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“dustin walcher”

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  • The United States and Latin America

    A History with Documents

    by Jeffrey Taffet, Dustin Walcher ...
    The United States and Latin America presents a complex and dynamic view ofthe relationship between the United States and Latin America. Through acombination of targeted, thematic chapters and a range of freshly-translateddocuments, Jeffrey F. Taffet and Dustin Walcher illuminate the historicalcontinuities and conflicts that have defined the vital relationship. Givingequal weight to Latin American ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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    by Jorge G. Castañeda ...
    Why are Mexicans so successful in individual sports, but deficient in team play? Why do Mexicans dislike living in skyscrapers? Why do Mexicans love to see themselves as victims, but also love victims? And why, though the Mexican people traditionally avoid conflict, is there so much violence in a country where many leaders have died by assassination?In this shrewd and fascinating book, the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Exposing the Real Che Guevara

    And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him

    by Humberto Fontova ...
    A debunking of liberal myths about one of the most bloodthirsty icons of the twentieth century.Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the mainstream media celebrate Ernesto "Che" Guevara as a saint, a sex symbol, and a selfless martyr. But their ideas about Che—whose face adorns countless T-shirts and posters—are based on the lies of Fidel Castro's murderous dictatorship.Che's hipster fans are classic ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Che Guevara

    by Andrew Sinclair ...
    A concise biography of one of the most iconic revolutionaries of all time. ... Read more

    $5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Darker Side of Western Modernity

    Global Futures, Decolonial Options

    by Walter D. Mignolo ...
    Series series Latin america otherwise: languages, empires, nations
    During the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, coloniality emerged as a new structure of power as Europeans colonized the Americas and built on the ideas of Western civilization and modernity as the endpoints of historical time and Europe as the center of the world. Walter D. Mignolo argues that coloniality is the darker side of Western modernity, a complex matrix of power that has been created and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Francisco Solano López and the Ruination of Paraguay

    Honor and Egocentrism

    by James Schofield Saeger ...
    Series series Latin American Silhouettes
    The first serious biography of Francisco Solano López in English for decades, this richly researched book tells the dramatic story of Paraguay's most notorious ruler. Despite the heroic stature he gained after his death, López was a monumentally flawed leader who made the disastrous decisions in 1864 and 1865 to invade Paraguay's powerful neighbors, Brazil and Argentina, initiating the most ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Modern Architecture in Latin America

    Art, Technology, and Utopia

    by Luis E. Carranza, Fernando Luiz Lara ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    **Designed as a survey and focused on key examples and movements arranged chronologically from 1903 to 2003, this is the first comprehensive history of modern architecture in Latin America in any language.Runner-up, University Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, 2015**Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, and Utopia is an introductory text on the issues, polemics, and works that ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Great Pirate Stories

    by Various ...
    Out of the past the pirate emerges as a romantic, even at times heroic, figure. This ultimate status, despite heinous crimes, cannot altogether be denied to the pirate.This collection of classic pirates stories includes those by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and other legendary scribes. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inka Bodies and the Body of Christ

    Corpus Christi in Colonial Cuzco, Peru

    by Carolyn Dean ...
    In Inka Bodies and the Body of Christ Carolyn Dean investigates the multiple meanings of the Roman Catholic feast of Corpus Christi as it was performed in the Andean city of Cuzco after the Spanish conquest. By concentrating on the era’s paintings and its historical archives, Dean explores how the festival celebrated the victory of the Christian God over sin and death, the triumph of Christian ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Economic and Social History of Brazil since 1889

    by Francisco Vidal Luna, Herbert S. Klein ...
    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 modern Brazilian society and economy. In this period Brazil moved from being a mostly rural ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Brazil in the Making

    Facets of National Identity

    Edited by Ludwig Lauerhass Jr., Carmen Nava ...
    Series series Latin American Silhouettes
    This innovative volume traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. What shared experiences give its citizens their sense of being Brazilian? What memories bind them together? What metaphors and stereotypes of identity have emerged? Which groups are privileged over ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Industrial Forests and Mechanical Marvels

    Modernization in Nineteenth-Century Brazil

    by Teresa Cribelli ...
    An account of modernization and technological innovation in nineteenth-century Brazil that provides a distinctly Brazilian perspective. Existing scholarship on the period describes the beginnings of Brazilian modernization as a European or North American import dependent on foreign capital, transfers of technology, and philosophical inspiration. Promoters of modernization were considered few in ... Read more

    $38.99 USD