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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction The poignant saga of Guatemala’s adoption industry: an international marketplace for children, built on a foundation of inequality, war, and Indigenous ……続きを見る

Somente é possível fazer uma história dos impressos levando em conta a desigualdade dos atores no jogo literário e os mecanismos de dominação que neles se manifestam. Violência e constrangimento tác……続きを見る

O segundo volume de História do Banditismo no Brasil é o encerramento de um projeto historiográfico que teve início em 2012, ou seja, há mais de uma década. Naquele momento, a ideia era reunir em um……続きを見る

¿Cómo fue esa década dorada en la que se democratizó el disfrute, las mujeres desafiaron las normas, la publicidad y el consumo se masificaron, la juventud descubrió una identidad propia y la modern……続きを見る

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The Aztec Empire did not fall simply because it was defeated in battle. It fell because it lost the ability to function. In the early sixteenth century, Tenochtitlan stood at the center of one of th……続きを見る

What does it take to destroy a civilization? In just two years, the Aztec Empire ー one of the most advanced and spiritually complex societies of the Americas ー collapsed under the pressure of inva……続きを見る

Was braucht es, um eine Zivilisation zu zerstören? Innerhalb von nur zwei Jahren brach das Aztekenreich zusammen ー eine der komplexesten und spirituell reichsten Gesellschaften Amerikas. Doch dies ……続きを見る

Tenochtitlan war keine verlorene Dschungelstadt. Sie war eines der größten und komplexesten urbanen Zentren der Welt. Errichtet auf einer Insel im Texcoco-See, bildete Tenochtitlan das Herz des Azte……続きを見る

Tenochtitlan was not a lost jungle city. It was one of the largest and most complex urban centers on Earth. Built on an island in Lake Texcoco, Tenochtitlan stood at the heart of the Aztec Empireーa……続きを見る

Over the centuries, from the transatlantic slave trade to voluntary mass migrations through the digital era, African cultural practices have taken root and transformed in the Americas. Even though A……続きを見る

¿Salvador o Dictador? La historia definitiva sobre el fenómeno político que sacude a América Latina. El Salvador ha pasado de ser la capital mundial de los homicidios a uno de los países más seguros……続きを見る

Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition is a firsthand account by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, detailing his journey through the Gulf Coast and the interior of what is now the southern United States and ……続きを見る

El ABC al Pueblo de Cuba. Manifiesto-Programa fue redactado en 1932 por Jorge Mañach, Joaquín Martínez Sáenz, Francisco Ichaso y Juan Andrés Lliteras, algunos ven en este documento, clave en la hist……続きを見る

In the 1920s, many of Cuba’s intellectuals, like Jorge Mañach, were confronted with how to deal with a new postcolonial universe whose neocolonial leanings were undeniable. A palpable unease runs th……続きを見る

"A beautiful book featuring intimate portrayals of a diverse group of Guatemalan artists and their works . . . [a] compelling presentation style." ー Library Journal Against the backdrop of Guatemal……続きを見る

From the Banana Zones to the Big Easy focuses on the immigration of West Indians and Central Americansーparticularly those of British West Indian descent from the Caribbean coastal areasーto New Orl……続きを見る

Historia natural y moral de las Indias, aparecido en Sevilla en 1590, es un tratado dedicado a la historia natural y moral del Nuevo Mundo. Es decir, a las costumbres y hechos de los indios. Para su……続きを見る

Specters of War explores mourning practices in postwar Central America, particularly in El Salvador and Guatemala. Ignacio Sarmiento delves into the intricate dynamics of grieving through an interdi……続きを見る

I am Blooded, and this is my creed. I am warrior, and this is my sword. I am shadow, and this is my cloak. I am darkness, bringer of light. The whisper in the wind. The order in the chaos. I am the ……続きを見る

Catholics and Political Violence in the Twentieth Century presents a historical reconstruction of the ways in which Catholics have justified the recourse to political violence during the twentieth c……続きを見る

In "The Panama Canal," Frederic J. Haskin delivers an exhaustive examination of one of the most monumental engineering feats of the 20th century, intertwining historical narrative with technical ins……続きを見る

Una pieza ensayística fundamental en la obra del escritor salvadoreño, encabezada por un ensayo que intenta dar respuestas a la vida y la muerte del poeta revolucionario Roque Dalton. Roque Dalton e……続きを見る

Este libro es el resultado de la extraordinaria investigación y rescate de más de un centenar de recetarios de todos los tiempos. Después del éxito de La comida en la historia argentina, Daniel Balm……続きを見る

Raising Two Fists is a historically grounded ethnography of Afro-Colombian political mobilization after the multicultural turn that swept Latin America in the 1990s, when states began to recognize a……続きを見る

The Second World War was a watershed moment in US–South American relations. Yet the Good Neighbor Policyーthe driving force behind many of the changes during this timeーremains underanalyzed, especi……続きを見る

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction The poignant saga of Guatemala’s adoption industry: an international marketplace for children, built on a foundation of inequality, war, and Indigenous ……続きを見る

El esmero de destacados intelectuales, artistas y políticos dio como resultado la creación de la Editorial Costa Rica (ECR) en 1959, un evento que simboliza el reconocimiento por parte del Estado de……続きを見る

This book explores the properties of space travel in the vicinity of strong gravitational fields. It is a concept approved by the American government. The book presents this concept to a general pub……続きを見る

Paco Ignacio Taibo II zeichnet in diesem Buch ein umfassendes Porträt der Yaqui, ihrer Geschichte und Kultur und schildert den 42 Jahre währenden bewaffneten Kampf der indigenen Guerilla-Einheiten u……続きを見る