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Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love tells the story of ordinary women living in terror and extreme poverty under General Pinochets oppressive rule in Chile (19731989). These women …
Land-locked Paraguay is one of the smaller nations of Latin America, whose global image is now changing very rapidly. In the process, the tired stereotype of a ';forgotten' country …
Argentine Caudillo: Juan Manuel de Rosas, is John Lynch's new edition of his 1981 book, which is now out of print. The original has been shortened, making it well-suited for …
This innovative volume traces Brazils singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture and the contradictions and tensions that have …
As the elder daughter of an emperor whose wife had presented him with no sons, Isabel stood to inherit the monarchy of Brazil with the passing of Dom Pedro II. On three separate …
In the last decades of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth, a new classthe oligarchyconsolidated its wealth and political power in Latin America. Its members …
Should countries in Latin America and Eastern Europe follow the Chilean approach to economic restructuring, market liberalization, and stabilization? Following years of …
"e;This new and expanded edition of Dragon in the Tropicsthe widely acclaimed account of how president Hugo Chvez (19992013) revamped Venezuelas political economyexamines the …
The nineteenth century was a period of peak popularity for travel to Latin America, where a new political independence was accompanied by loosened travel restrictions. Such …
Spanish Dollars and Sister Republics traces the linked history of the new nations of Mexico and the United States from the 1770s to the 1860s. Tatiana Seijas and Jake Frederick …