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First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century
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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...
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The Last Days of the Incas
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The Last Days of the Incas
by Kim Macquarrie

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In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the...
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Caribbean: Precious Jewels of the Atlantic (Exploring Countries of the World)
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Caribbean: Precious Jewels of the Atlantic (Exploring Countries of the World)
by Eugenio Bersani

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This volume presents a vibrant portrait of the people, places, history, culture, and unsurpassed natural beauty of the Caribbean. Hundreds of photographs depict miles of pristine beaches, lush jungle, elegant resorts, colorful festivals, and markets of...
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Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
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Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
by Buddy Levy

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In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures. “I and my companions suffer from a disease of...
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Mexican National Identity: Memory, Innuendo, and Popular Culture
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Mexican National Identity: Memory, Innuendo, and Popular Culture
by William Beezley

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In this enlightening book, the well-known historian William Beezley contends that a Mexican national identity was forged during the nineteenth century not by a self-anointed elite but rather by a disparate mix of ordinary people and everyday events. In...
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Under the Flags of Freedom: Slave Soldiers and the Wars of Independence in Spanish South America (Pitt Latin American)
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Under the Flags of Freedom: Slave Soldiers and the Wars of Independence in Spanish South America (Pitt Latin American)
by Peter Blanchard

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During the wars for independence in Spanish South America (1808-1826), thousands of slaves enlisted under the promise of personal freedom and, in some cases, freedom for other family members. Blacks were recruited by opposing sides in these conflicts and...
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To Rise in Darkness
by Jeffrey L Gould



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Imagining La Chica Moderna: Women, Nation, and Visual Culture in Mexico, 1917-1936
by Joanne Hershfield



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