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The contribution of Commodore Michael Clapp has been overlooked when compared with the other senior Falklands commanders and the time is ripe to redress the balance. Despite commanding the Amphibiou……続きを見る

Beginning in the early nineteenth century, Peru sought to advance its national progress through the development of infrastructure, especially through the economic and social potential of hydroelectr……続きを見る

An expansive biography of William (or Guillermo, as he is known in South America) Miller, a soldier well-recognized and loved not just in modern Peru but across the swath of nations liberated from S……続きを見る

La Vida del general Sucre apareció en 1850, veinte años después del asesinato de Antonio José de Sucre. Ello sucedió debido a que un colaborador anónimo y malintencionado del periódico El Comercio d……続きを見る

During the first quarter-century of the Cold War, upholding human rights was rarely a priority in U.S. policy toward Latin America. Seeking to protect U.S. national security, American policymakers q……続きを見る

The Royal Artillery played an absolutely vital, though often forgotten, part in the British armed forces successful operation to recapture the Falkland Islands in 1982. The actions of the artillery ……続きを見る

A história de Pernambuco no contexto nacional costuma ser, no mais das vezes, silenciada, distorcida ou reduzida a uma dimensão "local" pela produção editorial, jornalística e cultural dos grandes c……続きを見る

Un libro sull'evoluzione dei rapporti fra i popoli originari e le istituzioni dello Stato argentino dalla sua formazione ad oggi, ripercorsa soffermandosi su alcuni aspetti e momenti ritenuti più si……続きを見る

Árbol de ríos cuenta la historia del río Amazonas desde muchas voces y perspectivas. El libro explora las incursiones coloniales, los cambios demográficos y las grandes transformaciones ecológicas d……続きを見る

DIE VENEZUELAKRISE 1902/03 Das Deutsche Kaiserreich und der Imperialismus Die Venezuelakrise von 1902-1903 war eine Seeblockade, die von Dezember 1902 bis Februar 1903 von Großbritannien, Deutschlan……続きを見る

2024 ATHE Outstanding Book Award, Shortlisted 2023 George Freedley Memorial Award, Finalist As feminism gained prominence in twentieth-century popular culture, dramatic conventions progressed accord……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

This astonishing memoir of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nine years after the death of its author, ……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

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 Reclaiming the Discarded Kathleen M. Millar offers an evocative ethnography of Jardim Gramacho, a sprawling garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, where roughly two thousand self-employ……続きを見る

Across Latin America, indigenous women are organizing to challenge racial, gender, and class discrimination through the courts. Collectively, by engaging with various forms of law, they are forging ……続きを見る

This book delves into the lives of various East Indian indentured servants bound to British sugar plantations in the Caribbean between 1838 and 1917. During that period some 1.2 million Indians emba……続きを見る

Nos últimos anos tem se intensificado, em todo o mundo, o debate sobre justiça de transição. Inúmeros países que vivenciaram ditaduras militares, regimes arbitrários e discriminatórios e experiência……続きを見る

The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, V……続きを見る

Se trata de un viaje -en el acontecer de la historia petrolera venezolana- que se inicia en las primeras explotaciones mineras de Venezuela, pasando por la aparición del petróleo y el inicio de las ……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

O que é Brasil? O que é ser brasileiro? Este livro representa o mais completo inventário já realizado sobre a tradição autodepreciativa na histó……続きを見る

'The definitive work on Diego Maradona' The 42 'One of football's greatest stories ... this is the best football book in ages' Goal 'A modern footballing classic' FHM _________________________ Anyon……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

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

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

In 1986, a group of young Brazilian women started a movement to secure economic rights for rural women and transform women's roles in their homes and communities. Together with activists across the ……続きを見る

Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to combine all three young mens experiences of the Am……続きを見る