Latin category: 3540 books
Until Death Do Us Part
My Struggle to Reclaim Colombia
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Ingrid Betancourt, a senator and a presidential candidate in Colombia, grew up among diplomats, literati, and artists who congregated at her parents' elegant home in Paris, France. Her father served as Colombia's ambassador to UNESCO and her mother, a political activist, continued her work on behalf...
by Boris Fausto, Sergio Fausto
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
The second edition of A Concise History of Brazil offers a sweeping yet accessible history of Latin America's largest country. Boris Fausto examines Brazil's history from the arrival of the Portuguese in the New World through the long and sometimes rocky transition from independence in 1822 to democracy...
Montesinos' Legacy
Defining and Defending Human Rights for Five Hundred Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Montesinos’ Legacy brings scholars together in honor of the 500th anniversary of Dominican Antonio de Montesinos’ famous sermon in defense of the rights of the indigenous Amerindians. The collection addresses the historical context for this sermon, but also the continued relevance of Montesinos...
The Caudillo of the Andes
Andrés de Santa Cruz
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Born in La Paz in 1792, Andrés de Santa Cruz lived through the turbulent times that led to independence across Latin America. He fought to shape the newly established republics, and between 1836 and 1839 he created the Peru-Bolivia Confederation. The epitome of an Andean caudillo, with armed forces...
Forgotten Peace
Reform, Violence, and the Making of Contemporary Colombia
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Forgotten Peace examines Colombian society’s attempt to move beyond the Western Hemisphere’s worst mid-century conflict and shows how that effort molded notions of belonging and understandings of the past. Robert A. Karl reconstructs encounters between government officials, rural peoples, provincial...
Lula of Brazil
The Story So Far
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's dramatic life story has captured the imagination of millions, and his progressive politics have brought hope and excitement to Brazil—and the world. This compelling work is the first major English-language biography of the metalworker who became president of Latin America's...
A History of Modern Brazil
The Past Against the Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1993
Over time, Brazil has evolved into a well-defined nation with a strong sense of identity. From the natural beauty of the Amazon River to the exciting resort city of Rio de Janeiro, from soccer champion Pele to classical musician Villa Lobos, Brazil is known as a distinctive, diverse country. It is...
by Fidel Castro
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
An outstanding new anthology by one of history's greatest orators.
Here, at last, is a comprehensive anthology presenting the voice of one of history’s greatest orators, Fidel Castro. Love him or hate him, there is no denying he is a “master of the spoken word,” as Gabriel García Márquez...
Women Drug Traffickers
Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers—work rarely acknowledged. Elaine Carey’s study of women in the drug trade offers a new understanding of this intriguing subject,...
Culture and Defence in Brazil
An Inside Look at Brazil's Aerospace Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
This volume examines the connection between culture and defence by providing an inside look at Brazil’s aerospace strategies.
Brazil is becoming increasingly important geopolitically, and several studies have sought to further understanding of this new position in the international arena....
American Civil Wars
The United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Crisis of the 1860s
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
American Civil Wars takes readers beyond the battlefields and sectional divides of the U.S. Civil War to view the conflict from outside the national arena of the United States. Contributors position the American conflict squarely in the context of a wider transnational crisis across the Atlantic world,...
by Jeremy D. Popkin
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
This book offers students a concise and clearly written overview of the events of the Haitian Revolution, from the slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 to the declaration of Haiti’s independence in 1804.
Draws on the latest scholarship in the field as well as the author’s...
Colombia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Colombia is a magical country, full of spectacular varied landscapes, rare ecosystems, succulent tropical fruits, salsa and cumbia music, and kind, fun-loving people. The modern culture is a synthesis of Spanish, indigenous, and African traditions, evident in the music, the food, and Barranquilla's...
The Book of Salsa
A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2008
Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music--and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production--was available only in Spanish. This...