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In Outlawed, Daniel M. Goldstein reveals how indigenous residents of marginal neighborhoods in Cochabamba, Bolivia, struggle to balance security with rights. Feeling abandoned to the crime and viole……続きを見る

Brazilian Art under Dictatorship is a sophisticated analysis of the intersection of politics and the visual arts during the most repressive years of Brazil's military regime, from 1968 until 1975. R……続きを見る

Long Live Atahualpa is an innovative ethnographic study of indigenous political movements against discrimination in modern Ecuador. Exploring the politicizing of Indiannessーthe right of indigenous ……続きを見る

Beginning in the late 1970s, activists from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro challenged the conditionsーsuch as limited access to security, sanitation, public education, and formal employmentーthat sep……続きを見る

Durante os últimos trinta anos, o jornalista Elio Gaspari reuniu documentos até então inéditos e fez uma exaustiva pesquisa sobre o governo militar no Brasil. O resultado desse meticuloso trabalho g……続きを見る

A obra mais importante sobre a história recente do país em uma nova edição revista e ampliada. Durante os últimos trinta anos, o jornalista Elio Gaspari reuniu documentos até então inéditos e fez um……続きを見る

A obra mais importante sobre a história recente do país em uma nova edição revista e ampliada. Durante os últimos trinta anos, o jornalista Elio Gaspari reuniu documentos até então inéditos e fez um……続きを見る

A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres, During the years 1820 to 1825 At a time when the rich and fertile provinces of South America are daily becoming increased objects of commercial consideratio……続きを見る

For almost four centuries, the indigenous Chiripá (Guaraní) people of eastern Paraguay have maintained themselves as a distinct society and culture, despite continual and often intense relations wit……続きを見る

Este volume reúne uma seleção de artigos aparecidos em jornais do país ao longo de mais de vinte anos. A ideia de publicá-lo me ocorreu quando me dei conta do possível interesse, para o leitor, de t……続きを見る

A rich and wonderful history of quinine – the cure for malaria. In the summer of 1623, ten cardinals and hundreds of their attendants, engaged in electing a new Pope, died from the 'mal'aria' or 'ba……続きを見る

"Once again I repeat that I am not an impartial; objective critic. My judgments are nourished by my ideals, my sentiments, my passions. I have an avowed and resolute ambition: to assist in the creat……続きを見る

This collection of essays challenges long-entrenched ideas about the history, nature, and significance of the informal neighborhoods that house the vast majority of Latin America's urban poor. Until……続きを見る

O autor, relata as receitas marcantes na culinária da Bahia, em seu estudo aponta a grande relação existente entre a presença africana e a criação de u……続きを見る

Charles Walker examines the largest rebellion in the history of Spain's American empire, led by Latin America's most iconic revolutionary, Tupac Amaru, and his wife. It began in 1780 as a multiclass……続きを見る

At Home with the Patagonians : A Year's Wanderings over Untrodden Ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio Negro In submitting the following pages to the public, I am conscious that some reade……続きを見る

In the sixteenth century the King of Spain issued his soldiers with a three-pronged mission: to find gold, spread the word of Christianity and claim new territories for Spain. The Conquistadors, as ……続きを見る

Deep Down Dark is the novel that inspired the film The 33 starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo and Antonio Banderas. When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 201……続きを見る

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the increasingly important and controversial subject of race relations in Brazil. North American scholars of race relations frequently turn to B……続きを見る

Buying into the Regime is a transnational history of how Chilean grapes created new forms of consumption and labor politics in both the United States and Chile. After seizing power in 1973, Augusto ……続きを見る

The Colombian activist Juan Gregorio Palechor (1923–1992) dedicated his life to championing indigenous rights in Cauca, a department in the southwest of Colombia, where he helped found the Regional ……続きを見る

A biography of Borges, by his translator. Jorge Luis Borges, known as Georgie to his friends, married Elsa Astete Millán in 1967. Borges was sixty-eight years old at the time of the wedding; Elsa, a……続きを見る

Nos termos propostos em Nostalgia Imperial, a história do Império é a história da formação da matriz de civilização escravista da Nação. Matriz que perdurou, e se renovou ainda por muito tempo, em n……続きを見る

An adventure-filled and thought-provoking travelogue along Hunter S. Thompson's forgotten route through South America In 1963, twenty-five-year-old Hunter S. Thompson completed a yearlong journey ac……続きを見る

The Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema covers the long history of cinema in Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the nine Spanish-speaking countries. These films include Los tres berretines, P……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre Immense pays. Immenses ressources. Immenses défis. Pour le visiteur, condamné à ne découvrir qu’une infime partie de ce territoir……続きを見る

Across America : The Great West and the Pacific Coast Across America, from New York to San Francisco, may be roughly estimated as three thousand miles. The f……続きを見る

O livro apresenta não apenas a figura tradicional das Baianas do Acarajé, ou fala sobre esse quitute que ganho terras além do solo baiano. O autor realiza uma reflexão so……続きを見る

The topic of this book, the digital divide, refers to the unequal distribution of resources associated with information and communication technology between countries and within societies. We will e……続きを見る

The reemergence of China on the global stage is arguably one of the most important phenomena of our time. With its sustained high rates of economic growth, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has d……続きを見る