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  • Under the Fifth Sun

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    de Earl Shorris ...
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  • The Life and Times of Mexico

    de Earl Shorris ...
    A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2004. "A work of scope and profound insight into the divided soul of Mexico."--History TodayThe Life and Times of Mexico is a grand narrative driven by 3,000 years of history: the Indian world, the Spanish invasion, Independence, the 1910 Revolution, the tragic lives of workers in assembly plants along the border, and the experiences of millions of Mexicans ... Leer más

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  • Riches for the Poor

    The Clemente Course in the Humanities

    de Earl Shorris ...
    "You've been cheated," Earl Shorris tells a classroom of poor people in New York City."Rich people learn the humanities; you didn't. . . . It is generally accepted in America that the liberal arts and humanities in particular belong to the elite. I think you're the elite." In this groundbreaking work, Shorris examines the nature of poverty in America today. Why are people poor, and why do they ... Leer más

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  • The Art of Freedom

    Teaching the Humanities to the Poor

    de Earl Shorris ...
    A conversation in a prison cell sparks an ambitious undertaking to attack the roots of long-term poverty.Seeking answers to the toughest questions about poverty in the United States, Earl Shorris had looked everywhere. At last, one resounding answer came from a conversation with a woman in a maximum-security prison: the difference between rich and poor is the humanities. Shorris took that idea and ... Leer más

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  • A Nation of Salesmen

    The Tyranny of the Market and the Subversion of Culture

    de Earl Shorris ...
    If Adam is the archetype of man, and Eve of woman, then the serpent who sold the apple to Eve in the Garden of Eden was the first salesman: all culture and commerce flow from that act.In this groundbreaking book on the nature and meaning of the sale, Earl Shorris takes us on a journey that starts in Eden and comes at last to a consideration of where we are and what we have become by the late ... Leer más

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  • Latinos

    A Biography of the People

    de Earl Shorris ...
    "Brilliant.... A loving and detailed celebration of a diverse, beautiful and often astounding people."—Laurence Gonzales, Chicago TribuneThey are sometimes called the people who died twice, once at the hands of the Spaniards and their brutal process of civilization, then at the hands of Anglos, practicing a subtler exploitation. They are Latinos, the fastest-growing minority in the United States. ... Leer más

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  • In the Yucatan

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    de Earl Shorris ...
    In this stark, unsettling novel, set in a Mexican prison, present-day events resonate with the ancient history and wisdom of the Maya. Graham Greene meets Carlos Castaneda.In the central Yucatan a group of Maya Indian workers revolt against the corrupt oligarchy of government, business, the official union, and the press. Two young men—a traditional Maya leader and a Mexican-American lawyer—are ... Leer más

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