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Open Veins of Latin America : Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (25TH Anniversary Edition) ((Rev)97 Edition) by Eduardo Galeano Publisher Comments Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War by Gioconda Belli Publisher Comments An electrifying memoir from the acclaimed Nicaraguan writer ("A wonderfully free and original talent" — Harold Pinter) and central figure in the Sandinista Revolution. Until her early twenties, Gioconda Belli inhabited an upper-class cocoon... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough Publisher Comments From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson Staff Pick Che Guevara's face can seem ubiquitous these days. Knowing very little about him, I decided to pick up this rather hefty biography by Jon Lee Anderson. I was planning on scanning the 832-page book for the highlights, but after only twenty pages I was... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Elisa Burgos Debray Publisher Comments Illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman, I, Rigoberta Menchu recounts experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America today.... (read more) List Price $26.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Harvest of Empire (00 Edition) by Juan Gonzalez Publisher Comments Within the next decade, Hispanics will become the largest minority group in the United States. The new immigrants have ignited a vibrant Latin explosion in popular culture and deeply affected American society. Spanning 500 years-from the first New World... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution by Daniel Erikson Publisher Comments Terrific background, keen insight and an evenhanded critical distance distinguish Erikson's fine work.--Kirkus Reviews There are few international relationships as intimate, as passionate--and as dysfunctional--as that of the United States and Cuba. In... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Blood and Debt: War and the Nation-State in Latin America by Miguel Angel Centeno Publisher Comments Blood and Debt looks at the role war plays in political development by examining the differences between wars and their political consequences in Western Europe and Latin America.... (read more) Your price: $38.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Argentina Reader: History, Culture and Society (Latin America Readers) by Gabriela Nouzeilles Publisher Comments Excessively European, refreshingly European, not as European as it looks, struggling to overcome a delusion that it is European. Argentina?in all its complexity?has often been obscured by variations of the "like Europe and not like the rest of Latin... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Trade Paper
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Lost Worlds: Latin America and the Imagining of Empire by Kevin Foster Publisher Comments Think of Latin America and what do you see? Cocaine? Carnevale? Chaos? In "Lost Worlds", Kevin Foster explores how these and other stereotypes about Latin America came into being and what their continuing currency tells us about ourselves.Foster argues... (read more) Your price: $34.25 New - Trade Paper
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Modern Latin America 6TH Edition by Thomas E Skidmore Publisher Comments Now in its sixth edition, Modern Latin America is a lively interpretive history and the leading text in the field. Thoroughly updated and revised, the book includes a new chapter on the history of Colombia from the wars of independence to the violent... (read more) List Price $69.50 Your price: $27.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lost Worlds: Latin America and the Imagining of the West by Kevin Foster Publisher Comments Think of Latin America and what do you see? Cocaine? Carnevale? Chaos? In "Lost Worlds", Kevin Foster explores how these and other stereotypes about Latin America came into being and what their continuing currency tells us about ourselves.Foster argues... (read more) List Price $104.25 Your price: $93.50 New - Hardcover
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Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism by Greg Grandin Publisher Comments An eye-opening examination of Latin America's role as proving ground for U.S. imperial strategies and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Modern Latin America 5TH Edition by Thomas E Skidmore Publisher Comments 'This popular book, now in its fifth edition, is a lively interpretive history that continues to be one of Oxford\'s most successful textbooks. Modern Latin America, 5/e has been thoroughly revised and expanded throughout. The authors have added... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $13.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Motorcycle Diaries : Notes on Latin American Journey (03 Edition) by Ernesto Guevara Publisher Comments The book of the popular movie STARRING GAEL GARCIA BERNAL NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The young Che Guevara's lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. This new, expanded edition features... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Penguin History of Latin America (92 Edition) by Edwin Williamson Publisher Comments Traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus to the present day. "An excellent general history...clear in its narrative, interesting in its analysis and consistently inteliigent in its judgements" Anthony McFarlane in "The Times Higher Education... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America by Alm Guillermoprieto Publisher Comments From the esteemed New Yorker correspondent comes an incisive volume of essays and reportage that vividly illuminates Latin America’s recent history. Only Alma Guillermoprieto, the most highly regarded writer on the region, could unravel the complex... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Revolutionary Horizons: Popular Struggle in Bolivia by Forrest Hylton Publisher Comments A comprehensive study of insurrection in Bolivia, from the late eighteenth century to the present day. In an age of military neoliberalism, social movements and center-Left coalition governments have advanced across South America, sparking hope for... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ambivalent Conquests : Maya and Spanish in Yucatan, 1517 - 1570 (2ND 03 Edition) by Inga Clendinnen Publisher Comments A study of Mayan conversion in sixteenth-century Yucatan.... (read more) List Price $33.95 Your price: $21.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Back on the Road: A Journey Through Latin America by Ernesto Guevara Publisher Comments The fascinating travel diaries and photographs that make up Back on the Road are a vital complement to The Motorcycle Diaries, described by the London Times as "Das Kapital meets Easy Rider." These journals chronicle Che Guevara's second trip through... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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