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  • Visions of Empire in Colonial Spanish American Ekphrastic Writing

    de Kathryn M Mayers ...
    The process of shaping and asserting cultural identity in viceregal Spanish America occurred as much through the medium of pictures as through the medium of writing. Focused on writing that references visual texts (ekphrasis), Visions of Empire in Colonial Spanish American Ekphrastic Writing examines the way words about pictures in the writing of three Spanish American Creoles-Hernando Domínguez ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

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  • Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    de Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz ...
    “Masterly. . . . The complexities of Mexico’s ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.” —Library JournalMichael D. Coe’s Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region’s ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz.The seventh edition incorporates new ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century

    Updated and Revised Edition

    de Luis Alberto Romero ...
    Traducido por 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 ... Leer más

    $32.39 USD

  • Paisanos

    The Forgotten Irish Who Changed the Face of Latin America

    de Tim Fanning ...
    The epic story of the forgotten Irish men and women who changed the face of Latin America forever.In the early nineteenth century, thousands of volunteers left Ireland behind to join the fight for South American independence. Lured by the promise of adventure, fortune and the opportunity to take a stand against colonialism, they braved the treacherous Atlantic crossing to join the ranks of the ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Cortés and Montezuma

    de Maurice Collis ...
    The convergence of Cortés and Montezuma is the most emblematic event in the birth of what would come to be called "America."Landing on the Mexican coast on Good Friday, 1519, Hernán Cortés felt himself the bearer of a divine burden to conquer and convert the first advanced civilization Europeans had yet encountered in the West. For Montezuma, leader of the Mexicans, April 21, 1519 (known in their ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Return of the Native

    Indians and Myth-Making in Spanish America, 1810–1930

    de Rebecca A. Earle ...
    Why does Argentina’s national anthem describe its citizens as sons of the Inca? Why did patriots in nineteenth-century Chile name a battleship after the Aztec emperor Montezuma? Answers to both questions lie in the tangled knot of ideas that constituted the creole imagination in nineteenth-century Spanish America. Rebecca Earle examines the place of preconquest peoples such as the Aztecs and the ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Translated Christianities

    Nahuatl and Maya Religious Texts

    de Mark Z. Christensen ...
    Series series Latin American Originals
    Beginning in the sixteenth century, ecclesiastics and others created religious texts written in the native languages of the Nahua and Yucatec Maya. These texts played an important role in the evangelization of central Mexico and Yucatan. Translated Christianities is the first book to provide readers with English translations of a variety of Nahuatl and Maya religious texts. It pulls Nahuatl and ... Leer más

    $25.69 USD

  • Art Museums of Latin America

    Structuring Representation

    Edición de Michele Greet, Gina McDaniel Tarver ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions
    Since the late nineteenth century, art museums have played crucial social, political, and economic roles throughout Latin America because of the ways that they structure representation. By means of their architecture, collections, exhibitions, and curatorial practices, Latin American art museums have crafted representations of communities, including nation states, and promoted particular group ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Coffee and Transformation in Sao Paulo, Brazil

    de Mauricio A. Font ...
    Coffee and Transformation in São Paulo, Brazil advances a distinctive interpretation of the dynamism of the São Paulo region since the latter part of the nineteenth century. Large and entrepreneurial coffee landlords opened the frontier to the west of the state capital, playing a key role in making the state and Brazil the world's largest coffee producer for international markets. However, many of ... Leer más

    $141.99 USD

  • Speaking of Spain

    The Evolution of Race and Nation in the Hispanic World

    de Antonio Feros ...
    Momentous changes swept Spain in the fifteenth century. A royal marriage united Castile and Aragon, its two largest kingdoms. The last Muslim emirate on the Iberian Peninsula fell to Spanish Catholic armies. And conquests in the Americas were turning Spain into a great empire. Yet few in this period of flourishing Spanish power could define “Spain” concretely, or say with any confidence who were ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • 10 Historical Events That Molded Latin America

    de Teddy Stanowski ...
    There are over 20 sovereign nations that compose Latin America. Over 603 million people live in this sub-region. While many languages are spoken, the predominant languages are the Romantic languages of Spanish, Portuguese and French. However, in this vast melting pot of culture, you may find people speaking any language from English and Dutch to Native American.Today, the region covers the land ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Hunter of Stories

    de Eduardo Galeano ...
    Traducido por Mark Fried ...
    A fearless and poetic final work by a legendary Latin American writer that masterfully blends history, social commentary, and personal ruminations to capture a brilliant mind at work, and a region in constant flux"More generous, wise, and wonderful than I dared hope." — Naomi Klein, author of DoppelgangerIn Hunter of Stories, master storyteller Eduardo Galeano brings his signature style to the ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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