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  • International Women's Year

    The Greatest Consciousness-Raising Event in History

    par Jocelyn Olcott ...
    Amid the geopolitical and social turmoil of the 1970s, the United Nations declared 1975 as International Women's Year. The capstone event, a two-week conference in Mexico City, was dubbed by organizers and journalists as "the greatest consciousness-raising event in history." The event drew an all-star cast of characters, including Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, Iranian Princess Ashraf ... En savoir plus

    $26.39 CAD

  • A Century of Revolution

    Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America's Long Cold War

    par Emily S. Rosenberg, Friedrich Katz, Jocelyn Olcott ...
    Collections series American Encounters/Global Interactions
    Latin America experienced an epochal cycle of revolutionary upheavals and insurgencies during the twentieth century, from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 through the mobilizations and terror in Central America, the Southern Cone, and the Andes during the 1970s and 1980s. In his introduction to A Century of Revolution, Greg Grandin argues that the dynamics of political violence and terror in Latin ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

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  • Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    par Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz ...
    “Masterly. . . . The complexities of Mexico’s ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.” —Library JournalMichael D. Coe’s Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region’s ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz.The seventh edition incorporates new ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Conquest of the Aztecs: The Lives and Legacies of Cortés, Montezuma, and the Aztec Empire

    par Charles River Editors ...
    From the moment Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés first found and confronted them, the Aztecs have fascinated the world, and they continue to hold a unique place both culturally and in pop culture. Nearly 500 years after the Spanish conquered their mighty empire, the Aztecs are often remembered today for their major capital, Tenochtitlan, as well as being fierce conquerors of the Valley of Mexico ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD

  • Two Nations Indivisible

    Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead

    par Shannon K. O'Neil ...
    Five freshly decapitated human heads are thrown onto a crowded dance floor in western Mexico. A Mexican drug cartel dismembers the body of a rival and then stitches his face onto a soccer ball. These are the sorts of grisly tales that dominate the media, infiltrate movies and TV shows, and ultimately shape Americans' perception of Mexico as a dangerous and scary place, overrun by brutal drug lords ... En savoir plus

    $24.79 CAD

  • 2012 and the End of the World

    The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse

    par Matthew Restall, Amara Solari ...
    Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in December of 2012? If not, how and why has 2012 millenarianism gained such popular appeal? In this deeply knowledgeable book, two leading historians of the Maya answer these questions in a succinct, readable, and accessible style. Matthew Restall and Amara Solari introduce, explain, and ultimately demystify the 2012 phenomenon. They begin by ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century

    Updated and Revised Edition

    par Luis Alberto Romero ...
    Traduit par James P. Brennan ...
    A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century, originally published in Buenos Aires in 1994, attained instant status as a classic. Written as an introductory text for university students and the general public, it is a profound reflection on the “Argentine dilemma” and the challenges that the country faces as it tries to rebuild democracy. Luis Alberto Romero brilliantly and painstakingly ... En savoir plus

    $42.39 CAD

  • Last Dance in Havana

    par Eugene Robinson ...
    In power for forty-four years and counting, Fidel Castro has done everything possible to define Cuba to the world and to itself -- yet not even he has been able to control the thoughts and dreams of his people. Those thoughts and dreams are the basis for what may become a post-Castro Cuba. To more fully understand the future of America's near neighbor, veteran reporter Eugene Robinson knew exactly ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Dancing the New World

    Aztecs, Spaniards, and the Choreography of Conquest

    par Paul A. Scolieri ...
    Collections series Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation
    Winner, Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize in Dance Research, 2014Honorable Mention, Sally Banes Publication Prize, American Society for Theatre Research, 2014de la Torre Bueno® Special Citation, Society of Dance History Scholars, 2013From Christopher Columbus to “first anthropologist” Friar Bernardino de Sahagún, fifteenth- and sixteenth-century explorers, conquistadors, clerics, scientists, and ... En savoir plus

    $55.99 CAD

  • Cañar

    A Year in the Highlands of Ecuador

    par Judy Blankenship ...
    Once isolated from the modern world in the heights of the Andean mountains, the indigenous communities of Ecuador now send migrants to New York City as readily as they celebrate festivals whose roots reach back to the pre-Columbian past. Fascinated by this blending of old and new and eager to make a record of traditional customs and rituals before they disappear entirely, photographer-journalist ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • Intimate Enemies

    Landowners, Power, and Violence in Chiapas

    par Aaron Bobrow-Strain ...
    Intimate Enemies is the first book to explore conflicts in Chiapas from the perspective of the landed elites, crucial but almost entirely unexamined actors in the state’s violent history. Scholarly discussion of agrarian politics has typically cast landed elites as “bad guys” with predetermined interests and obvious motives. Aaron Bobrow-Strain takes the landowners of Chiapas seriously, asking why ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • Violent Democracies in Latin America

    par Neil L. Whitehead, Jo Ellen Fair, Leigh A. Payne ...
    Collections series The Cultures and Practice of Violence
    Despite recent political movements to establish democratic rule in Latin American countries, much of the region still suffers from pervasive violence. From vigilantism, to human rights violations, to police corruption, violence persists. It is perpetrated by state-sanctioned armies, guerillas, gangs, drug traffickers, and local community groups seeking self-protection. The everyday presence of ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD