South America category: 2208 books
Chavez's Children
Ideology, Education, and Society in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
Most publications on the political situation in Venezuela are journalistic and lack a scientific, and particularly sociological, approach. Chavez’s Children: Ideology, Education, and Society in Latin America is the first sociological work on the ideological system in Venezuela. This book deals with...
by Peter Krahenbuhl
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Welcome to Quito, the city of eternal spring, bridge to Ecuador's past, and your gateway city. Even if you are not much of a city person, this World Heritage Site has a certain charm to it. Nestled within the Avenue of the Volcanoes, the breathtaking backdrop blends with colonial architecture to create...
by Peter Krahenbuhl
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Ecuador's Avenue of the Volcanoes is the backbone of the Central Highlands, a long and beautiful stretch of eternal mountain views. Snow-capped volcanoes peer through layers of mist and each curve of the highway presents a new vision. The highest peaks, several of which are active volcanoes, lie in...
The Militant Song Movement in Latin America
Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The Militant Song Movement in Latin America examines the history of the militant song movement in Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina, considering their different political stances and musical deportments. The book analyzes the complex relationship that the aesthetic of the movement established between...
The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America
Vol. 2: Upper Peru (Bolivia)
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America provides records of Spanish colonial treasuries of various New World administrative centers. In this volume, the fourth in the series, the authors have compiled quantitative date on the fiscal structure of the presidency of Quito that will be an...
The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America
Vol. 3: Chile and Rio de la Plata
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America provides records of Spanish colonial treasuries of various New World administrative centers. In this volume, the fourth in the series, the authors have compiled quantitative date on the fiscal structure of the presidency of Quito that will be an...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America provides records of Spanish colonial treasuries of various New World administrative centers. In this volume, the fourth in the series, the authors have compiled quantitative date on the fiscal structure of the presidency of Quito that will be an...
Reshaping the Political Arena in Latin America
From Resisting Neoliberalism to the Second Incorporation
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and unemployment increased. The backlash to neoliberalism in the form of popular protest and electoral mobilization opened space for...
by Sean Goforth
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
Two of the most prominent trends in world affairs over the past decadethe projection of American power abroad and high energy priceshave made for some strange bedfellows. Flush with oil revenues, autocratic governments in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia have tried to counter U.S. influence not only in Latin...
Visiones de fin de siglo
Bolivia y América Latina en el siglo XX
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 4, 2016
La presente publicación concentra los trabajos presentados por investigadores nacionales y extranjeros en el "Il Encuentro Internacional de Historia. El siglo XX en Bolivia y América Latina. Visiones de fin de siglo", que se realizó en la ciudad de Cochabamba entre el 27 y el 31 de julio...
Landscapes of Freedom
Building a Postemancipation Society in the Rainforests of Western Colombia
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
After emancipation in 1851, the African descendants living in the extra-humid rainforests of the Pacific coast of Colombia attained levels of autonomy hardly equaled anywhere else in the Americas. This autonomy rested on their access to a diverse environment—including small strips of fertile soils,...
by Erin Donaldson
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
<h1>Eat Healthy Without Sacrificing Taste and Texture.</h1>
You can eat healthy, and still make amazing fluffy pancakes that taste absolutely scrumptious! We will even reveal to you our secret ingredient which we have discovered to help compensate the difference between wheat and...
Brazil and Latin America
Between the Separation and Integration Paths
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
Brazil and Latin America: Between the Separation and Integration Paths challenges the “separatist” bias in the vision of Brazilian relations with its Latin American neighbors. By exploring the parallel existence of a path of integration, the focus of this study is on those forces which have intended...
by Lars Holger Holm
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Travelling the world, generally speaking, gives a human being an opportunity to free himself from prejudice and to regard the world as it is rather than the way it ‘ought to be’. If that is not in itself reason enough to travel, it also gives him stories to tell. It is my hope that the reader...