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New World of the Gothic Fox: Culture & Economy in English & Spanish America
by Claudio Veliz  Publisher Comments The Spanish Indies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was the most prosperous region of the world's greatest secular power. Lofty cathedrals and magnificent municipal buildings rose over Quito, Mexico, Lima, and Potosi at a time when English...
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Saving the Americas: The Dangerous Decline of Latin America and What the U.S. Must Do
by Andres Oppenheimer Publisher Comments Once again, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Andres Oppenheimer shows his deep understanding of the dramatic changes in Latin America, and the impact of America's ongoing indifference to the region. For anyone seeking to understand Latin America's re...
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Hispanic Presence in North America: From 1942 to Today
by Carl Fernandez Shaw Book News Annotation Half historical reference and half modern almanac, this guide offers both a concise survey of the role of Hispanic explorers, missionaries, and settlers in the making of the modern US, from Columbus to the present; and listings of officials, programs,...
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Americas the Changing Face of Latin Amer
by Peter Winn Publisher Comments Stunning in its sweep, Americas is the most authoritative history available of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, Americas examines the historical, demographic, political...
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Yankee No!: Anti-Americanism in U.S.-Latin American Relations
by Alan Mcpherson Publisher Comments In 1958, angry Venezuelans attacked Vice President Richard Nixon in Caracas, opening a turbulent decade in Latin American-U.S. relations. In Yankee No!AlanMcPherson sheds much-needed light on the controversial and pressing problem of anti-U.S. sentiment...
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Handbook of Research on Latin American and Caribbean International Relations: The Development of Concepts and Themes
by G Pope Atkins Publisher Comments The study of Latin American and Caribbean international relations has a long evolution both within the development of international relations as a general academic undertaking and in terms of the particular characteristics that distinguish the approaches...
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Women Through Women's Eyes: Latin American Women in Nineteenth-Century Travel Accounts (Latin American Silhouettes)
by June Edith Hahner Publisher Comments The nineteenth century was a period of peak popularity for travel to Latin America, where a new political independence was accompanied by loosened travel restrictions. Such expeditions resulted in numerous travel accounts, most by men. However, because...
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The Politics of Antipolitics: The Military in Latin America (Latin American Silhouettes)
by Brian Loveman Publisher Comments Latin America is moving toward democracy. But is the civilian government firmly in power? Or is the military still influencing policy and holding the elected politicians in check under the guise of guarding against corruption, instability, economic...
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Heroes and Hero Cults in Latin America
by Samuel Brunk Publisher Comments Latin American history traditionally has been defined by larger-than-life heroes such as Simon Bolivar, Emiliano Zapata, and Evita Peron. Recent scholarship, however, tends to emphasize social and cultural factors rather than great leaders. In this new...
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The Americas in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850
by Lester Langley Synopsis In this masterly work, Lester D. Langley compares the political and social histories of three revolutions in the Americas: the American Revolution in 1776, the 1791 slave revolt in the French colony that became Haiti, and the prolonged Spanish...
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Negotiating NAFTA #173: Negotiating NAFTA: A Mexican Envoy's Account
by Hermann Von Bertrab Publisher Comments In his foreword to the book, Sidney Weintraub argues that the negotiations leading to the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) may be the most important between the United States and Mexico since the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe...
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Promise of Development: Theories of Change in Latin America
by Peter Klaren Publisher Comments In recent years Latin Americanists have been among the most innovative and productive theorists about the uneven process of development. This collection of substantial selections from some of the most prominent theorists in the field represents a...
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Racism and Discourse in Spain and Latin America
by Teun A. Van Dijk Publisher Comments This new book extends Teun A. van Dijk's earlier research on discursive racism to the Latin world. He presents a first inventory of elite discourse and racism in Spain and Latin America by examining discursive reactions in Spain to recent immigration, as...
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The Soul of Latin Americas: The Cultural and Political Tradition
by Howard Wiarda Publisher Comments In this provocative book Howard Wiarda explores the main themes of Latin American political culture and its models of democracy and why they differ so greatly from those of the United States. Focusing on the political theory of Iberia and Latin America...
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The School of the Americas
by Lesley Gill Publisher Comments Located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, the School of the Americas (soa) is a U.S. Army center that has trained more than sixty thousand soldiers and police, mostly from Latin America, in counterinsurgency and combat-related skills since it was...
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Sexuality and Marriage in Colonial Latin America
by Asuncion Lavrin About the Author Asunción Lavrin is a professor of history at Arizona State University at Tempe. Her 1995 book, Women, Feminism, and Social Change in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890–1940, won the Arthur P. Whitaker Prize from the Middle Atlantic Council on...
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The Independence of Latin America
by Leslie Bethell Publisher Comments The Independence of Latin America is a selection of chapters from the Cambridge History of Latin America Volume 3. The first chapter deals with the origins of independence from Spain; the next two consider the struggle for independence in Mexico and...
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Colonial Latin America 5TH Edition
by Mark A Burkholder Publisher Comments This highly acclaimed text, now in its fourth edition, provides a concise study of the history of the Iberian colonies in the New World from their preconquest background to the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century. The new edition of...
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Simon Bolivar: A Life
by John Lynch Publisher Comments Simón Bolívar was a revolutionary who freed six countries, an intellectual who argued the principles of national liberation, and a general who fought a cruel colonial war. His life, passions, battles, and great victories became embedded in...
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U.S. Presidents and Latin American Interventions: Pursuing Regime Change in the Cold War
by Michael Grow Publisher Comments Lyndon Johnson invaded the Dominican Republic. Richard Nixon sponsored a coup attempt in Chile. Ronald Reagan waged covert warfare in Nicaragua. Nearly a dozen times during the Cold War, American presidents turned their attention from standoffs with the...
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