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Delight in the cultural aspects of Latin America by observing the objects that give life to history Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodesprovides readers with an eclectic and fascinating exploration of Latin American history through the examination of physical...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2020-12-01
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Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
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Rise and Fall of an Empire: A Progressive Caribbean emphasizes the significance of literature, media, history, slavery, culture and ideology which helped shape the Caribbean. This interdisciplinary work includes lesser known events, individuals and organizations that...
Editeur : Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2020-07-29
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Chile-Mission der Menzinger Schwestern vom Heiligen Kreuz Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts. In der Mission konnten sie in Bereichen agieren, die in Europa normalerweise Frauen unzugänglich waren und legitimierten diesen erweiterten...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2018-10-15
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The internationally acclaimed last work by the legendary Latin American writerMaster storyteller Eduardo Galeano was unique among his contemporaries (Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa among them) for his commitment to retelling our many histories, including...
Editeur : Bold Type Books
Parution : 2017-11-14
Format(s) : ePub
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The definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the PyramidAlfredo Di Stéfano, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Román Riquelme, Lionel Messi . . . Argentina has produced some of the greatest footballers of all time. But...
Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2016-08-11
Format(s) : ePub
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Nicaragua: Emerging from the Shadow of the Eagle details the country's unique history, culture, economics, politics, and foreign relations. Its historical coverage considers Nicaragua from pre-Columbian and colonial times as well as during the nationalist liberal...
Editeur : Westview Press
Parution : 2016-07-12
Format(s) : ePub
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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...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2016-01-21
Collection :
Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
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For more than a century, Venezuela Heroica has been a source of inspiring stories for Venezuelan schoolchildren. Now ably translated and profusely annotated, the book retains the literary beauty and entertaining character of the original, presenting a vivid account of...
Editeur : Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2015-12-11
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Latin America offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the rich cultural and political history of this vibrant region from the onset of independence to the present day. ...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2015-11-04
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Concise History of the Modern World
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José de Acosta’s De procuranda Indorum salute: A Call for Evangelical Reforms in Colonial Peru contextualizes and analyzes the deployment of Catholic missionary forces in the Andes. Its exhaustive approach to the ecclesiastic and political reforms of...
Editeur : Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2015-03-26
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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A fully-revised and updated new edition of a concise and insightful socio-historical analysis of the Cuban revolution, and the course it took over five and a half decades. Now available in a fully-revised second edition, including new material to add to the book’s...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2015-02-02
Collection :
Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
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The overthrow of the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende and the coming to power of a military regime led by Augusto Pinochet on 11 September 1973 drew worldwide attention towards Chile.The political repression shook the world and ignited one of the...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2014-07-15
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Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from—or unimportant to—central developments in Latin American history since independence. Presents nuanced issues in gender...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2014-03-10
Collection :
Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
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Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from—or unimportant to—central developments in Latin American history since independence. Presents nuanced issues in gender...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2014-03-04
Collection :
Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
Format(s) : PDF
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Als offizieller Chronist der Stadt Ambato hat Pedro Arturo Reino Garcés die spannende Aufgabe, bisher kaum erforschte Dokumente aus der Kolonialzeit zu entziffern und die dahinter verborgene(n) Geschichte(n) zu rekonstruieren. In seiner Lyrik lässt er, in Tradition von...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2013-11-19
Format(s) : PDF
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Written shortly after the capture of the Inca Atahualpa at Cajamarca, Peru, True Account of the Conquest of Peru by Francisco de Jerez, Francisco Pizarro’s secretary and notary, is the most influential of the early accounts of the conquest of the Andean region. This...
Editeur : Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2013-07-03
Format(s) : PDF
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Katyn– the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940 – has come to be remembered as Stalin’s emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history. Yet paradoxically, a majority of its victims perished far from the...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-04-24
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Katyn– the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940 – has come to be remembered as Stalin’s emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history. Yet paradoxically, a majority of its victims perished far from the...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-04-16
Format(s) : ePub
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Pre-Hispanic man accorded food a central place and a vital importance in his culture. Products such as maize, beans, squash, cacao, and chili have their origins in Mesoamerica and form part of the cultural heritage of humanity. This catalogue, ...
Editeur : Cacciani, S.A. DE C.V.
Parution : 2013-03-01
Format(s) : PDF
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Dictatorship in South America explores the experiences of Brazilian, Argentine and Chilean experience under military rule. Presents a single-volume thematic study that explores experiences with dictatorship as well as their social and historical contexts in Latin...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2013-02-25
Collection :
Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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