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  • - Honor and Egocentrism
    av James Schofield Saeger
    663,-

    Tells the story of Paraguay's most notorious ruler Francisco Solano Lopez. Despite the heroic stature he gained after his death, Lopez was a monumentally flawed leader who made the disastrous decisions in 1864 and 1865 to invade Brazil and Argentina. This work offers an analysis of Paraguayan politics and Lopez's life and erratic rule.

  • - Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective
    av Paul Ganster
    422 - 1 170,-

    Now fully updated and revised, this book systematically explores the dynamic interface between Mexico and the United States. In a comprehensive, richly illustrated survey, the authors consider the historical development, current politics and key issues, society, environment, economy, and daily life of the border region.

  • - Its History and Intellectual Origins, 1910 to the Present (Latin American Silhouettes)
    av Sandra McGee Deutsch
    522,-

    Looks at the Argentine Right from its roots in 19th-century European political theory through to the collapse of the conservative government in the 1980s. The contributors describe the Right's development, uneasy alliance with Peronists, years of triumph and subsequent retreat to opposition status.

  • - Portraits in Conflict, Courage, and Corruption
     
    636,-

    This unique volume examines revolutionary Mexico's state governors-the most significant intermediaries between the national government and the people it ruled. Leading scholars study governors from ten different states of Mexico during the eventful first half of the twentieth century to demonstrate the diversity of the governors' experiences over time, as well as the waxing and waning of strong governorship as an institution that disappeared in the powerful national regime created in the 1940s and 1950s. The only book that considers the state governors in comparative perspective, this invaluable study offers a fresh view of regionalism and the Revolution.

  • - The Travel Diary of Joseph J. Dimock
    av Joseph J. Dimock
    486,-

    A travel diary with descriptions of Cuba that provide a firsthand view of the island's history.

  • av Peter Blanchard
    527,-

    Here, Professor Blanchard examines why slavery managed to survive for more than three decades after Peru declared its independence despite anti-slavery legislation passed by the liberators at that time. The book focuses on the economics of Peruvian slavery, slave life and the abolition movement.

  • - Mexican Identity and Perceptions of the United States
    av Stephen D. Morris
    567 - 1 690,-

    Mexico's views of the United States have been characterized as stridently anti-American, but various policy changes in Mexico mark a fundamental transformation in the relationship.

  • - The Story of W. R. Grace
    av Marquis James
    630,-

    A biography of one of America's most successful immigrants. After arriving in America in 1846, Irish-born William R. Grace worked his way up from ordinary seaman to become master of a vast commercial empire, reformer of the Democratic Party and New York City's first Catholic mayor.

  • - Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights
    av Thomas C. Wright
    551 - 1 396,-

    Examines the tragic development and resolution of Latin America's human rights crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. This book focuses on state terrorism in Chile under General Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina during the Dirty War (1976-1983). It offers an exploration of the reciprocal relationship between Argentina and Chile and human rights movements.

  • - Venezuelan Rebel, American Revolutionary
    av Lester D. Langley
    603,-

    This compelling biography offers a unique perspective on the life and career of one of Latin America's most famous and most adulated historical figures. Departing from the conventional, narrow treatment of Bol var's role in the Spanish-American wars of independence (1810 1825), leading historian Lester D. Langley frames this remarkable figure as the quintessential Venezuelan rebel, who by circumstance and sheer will rose to be the continent's most noted revolutionary and liberator. In the process, he became both a unifying and a divisive presence whose symbolic influence remains powerful even today. As the author convincingly explains, he remains the most relevant figure of the revolutionary age in the Americas.

  • - Portraits in Conflict, Courage, and Corruption
     
    1 396,-

    This unique volume examines revolutionary Mexico's state governors-the most significant intermediaries between the national government and the people it ruled. Leading scholars study governors from ten different states of Mexico during the eventful first half of the twentieth century to demonstrate the diversity of the governors' experiences over time, as well as the waxing and waning of strong governorship as an institution that disappeared in the powerful national regime created in the 1940s and 1950s. The only book that considers the state governors in comparative perspective, this invaluable study offers a fresh view of regionalism and the Revolution.

  • av Catherine Moses
    486 - 1 350,-

    Looks at life in Cuba, including descriptions of its people and places. This book illuminates the human face of Cuba, which over the years has largely been hidden.

  • - Essays on the Life and Legacy of the Liberator
     
    1 277,-

    Dealing with the life of Sim-n Bol'var, this book looks at the impact of the Liberator as warrior, political thinker and leader, internationalist, continentalist, reformer, and revolutionary. Presenting an appraisal of Bol'var's role in the Spanish-American wars of independence, it offers an explanation of why the Bol'varian legend has persisted.

  • - U.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region
     
    635,-

    Explores why the United States pursues failed policies in Latin America. Reviewing official policy and its defenders and critics alike, this book focuses on the reasons for the failure of US policies and their disastrous significance for Latin America and the United States alike.

  • - Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City, 1920-1940
    av Patrice Elizabeth Olsen
    1 313,-

    Considers the physical changes in Mexico City's built environment, using them as a means to evaluate the extent and direction of regime consolidation of successive governments from 1920 to 1940. This work offers a study of Mexican political history as well as Latin American urban, social, and cultural history; cultural nationalism; and more.

  • av Jurgen Buchenau
    611 - 1 479,-

    Presents a study of Plutarco El'as Calles and the Mexican Revolution. This book traces the remarkable life story of a key figure in Mexico's history. It draws on an array of archival evidence from Mexico, US, and Europe to explore Calles's origins and political trajectory, leading to his reformist, yet authoritarian presidency from 1924 to 1928.

  • - The Rural Economy of the Guadalajara Region, 1675-1820
    av Eric Van Young
    718 - 1 717,-

    Explores 150 years of Mexico's economic and rural development, a period when one of history's great empires was trying to extract more resources from its most important colony, and when an arguably capitalist economy was both expanding and taking deeper root.

  • - A Cultural History of Per-n's Argentina
    av Mariano Ben Plotkin
    660,-

    The regime of Juan Per-n is one of the most studied topics of Argentina's contemporary history. This book provides a fresh perspective on the intriguing Argentinian leader. It focuses on the cultural and symbolic dimensions of Per-nism and populism, and explores the creation of myths, symbols, and rituals that constituted his political imagery.

  • - Politics and the Masses in Mexico City from Colony to Republic
    av Richard A. Warren
    527,-

    Demonstrates the crucial role that the urban masses played in shaping political change as Mexico struggled to become a stable, independent nation state in the nineteenth century. The author examines the political world of Mexico.

  • - Juan Manuel de Rosas
    av John Lynch
    526,-

    The figure of Juan Manuel de Rosas dominates the history of Argentina in the first half of the 19th century. This work studies the forces which made and sustained Rosas, and examines the roots of the caudillo tradition in Argentina through exploring his career.

  • - Politics and the Armed Forces in Latin America
     
    569,-

    Defending la Patria, or homeland, is the historical mission claimed by Latin American armed forces. This book presents a narrative history of the military's political role in Latin America in national defence and security.

  • av Jeffrey M. Pilcher
    1 512,-

    Probes into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book illuminates the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Mexico. It is suitable for courses on Mexican history and Latin American film.

  • - The Military in Latin America
     
    1 241,-

    Examining the origins of antipolitics, this work traces its nineteenth- and twentieth-century history, and focuses on the years from 1965 to 1995 to emphasize the somewhat illusory transitions to democracy. It focuses on the post-Cold War era.

  • - The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
    av Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
    522,-

    The Mothers began in the 1970s as a group of housewives visiting prisons and barracks in search of their missing children. This book traces the history of the Mothers, their current agenda and their continuing struggle to bring the murderers of their children to justice.

  • - United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898-1934
    av Lester D. Langley
    526,-

    Offers a sweeping panorama of America's tropical empire in the age spanned by the two Roosevelts and a detailed narrative of US military intervention in the Caribbean.

  • - Waging War and Negotiating Peace
     
    567,-

    Offers students with an understanding of the crisis in Colombia. This book focuses on the 1990s, a decade that witnessed a strengthening of the guerrilla insurgency in the Americas.

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    576,-

    For Central America, the last third of the twentieth century was a time of dramatic change in which most countries shifted from dictatorships to formal political democracy.

  • - A Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944
    av Paul J. Dosal
    508,-

    The United Fruit Company (UFCO) developed an unprecedented relationship with Guatemala. By 1944, UFCO owned 566,000 acres, employed 20,000 people, and operated 96 per cent of Guatemala's 719 miles of railroad.

  • - Latin American Women in 19th Century Travel Accounts
     
    508,-

    The nineteenth century was a period of peak popularity for travel to Latin America, where political independence was accompanied by loosened travel restrictions. Such expeditions resulted in numerous travel accounts, most by men.

  • av Stuart F. Voss
    581,-

    The customary division of Latin American history into colonial and modern periods has come into question. This book demonstrates that there was a middle period in Latin America's historical evolution since the European Conquest.

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