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Crisis in Costa Rica
The 1948 Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
The Costa Rican revolution of 1948 capped an extended period of social tension and political unrest. This book analyzes the circumstances of 1940–1948 that led to a successful armed uprising. A secondary and related theme is the role of José Figueres Ferrer in marshaling disparate groups into a movement...
Walking the Americas
1,800 Miles, Eight Countries, and One Incredible Journey from Mexico to Colombia
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller, Walking the Americas was published in the UK in February alongside the release of Wood’s eponymous Channel 4 TV series, which reached over 2 million viewers per episode. It has also been longlisted for the Banff Mountain Book award for adventure travel.
All...
The Politics of Che Guevara
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
This reexamination of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's thoughts on socialism, democracy, and revolution is a must-read for today's activists—or anyone longing to fight for a better world.
Fifty years after his death, Guevara remains a symbol to legions of young rebels and revolutionaries....
Readings in Caribbean History and Culture
Breaking Ground
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
This collection of eleven essays is designed to highlight some important new voices who have been doing research on the general subject areas of the history and culture of the Caribbean. The essays in this volume also address a number of themes which are critical to developing an understanding of...
Che Guevara
El gran revolucionario
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Abundan las biografías escritas sobre el Che Guevara. De hecho, cada año aparecen en todo el mundo y en distintos idiomas, algunas más, que se agregan a una biblioteca siempre creciente, desde su muerte en octubre de 1967. Ello nos lleva a una primera pregunta: ¿Por qué se mantiene vivo el interés...
Voz popular, saberes no oficiales:
humor, protesta, disidencia y organización desde la escuela, la calle y los márgenes (México, siglo XIX)
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 12, 2016
La cultura iletrada, la voz popular y marginal, se abre paso en esta obra para hacernos comprender su papel en la historia de México, incluso en la forja de un discurso letrado que se alimenta de ella, bien sea porque la comprende, la utiliza o es solidario con sus puntos de vista. A lo largo de...
by Philippe Girard
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard answers these and other questions, examining how colonialism and slavery have left a legacy of racial tension, both within Haiti and internationally;...
The Costa Rica No One Talks About
Politically Incorrect Facts And Information About Pura Vida From A Long Time Resident Of Costa Rica
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
What is The Costa Rica No One Talks About?
The Costa Rica No One Talks About is NOT about trying to sell you Costa Rica or depicting Costa Rica as an idyllic place—there are multiple websites and sources of information that are happily already doing that.
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Silenced Communities
Legacies of Militarization and Militarism in a Rural Guatemalan Town
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Although the Guatemalan Civil War ended more than two decades ago, its bloody legacy continues to resonate even today. In Silenced Communities, author Marcia Esparza offers an ethnographic account of the failed demilitarization of the rural militia in the town of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango following...
Travels into Bokhara
A Voyage up the Indus to Lahore and a Journey to Cabool, Tartary & Persia
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
At the age of only twenty six, Alexander Burnes proved himself to be one of the most effective intelligence agents of his time. Making two dangerous journeys beyond the frontiers of the Indian Empire, he reported back via the East India Company to Downing Street on the geography and politics of the...
by Cyrus Hamlin
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Replica of 1878 edition by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London.
Cyrus Hamlin (January 5, 1811 – August 8, 1900) was an American Congregational missionary and educator.
He left the United States in 1838 as a missionary under the American Board, arriving in Turkey in January...
by Bartolomé de las Casas
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
La Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias es un libro escrito por el dominico español Bartolomé de las Casas a mediados del siglo XVI. Como su nombre indica, se trata de un texto en el que el fraile se propone denunciar los destructivos efectos que tuvo para los pueblos indígenas...
The Education of a Radical
An American Revolutionary in Sandinista Nicaragua
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
"I went to Nicaragua with nothing but a tourist visa, $1,500 in cash, the name of someone at the Agrarian Reform Ministry, and the idea of being a revolutionary intellectual. . . . The idea took hold in a simple character flaw: wanting to believe that I knew better than everyone else."—From the...
American History
Little Known Secrets That Everyone Should Know About The 22nd Amendment, The Bill of Rights, The Boston Tea Party, The Civil War, The Cold War, The Declaration of Independence and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
In this compelling block-buster guide discover hard-hitting facts about American History, The 22nd Amendment, The Bill of Rights, The Boston Tea Party, The Civil War, The Cold War, The Declaration of Independence and more.