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by Heinz Duthel
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
Ernesto Guevara Che
Revolución cubana
Raúl Castro Tercer mundo Movimiento 26 de Julio Guerra de guerrillas Ernesto Guevara Lynch José de la Serna
España
Cantabria
Virreinato del Río de la Plata
Provincia de Misiones Montecarlo (Misiones)...
Memories of Conquest
Becoming Mexicano in Colonial Guatemala
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Indigenous allies helped the Spanish gain a foothold in the Americas. What did these Indian conquistadors expect from the partnership, and what were the implications of their involvement in Spain's New World empire? Laura Matthew's study of Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala--the first study to focus on a single...
Motorcycle Therapy
A Canadian Adventure in Central America
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
From the Canadian Rockies to the Panamanian jungle, Motorcycle Therapy rumbles with comic adventure as two men, fleeing failed relationships, test the limits of their motorcycles and their friendship. Join the horn-honking, signal-flashing, wheelie-popping pair as they endure painful bee stings, painful...
CultureShock! Costa Rica
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
CultureShock! Costa Rica is an indispensable companion for anyone who wishes to live and work amongst Central America’s famously friendly people. Life in Costa Rica often turns out to be more complicated than it seems at first glance but this book will not only help you quedar bien (be on good terms)...
by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Written in Rough Guides' trademark opinionated style, this travel guide offers insightful, first-hand accounts of Panama's top sights and local secrets, from the Panama Canal's new multi-billion-dollar expansion to partying in the Azuero Peninsula.
With full colour pictures throughout, and...
Empire on Display
San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The world’s fair of 1915 celebrated both the completion of the Panama Canal and the rebuilding of San Francisco following the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire. The exposition spotlighted the canal and the city as gateways to the Pacific, where the American empire could now expand after its victory...
by Rolena Adorno
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
A vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American literature in Spanish and tells the story of how Spanish literary language developed and flourished...
by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2018
A history of Mexico and Central America, and how the Spaniards and the Natives met and interacted. Quite a thrlling history.
by Andrew Lefebvre, Daniel M. Masterson, Graeme Mount
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime. Each country responded to World War II according to its own national interests, which often conflicted with those of the Allies, including the...
The Road to Oxiana
New edition linked and annotaded
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2016
The Road to Oxiana is an account of Robert Byron’s ten-month journey to Iran and Afghanistan in 1933–34 in the company of Christopher Sykes. This travelogue is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing. Bruce Chatwin has described it as “a sacred...
by Raymond Williams
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2007
In this expertly crafted, richly detailed guide, Raymond Leslie Williams explores the cultural, political, and historical events that have shaped the Latin American and Caribbean novel since the end of World War II. In addition to works originally composed in English, Williams covers novels written...
Other Roots, The
Wandering Origins in Roots of Brazil and the Impasses of Modernity in Ibero-America
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
First published in 1936, the classic work Roots of Brazil by Sérgio Buarque de Holanda presented an analysis of why and how a European culture flourished in a large tropical environment that was totally foreign to its traditions, and the manner and consequences of this development. In The Other Roots,...
Sexuality and Being in the Poststructuralist Universe of Clarice Lispector
The Différance of Desire
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Driven by an unfulfilled desire for the unattainable, ultimately indefinable Other, the protagonists of the novels and stories of acclaimed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector exemplify and humanize many of the issues central to poststructuralist thought, from the nature of language, truth, and meaning...
by George N. Curzon
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This edition is published in 2 volumes sold separately.
Replica of 1892 edition by Longmans, Green, and Co., London and New York.
Elibron Classics.
Oversize maps are available as a free download.
Persia and the Persian Question, written in 1892, has been considered...