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“lisa sousa”

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  • 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

  • Mesoamerican Voices

    Native Language Writings from Colonial Mexico, Yucatan, and Guatemala

    Edited by Matthew Restall, Lisa Sousa, Kevin Terraciano ...
    Mesoamerican Voices, first published in 2006, presents a collection of indigenous-language writings from the colonial period, translated into English. The texts were written from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries by Nahuas from central Mexico, Mixtecs from Oaxaca, Maya from Yucatan, and other groups from Mexico and Guatemala. The volume gives college teachers and students access to ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • The Psychology of Marriage

    An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View

    by Carol Cronin Weisfeld, Glenn E. Weisfeld, Lisa M. Dillon, Regina Sousa Brito, Marina L. Butovskaya, Tara DeLecce, Ellen Fedon-Keyt, Stefan M. M. Goetz0, Michael J. R. James1, Elizabeth M. Hill2, Bruce Howard3, Samantha Lewis4, Todd Lucas5, Koyonne R. Mims6, Ian J. Moore7, Cheryl C. Munday8, Carrie A. F. Nantais9, Nicole T. Nowak0, Kelly O’Keefe1, Yobany Pardo2, Zhanna Rozenberg3, Keila Rebello4, Maria Faustina Samayoa5, Emre Selcuk6, Kraig S. Shattuck7, Emilia D. Shinne8, Mauro Silva Jr.9, Annamaria Silveri0, Richard B. Slatcher1, Margaret Stack2, Jiawen Wang3, Keith M. Welker4, Craig A. Wendorf5, Ahmar Zaman6, E. Olcay Imamoglu7 ...
    From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms in Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their perspectives into adult romantic relationships. The Psychology of Marriage: An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View is a ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

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    by William H. Prescott ...
    William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 January 29, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. Prescott ... Read more

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  • The Ancient Maya and Their City of Tulum

    Uncovering the Mysteries of an Ancient Civilization and Their City of Grandeur

    by Bonnie Bley ...
    Discover the ancient Maya civilization and one of their most popular toured ancient ruined cities of Tulum, Mexico in this detailed guidebook. Th e Ancient Maya and Th eir City of Tulum: Uncovering the Mysteries of An Ancient Civilization and Th eir City of Grandeur, is an easy to read comprehensive guide to unlocking the secrets and mysteries of the ancient Maya civilization. It answers the ... Read more

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  • The March of Folly

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    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government.Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman ... Read more

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  • Dangerous Days in Elizabethan England

    Thieves, Tricksters, Bards and Bawds

    by Terry Deary ...
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    The reign of Elizabeth I - a Golden Age? Try asking her subjects...Elizabethans did all they could to survive in an age of sin and bling, of beddings and beheadings, galleons and guns. Explorers set sail for new worlds, risking everything to bring back slaves, gold and the priceless potato. Elizabeth lined her coffers while her subjects lived in squalor with hunger, violence and misery as ... Read more

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  • Montezuma and the Aztecs: The Life and Death of an Empire and Its Emperor

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    "Cortés and all of us captains and soldiers wept for him, and there was no one among us that knew him and had dealings with him who did not mourn him as if he were our father, which was not surprising, since he was so good. It was stated that he had reigned for seventeen years, and was the best king they ever had in Mexico, and that he had personally triumphed in three wars against countries he ... Read more

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  • 1666

    Plague, War and Hellfire

    by Rebecca Rideal ...
    "This is a lovely little history elucidating important events seminal to London and British history." ― San Francisco Book Review1666 was a watershed year for England. An outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War, and the devastating Great Fire of London all struck the country in rapid succession and with devastating repercussions.Shedding light on these dramatic events ... Read more

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  • The Mexican Heartland

    How Communities Shaped Capitalism, a Nation, and World History, 1500–2000

    by John Tutino ...
    A major new history of capitalism from the perspective of the indigenous peoples of Mexico, who sustained and resisted it for centuriesThe Mexican Heartland provides a new history of capitalism from the perspective of the landed communities surrounding Mexico City. In a sweeping analytical narrative spanning the sixteenth century to today, John Tutino challenges our basic assumptions about the ... Read more

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  • Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays?

    by Professor William D. Rubinstein ...
    From an obscure family in a small provincial town, Shakespeare had no formal education after the age of thirteen. His surviving handwriting consists of six signatures on legal documents. His will makes no mention of his books or manuscripts. His two daughters were illiterate. There is, in other words, a seemingly enormous gap between the meagreness of Shakespeare's background and his achievements ... Read more

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  • The Eagle and the Virgin

    Nation and Cultural Revolution in Mexico, 1920–1940

    by Rick A. Lopez, Desmond Rochfort ...
    When the fighting of the Mexican Revolution died down in 1920, the national government faced the daunting task of building a cohesive nation. It had to establish control over a disparate and needy population and prepare the country for global economic competition. As part of this effort, the government enlisted the energy of artists and intellectuals in cultivating a distinctly Mexican identity. ... Read more

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