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        History / Latin American History

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        Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond

        Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond

        by Kathleen Ann Myers, Beth T. Boyd, Pablo García Loaeza, Cara Anne Kinnally and Alejandro Mejías-López

        Introduction by Justin Knight

        Price:

        $85.00

        ISBN: 9781487551216

        Pub Date: February 2024

        Shedding light on historical moments and geographic locations, this book explores coloniality and its legacies in contemporary Mexico.

        Ethnographic Insights on Latin America and the Caribbean

        Ethnographic Insights on Latin America and the Caribbean

        by Melanie A. Medeiros and Jennifer R. Guzman

        Price:

        $64.95

        ISBN: 9781487551506

        Pub Date: March 2023

        This comprehensive collection examines how communities across Latin America and the Caribbean are responding in dynamic ways to pressing contemporary challenges.

        Opportunism and Goodwill

        Opportunism and Goodwill

        Canadian Business Expansion in Colombia, 1867–1979

        by Stefano Tijerina

        Price:

        $68.00

        ISBN: 9781442646865

        Pub Date: April 2021

        Opportunism and Goodwill explores the relatively untapped history of Canadian-Colombian relations and the role Canada has played in the modern economic development of the region.

        Esperanza Speaks

        Esperanza Speaks

        Confronting a Century of Global Change in Rural Panama

        by Gloria Rudolf

        Price:

        $28.95

        ISBN: 9781487594695

        Pub Date: April 2021

        This short, engaging book details the life history of Esperanza Ruiz and four generations of her family. Their stories recount a century of change in a poor highland community in Panama, and how ordinary people struggle, survive, and impact history.

        Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies

        Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies

        The French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe, 1789-1802

        by William S. Cormack

        Price:

        $80.00

        ISBN: 9781487503956

        Pub Date: February 2019

        This book provides a history of the French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802. Examining political conflict between white factions, as well as economic, social, and racial tensions, it argues that metropolitan news, ideas, language, and political culture played a key role in shaping the colonial revolution.

        My Havana

        My Havana

        The Musical City of Carlos Varela

        Edited by Maria Carida Cumana, Karen Dubinsky and Xenia Reloba de la Cruz

        Price:

        $45.95

        ISBN: 9781442615786

        Pub Date: September 2014

        For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. My Havana is a lyrical exploration of Varela’s life and work, and of the vibrant musical, literary, and cinematic culture of his generation.

        Lessons from Latin America

        Lessons from Latin America

        Innovations in Politics, Culture, and Development

        by Kirk Bowman and Felipe Arocena

        Price:

        $45.95

        ISBN: 9781442605497

        Pub Date: August 2014

        This provides a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of both the history of "looking down" at Latin America and the political, economic, and cultural "lessons" (including successes, failures, and unintended consequences) that should inform important policy discussions around the world.
        Village Among Nations

        Village Among Nations

        "Canadian" Mennonites in a Transnational World, 1916-2006

        by Royden Loewen

        Price:

        $47.95

        ISBN: 9781442614673

        Pub Date: October 2013

        Village among Nations recuperates a missing chapter of Canadian history: the story of traditionalist Mennonites who emigrated from Canada for cultural reasons, but then in later generations “returned” in large numbers for economic and social security.

        Our Place in the Sun

        Our Place in the Sun

        Canada and Cuba in the Castro Era

        Edited by Robert Wright and Lana Wylie

        Price:

        $45.95

        ISBN: 9780802096661

        Pub Date: July 2009

        Penned during the transition of power from Fidel Castro to Raúl Castro, Our Place in the Sun explores the Canadian-Cuban relationship from 1959 to the present day.

        The Rancheros of Pisaflores

        The Rancheros of Pisaflores

        The History of a Peasant Bourgeoisie in Twentieth-Century Mexico

        by Frans J. Schryer

        Price:

        $35.95

        ISBN: 9781487580896

        Pub Date: December 1980

        This case study of the 'ranchero' region of Sierra Alta de Hidalgo offers a new perspective on the rancheros and their role in the Mexican Revolution and its aftermath.

        A Jamaican Plantation

        A Jamaican Plantation

        The History of Worthy Park 1670-1970

        by Michael Craton and James Walvin

        Price:

        $48.95

        ISBN: 9781487598198

        Pub Date: December 1970

        The first complete history of a West Indian sugar estate; this is not just the story of a single Jamaican plantation and its people over three hundred years; the study reveals, in microcosm, the social and economic development of the area.
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