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Revolutions are a commonly studied but only vaguely understood historical phenomenon. Now updated to include the perspectives of grassroots revolutionary movements and biographies of often marginali……続きを見る

Latin American countries have for a long time been importers of public policies and institutions from the Global North. The colonial legacy and resulting patterns of international relations during t……続きを見る

Despite several studies on the social, cultural, and political histories of medicine and of public health in different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, local and national focuses still pred……続きを見る

Globalizing the Soybean asks how the soybean conquered the West and analyzes why and how the crop gained entry into agriculture and industry in regions beyond Asia in the first half of the twentieth……続きを見る

'A Latin American James Dean or Jack Kerouac' Washington Post 'It's true; Marxists just wanna have fun... a revolutionary bestseller' Guardian At the age of twenty-three, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and h……続きを見る

Um relato de experiências de vida de mulheres e homens que entendem a essência dos usos e costumes de sua terra. Trata-se do reconhecimento ao trabalho desenvolvido por elas e por eles ao exercerem ……続きを見る

William Alexander Anderson "Bigfoot" Wallace (April 3, 1817 – January 7, 1899) was a famous Texas Ranger who took part in many of the military conflicts of the Republic of Texas and the United State……続きを見る

Why and how can records serve as evidence of human rights violations, in particular crimes against humanity, and help the fight against impunity? Archives and Human Rights shows the close relationsh……続きを見る

The Cambridge Modern History is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century Age of Discovery. The first series was planned by Lord Acton and edited by him with Stanl……続きを見る

Esta obra tem como propósito estudar a inserção e a dinâmica de expansão que caracterizaram a história da educação superior adventista no Brasil entre os anos de 1969 a 1999, apontando os fatores co……続きを見る

"La Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias" es un libro escrito en 1552 por el fraile dominico español Bartolomé de las Casas, el principal defensor de los indios en América, en el que d……続きを見る

A Edições Câmara traz mais um volume da Coleção Joaquim Nabuco, O Abolicionismo. Nesta obra, Nabuco discute o abolicionismo e a escravidão numa acepção ampla. Sua ideia de escravidão não se reduzia ……続きを見る

Várias pessoas passam o tempo colocando na Internet, principalmente no Facebook, fotos e crônicas lembrando a Pompéia das décadas de 1950 e 1960. Este livro foi escrito como uma contribuiçãp a esse ……続きを見る

In 1700, Latin America and British North America were roughly equal in economic terms. Yet over the next three centuries, the United States gradually pulled away from Latin America, and today the ga……続きを見る

O livro didático de história do Brasil tem sofrido um intenso apanágio que reafirma sua importância na prática escolar brasileira. Tal afirmação contempla uma centralidade da cultura escrita diante ……続きを見る

As the hazards of carbon emissions increase and governments around the world seek to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, the search for clean and affordable alternate energies has become an increasing ……続きを見る

In On Decoloniality Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh explore the hidden forces of the colonial matrix of power, its origination, transformation, and current presence, while asking the crucia……続きを見る

Through newly unearthed texts virtually unknown in Andean studies, Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" highlights the Andean intellectual tradition of writing in their long-term struggle for……続きを見る

Dressing Global Bodies addresses the complex politics of dress and fashion from a global perspective spanning four centuries, tying the early global to more contemporary times, to reveal clothing pr……続きを見る

Through ten case studies by international specialists, this book investigates the circulation and production of scientific knowledge between 1750 and 1945 in the fields of agriculture, astronomy, bo……続きを見る

Faces of Latin America has sold more than 50,000 copies since it first appeared in 1991, and is widely considered to be the best available introduction in English to the economies, politics, demogra……続きを見る

En este libro Miguel León-Portilla expone con maestría y sencillez una breve historia de los pueblos originarios de Latinoamérica. Habla de sus orígenes y de cómo los procesos de cambio sociales, po……続きを見る

The contributors to Beyond Civil Society argue that the conventional distinction between civic and uncivic protest, and between activism in institutions and in the streets, does not accurately descr……続きを見る

A história colonial da Paraíba revela que a proximidade de Pernambuco, capitania mais comercial e desenvolvida, não prejudicou sua autonomia graças à vasta extensão territorial da comarca paraibana.……続きを見る

本書是一本關於拉丁美洲文化背景的經典之作。此書包括兩大部分，第一部分題為「地球的富有造成人類的貧困」，講述了舊殖民主義圍繞拉丁美洲金銀、農作物和其他礦產進行的掠奪史；第二部分題為「發展是遇難者多於航……続きを見る

Katyn– the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940 – has come to be remembered as Stalin’s emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history……続きを見る

The Iberian World: 1450–1820 brings together, for the first time in English, the latest research in Iberian studies, providing in-depth analysis of fifteenth- to early nineteenth-century Portugal an……続きを見る

The convergence of Cortés and Montezuma is the most emblematic event in the birth of what would come to be called "America." Landing on the Mexican coast on Good Friday, 1519, Hernán Cortés felt him……続きを見る

The US foreign policy decisions behind six coup attempts against the Venezuelan government – and Venezuela's heightening precarity In March 2015, President Obama initiated sanctions against Venezuel……続きを見る

Against the backdrop of America's escalating urban rebellions in the 1960s, an unexpected cohort of New York radicals unleashed a series of urban guerrilla actions against the city's racist policies……続きを見る