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Save to My Portfolio American Civilization

By Charles A. Jones, 2007

This thought-provoking book demonstrates that, far from being a unique entity, the United States is the most American of nations. It shares with its neighbors to the south an aspiration for equal opportunities and freedoms in a society both defined a Read More

Save to My Portfolio Bolivia

By James Dunkerley, 2007

This volume brings together essays written over three decades on Bolivian history and politics. Read More

Caciquismo in Twentieth-Century Mexico Save to My Portfolio Caciquismo in Twentieth-Century Mexico

By Alan Knight and Wil Pansters, eds., 2005

Caciquismo (roughly translated as “boss politics”) has played a major role in Mexican political and social life. Loosely knit interest groups, or “caciques,” of diverse character—syndicates, farmers, left- and right-wingers, white-collar workers—have Read More

Save to My Portfolio Democracy after Pinochet

By Alan Angell, 2006

This book explores how democracy has developed in Chile since the end of the military dictatorship in 1990. It brings together an examination of international influences on the country's political development with empirically based analyses of Chilea Read More

Save to My Portfolio Francisco de Miranda

By John Maher, ed., 2006

Global Impact, Local Action Save to My Portfolio Global Impact, Local Action

By Anthony Hall, ed., 2005

As threats to Latin America's endangered ecosystems have grown, so have new approaches to stem the damage by incorporating local populations in decentralized systems of resource management. This volume examines several of the innovative strategies be Read More

Save to My Portfolio Making Institutions Work in Peru

By John Crabtree, ed., 2006

Save to My Portfolio Mexican Soundings

By Eric Van Young and Susan Deans-Smith, 2006

David Brading is one of the foremost historians of Latin America in the United Kingdom. The essays in this volume convey the enduring nature of many of the questions raised by his work. They reflect the wide range of his interests: from Mexican Baroq Read More

Right On? Save to My Portfolio Right On?

By Iwan W. Morgan and Philip J. Davies, eds., 2006

Science and the Creative Imagination in Latin America Save to My Portfolio Science and the Creative Imagination in Latin America

By Eduardo L. Ortiz and Evelyn Fishburn, eds., 2005

This book considers the relationship between the humanities and the sciences in a Latin American context. The geographical emphasis is important, given the prominent role of science in the formation of the region’s nation-states and its strong presen Read More

Some Other Amazonians Save to My Portfolio Some Other Amazonians

By Mark Harris and Stephen Nugent, eds., 2004

This book brings to light the diversity of Amazonian societies and contributes to the extension of anthropological work beyond its traditional limits. Read More

Territories, Commodities and Knowledge Save to My Portfolio Territories, Commodities and Knowledge

By Christian Brannstrom, ed., 2004

This book examines emerging methodologies and conceptual debates within the environmental history of Latin America. Read More

Save to My Portfolio The Contemporary Canadian Metropolis

By Ceri Morgan, Richard Dennis and Stephen Shaw, eds., 2008

This collection of essays combines social science, architectural, and cultural studies perspectives on the analysis of contemporary change in major Canadian cities. Read More

The Financing of Politics Save to My Portfolio The Financing of Politics

By Carlos Malamud and Eduardo Posada-Carbo, eds., 2005

This volume stresses the need for a comparative approach when dealing with the funding of party politics and a major related aspect—corruption. This topic lies at the heart of any realistic discussion of the logic of democratic representation. Read More

Save to My Portfolio The Struggle for an Enlightened Republic

By Klaus Gallo, 2006

From 1820 to 1827, the United Provinces of the River Plate—what is now Argentina—were largely dominated by the political influence of Bernardino Rivadavia. This book analyzes the evolution of politics, ideas, and culture in Buenos Aires during those Read More

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