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  • Judge and Jury in Imperial Brazil, 1808–1871

    Social Control and Political Stability in the New State

    by Thomas Flory ...
    Series series LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
    In nineteenth-century Brazil the power of the courts rivaled that of the central government, bringing to it during its first half century of independence a stability unique in Latin America. Thomas Flory analyzes the Brazilian lower-court system, where the private interests of society and the public interests of the state intersected.Justices of the peace—lay judges elected at the parish level ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Peasants in Revolt

    A Chilean Case Study, 1965–1971

    by James Petras, Hugo Zemelman Merino ...
    Translated by Thomas Flory ...
    Series series LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
    Based on extended interviews at the Culiprán fundo in Chile with peasants who recount in their own terms their political evolution, this is an in-depth study of peasants in social and political action. It deals with two basic themes: first, the authoritarian structure within a traditional latifundio and its eventual replacement by a peasant-based elected committee, and second, the events shaping ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • A Damn Close-Run Thing: A Brief History of the Falklands War

    by Russell Phillips ...
    In 1982, the average Briton didn't know the Falkland Islands existed, let alone their status as a disputed British territory just off the coast of Argentina. That changed when the Argentinians invaded the islands and overwhelmed the small defending force. Both nations claimed the islands were theirs, but now Argentina thought the British would give them up without a fight.They were wrong.Britain ... Read more

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  • The Falklands War, Day by Day

    by James Gibbon ...
    In April 1982, Argentina's military Junta sent its armed forces to attack and occupy two British territories in the South Atlantic - the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Within days, Britain had put in motion its greatest naval operation since the Second World War, to expel the Argentines from its territory. This book is the story of the Falklands War - a day-by-day, chronological account of ... Read more

    $3.37 USD

  • Capoeira

    Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game

    by Nestor Capoeira ...
    Capoeira is simultaneously a dance, a fight, and a game. Created by the Africans brought to Brazil as slaves beginning in 1500, capoeira was forbidden by law but survived underground. When open practice was allowed in the 1930s it soon became very popular. Capoeira came to America around 1975, and has become widely recognized by dancers and martial artists. The author discusses capoeira's ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Life and Death in the Andes

    On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries

    by Kim MacQuarrie ...
    “A thoughtfully observed travel memoir and history as richly detailed as it is deeply felt” (Kirkus Reviews) of South America, from Butch Cassidy to Che Guevara to cocaine king Pablo Escobar to Charles Darwin, all set in the Andes Mountains.The Andes Mountains are the world’s longest mountain chain, linking most of the countries in South America. Kim MacQuarrie takes us on a historical journey ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • The Book of Emma Reyes

    A Memoir

    by Emma Reyes ...
    Translated by Daniel Alarcón ...
    **“Startling and astringently poetic.” —The New York TimesA literary discovery: an extraordinary account, in the tradition of The House on Mango Street and Angela’s Ashes, of a Colombian woman’s harrowing childhood**This astonishing memoir was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nearly a decade after the death of its author, who was encouraged in her writing by ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century

    Updated and Revised Edition

    by Luis Alberto Romero ...
    Translated by James P. Brennan ...
    A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century, originally published in Buenos Aires in 1994, attained instant status as a classic. Written as an introductory text for university students and the general public, it is a profound reflection on the “Argentine dilemma” and the challenges that the country faces as it tries to rebuild democracy. Luis Alberto Romero brilliantly and painstakingly ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Outlawed

    Between Security and Rights in a Bolivian City

    by Daniel M. Goldstein ...
    Series series A John Hope Franklin Center book
    In Outlawed, Daniel M. Goldstein reveals how indigenous residents of marginal neighborhoods in Cochabamba, Bolivia, struggle to balance security with rights. Feeling abandoned to the crime and violence that grip their communities, they sometimes turn to vigilante practices, including lynching, to apprehend and punish suspected criminals. Goldstein describes those in this precarious position as ... Read more

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  • Children of Facundo

    Caudillo and Gaucho Insurgency during the Argentine State-Formation Process (La Rioja, 1853-1870)

    by Ariel de la Fuente ...
    In Children of Facundo Ariel de la Fuente examines postindependence Argentinian instability and political struggle from the perspective of the rural lower classes. As the first comprehensive regional study to explore nineteenth-century society, culture, and politics in the Argentine interior—where more than 50 percent of the population lived at the time—the book departs from the predominant Buenos ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Governing Indigenous Territories

    Enacting Sovereignty in the Ecuadorian Amazon

    by Juliet S. Erazo ...
    Governing Indigenous Territories illuminates a paradox of modern indigenous lives. In recent decades, native peoples from Alaska to Cameroon have sought and gained legal title to significant areas of land, not as individuals or families but as large, collective organizations. Obtaining these collective titles represents an enormous accomplishment; it also creates dramatic changes. Once an ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Brazil

    The Fortunes of War

    by Neill Lochery ...
    In 1939, Brazil seemed a world away from the chaos overtaking Europe. Yet despite its bucolic reputation as a distant land of palm trees and pristine beaches, Brazil’s natural resources and proximity to the United States made it strategically invaluable to both the Allies and the Axis alike. As acclaimed historian Neill Lochery reveals in The Fortunes of War, Brazil’s wily dictator Getúlio ... Read more

    $20.99 USD