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9 produkter
Politics of Heaven
America in Fearful Times
Av Earl Shorris
Inbunden, 2007
278 kr
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The movement transcends political parties, has no formal structure, no acknowledged leaders, and no sworn loyalty except to God, whose will it interprets according to its fears and desires. Yet it is not an abstraction. It elects our presidents and legislatures and informs their decisions while in …
Under the Fifth Sun
A Novel of Pancho Villa
Av Earl Shorris
Häftad, 1993
493 kr
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Told from the point of view of an ancient shaman, this is the dark and mystical story of Mexico's greatest revolutionary general, Pancho Villa. Shedding the Hollywood mantle of the drunken, womanizing bandit-turned-hero, the Villa who comes to life in this extraordinary novel is part man and part …
Riches for the Poor
The Clemente Course in the Humanities
Av Earl Shorris
Häftad, 2000
292 kr
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"Rich people learn the humanities; you didn't. . . . It is generally accepted in America that the liberal arts and humanities in particular belong to the elite. I think you're the elite." In this groundbreaking work, Shorris examines the nature of poverty in America today. Why are people poor, and …
Latinos
A Biography of the People
Av Earl Shorris
Häftad, 2001
412 kr
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They are sometimes called the people who died twice, once at the hands of the Spaniards and their brutal process of civilization, then at the hands of Anglos, practicing a subtler exploitation. They are Latinos, the fastest-growing minority in the United States. Earl Shorris's deeply moving …
In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature, Pre-Columbian to the Present
Av Miguel Leon-Portilla, Earl Shorris
Häftad, 2002
555 kr
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Nation of Salesmen
The Tyranny of the Market and the Subversion of Culture
Av Earl Shorris
Häftad, 1980
314 kr
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In this groundbreaking book on the nature and meaning of the sale, Earl Shorris takes us on a journey that starts in Eden and comes at last to a consideration of where we are and what we have become by the late twentieth-century, when selling finally became the dominant human activity. Shorris …
In the Yucatan
A Novel
Av Earl Shorris
Häftad, 2000
290 kr
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In the central Yucatan a group of Maya Indian workers revolt against the corrupt oligarchy of government, business, the official union, and the press. Two young men—a traditional Maya leader and a Mexican-American lawyer—are drawn into ever deeper commitment to the struggle. When they are caught in …
Art of Freedom
Teaching the Humanities to the Poor
Av Earl Shorris
Inbunden, 2013
232 kr
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Seeking answers to the toughest questions about poverty in the United States, Earl Shorris had looked everywhere. At last, one resounding answer came from a conversation with a woman in a maximum-security prison: the difference between rich and poor is the humanities. Shorris took that idea and …
Life and Times of Mexico
Av Earl Shorris
Häftad, 2006
234 kr
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The Life and Times of Mexico is a grand narrative driven by 3,000 years of history: the Indian world, the Spanish invasion, Independence, the 1910 Revolution, the tragic lives of workers in assembly plants along the border, and the experiences of millions of Mexicans who live in the United States. …
