The Penguin History of Latin America (Williamson Edwin)(Paperback)

The Penguin History of Latin America (Williamson Edwin)(Paperback)

Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portugese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day, looking in detail at

A New History of Modern Latin America (Clayton Lawrence A.)(Paperback)

A New History of Modern Latin America provides an engaging and readable narrative history of the nations of Latin America from the Wars of Independence in the nineteenth century to the democratic turn in the twenty-first. This new edition of a well-known text has been revised and updated to include

Latin America in Colonial Times (Restall Matthew)(Paperback)

Latin America in Colonial Times is a concise history of Latin America from the era of the Aztecs and Incas to the age of Napoleon and Bolivar, written in a lively style in order to sustain the interest of students and general readers in the main themes and events of colonial Latin American

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (McPherson Alan)(Paperback)

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day. Engages in debates about the economic, military,

Latin American Economic Development (Reyes Javier A.)(Paperback)

Latin America is one of the most intriguing parts of the world. The region's illustrious history, culture, and geography are famous internationally, but in terms of economics, Latin America has been generally associated with problems. For many, the combination of a resource-rich region and poor

The Contemporary History of Latin America (Halpern Donghi Tulio)(Paperback)

For a quarter of a century, Tulio Halper n Donghi's Historia Contempor nea de Am rica Latina has been the most influential and widely read general history of Latin America in the Spanish-speaking world. Unparalleled in scope, attentive to the paradoxes of Latin American reality, and known for its

Forgotten Continent: A History of the New Latin America (Reid Michael)(Paperback)

A newly updated edition of the best-selling primer on the social, political, and economic challenges facing Central and South America Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's best-selling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has been wholly updated to reflect the new

Placing Latin America: Contemporary Themes in Geography, Fourth Edition (Jackiewicz Edward L.)(Paperback)

Placing Latin America offers a thematic approach to the study of the diverse geographies of a globalizing region. This comprehensive text focuses on the dynamic connections between people, places, and environments rather than on predefined notions about the region. The book's well-rounded and

Latin America at 200: A New Introduction (Berryman Phillip)(Paperback)

Between 2010 and 2025, most of the countries of Latin America will commemorate two centuries of independence, and Latin Americans have much to celebrate at this milestone. Most countries have enjoyed periods of sustained growth, while inequality is showing modest declines and the middle class is

The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History (McEvedy Colin)(Paperback)

The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History illustrates in a chronological series of maps, the evolution and flux of races in Europe, the Mediterranean area and the Near East. From 50,000 B.C. to the fourth century A.D., it is one of the most successful of the bestselling historical atlas

Bogot 39: New Voices from Latin America (Various)(Paperback)

'This new generation of Latin American writers has exchanged history for memory, dictators for narcos and political engagement for gender and class consciousness.' El Pa s Ten years on from the first Bogot 39 selection, which brought writers such as Juan Gabriel V squez, Alejandro Zambra and Junot

What Is Latin American History? (Eakin Marshall)(Paperback)

What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. After briefly sketching the growth of the topic up to the 1960s, Marshall Eakin focuses on the past half-century, from the dominance of social history to

Viva la Revolucion - Hobsbawm on Latin America (Hobsbawm Eric)(Paperback / softback)

Viva La Revolucion is Hobsbawm's magisterial work on Latin America, the fruit of forty years' writing about the

Naming of the Shrew - A Curious History of Latin Names (Wright John)(Paperback / softback)

AIR FORCES OF LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA (SANTIAGO RIVAS)(Paperback)

Military aviation in Argentina has a long history and for many years it was the most powerful in Latin America, achieving worldwide fame in 1982 when it confronted British forces over the South Atlantic. Sadly, as a result of Argentina's more recent economic woes and a lack of political commitment

More Than Just Peloteros: Sport and U.S. Latino Communities (Iber Jorge)(Paperback)

A microcosm of the significance of sport to community history anywhere Although the Latino/a population of the United States has exploded since the 1960s, an analysis of its place in the history of American sport has, until recently, been sorely underrepresented. The thoughtful and coherent essays

The Orchards of Eastern England: History, Ecology and Place (Williamson Tom)(Paperback)

Although the history of orchards and fruit varieties is of great popular interest, there have been few academic treatments of the subject. This book presents results from a three-year project, 'Orchards East', investigating the history and ecology of orchards in the east of England. Together, the

Latin America and the Global Cold War (Field Thomas C.)(Pevná vazba)

Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary

The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History: Revised Edition (McEvedy Colin)(Paperback)

This is a revised edition of 'The Penguin Atlas of Medieval

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture (Wallach Jennifer Jensen)(Paperback)

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits, and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures, conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity, and have helped define what it means to be

How the Post Office Created America: A History (Gallagher Winifred)(Paperback)

''The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America, ' Ms. Gallagher's opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.'--Wall Street Journal A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines

Behold, America - A History of America First and the American Dream (Churchwell Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

In America (Sontag Susan)(Paperback / softback)

The story of In America is inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, her fifteen-year-old son, Rudolf, the young journalist and future author of Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and a few

Battered Latin America (Consuegra David)(Paperback)

Textures and palimpsests of the politicalScratched, scarified and incised photographs depict the grim physical reality of decades of political struggle across various locales in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Cuba and