Latin America. Water is life! From the frontlines of the greatest popular rebellion against the privatization of wa……続きを見る

This volume examines the experiences of São Paulo’s working class during Brazil’s Old Republic (1891–1930), showing how individuals and families adapted to forces and events such as urbanization, di……続きを見る

This book presents the History of Argentina, from its discovery and Spanish colonization to the development of the country. "The description of the white man's spread over this immense country, the ……続きを見る

From its Conquest to the Independence, this book deals with the History of Bolivia. "Between latitudes fourteen and a half and twenty-three and a half, the mighty Andean chain is massed into a plate……続きを見る

This book presents the History of Brazil, from the discovery to the establishment of the Republic. “On the 9th of March, 1500, Pedro Alvarez Cabral, a Portuguese nobleman of illustrious birth, but n……続きを見る

This book treats of the History of Ecuador : from the discovery of the land, the Spanish Conquest, the war of independence, to the formation of Ecuador and the development of the modern country. 続きを見る

This book deals withe the history of Peru: the discovery of the Inca empire, the Spanish conquest of the territory, the colonial period, the wars of the independence and the development after the in……続きを見る

History of Colombia from the conquest and settlement to the modern Colombia. “When Alonso de Ojeda coasted along the Venezuelan shore in the spring of 1499 he stopped short just west of the Gulf of ……続きを見る

This book deals with the general history of Chile from the discovery and the Spanish conquest.“About a century before Pizarro landed, Tupac Yupanqui, the greatest of the Inca conquerors, crossed the……続きを見る

History of Paraguay: from the beginning of the settlements, the colonization of the country, the war for independence, and the modern republic of Paraguay. "The beginnings of the settlements in Para……続きを見る

History of Uruguay. "Uruguay is the southeastern country of South America. It extends from latitude 30° to 35 degrees S. and from longitude 53° to 58° 30' W., lies south of the Province of Río Grand……続きを見る

Num de seus trabalhos mais ambiciosos e impressionantes, Ruy Castro levanta uma história que nunca tinha sido contada: a dos espiões, refugiados, quintas-colunas, diplomatas e artistas na capital fe……続きを見る

O ideal do nativismo e do tradicionalismo gaúcho se mantém reverente há 50 anos no município de São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. O Centro Nativista Boitatá é um dos grandes percursores da cultu……続きを見る

L’histoire du Brésil et des Etats-Unis offre une saisissante analogie malgré le contraste très important que les institutions du Brésil et la population latine forment avec l’organisation républicai……続きを見る

Ideología: Bolívar y los demás – El pensamiento político del Libertador. ¿Quién fue, en verdad, Simón Bolívar? ¿Un romántico de la libertad, un caudillo de su época o un pensador político con una vi……続きを見る

Esta obra está dividida en dos partes. En la primera parte se presenta un acercamiento crítico a la obra de Juan García Salazar acompañado del primer intento de realizar una biografía del autor, un ……続きを見る

De l'autre côté de l’Atlantique, loin de la métropole française, s'étend une vaste contrée qui est incontestablement un territoire admirablement doté par la nature. Cette contrée, c’est la Guyane, q……続きを見る

The inside story of the thirty-three Chilean miners trapped 2,300 feet underground that captivated the world On August 5, 2010, a tunnel in the gold and copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile co……続きを見る

Este libro es resultado de diversos procesos convergentes. Por un lado, el de desarrollo de la historia regional como corriente que investiga, estudia y produce conocimiento desde una mirada situada……続きを見る

La violencia que sufre la gente inocente en lugares como Ucrania, Sudán, Congo y el Medio Oriente nos rompe el corazón. Hace años, personas inocentes en Perú sufrieron una tragedia similar y viviero……続きを見る

Le Cerro Rico, au pied de la ville de Potosí, est une montagne riche en argent et en étain. Ander Izagirre s’y est rendu pour enquêter sur les conditions de vie abominables des hommes, des femmes et……続きを見る

This book deals with an ancient history of the Maya tribes and a mysterious city of Honduras. The exploits of Cortez and the conquest of Mexico, rendered into popular literature by Prescott, are chi……続きを見る

This biography of Brazilian journalist and activist Aluízio Palmar (b. 1943) tells the remarkable story of a revolutionary who, after surviving torture as a political prisoner during his country’s m……続きを見る

O Hino Nacional Brasileiro é um dos quatro símbolos oficiais da República Federativa do Brasil, conforme estabelece o art. 13, § 1.o, da Constituição do Brasil. A letra é de Joaquim Osório Duque Est……続きを見る