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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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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 City — a 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... (read more)

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Zapatistas: the Chiapas Revolt and What It Means for Radical Politics (06 Edition)
Zapatistas: the Chiapas Revolt and What It Means for Radical Politics (06 Edition)
by Mihalis Mentinis
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The Zapatista Army for National Liberation burst onto the world stage on January 1, 1994. Zapatista commander Subcomandante Marcos announced a revolution and declared war on the Mexican government and global capitalism. Since then, the Zapatistas have... (read more)

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Mexicans in Revolution, 1910-1946: An Introduction (Mexican Experience)
Mexicans in Revolution, 1910-1946: An Introduction (Mexican Experience)
by William H Beezley
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On November 20, 1910, Mexicans initiated the worlds first popular social revolution. The unbalanced progress of the previous regime triggered violence and mobilized individuals from all classes to demand social and economic justice. In the process... (read more)

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Que Vivan Los Tamales!: Food and the Making of Mexican Identity (Dialogos)
Que Vivan Los Tamales!: Food and the Making of Mexican Identity (Dialogos)
by Jeffrey M Pilcher
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This cultural history of food in Mexico traces the influence of gender, race, and class on food preferences from Aztec times to the present.... (read more)

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Yucatan Before and After the Conquest
Yucatan Before and After the Conquest
by Diego De Landa
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Only significant account done of Yucatan in post-Conquest era. Describes geography and natural history of the peninsula, gives brief history of Mayan life, discusses Spanish conquest and its effects, and provides a long summary of Maya civilization... (read more)

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Mexico: Volume 2, the Colonial Era
Mexico: Volume 2, the Colonial Era
by Alan Knight
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This book is one in a three volume general history of Mexico, comprising (I) the PreConquest period to 1521, (II) the Colonial period from 1521 to 1821, and (III) the National period from 1821-present. These books give a comprehensive narrative and... (read more)

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Brief History of Mexico (07 Edition)
Brief History of Mexico (07 Edition)
by Foster
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From the rise of the first civilizations of North America and continuing through the cataclysm of the Spanish conquest and the explosive revolution of Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa to the intensely contested presidential election of 2006, Mexico has... (read more)

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Bordering on Chaos: Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey Toward Prosperity
Bordering on Chaos: Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey Toward Prosperity
by Andres Oppenheimer
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Hailed for its gripping narrative, its insightful analysis, and its informed historical perspective, this book offers a "revealing look at the secret and powerful political society of Mexico, its breakup, and the fallout that we are witnessing today... (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 : Traveler's Literary Companion (06 Edition)
Mexico : Traveler's Literary Companion (06 Edition)
by Mayo
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Mexico has long been the top travel destination for Americans. But until now, there has not been such a panoramic vision of offered by some of Mexico's finest contemporary writers of fiction and literary prose. Here are writings — many translated... (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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Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico (Bedford Series in History & Culture)
Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico (Bedford Series in History & Culture)
by Stuart B Schwartz
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In 1519 Hernán Cortés and a small band of Spanish conquistadors overthrew the mighty Mexican empire of the Aztecs. Using excerpts primarily drawn from Bernal Diaz's 1632 account of the Spanish victory and testimonies many recently uncovered of... (read more)

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A Nation of Emigrants: How Mexico Manages Its Migration
A Nation of Emigrants: How Mexico Manages Its Migration
by David Fitzgerald
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What do governments do when much of their population simply gets up and walks away? In Mexico and other migrant-sending countries, mass emigration prompts governments to negotiate a new social contract with their citizens abroad. After decades of failed... (read more)

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On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel
On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel
by Tony Cohan
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We walk the dimly lit town, along its Moorish walls of roseate hues. In the small, thronged central plaza, we sit on an iron bench gazing up at a quirky dripcastle church, its spires embedded in full complement of stars. Drop it, something whispers. Just... (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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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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Las Soldaderas: Women of the Mexican Revolution
Las Soldaderas: Women of the Mexican Revolution
by Elena Poniatowska
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The photographs of Las Soldaderasand Elena Poniatowska's remarkable commentary rescue the women of the Mexican Revolution from the dust and oblivion of history. These are the Adelitas and Valentinas celebrated in famous corridos mexicanos,but whose... (read more)

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Ya Basta! : Ten Years of the Zapatista Uprising (04 Edition)
Ya Basta! : Ten Years of the Zapatista Uprising (04 Edition)
by Insurgente Marcos
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"The world has a new kind of hero, one who listens more than speaks, who preaches in riddles not in certainties, a leader who doesn't show his face, who says his mask is really a mirror. And in the Zapatistas, we have not one dream of a revolution but a... (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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