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  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the beautiful island of Grenada.

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Explicitly focusing on the malaise of underdevelopment that has shaped the country since the Spanish conquest, Ramón Eduardo Ruiz offers a panoramic interpretation of Mexican history and culture from the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras through the twentieth century. Drawing on economics, psychology,...

Rio de Janeiro’s is a lush, complex history that spans five centuries, and Marvelous City is the first full length retelling of that history written in English. From the beach life of the Ipanema and Copacabana to the struggles of the Rio’s infamous favelas, this is a story of contrast and contradiction....

This is the first complete economic and social history of Brazil in the modern period in any language. It provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the Brazilian society and economy from the end of the empire in 1889 to the present day. The authors elucidate the basic trends that have defined...

This book analyzes [ejido] land as space of urbanization and location of economic activities and capital and land privatization as a redistributive process with local, urban, regional and global consequences.

Winner of the 1998 Michael C. Meyer Manuscript Prize! Feeding Mexico: The Political Uses of Food since 1910 traces the Mexican government's intervention in the regulation, production, and distribution of food from the days of Cardenas to the recent privatization inspired by NAFTA. Professor Ochoa...

The history of Mexican and Mexican-American working classes has been segregated by the political boundary that separates the United States of America from the United States of Mexico. As a result, scholars have long ignored the social, cultural, and political threads that the two groups hold in common....

Under the Tuscan Sun meets the wide-open sea . . . An Embarrassment of Mangoes is a delicious chronicle of leaving the type-A lifestyle behind -- and discovering the seductive secrets of life in the Caribbean. Who hasn’t fantasized about chucking the job, saying goodbye to the rat race, and...

In this latest edition of The Costa Rica Escape Manual, I dove deep… like middle earth deep, to bring you the most valuable tool for traveling through, moving to, or living in Costa Rica. The entire manual has been rehashed, reorganized and expanded, making it easier to use and more fun to read....

Are you ready for a major lifestyle change? In this Expat Fever! series book you will learn all about Tulum, a bohemian beach town in the heart of the Riviera Maya. This book is meant to give you an idea of what living in Tulum is really like. In this guide, you’ll read first-hand...

The definitive guide for anyone dreaming of a move to paradise: Mexico's Mazatlán region Welcome to Mazatlán, one of the few places in the world where you can walk for miles on an uncrowded beach within city limits.   Whether motivated by a desire for adventure, discomfort with the current...

The definitive guide for anyone dreaming of a move to paradise: Belize Welcome to Belize, one of the quirkiest countries you'll ever know—a nation of freedom seekers, white sand beaches, and Mayan ruins, at a bargain price.   Whether motivated by a desire for adventure, discomfort with the...

Now in its sixth year, the conflict in Mexico is a mosaic of several wars occurring at once: cartels battle one another, cartels suffer violence within their own organizations, cartels fight against the Mexican state, cartels and gangs wage war against the Mexican people, and gangs combat gangs. The...