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  • Colombia: Una nación a pesar de sí misma

    par David Bushnell ...
    Charles Bergquist, reconocido estudioso de temas colombianos, se ha referido a este trabajo de Bushnell como «un libro de historia atractivo tanto para especialistas como para el público lector. Sencillamente no conozco una investigación reciente sobre América Latina que sea tan útil y amena como este ensayo».Se trata de una completa síntesis que abarca desde el poblamiento del territorio ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Simón Bolívar, proyecto de América

    par David Bushnell ...
    Cada vez que aparece una nueva biografía del Libertador Simón Bolívar surge inevitablemente la pregunta: ¿hacía falta una más? Quizá la pregunta no es tan pertinente en Argentina, donde se publicó la primera edición de esta obra, pero sí lo es en cualquiera de los países de la antigua Gran Colombia, región donde abundan los libros sobre Bolívar. Podría inclusive resultar sospechoso el hecho de que ... En savoir plus

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  • The Making of Modern Colombia

    A Nation in Spite of Itself

    par David Bushnell ...
    Colombia's status as the fourth largest nation in Latin America and third most populous—as well as its largest exporter of such disparate commodities as emeralds, books, processed cocaine, and cut flowers—makes this, the first history of Colombia written in English, a much-needed book. It tells the remarkable story of a country that has consistently defied modern Latin American stereotypes—a ... En savoir plus

    $25.99 CAD

  • El Libertador:Writings of Simon Bolivar

    Writings of Simón Bolívar

    par Simon Bolivar ...
    Traduit par Fred Fornoff ...
    Collections series Library of Latin America
    General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington" of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. His victories over Spain won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Bolivar became Columbia's first president in 1819. In 1822, he became dictator of Peru. Upper Peru became a separate ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

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  • Aztec Thought and Culture

    A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind

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    par Miguel León-Portilla ...
    Collections series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    For at least two millennia before the advent of the Spaniards in 1519, there was a flourishing civilization in central Mexico. During that long span of time a cultural evolution took place which saw a high development of the arts and literature, the formulation of complex religious doctrines, systems of education, and diverse political and social organization.The rich documentation concerning ... En savoir plus

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  • Labyrinths

    par Jorge Luis Borges, André Maurois ...
    The classic by Latin America's finest writer of the twentieth century—a true literary sensation—with an introduction by cyber-author William Gibson.The groundbreaking trans-genre work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) has been insinuating itself into the structure, stance, and very breath of world literature for well over half a century. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • In Darkness and Secrecy

    The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia

    par Johannes Wilbert, Silvia M. Vidal ...
    In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or “dark shamanism.” Anthropological reflections on South American shamanism have tended to emphasize shamans’ healing powers and positive influence. This collection challenges that assumption by showing that dark shamans are, in many Amazonian cultures, quite different ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Violins of Saint-Jacques

    par Patrick Leigh Fermor ...
    On an Aegean island one summer, an English traveller meets an enigmatic elderly Frenchwoman. He is captivated by a painting she owns of a busy Caribbean port overlooked by a volcano, and, in time, she shares the story of her youth there in the early twentieth century.Set in the tropical luxury of the island of Saint-Jacques, hers is a tale of romantic intrigue and decadence amongst the descendents ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

    The ‘Great Pedestrian' of North and South America

    par Donald E Chipman, Ph.D. ...
    Collections Livre 21 - Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series
    Cabeza de Vaca’s mode of transportation, afoot on portions of two continents in the early decades of the sixteenth century, fits one dictionary definition of the word “pedestrian.” By no means, however, should the ancillary meanings of “commonplace” or “prosaic” be applied to the man, or his remarkable adventures. Between 1528 and 1536, he trekked an estimated 2,480 to 2,640 miles of North ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Based on a True Story

    Latin American History at the Movies

    Modifié par Donald F. Stevens ...
    Collections series Latin American Silhouettes
    Combining history with discussions of dramatic cinema, Based on a True Story: Latin American History at the Movies examines how film has portrayed Latin America from the late fifteenth century to the present. The book opens with an introduction on the visual presentation of the past in the movies, while the rest of the book consists of essays that explore the best feature films on Latin America ... En savoir plus

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  • Midnight Mass and Other Stories

    par Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ...
    Brazilian Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis was the finest storyteller of nineteenth-century Latin America. "Midnight Mass and Other Stories" offers a selection of Machado's tales, from the oft-translated and sly erotic title story, a classic of Brazilian literature, to such brief ironic tales, not previously translated into English, as "A Game," "Coimbra the Clerk," and "Sooner the Tarpeian Rock." ... En savoir plus

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  • The Geographies of Social Movements

    Afro-Colombian Mobilization and the Aquatic Space

    par Ulrich Oslender ...
    Collections series New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century
    In The Geographies of Social Movements Ulrich Oslender proposes a critical place perspective to examine the activism of black communities in the lowland rain forest of Colombia's Pacific Coast region. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in and around the town of Guapi, Oslender examines how the work of local community councils, which have organized around newly granted ethnic and land ... En savoir plus

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