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  • Looking South

    The Evolution of Latin Americanist Scholarship in the United States, 1850-1975

    by Helen Delpar ...
    The definitive history of how Latin American studies became a major field in American scholarship.Looking South: The Evolution of Latin Americanist Scholarship in the United States, 1850-1975 is the first comprehensive history of the development of Latin American studies as a field of academic inquiry in the United States. In this ambitious and insightful work, historian Helen Delpar traces more ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Enormous Vogue of Things Mexican

    Cultural Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1920-1935

    by Helen Delpar ...
    A landmark study of cultural exchange across the U.S.-Mexico border.The Enormous Vogue of Things Mexican: Cultural Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1920–1935 explores a remarkable period when Mexico captured the imagination of the United States and became a powerful source of artistic, intellectual, and cultural inspiration. Historian Helen Delpar examines the flourishing exchange ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • United States–Latin American Relations, 1850–1903

    Establishing a Relationship

    by Don M. Coerver, Louis A. Perez Jr., Helen Delpar, Joseph S. Tulchin, William F. Sater, Joseph Smith, Jose B. Fernandez, Jennifer M. Zimnoch, Mr. William L. Harris, Mr. Thomas M. Leonard, Lawrence A. Clayton ...
    United States–Latin American Relations, 1850–1903 is a collection of essays that provide an in-depth analysis of the developing relationship between the Americas during the critical period from the Mexican War to the Panama Canal treaty of 1903.During the second half of the 19th century several forces in the United States, Latin America, and Europe converged to set the stage for the establishment ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Peripheral Visions

    Politics, Society, and the Challenges of Modernity in Yucatan

    by Eric N. Baklanoff, Othon Banos Ramirez, Eugene M. Wilson, Marie Lapointe, Paul K. Eiss, Lynda S. Morrison0, Stephanie J. Smith1, Dr. Terry Rugeley3 ...
    The essays in this collection illuminate both the processes of change and the negative reactions that they frequently elicitedYucatan has been called “a world apart”—cut off from the rest of Mexico by geography and culture. Yet, despite its peripheral location, the region experienced substantial change in the decades after independence. As elsewhere in Mexico, apostles of modernization introduced ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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    by Bernal Diaz del Castillo ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 – 1585) was a conquistador, who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards for Hernán Cortés, himself serving as a rodelero under Cortés… In the book, Castillo describes the Conquest of the Aztecs, in which he describes the Indoamerican cultures predominant in Mexico at that time. He also gives accounts of the ... Read more

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  • Cuba

    A Brief History

    by Sergio Guerra Vilaboy, Oscar Loyola Vega ...
    A concise, readable and thoroughly revised overview of Cuba written by Cubans for anyone interested in quickly understanding the island country’s turbulent history.Cuba: A Brief History covers the pre-Hispanic period, through Cuba’s struggle to maintain the revolution in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the period after Fidel Castro’s decision to step down from office, to ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Conflicting Missions

    Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976

    by Piero Gleijeses ...
    Series series Envisioning Cuba
    This is a compelling and dramatic account of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent. Piero Gleijeses's fast-paced narrative takes the reader from Cuba's first steps to assist Algerian rebels fighting France in 1961, to the secret war between Havana and Washington in Zaire in 1964-65--where 100 Cubans led by Che Guevara clashed ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Aztec Thought and Culture

    A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind

    Translated by Jack Emory Davis ...
    by Miguel León-Portilla ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    For at least two millennia before the advent of the Spaniards in 1519, there was a flourishing civilization in central Mexico. During that long span of time a cultural evolution took place which saw a high development of the arts and literature, the formulation of complex religious doctrines, systems of education, and diverse political and social organization.The rich documentation concerning ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Cañar

    A Year in the Highlands of Ecuador

    by Judy Blankenship ...
    Once isolated from the modern world in the heights of the Andean mountains, the indigenous communities of Ecuador now send migrants to New York City as readily as they celebrate festivals whose roots reach back to the pre-Columbian past. Fascinated by this blending of old and new and eager to make a record of traditional customs and rituals before they disappear entirely, photographer-journalist ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Loquela

    by Carlos Labbé ...
    Translated by Will Vanderhyden ...
    Playing with the form of a detective novel, Labbé investigates the nature and purpose of writing itself. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modern Architecture in Latin America

    Art, Technology, and Utopia

    by Luis E. Carranza, Fernando Luiz Lara ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    **Designed as a survey and focused on key examples and movements arranged chronologically from 1903 to 2003, this is the first comprehensive history of modern architecture in Latin America in any language.Runner-up, University Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, 2015**Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, and Utopia is an introductory text on the issues, polemics, and works that ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Based on a True Story

    Latin American History at the Movies

    Edited by Donald F. Stevens ...
    Series series Latin American Silhouettes
    Combining history with discussions of dramatic cinema, Based on a True Story: Latin American History at the Movies examines how film has portrayed Latin America from the late fifteenth century to the present. The book opens with an introduction on the visual presentation of the past in the movies, while the rest of the book consists of essays that explore the best feature films on Latin America ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD