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Bitter Fruit
The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded
Av Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer
Häftad, 2005
230 kr
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Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third …
Politics of Ethnicity
Indigenous Peoples in Latin American States
Häftad, 2003
227 kr
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The indigenous people of the hemisphere have resisted a five-hundred-year assault, fighting to maintain their cultural identities. During this time, authorities in the Americas have insisted that the toleration of indigenous societies and cultures would undermine their respective states. In recent …
Passing Lines
Sexuality and Immigration
Av Brad Epps, Keja Valens m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
220 kr
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Passing Lines seeks to stimulate dialogue on the role of sexuality and sexual orientation in immigration to the U.S. from Latin America and the Caribbean. The book looks at the complexities, inconsistencies, and paradoxes of immigration from the point of view of both academics and practitioners in …
Philanthropy and Social Change in Latin America
Av Cynthia Sanborn, Felipe Portocarrero
Häftad, 2006
221 kr
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Latin America is a profoundly philanthropic region with deeply rooted traditions of solidarity with the less fortunate. Recently, different forms of philanthropy are emerging in the region, often involving community organization and social change.This volume brings together groundbreaking …
Titu Cusi
A 16th Century Account of the Conquest
Häftad, 2005
227 kr
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First written in 1570, this work now published for the first time in modern Spanish with an English translation sheds light on the Inqa (Inca) world. The writing of the Instrucción followed more than a decade of negotiations and skirmishes between Inqa rebels and Spanish officials who were …
Brazil through the Eyes of William James
Letters, Diaries, and Drawings, 1865–1866, Bilingual Edition/Edição Bilíngue
Av William James, Maria Helena P. T. Machado
Inbunden, 2006
283 kr
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In 1865, twenty-three-year-old William James began his studies at the Harvard Medical School. When he learned that one of his most esteemed professors, Louis Agassiz, then director of the recently established Museum of Comparative Zoology, was preparing a research expedition to Brazil, James …
Other Latinos
Av José Luis Falconi, José Antonio Mazzotti
Häftad, 2008
247 kr
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The Other Latinos addresses an important topic: the presence in the United States of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants from countries other than Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Focusing on the Andes, Central America, and Brazil, the book brings together essays by a number of accomplished …
Manifest Destinies and Indigenous Peoples
Av David Maybury-Lewis, Theodore Macdonald m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
271 kr
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How was frontier expansion rationalized in the Americas during the late nineteenth century? As new states fleshed out expanded national maps, how did they represent their advances? Were there any distinct pan-American patterns? The renowned anthropologist and human rights advocate David …
Living Standards in Latin American History
Height, Welfare, and Development, 1750–2000
Av Ricardo D. Salvatore, John H. Coatsworth m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
271 kr
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Latin America’s widespread poverty and multi-dimensioned inequalities have long perplexed and provoked observers. Until recently, economic historians could not contribute much to the discussion of living standards and inequality, because quantitative evidence for earlier eras was lacking. Since the …
Revolution in Venezuela
Social and Political Change under Chávez
Av Thomas Ponniah, Jonathan Eastwood
Häftad, 2011
227 kr
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Is Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution under Hugo Chávez truly revolutionary? Most books and articles tend to view the Chávez government in an either-or fashion. Some see the president as the shining knight of twenty-first-century socialism, while others see him as an avenging Stalinist strongman. …
Cuban Economic and Social Development
Policy Reforms and Challenges in the 21st Century
Av Jorge I. Domínguez, Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
221 kr
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The Cuban economy has been transformed over the course of the last decade, and these changes are now likely to accelerate. In this edited volume, prominent Cuban economists and sociologists present a clear analysis of Cuba’s economic and social circumstances and suggest steps for Cuba to reactivate …
Reflections on Memory and Democracy
Häftad, 2016
227 kr
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What is the role of history in the life of new democracies? In this volume, twelve reflections—the work of journalists, writers and poets, literary critics, political scientists, historians, philosophers, economists, and linguists—explore legacies of authoritarian political regimes noted for …
Crossings
Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Häftad, 1998
177 kr
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In the United States immigration is both history and destiny. It is the driving force behind a most significant social transformation taking place in American society at the end of our millennium. Arguably few other social phenomena are likely to impact the future character of American culture and …
Latin America and the World Economy since 1800
Av John H. Coatsworth, Alan M. Taylor
Häftad, 1999
227 kr
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The fifteen essays in this volume apply the methods of the new economic history to the history of the Latin American economies since 1800. The authors combine the historian's sensitivity to context and contingency with modern or "neoclassical" economic theory and quantitative methods.The essays …
Social Policies and Decentralization in Cuba
Change in the Context of 21st Century Latin America
Av Jorge I. Domínguez, María del Carmen Zabala Arguelles m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
221 kr
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Cuba has long been a social policy pioneer in Latin America. Since the 1959 revolution, its government has developed ambitious social policies to address health care, higher education, employment, the environment, and broad social inequalities, among other priorities. Cuban strategies emphasized …
Cuban Economy in a New Era
An Agenda for Change Toward Durable Development
Av Jorge I. Dominguez, Jorge I. Domínguez m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
263 kr
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Cuba’s economy has grown hardly at all during Raúl Castro’s presidency (beginning in 2006), hit by the economic collapse of its Venezuelan partner and burdened by a legacy of decayed infrastructure, a bankrupt sugar industry, and stagnant agriculture.The Cuban Economy in a New Era diagnoses the …
Blood of Brothers
Life and War in Nicaragua, With New Afterword
Häftad, 2007
186 kr
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In 1976, at age twenty-five, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journalist—and became a witness to history. He returned many times during the years that followed, becoming Latin America correspondent for the Boston Globe in 1981 and joining the foreign staff of the New York Times in …
