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This volume is the first complete English translation and annotated study of Bartolomé de Las Casas’s important and provocative 1552 treatise commonly known as the Confesionario or Avisos y reglas. ……続きを見る

Cenários de implantação das ferrovias no mundo, a partir do século XIX, projetos e construções das pioneiras estradas férreas no Brasil, incluindo-se entre elas as do Rio Grande do Sul, constituem o……続きを見る

"Ele escolheu um continente inteiro para viver. Percorreu os quatro cantos das Américas, ora de barco, ora a cavalo e, principalmente, a pé. De 1838 a 1869, atravessou mares, desertos, florestas e m……続きを見る

Anarchists who supported the Cuban War for Independence in the 1890s launched a transnational network linking radical leftists from their revolutionary hub in Havana, Cuba to South Florida, Puerto R……続きを見る

State Formation in the Liberal Era offers a nuanced exploration of the uneven nature of nation making and economic development in Peru and Mexico. Zeroing in on the period from 1850 to 1950, the boo……続きを見る

An Affectionate Portrait Of Southern Mexico And Its 3000 Year Old Culture. "This engrossing study of southern Mexico, an area fabulous for what it has already yielded to devoted archaeologists, haun……続きを見る

"Fomos feitos de luz, além de carbono e oxigênio e morte e outras coisas, e enfim estamos aqui desde que a beleza do universo precisou de alguém que a visse". Frases como essa, incluídas nesta antol……続きを見る

Power in the Village explores the formation of late-nineteenth-century Italian rural society in southern Brazil, through an examination of how Italian peasants in northern Italy and southern Brazil ……続きを見る

The compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation's cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight Thirty years ago, most people were ready to give up on American cities……続きを見る

En general se conoce mal la perspectiva his- tórica de los indios precolombinos. Por una parte, debido a que casi toda se conservaba por medio de tradiciones orales que fueron perdién- dose en la me……続きを見る

A la llegada de los españoles a América existía una variedad de culturas aborígenes americanas con muy diferentes niveles de civilización. Establecidas unas en estratos muy primarios o intermedios d……続きを見る

Preocupado por las grandes proporciones que adquirieron las sublevaciones indígenas y atento a los efectos que pudiera producir la reciente emanci- pación norteamericana, el conde de Aranda, minis- ……続きを見る

A lo largo del presente siglo, las agitaciones sociales y los movimientos políticos nacionalistas y socialistas pro- vocaron una serie de tensiones situadas en Centroamérica (Guatemala, Panamá y Nic……続きを見る

El romanticismo generó dos tendencias estéticas: el moder- nismo (en Brasil se siguió el modelo francés y se designa este movimiento con el nombre de simbolismo) y el realismo natu- ralista. El mode……続きを見る

La literatura es, por definición, letra, escritu- ra, texto. En este sentido, las civilizaciones abo- rígenes de América carecieron de literatura. Constituyeron, en grado eminente, civilizacio- nes ……続きを見る

This edited volume’s chief aim is to bring together, in an English-language source, the principal histories and narratives of some of the most significant academies and national schools of art in So……続きを見る

This first part of an eight-volume reset edition, traces the evolution of imperial and colonial ideologies during the British colonization of America. It covers the period from the founding of the J……続きを見る

Publicado em 1995, este livro propôs pela primeira vez que o panorama militar depois do golpe de 1964 foi mais complexo do que propunha a literatura sobre o tema. Ao invés de aceitar a presença apen……続きを見る

Though still a relatively young field, the study of Latin American environmental history is blossoming, as the contributions to this definitive volume demonstrate. Bringing together thirteen leading……続きを見る

In "The Panama Canal," Frederic J. Haskin crafts a comprehensive examination of one of the most ambitious engineering feats of the 20th century. Combining meticulous historical research with vivid n……続きを見る

This book argues that during the Cuban Revolution (1952–1958), Fidel Castro, his allies, and members of the Movimiento 26 de Julio tapped into a larger network of transnational revolutionaries who s……続きを見る

Mi nuevo Método de Música enseña reajustes que optimizan la composición de partituras clásicas con la mejor manera de utilizar las claves musicales. Confirmo la eficacia de la nueva partitura para B……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre Cuba change. L’île révolutionnaire des Caraïbes n’est plus la citadelle castriste d’autrefois. L’espoir d’une levée progressive d……続きを見る

Latin America is a region of great diversity and a rich laboratory for understanding the processes of political development and their interaction with economic growth, social modernization, and cult……続きを見る

The tenth edition of Keen's Latin American Civilization inaugurates a new era in the history of this classic anthology by dividing it into two volumes. This first volume retains most of the colonial……続きを見る

This chronologically organized new text provides comprehensive historical coverage of Latin America's politics and development from colonial times to the twenty-first century. 続きを見る

This book brings together new research, analysis, and comparison on the dawn of modern urbanization in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Latin America. It offers a sense of what life was ……続きを見る

Kinship and Incestuous Crime in Colonial Guatemala examines social relations in colonial Guatemala through the lens of incest. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses of incest ……続きを見る

L'ouvrage d'Auguste Brougnes, 'Bases pour servir aux entreprises de colonisation dans les territoires nationaux d'Argentine', s'inscrit dans le cadre des réflexions sur la colonisation au XIXe siècl……続きを見る

When is military force an acceptable tool of foreign policy? Why do democracies use force against each other? David R. Mares argues that the key factors influencing political leaders in all types of……続きを見る