Latin America category: 3090 books
Tango Lessons
Movement, Sound, Image, and Text in Contemporary Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
From its earliest manifestations on the street corners of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires to its ascendancy as a global cultural form, tango has continually exceeded the confines of the dance floor or the music hall. In Tango Lessons, scholars from Latin America and the United States explore tango's...
by Brian R. Hamnett
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
This concise history looks at Mexico from political, economic, and cultural perspectives, portraying Mexico's struggle to break out of the colonial past and assert its viability as a sovereign state in a competitive world. In this third edition, Hamnett adds new material on Mexico's regional and international...
Death Squads or Self-Defense Forces?
How Paramilitary Groups Emerge and Challenge Democracy in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
In an era when the global community is confronted with challenges posed by violent nonstate organizations--from FARC in Colombia to the Taliban in Afghanistan--our understanding of the nature and emergence of these groups takes on heightened importance. Julie Mazzei's timely study offers a comprehensive...
Disobedience, Slander, Seduction, and Assault
Women and Men in Cajamarca, Peru, 1862-1900
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Though the law and courts of nineteenth-century Peru were institutions created by and for the ruling elite, women of all classes used the system to negotiate the complexities of property rights, childrearing, and marriage, and often to defend their very definitions of honor. Drawing on the trial transcripts...
Purchasing Whiteness
Pardos, Mulattos, and the Quest for Social Mobility in the Spanish Indies
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
The colonization of Spanish America resulted in the mixing of Natives, Europeans, and Africans and the subsequent creation of a casta system that discriminated against them. Members of mixed races could, however, free themselves from such burdensome restrictions through the purchase of a gracias al...
by William H. Prescott
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
"It is a magnificent epic," said William H. Prescott after the publication of History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843. Since then, his sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people has endured as a landmark work of scholarship and dramatic storytelling. This pioneering study presents...
Havana
Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
One of the oldest and most celebrated cities in the Western Hemisphere, Havana is a fascinating metropolis where history has left its handprint on every corner. Here, an international trio of well-known architects and planners assesses nearly five hundred years of development in the Cuban capital....
The Fall of Che Guevara
A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 1998
The Fall of Che Guevara tells the story of Guevara's last campaign, in the backwoods of Bolivia, where he hoped to ignite a revolution that would spread throughout South America. For the first time, this book shows in detail the strategy of the U.S. and Bolivian governments to foil his efforts. Based...
Chasing Bohemia
a year of living recklessly in Rio de Janeiro
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Carmen Michael, a twenty-eight-year-old travel industry executive, ditches her job in London and visits the city of Rio de Janeiro for a holiday. Wary of the allure of glossy brochure promises, she starts out very much as a jaded jetsetter.
Her scepticism, however, is swiftly overcome when...
by Derek Paterson
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
On his first trip to Chile, Derek Paterson fell instantly in love with the people and the country. On was ready to leave when the b;oozy coup of 11 September 1973 slammed the borders closed. Three days later he was thrown into a police cell and then taken to the infamous, notorious National Stadium...
Nations Of South America
Fun Facts about South America for Kids
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
A picture book of South America for children can lead a child to wonderful adventures. It can show any child another culture,teach history, show them history, and even teach them about a rainforest. Any child would love to have a picture book of South America. There is so much enjoyment in stories about...
Let's Explore South America (Most Famous Attractions in South America)
South America Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
This picture book will take you the wonderful sights in South America. Aside from enriching your knowledge on geography and deepening your love for learning, picture books also fuel your curiosity. With a limited number of words, you will have to decide for yourself what each page is all about. This would lead to questions and the burning desire to find answers. Buy a copy today!
Viva South America!
A Journey Through a Restless Continent - Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Simón Bolívar once inspired a continent to rise from serfdom and throw off the shackles of Spanish rule. Viva South America! sets out to discover if the dream of Simón Bolívar - for independence, freedom and equality - lives on in modern South America.
Armed with a reporter's notebook and...
by Claude Acero
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
This lighthearted expat guide to Central America makes many comparisons and personal references with traditional retirement hotspots in Thailand and Southeast Asia; here you have an exciting tell-it-like-it-is book written by an ex-expat from Thailand who shows you how to successfully start anew in...