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  • Chilean Voices

    activists describe their experiences of the popular unity period

    par Colin Henfrey, Bernardo Sorj ...
    Each interview focuses on the field in which the speaker was most active. The number of interviews in each field reflects its relative importance: three for industry, two for the country side and one each for the shantytowns and the universities. In the case of industry, anything less could scarcely have conveyed the range of views on its key issues, such as workers’ participation: hence the three ... En savoir plus

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  • The Last Days of the Incas

    par Kim MacQuarrie ...
    The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers.In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

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  • El Alto, Rebel City

    Self and Citizenship in Andean Bolivia

    par Sian Lazar, Walter D. Mignolo, Irene Silverblatt, Sonia Saldívar-Hull ...
    Collections series Latin America Otherwise
    Combining anthropological methods and theories with political philosophy, Sian Lazar analyzes everyday practices and experiences of citizenship in a satellite city to the Bolivian capital of La Paz: El Alto, where more than three-quarters of the population identify as indigenous Aymara. For several years, El Alto has been at the heart of resistance to neoliberal market reforms, such as the export ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Hold Life Has

    Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community

    par Catherine J. Allen ...
    This second edition of Catherine J. Allen's distinctive ethnography of the Quechua-speaking people of the Andes brings their story into the present. She has added an extensive afterword based on her visits to Sonqo in 1995 and 2000 and has updated and revised parts of the original text. The book focuses on the very real problem of cultural continuity in a changing world, and Allen finds that the ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha

    par Susanna B. Hecht ...
    A "compelling and elegantly written" history of the fight for the Amazon basin and the work of a brilliant but overlooked Brazilian intellectual ( Times Literary Supplement, UK).The fortunes of the late nineteenth century's imperial powers depended on a single raw material—rubber—with only one source: the Amazon basin. This scenario ignited a decades-long conflict that found Britain, France, ... En savoir plus

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  • Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance 1864–70

    Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay & Argentina

    par Gabriele Esposito ...
    Collections series Men-at-Arms
    The War of the Triple Alliance is the largest single conflict in the history of South America.Drawing Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay into conflict the war was characterized by extraordinarily high casualty rates, and was to shape the future of an entire continent – depopulating Paraguay and establishing Brazil as the predominant military power.Despite the importance of the war, little ... En savoir plus

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  • Cape Horn

    par Felix Riesenberg ...
    Felix Riesenberg history of sea travel around Cape Horn. Begining with Magellan's magnificent discovery of the strait through to the Pacific at the tip of South America. It is difficult for us to comprehend the feat this was until we note that several other explorers attempted it, but few were able to conquer the incredible hardships, nor manage their men well enough to quell the mutinies. The ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Culture Wars in Brazil

    The First Vargas Regime, 1930–1945

    par Daryle Williams ...
    In Culture Wars in Brazil Daryle Williams analyzes the contentious politicking over the administration, meaning, and look of Brazilian culture that marked the first regime of president-dictator Getúlio Vargas (1883–1954). Examining a series of interconnected battles waged among bureaucrats, artists, intellectuals, critics, and everyday citizens over the state’s power to regulate and consecrate the ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD

  • Magellan: Conqueror of the Seas

    par Stefan Zweig, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul ...
    Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), the first to circumnavigate the globe, sailed on behalf of the Spanish monarch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and discovered the straights that now bear his name and the Philippines.“Magellan is written in a tone of astonished wonder... a persuasive and crisp portrait of Magellan... Stefan Zweig brings the story of Magellan to life.” — ... En savoir plus

    $13.73 CAD

  • Earth Politics

    Religion, Decolonization, and Bolivia's Indigenous Intellectuals

    par Waskar Ari ...
    Collections series Narrating native histories
    Earth Politics focuses on the lives of four indigenous activist-intellectuals in Bolivia, key leaders in the Alcaldes Mayores Particulares (AMP), a movement established to claim rights for indigenous education and reclaim indigenous lands from hacienda owners. The AMP leaders invented a discourse of decolonization, rooted in part in native religion, and used it to counter structures of internal ... En savoir plus

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  • The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822–1888

    par Ian Read ...
    Despite the inherent brutality of slavery, some slaves could find small but important opportunities to act decisively. The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822–1888 explores such moments of opportunity and resistance in Santos, a Southeastern township in Imperial Brazil. It argues that slavery in Brazil was hierarchical: slaves' fleeting chances to form families, work jobs that would not ... En savoir plus

    $82.99 CAD

  • The Lima Reader

    History, Culture, Politics

    Modifié par Carlos Aguirre, Charles F. Walker ...
    Collections series The Latin America Readers
    Covering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics, The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru’s capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that consider the social tensions and cultural heritages of the “City of Kings.” ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD