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Blutige Rituale und politische Kontrolle waren im Azteken-Reich untrennbar miteinander verbunden. Dieses Buch beleuchtet, wie Menschenopfer nicht nur religiöse Akte, sondern hochkomplexe Ausdrucksfo……続きを見る

An expansive and subversive history of the Pan-American Highway. A century after the Pan-American Highway was first conceived, its story remains largely unknownーeven to the hundreds of motorists wh……続きを見る

They called it the Cold War. For most of the world, it burned white-hot. While the superpowers never fired directly at each other, millions died in their name. From the rice paddies of Vietnam to th……続きを見る

Former Green Beret Jim Morris goes on a mission with the Colombian anti-narcotics police who ferret out the coca-growing revolutionaries known as FARC in the mountainous Colombian jungles. The anti-……続きを見る

Mapping Diversity in Latin America offers ample critical coverage of recent approaches to the historical study of race and ethnicity in Latin America since the arrival of Spanish and Portuguese colo……続きを見る

In "The War of Quito," Pedro de Cieza de León presents a vivid historical account that intricately weaves the socio-political dynamics of 16th-century South America. Written in a narrative style tha……続きを見る

The volume gathers contributions from both junior and senior scholars, as well as former students, colleagues, and friends of Lorenzo Perrone. Their studies have evolved in dialogue with him and his……続きを見る

In The Politics of Care Work, Emma Amador tells the story of Puerto Rican women’s involvement in political activism for social and economic justice in Puerto Rico and the United States throughout th……続きを見る

Over het slavernijverleden van Nederland wordt volop en breed discussie gevoerd. Aan meningen geen gebrek, en terecht, want dat de slavernij een zwarte bladzij in onze geschiedenis vormt, zal nieman……続きを見る

In "The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies," Henry Charles Lea meticulously examines the complex and often harrowing history of the Spanish Inquisition in its colonial territories. Through a ri……続きを見る

Este ensayo reivindica la acción colonizadora y civilizatoria de los españoles en el continente americano despojada de todas las tergiversaciones interesadas presentes en la leyenda negra. 続きを見る

Intertwining art history, aesthetic theory, and Latin American studies, Aarnoud Rommens challenges contemporary Eurocentric revisions of the history of abstraction through this study of the Uruguaya……続きを見る

In this remarkable and engaging book, William LeoGrande offers the first comprehensive history of U.S. foreign policy toward Central America in the waning years of the Cold War. From the overthrow o……続きを見る

No existe otro ser menos visible en la historia latinoamericana que el niño. Su ausencia en los innumerables y abultados relatos de nuestra historia es sorprendente. Tanto las historias apologéticas……続きを見る

This book surveys the impact of the Monroe Doctrine on United States relations with Latin America, with a particular focus on the Caribbean Basin, since its proclamation in 1823. It explores the his……続きを見る

In "The Spanish Pioneers," Charles Fletcher Lummis presents a vivid exploration of the early Spanish explorers and settlers in the American Southwest. Employing a narrative style that blends meticul……続きを見る

O espaço é a Amazônia do século dezoito e início do dezenove. Um lugar continuamente descoberto, destino de inúmeras expedições desde o século XVI, repositório de discursos que formam um palimpsesto……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

The Popular Economy in Urban Latin America: Informality, Materiality, and Gender in Commerce advances comparative knowledge and theoretical reflections on urban popular economies in Latin America by……続きを見る

Originally published in Portuguese in 1994 as Negros da Terra, this field-defining work by the late historian John M. Monteiro has been translated into English by Professors Barbara Weinstein and Ja……続きを見る

Modernity of Religiosities and Beliefs: A New Path in Latin America From the Nineteenth to Twenty-First Century synthesizes new research on various phenomena related to religions and beliefs in Lati……続きを見る

Protestant missionaries in Latin America. Colonial "civilizers" in the Pacific. Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa. Since the 1890s, thousands of American teachers--mostly young, white, middle-class, ……続きを見る

The streets of Rio de Janeiro have long been characterized as exuberant and exotic places for social commerce, political expression, and the production and dissemination of culture. The Street is Ou……続きを見る

Sensational headlines have publicized the drug trafficking, brutal violence, and other organized crime elements associated with Central America's mara gangs, but there have been few clear-eyed analy……続きを見る

The process of shaping and asserting cultural identity in viceregal Spanish America occurred as much through the medium of pictures as through the medium of writing. Focused on writing that referenc……続きを見る

The Brazilian football team is believed to have played its first official match in 1914 against English club side Exeter City, which they won 2-0. Their first full international was against Argentin……続きを見る

Intrepid journalist Patrick Symmes sets off on his BMW R80 G/S in search of the people and places in Ernesto "Che" Guevara's classic Motorcycle Diaries, seeking out his own adventure as well as the ……続きを見る

Over time, Brazil has evolved into a well-defined nation with a strong sense of identity. From the natural beauty of the Amazon River to the exciting resort city of Rio de Janeiro, from soccer champ……続きを見る

A narration of the mutually mortal historical contest between humans and nature in Latin America. Covering a period that begins with Amerindian civilizations and concludes in the region's present ur……続きを見る

In Beyond the Lettered City, the anthropologist Joanne Rappaport and the art historian Tom Cummins examine the colonial imposition of alphabetic and visual literacy on indigenous groups in the north……続きを見る