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  • The Regime of Anastasio Somoza, 1936-1956

    par Knut Walter ...
    To many observers, Anastasio Somoza, who ruled Nicaragua from 1936 until his assassination in 1956, personified the worst features of a dictator. While not dismissing these characteristics, Knut Walter argues that the regime was in fact more notable for its achievement of stability, economic growth, and state building than for its personalistic and dictatorial features. Using a wide range of ... En savoir plus

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    par Leonardo Padura ...
    Traduit par Peter Bush ...
    Collections series Mario Conde Investigates
    The first book in this series, Havana Red, is the best selling Bitter Lemon title. Prize winning novel. Beautiful, sexy rendition of life in Cuba in mystery format. But also a deep, cutting, yet uncensored critique of the Cuban regime from within. Padura has elected to stay, remains in love with his country yet is open eyed about the failings of the government. A unique perspective. Sold 80,000 in ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Mayan Empire - Uncovering The Mysteries of The Maya

    Forgotten Empires Series, #2

    par Peter Delagio ...
    Collections Livre 2 - Forgotten Empires Series
    The Mayan EmpireUncovering The Mysteries of Maya (Forgotten Empires Series)The Mayan culture is utterly fascinating and holds many mysterious secrets. In this book you will discover all about the advances that were made by the Mayan civilization, as well as the possibilities that they knew more than we know today!From their pyramids to the infamous Mayan calendar, their ancient writings and ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Paper Cadavers

    The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala

    par Kirsten Weld ...
    Collections series American Encounters/Global Interactions
    In Paper Cadavers, an inside account of the astonishing discovery and rescue of Guatemala's secret police archives, Kirsten Weld probes the politics of memory, the wages of the Cold War, and the stakes of historical knowledge production. After Guatemala's bloody thirty-six years of civil war (1960–1996), silence and impunity reigned. That is, until 2005, when human rights investigators stumbled on ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Intimate Activism

    The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua

    par Cymene Howe ...
    Intimate Activism tells the story of Nicaraguan sexual-rights activists who helped to overturn the most repressive antisodomy law in the Americas. The law was passed shortly after the Sandinistas lost power in 1990 and, to the surprise of many, was repealed in 2007. In this vivid ethnography, Cymene Howe analyzes how local activists balanced global discourses regarding human rights and identity ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • In the Shadow of Melting Glaciers

    Climate Change and Andean Society

    par Mark Carey ...
    Climate change is producing profound changes globally. Yet we still know little about how it affects real people in real places on a daily basis because most of our knowledge comes from scientific studies that try to estimate impacts and project future climate scenarios. This book is different, illustrating in vivid detail how people in the Andes have grappled with the effects of climate change ... En savoir plus

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  • Famous Sea Fights

    par John Richard Hale ...
    Three hundred years ago Francis Bacon wrote, amongst other wise words: "To be Master of the Sea is an Abridgement of Monarchy.... The Bataille of Actium decided the Empire of the World. The Bataille of Lepanto arrested the Greatnesse of the Turke. There be many Examples where Sea-Fights have been Finall to the Warre. But this much is certaine; that hee that commands the Sea is at great liberty, ... En savoir plus

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  • Conflict in the Early Americas

    An Encyclopedia of the Spanish Empire's Aztec, Incan, and Mayan Conquests

    Modifié par Rebecca M. Seaman ...
    This detailed study is the only reference work of its kind to address Spain's conquest of Central and South America, providing in-depth coverage of native and European ideologies, political motivations, and cultural practices of the region.As the study of world history evolves from a Eurocentric perspective to a more global viewpoint, formerly marginalized groups are now the focus of discussion, ... En savoir plus

    $120.99 CAD

  • Translated Christianities

    Nahuatl and Maya Religious Texts

    par Mark Z. Christensen ...
    Collections series Latin American Originals
    Beginning in the sixteenth century, ecclesiastics and others created religious texts written in the native languages of the Nahua and Yucatec Maya. These texts played an important role in the evangelization of central Mexico and Yucatan. Translated Christianities is the first book to provide readers with English translations of a variety of Nahuatl and Maya religious texts. It pulls Nahuatl and ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • The 2 Stepfathers of the Country

    par Kevin Cantillano ...
    It's the 1980s, a new generation of young men were drafted into a civil war in their home country, Nicaragua. A country known to be the country of war because of its long history or turmoil and economic depression because of the many civil war caused by its own government. Nicaragua would be recognized in the civil war between the Contras and the Sandinistas, which went on to become the most ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Satyricon Petronius

    par Alfred R. Allinson ...
    The Satyricon Of PetroniusTranslated and Introduced by Alfred R. AllinsonA satirical trip through the underbelly of Neros' Rome, with many details of the classical pagan religious treatment of sexuality."Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose and poetry. It is believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author ... En savoir plus

    $4.11 CAD

  • The Mayan Enigma

    par Conrad Samayoa ...
    While studying the Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the Guatemalan Maya in the Newberry Library in Chicago, two archeologists stumble upon a hidden message embeded in the text.Unknown to them, using a snitch, a French pharmaceutical mogul discover their finding. He is lead to believe that the professors found the cure for a mortal disease. The industrialist hires a hit man to steal the formula at all ... En savoir plus

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