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  • Marijuana Boom

    The Rise and Fall of Colombia's First Drug Paradise

    by Lina Britto ...
    Before Colombia became one of the world’s largest producers of cocaine in the 1980s, traffickers from the Caribbean coast partnered with American buyers in the 1970s to make the South American country the main supplier of marijuana for a booming US drug market, fueled by the US hippie counterculture. How did Colombia become central to the creation of an international drug trafficking circuit? ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Histories of Perplexity

    Colombia, 1970s-2010s

    Edited by A. Ricardo López-Pedreros, Lina Britto ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas
    By combining chronological coverage, analytical breadth, and interdisciplinary approaches, these two volumes—Histories of Solitude and Histories of Perplexity—study the histories of Colombia over the past two centuries as illustrations of the histories of democracy across the Americas.The volumes bring together over 40 scholars based in Colombia, the United States, England, and Canada working in ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Histories of Solitude

    Colombia, 1820s-1970s

    Edited by A. Ricardo López-Pedreros, Lina Britto ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas
    By combining chronological coverage, analytical breadth, and interdisciplinary approaches, these two volumes—Histories of Solitude and Histories of Perplexity—study the histories of Colombia over the last two centuries as illustrations of the histories of democracy across the Americas.The volumes bring together over 40 scholars based in Colombia, the United States, England, and Canada working in ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

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  • Defiant Braceros

    How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom

    by Mireya Loza ...
    Series series The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
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  • Terms of Inclusion

    Black Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century Brazil

    by Paulina L. Alberto ...
    In this history of black thought and racial activism in twentieth-century Brazil, Paulina Alberto demonstrates that black intellectuals, and not just elite white Brazilians, shaped discourses about race relations and the cultural and political terms of inclusion in their modern nation.Drawing on a wide range of sources, including the prolific black press of the era, and focusing on the influential ... Read more

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  • Rebel Mexico

    Student Unrest and Authoritarian Political Culture During the Long Sixties

    by Jaime M. Pensado ...
    Winner of the 2014 Mexican Book PrizeIn the middle of the twentieth century, a growing tide of student activism in Mexico reached a level that could not be ignored, culminating with the 1968 movement. This book traces the rise, growth, and consequences of Mexico's "student problem" during the long sixties (1956-1971). Historian Jaime M. Pensado closely analyzes student politics and youth culture ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Mexican History and Culture

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  • Contemporary Indigenous Movements in Latin America

    by Erick D. Langer ...
    Series series Jaguar Books on Latin America
    The efforts of Indians in Latin America have gained momentum and garnered increasing attention in the last decade as they claim rights to their land and demand full participation in the political process. This issue is of rising importance as ecological concerns and autochtonous movements gain a foothold in Latin America, transforming the political landscape into one in which multiethnic ... Read more

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  • The Allure of Labor

    Workers, Race, and the Making of the Peruvian State

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  • The Peculiar Revolution

    Rethinking the Peruvian Experiment Under Military Rule

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    Histories and Cultural Politics in Southern Mexico

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