Latin America 26

Pablo Alonso de la Avecilla (Salamanca, 1810 - 1860) fue un relevante diputado en Cortes, escritor, dramaturgo y jurista español. En este interesante relato mezcla la historia, el ensayo literario y……続きを見る

Paese meraviglioso, ma anche regno di contraddizioni e di ingiustizie insopportabili, il Messico dei primi anni del Ventesimo secolo è già una nazione in cui, come un sol uomo, milioni di contadini ……続きを見る

Agli inizi del secolo scorso, più precisamente nel 1901, il giornalista Luigi Barzini si trasferisce in Argentina per raccontare con spiccato realismo la questione dell'immigrazione italiana. E a di……続きを見る

The history of General Jose de San Martin has been amply and authoritatively recorded by General Bartolome Mitre in three exhaustive volumes. In writing this work he has consulted all the books, pam……続きを見る

Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin (1645–1707) was a French, Dutch or Flemish writer best known as the author of one of the most important sourcebooks of 17th-century piracy, first published in Dutch as D……続きを見る

In the early morning of a warm autumn day, not quite four hundred years ago, three lads, varying in age from thirteen to fifteen, were hurriedly climbing a rough and precipitous mountain road in Cen……続きを見る

Nouvelle édition numérique de Franc-tireur, augmentée de documents, photos, interviews, video et textes inédits de Georges Mattéi. La biographie d'un homme, le portrait d'une époque. Georges Mattéi ……続きを見る

CONCERNING the purpose and scope of this little book I have but to repeat what I have said in the prefaces to my other works of the same natureーA Book of the West, A Book of Dartmoor, A Book of Bri……続きを見る

That the people who inhabited the country at the time of the Spanish conquest had a multiplicity of gods there can be no doubt. The primitive form of worship, with time and by the effect of invasion……続きを見る

L’Avana. In una afosa notte del 1933 il primogenito dei Gutierrez, Pinar, viene ammazzato nei pressi del porto della capitale cubana. Tocchera' al terzogenito Santiago, scoprire il mistero che si na……続きを見る

L'Avana 1868: il destino di Hadar Gutierrez, proprietario di uno dei più grandi latifondi dell’isola in cui si coltiva il miglior tabacco del mondo, si intreccia con quello di Manuelita Dosantos e d……続きを見る

Rico è uno dei tanti piccoli spacciatori dimenticati dentro al PGV (Penitenciaría General de Venezuela), il carcere di San Juan de Los Morros gestito dai narcotrafficanti. Oltre le sbarre, le guardi……続きを見る

Universo Díaz, mujeriego e impenitente jugador, amante de la buena vida, se embarca con rumbo a Cuba. Durante el viaje instaura unas inquietantes relaciones que cambiarán su vida. Y su identidad. En……続きを見る

As the island of Puerto Rico transitioned from Spanish to U.S. imperial rule, the military and political mobilization of popular sectors of its society played important roles in the evolution of its……続きを見る

Ce roman historique et philosophique publié en 1777 par Jean-François Marmontel trouve son inspiration dans les écrits de Bartolomé de Las Casas, l’homme de la Controverse de Valladolid. Cet ouvrage……続きを見る

Sein Leben gleicht einem Abenteuerroman. Fidel Castro überlebte und erlebte all dies: die Batista-Diktatur auf Kuba, Gefängnis, Exil, die Revolution und ihren Sieg 1959, Mordkomplotte, sieben sowjet……続きを見る

Este libro es un testimonio de lo ocurrido de verdad durante la conquista y de los horrores cometidos sobre los indios en nombre de la religión. 続きを見る

Esta obra constituye prácticamente la única biografía del Inca Garcilaso. La obra histórica del Inca Garcilaso puede considerarse al modo de Umberto Eco como una "obra abierta": adquiere todo su sen……続きを見る

Honorable Mention, Bandelier/Lavrin Book Award in Colonial Latin America, Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies (RMCLAS), 2019 Honorable Mention, The Alfred B. Thomas Book Award, Southeas……続きを見る

This book provides both a historical introduction and a comparative analysis of the five most important guerrilla movements in the Caribbean Basin between 1959 and the 1990s, including Guatemala, El……続きを見る

Few milestones in human history are as momentous as the meeting of three great civilizations on American soil in the sixteenth century. The fully revised textbook Latin America in Colonial Times pre……続きを見る

This book explores the links between the British government and the dictatorships of Argentina and Chile, 1973-82, using newly-opened British archives. It gives the most complete picture to date of ……続きを見る

Baloyra argues that the deepening American involvement in what is basically a domestic conflict between Salvadorans has failed to eliminate the obstructionism and violence of the Originally publishe……続きを見る

The transborder modernization of Mexico and the American Southwest during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries transformed the lives of ethnic Mexicans across the political divide. Whil……続きを見る

Winner of the William M. LeoGrande Prize For over a century, the United States has sought to improve the behavior of the peoples of Latin America. Perceiving their neighbors to the south as underdev……続きを見る

This cogent global history traces the evolution of land warfare since the start of the Crimean War. Jeremy Black argues that although it has always been critical to the outcome of conflicts worldwid……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

Like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Peruvian Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (1895–1979) was one of Latin America’s key revolutionary leaders, well known across national boundaries. Iñigo García-Bryce’s……続きを見る

Au cours des années qui ont précédé le coup d’état du 27 juin 1973, l’Uruguay est la proie de la violence.Anahí, comme tant d’autres jeunes universitaires, s’intéresse à la politique, prend parti po……続きを見る

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the global Mennonite church developed an uneasy relationship with Germany. Despite the religion's origins in the Swiss and Dutch Reformation, as well a……続きを見る