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Latin America
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The Labyrinth of Solitude The Labyrinth of Solitude
by Octavio Paz

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Octavio Paz has long been acknowledged as Mexico's foremost writer and critic. In this international classic, Paz has written one of the most enduring and powerful works ever created on Mexico and its people, character, and culture. Compared to Ortega y... (read more)

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Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture #18: Every Woman Is a World: Interviews with Women of Chiapas Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture #18: Every Woman Is a World: Interviews with Women of Chiapas
by Gayle Walker

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Born in the remote mountains and tropical forests of southern Mexico, the elder women of Chiapas have witnessed tumultuous change during their lifetimes, which in some cases spanned the entire twentieth century. Through hard experience, these women have... (read more)

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Mexican Days: Journeys Into the Heart of Mexico Mexican Days: Journeys Into the Heart of Mexico
by Tony Cohan

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Tony Cohan's On Mexican Time, his chronicle of discovering a new life in the small Mexican mountain town of San Miguel de Allende, has beguiled readers and become a travel classic. Now, in Mexican Days, point of arrival becomes point of departure as... (read more)

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Mexico Between Hitler and Roosevelt: Mexican Foreign Relations in the Age of Lazaro Cardenas, 1934-1940 Mexico Between Hitler and Roosevelt: Mexican Foreign Relations in the Age of Lazaro Cardenas, 1934-1940
by Friedrich E Schuler

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Mexico's relationship with the world during the 1930s is revealed as a fascinating series of calculated responses to domestic political changes and international economic shifts.... (read more)

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Setting the Virgin on Fire Setting the Virgin on Fire
by Marjorie Becker

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In this beautifully written work, Marjorie Becker reconstructs the cultural encounters which led to Mexico's post-revolutionary government. She sets aside the mythology surrounding president Lazaro Cardenas to reveal his dilemma: until he and his... (read more)

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From Out of the Shadows 10TH Edition From Out of the Shadows 10TH Edition
by Vicki Ruiz

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From Out of the Shadows was the first full study of Mexican-American women in the twentieth century. Beginning with the first wave of Mexican women crossing the border early in the century, historian Vicki L. Ruiz reveals the struggles they have faced... (read more)

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Violence and Activism at the Border: Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez Violence and Activism at the Border: Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez
by Kathleen Staudt

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Between 1993 and 2003, more than 370 girls and women were murdered and their often-mutilated bodies dumped outside Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico. The murders have continued at a rate of approximately thirty per year, yet law enforcement officials... (read more)

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Five Families, Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty Five Families, Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty
by Oscar Lewis

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One of the truly seminal works in modern cultural anthropology, Five Families is a dramatic and forceful account of the men, women, and children of five Mexican families and the impoverished communities in which they live.... (read more)

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Emiliano Zapata Revolution & Betrayal In Emiliano Zapata Revolution & Betrayal In
by Samuel Brunk

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This clearly written and carefully argued narrative presents a less mythical and more human Zapata against the dramatic and chaotic background of the Mexican Revolution.... (read more)

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Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr, Saint (American Encounters/Global Interactions) Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr, Saint (American Encounters/Global Interactions)
by Paul J Vanderwood

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""Juan Soldado" is a true cannot-put-it-down read that combines deep research, strong narrative, and remarkable insight about how a spontaneous religious devotion comes into being and consolidates itself. I know of no other work that portrays the... (read more)

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The Life and Times of Pancho Villa The Life and Times of Pancho Villa
by Friedrich Katz

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A "Best Book of 1998" "Library Journal selection "This is the definitive work on Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. . . . The work is exhaustively researched and scrupulously documented; it also makes for engrossing reading, as Latin America... (read more)

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Hall of Mirrors: Power, Witchcraft, and Caste in Colonial Mexico (Latin America Otherwise) Hall of Mirrors: Power, Witchcraft, and Caste in Colonial Mexico (Latin America Otherwise)
by Laura A Lewis

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"Here is a fine example of well-researched, 'thick' ethnographic description at the service of a fuller understanding of 'caste as a system of values, practices, and meanings in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Mexico.' "Hall of Mirrors "offers... (read more)

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The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521 The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521
by Bernal Del Castillo

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Bernal Díaz del Castillo(1495–1584) served under Cortés through the entire Mexican campaign, and his narrative, one of only four extant firsthand accounts, is both an invaluable hirstorical document and a spectacular epic. He was with... (read more)

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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan Volume 2 Incidents of Travel in Yucatan Volume 2
by John Stephens

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Volume 2 of two-volume set. Classic (1843) exploration of jungles of Yucatan, looking for evidences of Maya civilization. Extensive accounts of 44 Maya sites as well as of Yucatan folkways, manners, dress, ceremonies, amusements--all of which makes this... (read more)

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First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century
by David Lida

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A panoramic literary portrait of Mexico Citya vibrant, seductive, paradoxical city now commanding the world's attention and showing us the way to the future of urban life. David Lida moved to Mexico City fifteen years ago in search of a kind of culture... (read more)

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Milagros: Votive Offerings From The Americas Milagros: Votive Offerings From The Americas
by Martha Egan

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This book traces the use and artistry of milagros, small objects offered to Saints and other popular deities by Latin Americans in return for favors or answered prayers.... (read more)

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Troublesome Border Rev Edition Troublesome Border Rev Edition
by Oscar J Martinez

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U.S. residents are largely unaware that Mexicans also view their northern border with concern, and at times even alarm. Border communities, such as Ciudad JuC!rez and Tijuana, have long been subjected to heavy criticism from Mexico City and other... (read more)

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A New Time for Mexico A New Time for Mexico
by Carlos Fuentes

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Fuentes's bold and timely study discusses the origins and nature of the tumultuous events that have recently transformed Mexican politics and society. The rebellion in Chiapas, a rash of assassinations, the break between Presidents Salinas and Zedillo... (read more)

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History of Mexico History of Mexico
by Henry B Parkes

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The book begins with an examination of Indian Mexico and continues with the Spanish Conquest, New Spain, the War of Independence, the age of Santa Anna, the reform, the reign of Diaz, the revolution, and the period of reconstruction.... (read more)

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Mexico Mexico
by Alicia Hernandez Chávez

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A general text on Mexican history, combining political, economic, and historical information.... (read more)

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