LLILAS Critical Reflections on Latin America Series – serie

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5 produkter

1. 

   Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala

   Av Edward F. Fischer, R. McKenna Brown

   Häftad, 1996

   273 kr

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   Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala marks a new era in Guatemalan studies by offering an up-to-the-minute look at the pan-Maya movement and the future of the Maya people as they struggle to regain control over their cultural destiny. The successful emergence of what is in some senses a nationalism …

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   Machado De Assis

   Reflections on a Brazilian Master Writer

   Av Richard Graham

   Häftad, 1999

   252 kr

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   Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908) never left Brazil and rarely traveled outside his native city of Rio de Janeiro, yet he is widely acknowledged by those who have read him as one of the major authors of the nineteenth century. His works are full of subtle irony, relentless psychological …

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   Idea of Race in Latin America, 1870-1940

   Av Richard Graham

   Häftad, 1990

   219 kr

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   From the mid-nineteenth century until the 1930s, many Latin American leaders faced a difficult dilemma regarding the idea of race. On the one hand, they aspired to an ever-closer connection to Europe and North America, where, during much of this period, "scientific" thought condemned nonwhite races …

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   Political Economy of Latin America in the Postwar Period

   Av Laura Randall

   Häftad, 1997

   361 kr

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   The historic and increasing interdependence of the Latin American and U.S. economies makes an understanding of the political economies of Latin American nations particularly timely and important. After World War II, many nations initially implemented import substituting industrialization policies. …

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   Second Conquest of Latin America

   Coffee, Henequen, and Oil During the Export Boom, 1850-1930

   Av Steven C. Topik, Allen Wells

   Häftad, 1998

   342 kr

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   Between 1850 and 1930, Latin America's integration into the world economy through the export of raw materials transformed the region. This encounter was nearly as dramatic as the conquistadors' epic confrontation with Native American civilizations centuries before. An emphasis on foreign markets …