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  • The History of Capitalism in Mexico

    Its Origins, 1521–1763

    by Enrique Semo ...
    Translated by Lidia Lozano ...
    Series series LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series
    What lies at the center of the Mexican colonial experience? Should Mexican colonial society be construed as a theoretical monolith, capitalist from its inception, or was it essentially feudal, as traditional historiography viewed it? In this pathfinding study, Enrique Semo offers a fresh vision: that the conflicting social formations of capitalism, feudalism, and tributary despotism provided the ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Edition

    The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

    by Miguel Leon-Portilla ...
    For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Conquistadors

    by Hammond Innes ...
    This enthralling study which examines the impact of the Spaniards upon the Aztec and Inca worlds is dominated by the personalities involved, in particular Cortes and Montezuma. Their confrontation in the Aztec lake-city of Tenochtitlan is a moving drama of human conflict revealing the dilemma and the enigma of the Indians. It is a story of battles and voyages, full of strange episodes – Cortes ... Read more

    $6.09 USD

  • A Glorious Defeat

    Mexico and Its War with the United States

    by Timothy J. Henderson ...
    A concise yet comprehensive social history of the Mexican–American War as it was experienced by the people of Mexico.The war that was fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 was a major event in the history of both countries: it cost Mexico half of its national territory, opened western North America to US expansion, and magnified tensions that led to civil wars in both ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Mexican Wars for Independence

    by Timothy J. Henderson ...
    A "well-balanced and clearly argued" overview of Mexico's wars for independence between 1810 and 1821 (Clay Reynolds, The Dallas Morning News )."Henderson tells this complex story with admirable analytic clarity in a readable narrative that reflects recent research and writing. He breathes life into iconic figures like Hidalgo and Morelos, while maintaining a critical perspective." —Pete... ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Forgotten Dead

    Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928

    by William D. Carrigan, Clive Webb ...
    Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In Forgotten Dead, William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb uncover a comparatively neglected chapter in the story of American racial violence, the lynching of persons of Mexican origin or descent. Over eight decades lynch mobs murdered hundreds of Mexicans, ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • A Gringo Guide to the Cristero Rebellion

    by William J. Conaway ...
    Series series Gringo Guides
    A twenty-eight page book with the complete forgotten history of the Rebellion against the Calles Administration 1926-1930 in which the Pope closed the Mexican churches, and the government waged modern warfare against their own people over religious differences. hundreds of thousands of people died and a half million people migrated to the U.S. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Human Rights in the Maya Region

    Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements

    by Rodolfo Stavenhagen ...
    In recent years Latin American indigenous groups have regularly deployed the discourse of human rights to legitimate their positions and pursue their goals. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the Maya region of Chiapas and Guatemala, where in the last two decades indigenous social movements have been engaged in ongoing negotiations with the state, and the presence of multinational actors ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Standing on Common Ground

    The Making of a Sunbelt Borderland

    by Geraldo L. Cadava ...
    Under constant surveillance and policed by increasingly militarized means, Arizona's border is portrayed in the media as a site of sharp political and ethnic divisions. But this view obscures the region's deeper history. Bringing to light the shared cultural and commercial ties through which businessmen and politicians forged a transnational Sunbelt, Standing on Common Ground recovers the vibrant ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Through the Eyes of the Soul

    Mexico City, Mixquic & Morelos

    by Mary Andrade ...
    Series series Day of the Dead in Mexico
    In this publication, interested individuals can find a comprehensive collection of photo essays on the multi-faceted celebration of All Souls Day in Mexico.  Award-winning Photojournalist Mary J. Andrade has published the third of a five-part bilingual series of books titled: “Through the Eyes of the Soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico,” “A través de los Ojos del Alma, Día de Muertos en México.” To ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Woman Who Turned Into a Jaguar, and Other Narratives of Native Women in Archives of Colonial Mexico

    by Lisa Sousa ...
    This book is an ambitious and wide-ranging social and cultural history of gender relations among indigenous peoples of New Spain, from the Spanish conquest through the first half of the eighteenth century. In this expansive account, Lisa Sousa focuses on four native groups in highland Mexico—the Nahua, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Mixe—and traces cross-cultural similarities and differences in the roles ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico

    Middle Eastern Immigrants in Modern Mexico

    by Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp ...
    Middle Eastern immigration to Mexico is one of the intriguing, untold stories in the history of both regions. In So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico, Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp presents the fascinating findings of her extensive fieldwork in Mexico as well as in Lebanon and Syria, which included comprehensive data collection from more than 8,000 original immigration cards as well as studies of ... Read more

    $27.59 USD