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We Created Chavez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution by George Ciccariello-Maher
RRP: $50.68$42.98Since being elected president in 1998, Hugo Chavez has become the face of contemporary Venezuela and, more broadly, anticapitalist revolution. George Ciccariello-Maher contends that this focus on Chavez has obscured the inner dynamics and historical... -
The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Latin America, 1880-1970 by Dennis Gilbert 9781442270909
$62.17In the last decades of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth, a new class-the oligarchy-consolidated its wealth and political power in Latin America. Its members were the sugar planters, coffee growers, cattle barons, and bankers who... -
Laboratories of Learning: Social Movements, Education and Knowledge-Making in the Global South by Mario Novelli 9780745348926
RRP: $37.03$24.86'Outstanding ... This book is a must-read for scholars and activists interested in the impact of grassroots knowledge-making on individuals, institutions and society' Rebecca Tarlau, author of Occupying Schools, Occupying Land 'In social movements,... -
US Power in Latin America: Renewing Hegemony by Rubrick Biegon 9780367264888
RRP: $77.98$68.37An original account of contemporary US-Latin American relations, this book utilises neo-Gramscian and historical materialist approaches to build a novel conceptual framework for analysing US hegemony, extending critical theory in new and exciting... -
Images of Power: Iconography, Culture and the State in Latin America by Jens Andermann 9781571815330
RRP: $193.05$159.74In Latin America, where even today writing has remained a restricted form of expression, the task of generating consent and imposing the emergent nation-state as the exclusive form of the political, was largely conferred to the image. Furthermore, at the... -
Nicaragua Must Survive: Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold War by Eline van Ommen 9780520390768
RRP: $48.75$37.40Nicaragua Must Survive tells the story of the Sandinistas' innovative diplomatic campaign, which captured the imaginations of people around the globe and transformed Nicaraguan history at the tail end of the Cold War. The Sandinistas' diplomacy went far... -
The Caribbean in Europe: Aspects of the West Indies Experience in Britain, France and the Netherland by Colin Brock 9780714632636
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book is the fourth in a series of volumes to emerge from the commemoration by the University of Hull of the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, and in particular an international conference held to discuss some of... -
Dancing Jacobins: A Venezuelan Genealogy of Latin American Populism by Rafael Sanchez
$74.61Since independence from Spain, a trope has remained pervasive in Latin America's republican imaginary: that of an endless antagonism pitting civilization against barbarism as irreconcilable poles within which a nation's life unfolds. This book apprehends... -
Constructing National Interests: The United States and the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jutta Weldes 9780816631117
RRP: $42.88$36.64Not simply an "event" or merely an "incident," the 1962 standoff between the U. S. and the Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba was a crisis, which subsequently has achieved almost mythic significance in the annals of United States foreign policy. Jutta... -
A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America by Oscar Martinez
RRP: $19.48$12.95El Salvador and Honduras have had the highest homicide rates in the world over the past ten years, with Guatemala close behind. Every day more than 1,000 people-men, women, and children-flee these three countries for North America. Oscar Martinez, author... -
Open for Business: Building the New Cuban Economy by Richard Feinberg
$52.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815727675Author Richard FeinbergFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm)... -
Everyday Revolutions: Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina by Marina A. Sitrin
$46.08In the wake of the global financial crisis, new forms of social organization are beginning to take shape. Disparate groups of people are coming together in order to resist corporate globalization and seek a more positive way forward. These movements are... -
Handbook of South American Governance by Christopher Wylde
RRP: $85.78$75.74Governance in South America is signified by strategies pursued by state and non-state actors directed to enhancing (some aspect of) their capabilities and powers of agency. It is about the spaces and the practices available, demanded or created to 'make... -
Many Struggles: New Histories of African and Caribbean People in Britain by Hakim Adi 9780745347653
RRP: $44.83$29.58'A wonderful showcase of the most exciting work happening in Black British History and a rousing call to action' Christienna Fryar, historian of Britain and the Caribbean The history of African and Caribbean people in Britain is centuries long... -
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela by William Neuman
RRP: $46.78$36.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250266163Author William NeumanFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 528gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament by Orlando Patterson 9780674292246
RRP: $36.95$29.31A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWinner of a PROSE Award"Fascinating...Eye-opening...Illuminating...Patterson carefully explores the complexity of the structural machinery behind Jamaica's dazzling successes and dismal failures."-Carrie... -
Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair, and Resistance in Brazil by Benjamin Junge 9781978825659
RRP: $74.10$63.67Brazil changed drastically in the 21st century's second decade. In 2010, the country's outgoing president Lula left office with almost 90% approval. As the presidency passed to his Workers' Party successor, Dilma Rousseff, many across the world hailed... -
Brazil Apart: 1964-2019 by Perry Anderson
RRP: $33.13$22.37What does Brazil's lurch to the hard right under Jair Bolsonaro portend for Latin America's most populous society, and how has it come about? Perry Anderson, foremost observer of the Brazilian scene in the English-speaking world, offers a matchless... -
Left Behind: Latin America and the False Promise of Populism by Sebastian Edwards 9780226004662
RRP: $33.15$32.53The political and economic history of Latin America has been marked by great hopes and even greater disappointments. Despite abundant resources - and a history of productivity and wealth - in recent decades the region has fallen further and further... -
A Good Life on a Finite Earth: The Political Economy of Green Growth by Daniel J. Fiorino 9780190605810
RRP: $65.31$59.83The potential conflict among economic and ecological goals has formed the central fault line of environmental politics in the United States and most other countries since the 1970s. The accepted view is that efforts to protect the environment will... -
The Hidden Ancestral Identity of the American Negro: Why Black Lives Matter? by Radine a America-Harrison 9780970545510
RRP: $29.15$25.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970545510Author Radine a America-HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Quantum Leapslc PublicationsPublisher Quantum Leapslc... -
Who Killed Berta Caceres?: Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender's Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani
RRP: $37.03$24.78The very first time Honduran environmental activist Berta Caceres met the writer Nina Lakhani, Caceres said, "The army has an assassination list with my name at the top. I want to live, but in this country there is total impunity. When they want to kill... -
Report on the State of UK-Based Research on Latin America and the Caribbean 2014 by Antoni Kapcia 9781908857125
$19.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908857125Author Antoni KapciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Institute for Latin American StudiesPublisher Institute for Latin American... -
The The Struggle for Mexico: State Corporatism and Popular Opposition by Debra D. Chapman 9780786465835
RRP: $56.53$46.90In the 1970s political and economic changes to the world order led to an emerging ""globalization"" credited with the ceding of state sovereignty to a ""de facto world government"" and with the anti-globalism... -
Constructing Worlds Otherwise: Societies in Movement and Anticolonial Paths in Latin America by Raúl Zibechi 9781849355421
RRP: $35.10$25.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849355421Author Raúl ZibechiFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 272g -
Voices of Latin America: Social Movements and the New Activism by Tom Gatehouse 9781583677971
RRP: $62.40$60.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583677971Author Tom GatehouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The Prism of Race: The Politics and Ideology of Affirmative Action in Brazil by David Lehmann 9780472130849
RRP: $134.55$108.77Brazil has developed a distinctive response to the injustices inflicted by the country's race relations regime. Despite the mixed racial background of most Brazilians, the state recognizes people's racial classification according to a simple official... -
Democratization by Institutions: Argentina's Transition Years in Comparative Perspective by Leslie E. Anderson 9780472053230
RRP: $58.40$47.05In this pioneering study of democratization in Argentina, Leslie Andersonchallenges Robert Putnam's thesis that democracy requires high levels ofsocial capital. She demonstrates in Democratization by Institutions thatformal institutions (e.g., the... -
The Power of Race in Cuba: Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness During the Revolution by Danielle Clealand Pilar 9780190632298
RRP: $214.50$194.63In The Power of Race in Cuba, Danielle Pilar Clealand analyzes racial ideologies that negate the existence of racism and their effect on racial progress and activism through the lens of Cuba. Since 1959, Fidel Castro and the Cuban government have... -
Politics, State, Communism: With an Afterword by Slavoj Žižek by Álvaro García Linera 9788869774263
RRP: $44.83$40.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788869774263Author Álvaro García LineraFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Mimesis InternationalPublisher Mimesis International -
Water and Politics: Clientelism and Reform in Urban Mexico by Veronica Maria Sol Herrera 9780472130320
RRP: $142.35$115.73Most of the world's population lives in cities in developing countries, where access to basic public services, such as water, electricity, and health clinics, is either inadequate or sorely missing. Through the lens of urban water provision, this book... -
Other Diplomacies, Other Ties: Cuba and Canada in the Shadow of the US by Luis Rene Fernandez Tabio 9781442628311
RRP: $62.40$57.58Other Diplomacies, Other Ties explores Cuba-Canada relations following the revolution of 1959 and the major geopolitical and economic transformations that have occurred in recent years. Through the conceptual lens of "other diplomacies," which... -
Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Julia Sweig 9780190620363
RRP: $93.58$67.70Ever since Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba in 1959, Americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the Florida Keys. America's fixation on the tropical socialist republic has only grown over the years, fueled in part by successive... -
The Power of Race in Cuba: Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness During the Revolution by Danielle Clealand Pilar 9780190632304
RRP: $65.31$59.83In The Power of Race in Cuba, Danielle Pilar Clealand analyzes racial ideologies that negate the existence of racism and their effect on racial progress and activism through the lens of Cuba. Since 1959, Fidel Castro and the Cuban government have... -
Protest State: The Rise of Everyday Contention in Latin America by Mason W. Moseley 9780190694005
RRP: $146.25$133.01Why is social protest a normal, almost routine form of political participation in certain Latin American democracies, but not others? In light of surging protests in countries like Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, this book answers this question through a... -
Dealing with Peace: The Guatemalan Campesino Movement and the Post-Conflict Neoliberal State by Simon Granovsky-Larsen 9781487501433
$101.30Dealing with Peace presents the struggles of the Guatemalan campesino (peasant) social movement during the country's post-conflict transition from 1996 to the present, focusing on efforts to obtain land and improve livelihoods within a shifting, yet... -
Latin America since Independence: Two Centuries of Continuity and Change by Thomas C. Wright 9781538166222
$60.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538166222Author Thomas C. WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 531g -
Democracy Against Parties: The Divergent Fates of Latin America's New Left Contenders by Brandon Van Dyck
RRP: $80.93$67.04Around the world, established parties are weakening, and new parties are failing to take root. In many cases, outsiders have risen and filled the void, posing a threat to democracy. Why do most new parties fail? Under what conditions do they survive and... -
Brazil's Long Revolution: Radical Achievements of the Landless Workers Movement by Anthony Pahnke
RRP: $136.50$110.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816536030Author Anthony PahnkeFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press -
Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies: Argentina in Comparative Perspective by Noam Lupu
RRP: $142.35$114.95Voting behavior is informed by the experience of advanced democracies, yet the electoral context in developing democracies is significantly different. Civil society is often weak, poverty and inequality high, political parties ephemeral and attachments...