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This collection of essays offers a fresh look at the 1970s, the crucial decade when the nuclear non-proliferation regime took shape. Exploring a broad array of newly declassified archival sources fr……続きを見る

This edited volume studies the relationship between big business and the Latin American dictatorial regimes during the Cold War. The first section provides a general background about the contemporar……続きを見る

O livro traduz de forma dinâmica o relatório de viagem produzido pelo capitão Francisco de Paula Castro durante a viagem exploratória realizada em 1884 pelos sertões do Brasil, logo após o término d……続きを見る

TREASURES... We all wish for a treasure, to search for it and fin it, there are still a great quantity of treasures; bured, walled in, hidden... dedication and some luck?... stories. 続きを見る

In "The Gilded Man (El Dorado)," Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier ventures into the rich tapestry of pre-Columbian America, exploring the myths and realities surrounding the legendary city of gold.……続きを見る

"Este libro es una obra colectiva de 112 mujeres que fueron presas políticas y estuvieron en cárceles de distintos puntos del país entre 1974 y 1983. Su originalidad radica también en el intento de ……続きを見る

La Florida del Inca es el título de un libro histórico-literario escrito por el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, el primer mestizo peruano e hispanoamericano de renombre intelectual. Fue publicada en 1605……続きを見る

The Aztecs went a long way from being nomads to city builders. Such a leap was not easily done so how did they do it? In this book, you will read about the history of the Aztec people. You will gain……続きを見る

Did you know that before Aristotle and Galileo there were the Mayans? The Mayans were an ancient civilization that once lived in Mexico. They were intelligent people who developed their own calendar……続きを見る

Did you know that the Inca road system was the most advanced in pre-Columbian South America? Read about how such an ancient civilization managed to create a complex road system. Who planned it all o……続きを見る

Read about the features of the Mayan civilization focused on writing, art, architecture and government. Understand the way of life of the ancient Mayans who lived around 4,000 years ago. Examine how……続きを見る

What was Aztec culture like? Use this book to examine the features of the Aztec empire particularly its aqueducts, art, architecture and society. Where did they live and what was their way of life l……続きを見る

The Incas lived between 1200 and 1535 AD in the Andes Mountains in South America. History has it that they lived simple lives but what that entails is discussed in this book for fourth graders. Exam……続きを見る

In 'A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Documents on Slavery,' Harriet Beecher Stowe provides readers with a wealth of historical documents and primary sources that influenced her seminal work, 'Uncle Tom's……続きを見る

Días de sumisión de Orlando Avendaño nos lleva a aquel 2 de febrero de 1999, cuando Fidel estuvo en el Palacio de Miraflores. Ya antes había visitado la sede de la presidencia de Venezuela; pero est……続きを見る

A groundbreaking historical narrative of corruption and economic success in Mexico Ethnic Entrepreneurs, Crony Capitalism, and the Making of the Franco-Mexican Elite provides a new way to understand……続きを見る

This book provides the first English translation of Argirópolis (1850) by the Argentine Domingo F. Sarmiento, one of the most important political and cultural figures of nineteenth-century Latin Ame……続きを見る

A concise history of the Caribbean's long and fascinating history, from pre-contact civilisations to the present day This is a concise history, intended for travellers, but of inestimable value to a……続きを見る

This book investigates how minorities contributed to medieval society, comparing these contributions to majority society’s perceptions of the minority. In this volume the contributors define ‘minori……続きを見る

This Palgrave Pivot offers a comprehensive portrayal of the development of sociology in Argentina from the mid-1950s to the present day. This first long-term account in English maps the discipline’s……続きを見る

The Politics of Transnational Actors in Latin America: Power from Afar explores the important issues of transnational actors and their influence on institutions and people in Latin America, raising ……続きを見る

The term cacica was a Spanish linguistic invention, the female counterpart to caciques, the Arawak word for male indigenous leaders in Spanish America. But the term’s meaning was adapted and manipul……続きを見る

This book presents a cultural history of Latin America as seen through a symbolic good and a practice – the book, and the act of publication – two elements that have had an irrefutable power in shap……続きを見る

Con algo de demora respecto a lo acontecido en otras latitudes, finalmente, la historia del tiempo presente ha desembarcado en México. Este libro exhibe el esfuerzo por delimitar y construir un camp……続きを見る

This volume describes the construction of the territorial identity of the southern end of South America and analyzes the cartographic territorialization of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the “Terra……続きを見る

En la actualidad prevalece la idea de que la historia colonial hispanoamericana y la historia global constituyen áreas de estudio con poca relación, gestadas en circunstancias historiográficas difer……続きを見る

Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coping with Calamity explores the relationship between natural disasters and civil society, immigration and diaspora communities and the long-te……続きを見る

José Antonio Anzoátegui y Hernández nació en Barcelona, hoy Estado Anzoátegui, Venezuela, 14 de noviembre de 1789 y murió en Pamplona, Colombia, 15 de noviembre de 1819 fue un militar y uno de los m……続きを見る

El triunfo electoral de Hugo Chávez y su llegada al poder en 1998 transformaron a Venezuela, en nombre de la utopía, en un infierno social. El llamado socialismo del siglo XXI dejó al país en es……続きを見る

The curious tale of two priest impersonators in late colonial Mexico Cut loose from their ancestral communities by wars, natural disasters, and the great systemic changes of an expanding Europe, vag……続きを見る