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A New Time for Mexico by Carlos Fuentes Publisher Comments 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) List Price $32.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela: The Chvez Authoritarian Experiment. Allan Brewer-Caras by Allan Brewer Carias Publisher Comments This book examines the process of dismantling the democratic institutions and protections in Venezuela under the Hugo Ch vez regime. The actions of the Ch vez government have influenced similar processes and undemocratic maneuverings in Ecuador, Bolivia,... (read more) List Price $44.00 Your price: $27.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fire & Song: The Story of Luis de Carvajal and the Mexican Inquisition by Anna Lanyon Publisher Comments The tale of a Jewish martyr and his sister who died together in Mexico City in 1596 explores his determination to never lose heart, and to cling to his faith and cultural identity in the face of totalitarian oppression It is 1596... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Allure of Labor: Workers, Race, and the Making of the Peruvian State by Paulo Drinot Publisher Comments In The Allure of Labor, Paulo Drinot rethinks the social politics of early-twentieth-century Peru. Arguing that industrialization was as much a cultural project as an economic one, he describes how intellectuals and policymakers came to believe that... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Recollection of a Provincial Past: Recuerdos de Provincia (Library of Latin America) by Domingo F Sarmiento Publisher Comments Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was Argentina's leading writer, educator, and politician of the nineteenth century, and served as President from 1868 to 1874. Of his several autobiographies, the best-known Recollections of a Provincial Past is one... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Sad and Luminous Days by James G Blight Publisher Comments In tracing the developments of the Cuban Missile Crisis and beyond, this book presents and interprets a heretofore unavailable (and largely unknown) secret speech that Castro delivered to the Cuban leadership in 1968. Blight and Brenner shed new light on... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $9.75 Used - Hardcover
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Latin American Heroes by Jerome Adams Publisher Comments Many North Americans are unaware of the history and politics of Latin America, and Latin American Heroes goes a long way to redress this lack of knowledge. These profiles of twenty-three history makers offer a unique view of Latin America through the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fidel Castro: Nothing Can Stop the Course of History by Jeffrey M Elliot Synopsis Takes up U.S.-Cuba relations, Cuba's role in the fight against apartheid rule in South Africa, the overthrow of the Grenada revolution, and the social consequences of the foreign debt in Latin America and the Caribbean.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Colonial Latin America by Mark A Burkholder Publisher Comments Now in its sixth edition, Colonial Latin America 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 this... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $6.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Behind the Mexican Mountains by Robert M Zingg Publisher Comments In 1930, anthropologists Robert Zingg and Wendell Bennett spent nine months among the Tarahumara of Chihuahua, Mexico, one of the least acculturated indigenous societies in North America. Their fieldwork resulted in The Tarahumara: An Indian Tribe of... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Survivors in Mexico by Rebecca West Publisher Comments Rebecca Wests never-before-published Survivors in Mexico brings to readers a daring and provocative work by a major twentieth-century author. An exhilarating exploration of Mexican history, religion, art, and culture, it explores the inner lives of... (read more) List Price $20.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Eva Peron: The Myths of a Woman by J M Taylor Publisher Comments Eva Perón, one of the most powerful women in the world at the time of her death in 1952, rose from humble origins to international renown as First Lady of Argentina and the force behind the throne of her husband Juan Perón. Despite... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Our Word is Our Weapon: Selected Writings Subcumandante Insurgente Marcos by Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos Publisher Comments In this landmark book, Seven Stories Press presents a powerful collection of literary, philosophical, and political writings of the enigmatic Zapatista spokesperson, Subcomandante Marcos. Introduced by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, and illustrated... (read more) List Price $25.75 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Southern Tiger: Chile's Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future by Ricardo Lagos Publisher Comments Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos provides a fascinating glimpse inside his country's meteoric rise on the world stage. A leader in the underground resistance movement against Augusto Pinochet and his Dirty War, Ricardo Lagos burst onto the national... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Political Movements and Violence in Central America (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics) by Charles D Brockett Publisher Comments This book studies the confrontation between popular movements and repressive regimes in Central America.... (read more) List Price $44.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden Publisher Comments Killing Pablo is the story of the fifteen-month manhunt for Colombian cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, whose escape from his lavish, mansionlike jail drove a nation to the brink of chaos. In a gripping, up-close account, acclaimed journalist Mark... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Revelations: Latin American Wisdom for Every Day (Offerings for Humanity) by Danielle Follmi Publisher Comments In the latest installment in the Offerings for Humanity series, the author draws nuggets of written wisdom from the Andean plains to the Mexican desert. Set against the stunning visual backdrop of 365 photographs, these quotations come from both world... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Colonial Noir: Photographs from Mexico by Reid Samuel Yalom Publisher Comments “Through his impeccable photographic craft and, more important, his personal sensibility and insight, Yalom gives viewers of this book an eloquent look at Mexico that they will find nowhere else. “ —Mark... (read more) List Price $45.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Law of the Jungle: The Hunt for Colombian Guerrillas, American Hostages, and Buried Treasure by John Otis Publisher Comments Truth be told, they were mostly in it for the money On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American military contractors on a recon patrol crash-landed in the jungle-covered mountains of Colombia. Within minutes, FARC guerrillas... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Through the Eyes of the Condor: An Aerial Vision of Latin America by Robert B Haas Publisher Comments A follow-up to the enormously successful "Through the Eyes of the Gods," this gorgeous new volume takes readers soaring above Latin America for a birds-eye view of magical, unreachable lands and exotic wildlife. 120 color photographs.... (read more) List Price $45.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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