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INDICE CAPITULO I A emigração de trabalhadores para o Brazil e os salarios de cá e de lá. Os artistas e os salarios. O lado economico. O clima aos olhos do homem pratico e do homem de sciencia. O cl……続きを見る

Originally published in 1847, History of the Conquest of Peru, a companion volume to William H. Prescott's masterly History of the Conquest of Mexico, continues his vivid chronicle of Spanish exploi……続きを見る

An eye-opening examination of Latin America**'s role as proving ground for** U.S. imperial strategies and tactics In recent years, one book after another has sought to take the measure of the Bush a……続きを見る

By the mid-twentieth century, Eastern European Jews had become one of Argentina's largest minorities. Some represented a wave of immigration begun two generations before; many settled in the provinc……続きを見る

Autos and Progress reinterprets twentieth-century Brazilian history through automobiles, using them as a window for understanding the nation's struggle for modernity in the face of its massive ……続きを見る

Winner, Bolton-Johnson Prize, Conference on Latin American History, 2011 Murdo J. McLeod Book Prize, 2011 On the eastern coast of Brazil, facing westward across a wide magnificent bay, lies Salvador……続きを見る

Pablo Escobar Pablo Escobar (disambiguation) Colombian people Drug lord Cocaine Illegal drug trade Rionegro Smuggling University of Antioquia Fabio Ochoa Restrepo The Bahamas Robert Vesco Hacienda N……続きを見る

The Inka empire was the largest pre-Columbian polity in the New World. Its vast expanse, its ethnic diversity, and the fact that the empire may have been consolidated in less than a century have pro……続きを見る

The Inka Empire stretched over much of the length and breadth of the South American Andes, encompassed elaborately planned cities linked by a complex network of roads and messengers, and created ast……続きを見る

Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos provides a fascinating glimpse inside his country's meteoric rise on the world stage. A leader in the underground resistance movement against Augusto Pinochet ……続きを見る

La estancia colonial rioplatense integra evocaciones y crónicas de algunas estancias fundadas en la época colonial, ese subsuelo histórico tan poco difundido, no obstante ser el fundamento económico……続きを見る

The first full-length study of a significant figure of the Spanish Enlightenment Latin American independence histories of the last 150 years have tended to stereotype Captain General Bustamante, gov……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS (abridged list) Chapter I Early history ー State of the country ー Indian races ー Characteristics of the different tribes ー ……続きを見る

Euclides da Cunha's classic account of the brutal campaigns against religious mystic Antonio Conselheiro has been called the Bible of Brazilian nationality. "Euclides da Cunha went on the campaigns ……続きを見る

For almost 43 years three school notebooks lay in obscurity in the County Armagh home of sixty two-year old James McRoberts. The closely filled pages recorded just over two years in his life in unif……続きを見る

While it now attracts many tourists, the Colca Valley of Peru’s southern Andes was largely isolated from the outside world until the 1970s, when a passable road was built linking the valleyーand its……続きを見る

Fútbol, or soccer as it is called in the United States, is the most popular sport in the world. Millions of people schedule their lives and build identities around it. The World Cup tournament, play……続きを見る

In this pathbreaking history, Donna J. Guy shows how feminists, social workers, and female philanthropists contributed to the emergence of the Argentine welfare state through their advocacy of child……続きを見る

Kristian GustafsonÆs Hostile Intent reexamines one of the most controversial chapters in U.S. intelligence history, the Central Intelligence Agency's covert operations in Chile from 1964 to 1974. At……続きを見る

Iconic author, poet and anthropologist Hugh Fox was connecting the dots on contacts between the ancient cultures, across the globe, in prehistoric and post-Flood eras long before recent evidence sur……続きを見る

"I love that this book is the real deal. A truly unique and informative read." ー Texas Kitchen and Garden and More Originally written in the Aztec language, Nahuatl, in 1552, this classic codex was……続きを見る

"... el periodismo me llevó a conocer en persona a Perón y también por oficio fue que a su muerte, 1974, siendo corresponsal en Madrid, me inquietase conocer qué datos, qué secretos rodearon el últi……続きを見る

In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, an ordinary man fac……続きを見る

O autor apresenta um estudo etnográfico de povos de Iaueretê (Tariano e Tukano), no Alto Rio Negro, detendo-se nas transformações sociais que vêm sofrendo em função do contato com o homem branco. O ……続きを見る

As relações luso-brasileiras: A immigração e a «desnacionalização» do Brasil INDICE Introducção I A proposta Consiglieri Pedroso II O problema luso-brasileiro III O supposto perigo IV Os estrangeiro……続きを見る

Inca Empire Quechua languages Pre-Columbian era Cusco Peru Andean civilizations Andes Ecuador Chile Colombia Argentina Bolivia Huaca Inti Pachamama Sapa Inca Solar deity Pachacuti Topa Inca Yupanqui……続きを見る

To many foreigners, Colombia is a nightmare of drugs and violence. Yet normal life goes on there, and, in Bogotá, it's even possible to forget that war still ravages the countryside. This paradox of……続きを見る

In this masterpiece about Trinidad, the Nobel Prize-winning author has “given us a lesson in history [and] shown us how it is best written” (The New York Times). The history of Trinidad begins with ……続きを見る

Thomas Gregor sees the Mehinaku Indians of central Brazil as performers of roles, engaged in an ongoing improvisational drama of community life. The layout of the village and the architecture of the……続きを見る

From the Mines to the Streets draws on the life of Félix Muruchi to depict the greater forces at play in Bolivia and elsewhere in South America during the last half of the twentieth century. It trac……続きを見る