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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.

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.

Shows the reader the opposition and difficulties undocumented immigrants face in a nation that at first beckons them with freedom, then rejects them with unwelcoming borders and restrictive laws. This title is a useful resource for courses in immigration, political science, and social and cultural studies.

Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given Mexicans a rich tradition of national celebration that is part creation myth, part official pomp, and part popular merrymaking. This work looks at how Independence Day festivities have provided a medium for informal education.

Tells the story of Miguel Perdomo Niera, a healer whose amazing cures during his travels through the northern Andes in the 1860s and 1870s evoked enormous hostility and widespread adulation.

Mexican films have received high acclaim and impressive box-office returns. Moreover, Mexico has an advanced movie industry in the Spanish-speaking world, and its impact on Mexican culture and society cannot be overstated.

Intends to encourage Latin Americanists to rethink standard notions of urban politics before the populist era.

The eighteenth century in New Spain witnessed major changes: among these, was the adoption of French customs among the upper groups of society in response to the spreading ideas of the Enlightenment. This work raises the question: Was it really a period of relaxation of social customs, in this age of growth without development?

Attention to Mexico's history after 1940 stands in the shadow of the country's epic revolution of 1910ETH1923, and historians and scholars tend to bring their focus on Mexican history to a close with the end of the Lzaro Crdenas presidency in 1940.

The mere notion of examining local elections in Latin America would have produced a puzzled look and a simple question: Why?

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.

This selection of excerpts and essays delineates Brazilian culture as exemplified by its people. Two pieces that provide a general overview of Brazilian peoples are followed by four chronological sections, each of which is preceded by a historical sketch of the period under examination.

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.

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

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.

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.

Focusing on Nicaragua after the 1990 Sandinista electoral defeat, this book is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of one of the most unusual cases of regime transition in the late 20th century. It shows the similarities and differences between Nicaragua's regime and those of other countries.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.