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  • The History of Journalism in Latin America

    by Rick Rockwell ...
    Series series Latin American Tópicos
    From the deserts of northern Mexico to as far south as the Rio Plata in Argentina, this book traces the history of journalism in Latin America from its earliest roots and examines how it relates to the modern importance of media in the twenty-first century.By exploring mestizo roots, The History of Journalism in Latin America examines Indigenous foundations, pre-colonial methods, and post-colonial ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • New Frontiers in International Communication Theory

    by Amin Alhassan, Heidi Marie Brush, François Debrix, John D. H. Downing, John Nguyet Erni, Michael Robert Evans, Marouf Hasian Jr., Clifford A. Jones, Marwan M. Kraidy, John Nerone, Rick Rockwell, S Sayyid, Sujatha Sosale, McKenzie Wark ...
    Series series Communication, Media, and Politics
    New Frontiers in International Communication Theory offers a wide-ranging assessment of the present state of the field of international communication and charts new directions for theory and research. It brings together renowned and emerging scholars who challenge the field to move beyond the limits of existing formulations, approaches, and trajectories, providing an alternative and a supplement ... Read more

    $51.09 USD

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  • Who Was Fidel Castro?

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    When Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016, many people around the world responded with mixed emotions. Learn all about the man who shaped Cuba for more than half a decade.After overthrowing Fulgencia Batista in 1959, Fidel Castro became the leader of an island country only ninety miles away from Florida. While in power, Castro outlasted ten US presidents and turned the small nation into a one ... Read more

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  • Opening Mexico

    The Making of a Democracy

    by Julia Preston, Samuel Dillon ...
    Two Pulitzer Prize–winning reporters deliver "a gripping and insightful history of Mexico's democratic transition" (Daniel Kurtz Phelan, The Washington Post ).Opening Mexico is a narrative history of the citizens' movement which dismantled the kleptocratic one-party state that dominated Mexico in the twentieth century, and replaced it with a lively democracy. Told through the stories of Mexicans ... Read more

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  • Sandinista

    Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution

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    “A must-read for anyone interested in Nicaragua—or in the overall issue of social change.”—Margaret Randall, author of SANDINO'S DAUGHTERS and SANDINO'S DAUGHTERS REVISITEDSandinista is the first English-language biography of Carlos Fonseca Amador, the legendary leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front of Nicaragua (the FSLN) and the most important and influential figure of the post–1959 ... Read more

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  • Beatriz Allende

    A Revolutionary Life in Cold War Latin America

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  • A Hidden History of the Cuban Revolution

    How the Working Class Shaped the Guerillas’ Victory

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  • Hotel Trópico

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