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  • Crisis in Costa Rica

    The 1948 Revolution

    by John Patrick Bell ...
    Series series LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
    The Costa Rican revolution of 1948 capped an extended period of social tension and political unrest. This book analyzes the circumstances of 1940–1948 that led to a successful armed uprising. A secondary and related theme is the role of José Figueres Ferrer in marshaling disparate groups into a movement sufficiently cohesive to seize and hold power.In the 1940s the Communists, the Social Democrats ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Path Between the Seas

    The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

    by David McCullough ...
    The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that transformed global trade routes and shaped modern American history, as told by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master historian David McCullough.A national bestseller and testament to human determination, The Path Between the Seas tells the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Art of Political Murder

    Who Killed the Bishop?

    by Francisco Goldman ...
    In this New York Times Notable Book, the Pulitzer Prize–finalist undertakes his own investigation into the murder of a Guatemalan bishop.Named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post Book World , the Chicago Tribune , the Economist , and the San Francisco ChronicleTwo days after releasing a groundbreaking church-sponsored report implicating the military in the murders and disappearances of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean

    by Herbert S. Klein, Ben Vinson, III ...
    This is an original survey of the economic and social history of slavery of the Afro-American experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. The focus of the book is on the Portuguese, Spanish, and French-speaking regions of continental America and the Caribbean. It analyzes the latest research on urban and rural slavery and on the African and Afro-American experience under these regimes. It ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Intimate Activism

    The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua

    by 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 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • 4th Grade History: Ancient Civilizations

    Fourth Grade Books for Kids

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Ancient History Books
    Ancient civilizations is one 4th grade subject that can be quite difficult to understand just be reading texts. The good news is history picture books exist and they are a joy to study. Pictures provide visual representations of the past. They're easy to remember compared to blocks of text that may not be as descriptive as photos. Order your copy today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Elders Teach Us

    Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspectives

    by Allan Burns, David Carey Jr. ...
    Series series Contemporary American Indian Studies
    Where Maya voices reclaim their history and reshape our understanding of the past.Combining the methodologies of anthropology and history, Carey uses both oral interviews and meticulous archival research to construct a history of the last 130 years in Guatemala from the perspective of present-day Mayan people. His research took place over five years, including intensive language study, four ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • For All of Humanity

    Mesoamerican and Colonial Medicine in Enlightenment Guatemala

    by Martha Few ...
    Smallpox, measles, and typhus. The scourges of lethal disease—as threatening in colonial Mesoamerica as in other parts of the world—called for widespread efforts and enlightened attitudes to battle the centuries-old killers of children and adults. Even before edicts from Spain crossed the Atlantic, colonial elites oftentimes embraced medical experimentation and reform in the name of the public ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • History of the Maya

    by Njord Kane ...
    Definitively tracing the evolution and history of the Maya civilization from the arrival of migrating 'first peoples' to the end of the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican World with the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. A span of some thousands of years are concisely covered in one volume in a thorough study of the evolution of a complex Maya society. A new world of understanding about the ancient ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Conflict in the Early Americas

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

    Edited by 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, ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • The Catholic Church and Democracy in Chile and Peru

    by Michael Fleet, Brian H. Smith ...
    Series series Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
    Recent changes imposed by the Vatican may redefine the Chilean and Peruvian Church's involvement in politics and social issues. Fleet and Smith argue that the Vatican has been moving to restrict the Chilean and Peruvian Church's social and political activities. Fleet and Smith have gathered documentary evidence, conducted interviews with Catholic elites, and compiled surveys of lay Catholics in ... Read more

    $33.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reimagining National Belonging

    Post-Civil War El Salvador in a Global Context

    by Robin Maria DeLugan ...
    Reimagining National Belonging is the first sustained critical examination of post–civil war El Salvador. It describes how one nation, after an extended and divisive conflict, took up the challenge of generating social unity and shared meanings around ideas of the nation. In tracing state-led efforts to promote the concepts of national culture, history, and identity, Robin DeLugan highlights the ... Read more

    $19.49 USD