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Bringing the story up-to-date, this expanded new edition takes into account recent developments including Argentina's 2001 debt default and the 2002 presidential election in Brazil. Latin America pr……続きを見る

This book shows how Maoism was globalized during the 1949-1976 period, highlighting the agency of both Latin American and Chinese actors. While Maoism has long been known to have been influential in……続きを見る

Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region’s rich and varied architec……続きを見る

The abrupt loss of Soviet financial support in 1989 resulted in the near-collapse of the Cuban economy, ushering in the almost two decades of austerity measures and severe shortages of food and basi……続きを見る

The Question of Class in Contemporary Latin American Cinema responds to the renewed interest in class within and outside academia by examining the aesthetics and politics of class in a representativ……続きを見る

THE DAYS OF OFELIA, which was first published in 1942, is a book about Mexico that cuts through the surface and shows you the living people. 'Vivid,' 'delightful,' 'completely real' are worn-out phr……続きを見る

A VIVID AND DRAMATIC STORY OF LOVE, CONFLICT AND REBELLION IN NINETEENTH CENTURY MEXICO In the late 1860's the royal families of Europe collaborated with the French in an ingenious plan to take over……続きを見る

The timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation, violence, and religion. Leonor Gonza……続きを見る

In this important book, leading scholar Alex Dupuy provides a critical reinterpretation of the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath. Dupuy evaluates the French colonial context of Saint-Domingue and……続きを見る

Latin American women filmmakers have achieved unprecedented international prominence in recent years. Notably political in their approach, figures such as Lucrecia Martel, Claudia Llosa and Bertha N……続きを見る

"Canudos – La guerra nel Sertão del Brasile è un romanzo storico di grande interesse oltre che di piacevole lettura. L'autore ricostruisce attraverso queste sue intense pagine la storia del Brasile ……続きを見る

Latin American athletes have achieved iconic status in global popular culture, but what do we know about the communities of women in sport? Futbolera is the first monograph on women’s sports in Lati……続きを見る

Film production in Latin America is as old as cinema itself, but local film industries have always been in a triangulated relationship with Hollywood and European cinema. This book situates Latin Am……続きを見る

A microhistory of racial segregation in Cienfuegos, a central Cuban port city Founded as a white colony in 1819, Cienfuegos, Cuba, quickly became home to people of African descent, both free and ens……続きを見る

This book analyzes the exile ontology of Spanish philosopher María Zambrano (1904-1991). Karolina Enquist Källgren connects Zambrano’s lived exile and political engagement with the Spanish Civil War……続きを見る

This book provides an overview of the institutional and intellectual development of sociology in Brazil from the early 1900s to the present day; through military coups, dictatorships and democracies……続きを見る

O livro traz uma dupla contribuição aos estudos sobre a história de Goiás. A primeira contribuição evidencia-se na capacidade de síntese do autor, que se preocupa em traçar o processo histórico de G……続きを見る

In the form of a sociological pilgrimage, this book approaches some topics essential to understanding the role of science in Latin America, juxtaposing several approaches and exploring three main li……続きを見る

In The Fernando Coronil Reader Venezuelan anthropologist Fernando Coronil challenges us to rethink our approaches to key contemporary epistemological, political, and ethical questions. Consisting of……続きを見る

Corruption is one of the most prominent issues in Latin American news cycles, with charges deciding the recent elections in Mexico, Brazil, and Guatemala. Despite the urgency of the matter, few rece……続きを見る

Publicado em 1920, 18 anos depois de Os sertões, de Euclides da Cunha, oferece uma fascinante visão dos diversos episódios que envolvem o beato Antônio Conselheiro, uma das figuras mais controversas……続きを見る

Few have a complete understanding of the recent history of Panama, markedly since the signing of the Carter–Torrijos Treaties in 1977. Although the Treaty set the stage for the country to finally co……続きを見る

Trail of Footprints offers an intimate glimpse into the commission, circulation, and use of indigenous maps from colonial Mexico. A collection of sixty largely unpublished maps from the late sixteen……続きを見る

Esta obra constituye una incitación al estudio del pensamiento cubano, a pensar desde lo pensado. En sus páginas se revelan componentes transferidos de una a otra época, el accionar de ideas con su ……続きを見る

En el libro se exponen momentos de mayor significación en el decurso de la historia de la bahía de Guantánamo, desde el arribo del conquistador español hasta el presente, como base militar estadouni……続きを見る

Profundizar en la historia de Nuestra América, en los hechos heroicos y en las grandes batallas militares y políticas que libraron nuestros libertadores es imprescindible, pero también es importante……続きを見る

Se trata de una exhaustiva investigación, reveladora de los pormenores de la trata africana y sus consecuencias en todos los ámbitos –sobre todo las implicaciones sociales y económicasー en América.……続きを見る

Con este libro el autor da continuidad al a otro de su autoría: Madre América: un siglo de violencia y dolor. Ahora presenta de manera cronológica algunos de los artículos que en la más reciente déc……続きを見る

Esta obra constituye una incitación al estudio del pensamiento cubano, a pensar desde lo pensado. En sus páginas se revelan componentes transferidos de una a otra época, el accionar de ideas con su ……続きを見る

El Diccionario en dos tomos es el resultado de una profunda investigación sin antecedentes en la región, sobre los pueblos originarios de Abya Yala –como los pueblos kuna de Panamá y Colombia denomi……続きを見る