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  • Aztec Thought and Culture

    A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind

    Traducido por Jack Emory Davis ...
    de Miguel León-Portilla ...
    Series 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 ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

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  • The Return of Hans Staden

    A Go-between in the Atlantic World

    de Eve M. Duffy, Alida C. Metcalf ...
    Hans Staden’s sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinambá Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This retelling of the German sailor’s eyewitness account known as the True History shows both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world.Eve M. Duffy and Alida C. Metcalf carefully ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Our Own Backyard

    The United States in Central America, 1977-1992

    de William M. LeoGrande ...
    In this remarkable and engaging book, William LeoGrande offers the first comprehensive history of U.S. foreign policy toward Central America in the waning years of the Cold War. From the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua and the outbreak of El Salvador’s civil war in the late 1970s to the final regional peace settlements negotiated a decade later, he chronicles the dramatic struggles — ... Leer más

    $28.49 USD

  • The Making of Modern Colombia

    A Nation in Spite of Itself

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Real Life in Castro's Cuba

    de Catherine Moses ...
    Series series Latin American Silhouettes
    This new book provides a first-hand, grassroots look at life in Cuba, including very vivid descriptions of its people and places. Real Life in Castro's Cuba illuminates the human face of Cuba, which over the years has largely been hidden in the shadow of Fidel Castro. Real Life in Castro's Cuba is written by Catherine Moses, who lived and worked in Cuba as a press secretary and spokesperson for ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • Latin American Politics

    An Introduction

    de David Close ...
    Highlighting eleven different topics in separate chapters, the thematic approach of Latin American Politics offers students the conceptual tools they need to analyze the political systems of all twenty Latin American nations. Such a structure makes the book self-consciously comparative, allowing students to become stronger analysts of comparative politics and better political scientists in general ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Loquela

    de Carlos Labbé ...
    Traducido por Will Vanderhyden ...
    Playing with the form of a detective novel, Labbé investigates the nature and purpose of writing itself. ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Pillaging the Empire

    Global Piracy on the High Seas, 1500-1750

    de Kris E Lane ...
    Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world’s seas. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story of maritime predation in this period, including the perspectives of both pirates and their victims. Brushing aside the romantic legends of piracy, Kris Lane pays ... Leer más

    $66.99 USD

  • The Geographies of Social Movements

    Afro-Colombian Mobilization and the Aquatic Space

    de Ulrich Oslender ...
    Series 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 ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Enigma of Central America: Drug Highway of the Americas

    de Frank C. Newby ...
    The story of Central America is one of plunder and pillage by the nations of the world: The gunboat diplomacy of the United States; the influence of the CIA; the greed of giant international corporations; the tragedy of slavery and conquest.This part of the world has never known stability or peace. The Catholic Church and the melting pot of black, white, Spanish and Indian created strange creeds ... Leer más

    $7.95 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The History of the Catholic Church in Latin America

    From Conquest to Revolution and Beyond

    de John Frederick Schwaller ...
    An in-depth overview of how Catholicism became such a dominant force across America's southern cultural region.One cannot understand Latin America without understanding the history of the Catholic Church in the region. Catholicism has been predominant in Latin America and it has played a definitive role in its development. It helped to spur the conquest of the New World with its emphasis on ... Leer más

    $26.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Bartolomé de las Casas

    A Biography

    de Lawrence A. Clayton ...
    The Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas (1485–1566) was a prominent chronicler of the early Spanish conquest of the Americas, a noted protector of the American Indians and arguably the most significant figure in the early Spanish Empire after Christopher Columbus. Following an epiphany in 1514, Las Casas fought the Spanish control of the Indies for the rest of his life, writing vividly about ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD