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Sports Culture in Latin American History by David M. K. Sheinin 9780822963370
$88.10Perhaps no other activity is more synonymous with passion, identity, bodily ideals, and the power of place than sport. As the essays in this volume show, the function of sport as a historical and cultural marker is particularly relevant in Latin America... -
Distance and Documents at the Spanish Empire's Periphery by Sylvia Sellers-Garcia 9780804787055
$132.99The Spanish Empire is famous for being, at its height, the realm upon which "the sun never set." It stretched from the Philippines to Europe by way of the Americas. And yet we know relatively little about how Spain managed to move that crucial currency... -
From Frontier Town to Metropolis: A History of Villavicencio, Colombia, since 1842 by Jane M. Rausch 9780742554733
RRP: $232.05$202.37Although Villavicencio, the capital of the Department of Meta, is located just 120 miles from Bogota, the mountains of the eastern Andean Cordillera lies between the two cities. As a result, after its founding in 1842, Villavicencio remained an isolated... -
Francisco Solano Lopez and the Ruination of Paraguay: Honor and Egocentrism by James Schofield Saeger 9780742537552
RRP: $93.60$82.00The first serious biography of Francisco Solano Lopez in English for decades, this richly researched book tells the dramatic story of Paraguay's most notorious ruler. Despite the heroic stature he gained after his death, Lopez was a monumentally flawed... -
Idolatry and Its Enemies: Colonial Andean Religion and Extirpation, 1640-1750 by Kenneth Mills 9780691155487
RRP: $62.40$56.80The ecclesiastical investigations into Indian religious error--the Extirpation of idolatry--that occurred in the seventeenth-and eighteenth-century Archdiocese of Lima come to life here as the most revealing sources on colonial Andean religion and... -
Histories of Perplexity: Colombia, 1970s-2010s by A. Ricardo López-Pedreros 9780367499365
RRP: $263.25$230.65By combining chronological coverage, analytical breadth, and interdisciplinary approaches, these two volumes—Histories of Solitude and Histories of Perplexity—study the histories of Colombia over the past two centuries as illustrations of the histories... -
Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United States by Francis Fukuyama 9780195368826
RRP: $78.96$65.99In 1700, Latin America and British North America were roughly equal in economic terms. Yet over the next three centuries, the United States gradually pulled away, and today the gap is huge. Why did this happen? Was it culture? Geography? Economic... -
A Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America 3 Volume Paperback Set by W. B. Stevenson 9781108033671
$211.01In 1804 when W. B. Stevenson (fl. 1803-25) arrived on the small island of Mocha, just off the coast of South America, he stepped onto a continent on the brink of mass revolution. Over the next twenty years, he had an extraordinary range of experiences:... -
The Miraculous Lie: Lope De Aguirre and the Search for El Dorado in the Latin American Historical Novel by Bart L. Lewis 9780739107874
RRP: $78.00$68.68The golden specter of El Dorado and its promises of unlimited wealth have haunted Western iconography for centuries. The Miraculous Lie: Lope de Aguirre and the Search for El Dorado in the Latin American Historical Novel is a fascinating study of five... -
Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities by Hector, Fernandez L'Hoeste 9781498565233
RRP: $175.50$154.46Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities addresses a gap in the many narratives discussing the cultural histories of Latin American nations, particularly in terms of the birth, configuration, and... -
Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: The Case for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde 9781498562966
RRP: $193.05$169.57As important as state-to-state and multi-state cooperation have long proven to be, many countries in the Global South have yet to fully explore its potentials. Despite their shared history of slavery, colonialism, and underdevelopment, Africa, Latin... -
Children on the Threshold in Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Nature, Gender, and Agency by Rachel Randall 9781498555135
RRP: $193.05$169.57Children on the Threshold in Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Nature, Gender, and Agency analyzes child and adolescent protagonists in Latin American cinema. This book contends that child characters have taken on a critical representational role... -
The Question of Class in Contemporary Latin American Cinema by Maria Mercedes Vazquez Vazquez 9781498553025
RRP: $175.50$159.65The Question of Class in Contemporary Latin American Cinema responds to the renewed interest in class within and outside academia by examining the aesthetics and politics of class in a representative selection of films from the contemporary cinemas of... -
Music, Dance, Affect, and Emotions in Latin America by Pablo Vila 9781498536943
RRP: $76.05$67.02Music, Dance, Affect, and Emotions in Latin America is a collection of essays that analyze different manifestations of Argentine music and dance taking advantage of the exciting new theoretical developments advanced by the current affective turn... -
Forging Latin America: Profiles in Power and Ideas, 1492 to Today by Russell Crandall 9781538183311
RRP: $142.35$127.10A sweeping yet intimate exploration of Latin America’s political history, Forging Latin America profiles fifty-two of the region’s most influential figures who, for better or worse, have shaped its character and destiny from the Spanish Conquest to the... -
Health in the Highlands: Indigenous Healing and Scientific Medicine in Guatemala and Ecuador by David Carey, Jr. 9780520344785
RRP: $156.00$140.42Populated by curanderos, midwives, bonesetters, witches, doctors, nurses, and the indigenous people they served, this nuanced history demonstrates how cultural and political history, misogyny, racism, and racialization influence public health. In the... -
Latin America After Neoliberalism: Turning the Tide in the 21st Century? by Eric Hershberg 9781595581433
$105.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595581433Author Eric HershbergFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint The New PressPublisher The New PressWeight(grams) 552g -
The Theater of Night by Alberto Ríos 9781556592300
RRP: $29.23$25.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556592300Author Alberto RíosFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Publisher Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 340g -
Ten Notable Women of Modern Latin America by James D. Henderson 9781538153024
RRP: $142.35$125.15Spanning from independence to the present, this book introduces readers to the history of modern Latin America through the experiences of ten notable women. Each biographical chapter includes an overview of the era, providing a fresh perspective on Latin... -
China-Latin America and the Caribbean: Infrastructure, Connectivity, and Everyday Life by Enrique Dussel Peters 9780822947851
RRP: $100.43$91.51A long history of migration, trade, and shared interests links China to Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the past twenty years, China has increased direct investment and restructured trade relations in the region. In addition, Chinese public sector... -
Indians, Oil, and Politics: A Recent History of Ecuador by Allen Gerlach 9780842051071
$224.64'It is indispensable that Ecuador has peace, but to have peace you need freedom and to have freedom you need justice. And the Indian population needs justice.'-President Gustavo Noboa, January 23, 2000 For five centuries, the Indians had very little... -
Contemporary Indigenous Movements in Latin America by Erick D. Langer 9780842026796
$223.26The efforts of Indians in Latin America have gained momentum and garnered increasing attention in the last decade as they claim rights to their land and demand full participation in the political process. This issue is of rising importance as ecological... -
The Power of the Metaphysical Artifact: Controversies on Philosophy, Politics, and Science in Nineteenth-Century France and Mexico by Obed Frausto 9781793654434
RRP: $157.95$138.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793654434Author Obed FraustoFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington Books -
Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights by Gabriela Gonzalez 9780199914142
RRP: $191.10$156.62The transborder modernization of Mexico and the American Southwest during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries transformed the lives of ethnic Mexicans across the political divide. While industrialization, urbanization, technology,... -
The Cold War and Latin American Studies by Ronald H. Chilcote 9781538141588
RRP: $148.20$130.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538141588Author Ronald H. ChilcoteFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 152g -
The Cold War and Latin American Studies by Ronald H. Chilcote 9781538141595
RRP: $68.25$60.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538141595Author Ronald H. ChilcoteFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 152g -
Discourses on American Musical Theater between Sao Paulo and New York: Theatrical Flows at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century by Bernardo Fonseca Machado 9781793638175
RRP: $142.35$125.15In this book, Bernardo Fonseca Machado examines the transnationalization of American Broadway and the resulting cultural exchanges between New York and Sao Paulo at the turn of the twenty-first century. Machado combines ethnography and history to track... -
Haiti since 1804: Critical Perspectives on Class, Power, and Gender by Alex Dupuy 9781538188255
RRP: $142.35$131.18Leading scholar Alex Dupuy investigates themes of class, power, and gender in Haiti in the capitalist world-economy—from independence and indemnity to the US occupation and current crisis after the assassination of President Moïse. This book provides new... -
Latin America 2023–2024 by William H. Beezley 9781538176108
RRP: $37.03$34.67The World Today Series: Latin America offers the latest available economic, demographic, political, and cultural information. Including solid statistical data expressing freedom, violence, and governmental orientation. Consideration is given to the... -
Decadent Modernity: Civilization and 'Latinidad' in Spanish America, 1880-1920 by Michela Coletta 9781786941312
$216.66How did Latin Americans represent their own countries as modern? By treating modernity as a ubiquitous category in which ideas of progress and decadence are far from being mutually exclusive, this book explores how different groups of intellectuals,... -
Modern Brazil: A Social History by Herbert S. Klein 9781108733298
RRP: $60.43$52.98Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna present a sweeping narrative of social change in Brazil that documents its transition from a predominantly rural and illiterate society in 1950, to an overwhelmingly urban, modern, and literate society in the... -
Empire on Edge: The British Struggle for Order in Belize during Yucatan's Caste War, 1847-1901 by Rajeshwari Dutt 9781108493420
RRP: $175.50$158.01How does empire operate in frontiers and borderlands during times of conflict? Empire on Edge reveals how British officials attempted, during the second half of the nineteenth century, to understand and impose order on northern Belize, an area that was... -
Finding Afro-Mexico: Race and Nation after the Revolution by Theodore W. Cohen 9781108493017
RRP: $194.98$176.03In 2015, the Mexican state counted how many of its citizens identified as Afro-Mexican for the first time since independence. Finding Afro-Mexico reveals the transnational interdisciplinary histories that led to this celebrated reformulation of Mexican... -
For Christ and Country: Militant Catholic Youth in Post-Revolutionary Mexico by Robert Weis 9781108493024
RRP: $175.50$158.01Why did Jose de Leon Toral kill Alvaro Obregon, leader of the Mexican Revolution? So far, historians have characterized the motivations of the young Catholic militant as the fruit of fanaticism. This book offers new insights on how diverse sectors... -
The Mexican Mission: Indigenous Reconstruction and Mendicant Enterprise in New Spain, 1521-1600 by Ryan Dominic Crewe 9781108492546
RRP: $175.50$158.79In the sixty years following the Spanish conquest, indigenous communities in central Mexico suffered the equivalent of three Black Deaths, a demographic catastrophe that prompted them to rebuild under the aegis of Spanish missions. Where previous... -
The Street Is Ours: Community, the Car, and the Nature of Public Space in Rio de Janeiro by Shawn William Miller 9781108426978
RRP: $206.70$186.42The streets of Rio de Janeiro have long been characterized as exuberant and exotic places for social commerce, political expression, and the production and dissemination of culture. The Street is Ours examines the changing uses and meanings of Rio de... -
Making the Revolution: Histories of the Latin American Left Kevin A. Young (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) 9781108423991
RRP: $171.58$155.30Many treatments of the twentieth-century Latin American left assume a movement populated mainly by affluent urban youth whose naive dreams of revolution collapsed under the weight of their own elitism, racism, sexism, and sectarian dogmas. However, this... -
A Silver River in a Silver World: Dutch Trade in the Rio de la Plata, 1648-1678 David Freeman (University of Missouri, Kansas City) 9781108417495
RRP: $175.50$158.01Drawing on a wide and rich array of sources, this book explores the nature and extent of Dutch trade and commerce in the Rio de la Plata during three decades of the least-studied century (1650-1750) of Spain's rule in the Americas. In doing so, it raises... -
Solidarity Under Siege: The Salvadoran Labor Movement, 1970-1990 by Jeffrey L. Gould 9781108410199
RRP: $50.68$42.88El Salvador's long civil war had its origins in the state repression against one of the most militant labor movements in Latin American history. Solidarity under Siege vividly documents the port workers and shrimp fishermen who struggled yet prospered... -
The Economic and Social History of Brazil since 1889 by Francisco Vidal Luna 9781107616585
RRP: $60.43$52.98This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language. It provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the Brazilian society and economy from the end of the empire in 1889 to the present day. The...