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

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

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

What Kinship Is-And Is Not (Sahlins Marshall)(Paperback)

In this pithy two-part essay, Marshall Sahlins reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes kinship, building on some of the best scholarship in the field to produce an original outlook on the deepest bond humans can have. Covering thinkers from Aristotle and L vy- Bruhl to mile Durkheim and

Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community (Zamora Lois Parkinson)(Paperback)

Magical realism is often regarded as a regional trend, restricted to the Latin American writers who popularized it as a literary form. In this critical anthology, the first of its kind, editors Lois Parkinson Zamora and Wendy B. Faris show magical realism to be an international movement with a

Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation (Marshall Peter)(Paperback)

WINNER OF THE 2018 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping new history--the first major overview for general readers in a generation--argues that sixteenth-century England was a society neither

What Is Intellectual History? (Whatmore Richard)(Paperback)

What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as

Critique of Latin American Reason (Castro-Gmez Santiago)(Paperback)

Critique of Latin American Reason is one of the most important philosophical texts to have come out of South America in recent decades. First published in 1996, it offers a sweeping critique of the foundational schools of thought in Latin American philosophy and critical theory. Santiago Castro-G

What Is the History of Knowledge? (Burke Peter)(Paperback)

What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, 'knowledges in the plural') and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of

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 African American Literature? (Crawford Margo N.)(Paperback)

After Kenneth W. Warren's What Was African American Literature?, Margo N. Crawford delivers What is African American Literature? The idea of African American literature may be much more than literature written by authors who identify as 'Black'. What is African American Literature? focuses on

What Is Environmental History? (Hughes J. Donald)(Paperback)

What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Donald Hughes provides a

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

From Fascism to Populism in History (Finchelstein Federico)(Paperback)

What is fascism and what is populism? What are their connections in history and theory, and how should we address their significant differences? What does it mean when pundits call Donald Trump a fascist, or label as populist politicians who span left and right such as Hugo Ch vez, Juan Per n,

American Transcendentalism: A History (Gura Philip F.)(Paperback)

American Transcendentalism is a sweeping narrative history of America's first group of public intellectuals, the men and women who defined American literature and indelibly marked American reform in the decades before and following the American Civil War. Philip F. Gura masterfully traces their

What is History? (Carr E. H.)(Paperback / softback)

An Introduction to Latin American Philosophy (Nuccetelli Susana)(Pevná vazba)

Latin American philosophy is best understood as a type of applied philosophy devoted to issues related to the culture and politics of Latin America. This introduction provides a comprehensive overview of its central topics. It explores not only the unique insights offered by Latin American thinkers

American Empire: A Global History (Hopkins A. G.)(Paperback)

A new history of the United States that turns American exceptionalism on its headAmerican Empire is a panoramic work of scholarship that presents a bold new global perspective on the history of the United States. Taking readers from the colonial era to today, A. G. Hopkins shows how, far from

What Is Medieval History? (Arnold John H.)(Paperback)

Since its first publication in 2007, John H. Arnold's What is Medieval History? has established itself as the leading introduction to the craft of the medieval historian. What is it that medieval historians do? How - and why - do they do it? Arnold discusses the creation of medieval history as a

Experiencing Latin American Music (Hess Carol A.)(Paperback)

Experiencing Latin American Music draws on human experience as a point of departure for musical understanding. Students explore broad topics--identity, the body, religion, and more--and relate these to Latin American musics while refining their understanding of musical concepts and

Rethinking History (Jenkins Keith)(Paperback)

History means many things to many people. But finding an answer to the question 'What is history?' is a task few feel equipped to answer. If you want to explore this tantalising subject, where do you start? What are the critical skills you need to begin to make sense of the past? The perfect

Latin America: A New Developmental Welfare State in the Making? (Riesco Manuel)(Paperback)

The 21st century Latin American developmental welfare state model is based on a new public-private alliance, where state-led developmental social policy relies for its implementation mainly on proactive, emerging regional entrepreneurs and a growing middle class. This volume illustrates where

What Is Early Modern History? (Wiesner-Hanks Merry E.)(Paperback)

What is Early Modern History? offers a concise guide to investigations of the era from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries and an entry-point to larger questions about how we divide and organize the past and how the discipline of history has evolved. Merry Wiesner-Hanks showcases the new research

What Is History Now? (Cannadine D.)(Paperback)

E. H. Carr's What is History? was originally published by Macmillan in 1961. Since then it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies throughout the world. In this book, ten internationally renowned scholars, writing from a range of historical vantage points, answer Carr's question for a new

Kerry James Marshall: History of Painting (Cole Teju)(Pevná vazba)

Kerry James Marshall is one of America's greatest living painters. History of Painting presents a groundbreaking body of new work that engages with the history of the medium itself. In History of Painting, the artist has widened his scope to include both figurative and nonfigurative works that deal