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Merchant Adventurer
The Story of W. R. Grace
E-bok, 1993
739 kr
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This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic. Bloomsbury Academic publish acclaimed resources for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as the general reader, across a broad range of subjects including Archaeology, Art & Visual Culture, Biblical Studies, Business & Management, …
Redemptive Work
Railway and Nation in Ecuador, 1895-1930
Av Kim A. Clark
E-bok, 1998
418 kr
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A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book! Professor Kim Clark explores a time period and country for which little has been published in English. By studying the dimensions of politics and culture as one, Professor Clark argues that the local railroad case served as a demonstration of some of the problems …
Doing Business with the Dictators
A Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944
E-bok, 1993
610 kr
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The United Fruit Company (UFCO) developed an unprecedented relationship with Guatemala in the first half of this century. By 1944, UFCO owned 566,000 acres, employed 20,000 people, and operated 96% of Guatemala''s 719 miles of railroad, making the multinational corporation Guatemala''s largest …
Mexico's Cinema
A Century of Film and Filmmakers
Av Joanne Hershfield, David R. Maciel
E-bok, 1999
803 kr
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In recent years, Mexican films have received high acclaim and impressive box-office returns. Moreover, Mexico has the most advanced movie industry in the Spanish-speaking world, and its impact on Mexican culture and society cannot be overstated. Mexico''s Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers is …
Border Crossings
Mexican and Mexican-American Workers
E-bok, 1998
614 kr
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The history of Mexican and Mexican-American working classes has been segregated by the political boundary that separates the United States of America from the United States of Mexico. As a result, scholars have long ignored the social, cultural, and political threads that the two groups hold in …
Women Through Women's Eyes
Latin American Women in 19th Century Travel Accounts
E-bok, 1998
592 kr
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The nineteenth century was a period of peak popularity for travel to Latin America, where a new political independence was accompanied by loosened travel restrictions. Such expeditions resulted in numerous travel accounts, most by men. However, because this period was a time of significant change …
Revolutionizing Motherhood
The Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo
E-bok, 2002
608 kr
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Revolutionizing Motherhood examines one of the most astonishing human rights movements of recent years. During the Argentine junta''s Dirty War against subversives, as tens of thousands were abducted, tortured, and disappeared, a group of women forged the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and changed …
Riots in the Cities
Popular Politics and the Urban Poor in Latin America 1765-1910
Av Servando Ortoll, Silvia M. Arrom
E-bok, 1996
1766 kr
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The goal of Riots in the Cities, editors Silvia Marina Arrom and Servando Ortoll contend, is to encourage Latin Americanists to rethink standard notions of urban politics before the populist era. The actual political power wielded by the underprivileged city dwellers before the twentieth century …
Rituals of Rule, Rituals of Resistance
Public Celebrations and Popular Culture in Mexico
Av William H. Beezley, Cheryl E. Martin m. fl.
E-bok, 1994
596 kr
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This book presents readers with scholarship on public celebrations and popular culture throughout Mexican history. Leading scholars from the Americas and Great Britain discuss aspects of Mexico''s popular culture from the seventeenth century to the present. The vast range of Mexican expression is …
Undocumented in L.A.
An Immigrant's Story
E-bok, 1997
499 kr
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Her story is similar to those of the thousands of illegal immigrants who cross the border into America every day in search of political or economic refuge. In 1988, a woman in her late thirties named Yamileth obtains a passport, leaves her home, and makes a daring, dangerous trip from war-torn …
For la Patria
Politics and the Armed Forces in Latin America
E-bok, 2004
655 kr
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Defending ''la patria,'' or ''homeland,'' is the historical mission claimed by Latin American armed forces. For la Patria is a comprehensive narrative history of the military''s political role in Latin America in national defense and security. Latin American civil-military relations and the role of …
Impressions of Cuba in the Nineteenth Century
The Travel Diary of Joseph J. Dimock
E-bok, 2004
578 kr
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Joseph J. Dimock''s descriptions of Cuba in his travel diary provide a remarkable firsthand view of a fascinating period in the island''s history. In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States was pursuing manifest destiny. The war with Mexico had resulted in a vast increase of national …
Mexico in the 1940s
Modernity, Politics, and Corruption
E-bok, 1999
690 kr
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Attention to Mexico''s history after 1940 stands in the shadow of the country''s epic revolution of 1910-1923, and historians and scholars tend to bring their focus on Mexican history to a close with the end of the LOzaro COrdenas presidency in 1940. Mexico in the 1940s: Modernity, Politics, and …
Real Life in Castro's Cuba
E-bok, 1999
578 kr
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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 …
Divine Charter
Constitutionalism and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century Mexico
Häftad, 2007
806 kr
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Although Mexico began its national life in the 1821 as one of the most liberal democracies in the world, it ended the century with an authoritarian regime. Examining this defining process, distinguished historians focus on the evolution of Mexican liberalism from the perspectives of politics, the …
State Terrorism in Latin America
Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights
Inbunden, 2007
1750 kr
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Set in the larger context of the evolution of international human rights, this cogent book examines the tragic development and ultimate resolution of Latin America's human rights crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Thomas Wright focuses especially on state terrorism in Chile under General Augusto …
State Terrorism in Latin America
Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights
Häftad, 2006
617 kr
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Set in the larger context of the evolution of international human rights, this cogent book examines the tragic development and ultimate resolution of Latin America's human rights crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Thomas Wright focuses especially on state terrorism in Chile under General Augusto …
Women's Revolution in Mexico, 1910-1953
Av Stephanie Mitchell, Patience A. Schell
Häftad, 2006
617 kr
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This book reinvigorates the debate on the Mexican Revolution, exploring what this pivotal event meant to women. The contributors offer a fresh look at women's participation in their homes and workplaces and through politics and community activism. They show how women of diverse backgrounds with …
Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution
Häftad, 2006
756 kr
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The only substantive study of Plutarco El'as Calles and the Mexican Revolution, this book traces the remarkable life story of a complex and little-understood, yet key figure in Mexico's history. JYrgen Buchenau draws on a rich array of archival evidence from Mexico, the United States, and Europe to …
Francisco Solano López and the Ruination of Paraguay
Honor and Egocentrism
Häftad, 2007
756 kr
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The first serious biography of Francisco Solano López in English for decades, this richly researched book tells the dramatic story of Paraguay's most notorious ruler. Despite the heroic stature he gained after his death, López was a monumentally flawed leader who made the disastrous decisions in …
Brazil in the Making
Facets of National Identity
Av Carmen Nava, Ludwig Lauerhass Jr.
Häftad, 2006
557 kr
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This innovative volume traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. What shared experiences give its citizens their sense of being Brazilian? What memories bind them …
Addicted to Failure
U.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region
Inbunden, 2006
1559 kr
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For supplementary documentation and useful websites, click here.This perceptive book critically explores why the United States continues to pursue failed policies in Latin America. What elements of the U.S. and Latin American political systems have allowed the Cold War, the war on drugs, and the …
Addicted to Failure
U.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region
Häftad, 2006
712 kr
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For supplementary documentation and useful websites, click here.This perceptive book critically explores why the United States continues to pursue failed policies in Latin America. What elements of the U.S. and Latin American political systems have allowed the Cold War, the war on drugs, and the …
Hacienda and Market in Eighteenth-Century Mexico
The Rural Economy of the Guadalajara Region, 1675-1820
Häftad, 2006
806 kr
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This classic history of the Mexican hacienda from the colonial period through the nineteenth century has been reissued in a silver anniversary edition complete with a substantive new introduction and foreword. Eric Van Young explores 150 years of Mexico's economic and rural development, a period …
Hacienda and Market in Eighteenth-Century Mexico
The Rural Economy of the Guadalajara Region, 1675-1820
Inbunden, 2006
1896 kr
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This classic history of the Mexican hacienda from the colonial period through the nineteenth century has been reissued in a silver anniversary edition complete with a substantive new introduction and foreword. Eric Van Young explores 150 years of Mexico's economic and rural development, a period …
Artifacts of Revolution
Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City, 1920–1940
Inbunden, 2008
1605 kr
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This innovative history argues that we can understand important facets of the Mexican Revolution by analyzing the architecture designed and built in Mexico City during the formative years from 1920 to 1940. These artifacts allow us to trace and understand the path of the consolidation of the …
Vagrants and Citizens
Politics and the Masses in Mexico City from Colony to Republic
Häftad, 2007
588 kr
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This acclaimed book explores popular politics during Mexico's tumultuous post-independence decades. Focusing on Mexico City during the chaotic early years of the nineteenth century, Richard Warren offers a compelling narrative of the defining period from King Ferdinand VII's abdication of the …
Birth of Modern Mexico, 1780–1824
Häftad, 2007
646 kr
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The Birth of Modern Mexico, 1780–1824 investigates the roots of the Mexican Independence era from a variety of perspectives. The essays in this volume link the pre-1810 late Bourbon period to the War of Independence (1810–1821), analyze many crucial aspects of the decade of conflict, and illustrate …
Simón Bolívar
Essays on the Life and Legacy of the Liberator
Inbunden, 2008
1605 kr
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Simón Bolívar was without a doubt the most famous and most controversial leader of the Spanish American wars of independence. Much is known of his biography: he led an army that liberated an expanse of South America equivalent to that conquered by Napoleon; crafted the union of Venezuela, New …
State Governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1952
Portraits in Conflict, Courage, and Corruption
Av Jürgen Buchenau, William H. Beezley
Inbunden, 2009
1750 kr
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This unique book traces Mexico's eventful years from 1910 to 1952 through the experiences of its state governors. During this seminal period, revolutionaries destroyed the old regime, created a new national government, built an official political party, and then discarded in practice the essence of …
