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Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond
Price:
$85.00
ISBN: 9781487551216
Pub Date: January 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
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
Canadian Business Expansion in Colombia, 1867–1979
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
Confronting a Century of Global Change in Rural Panama
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
The French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe, 1789-1802
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
The Musical City of Carlos Varela
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
Innovations in Politics, Culture, and Development
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
"Canadian" Mennonites in a Transnational World, 1916-2006
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
Canada and Cuba in the Castro Era
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 History of a Peasant Bourgeoisie in Twentieth-Century Mexico
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
The History of Worthy Park 1670-1970
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.
Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond
$85.00
ISBN: 9781487551216
Pub Date: January 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
$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
Canadian Business Expansion in Colombia, 1867–1979
$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
Confronting a Century of Global Change in Rural Panama
$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
The French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe, 1789-1802
$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
The Musical City of Carlos Varela
$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
Innovations in Politics, Culture, and Development
$45.95
ISBN: 9781442605497
Pub Date: August 2014
Village Among Nations
"Canadian" Mennonites in a Transnational World, 1916-2006
$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
Canada and Cuba in the Castro Era
$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 History of a Peasant Bourgeoisie in Twentieth-Century Mexico
$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
The History of Worthy Park 1670-1970
$48.95
ISBN: 9781487598198
Pub Date: December 1970