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Malcontents, Rebels, and Pronunciados
UNP - Nebraska Paperback 2012; US$ 40.00Behind every pronunciamiento , a formal list of grievances designed to spark political change in nineteenth-century Mexico, was a disgruntled individual, rebel, or pronunciado . Initially a role undertaken by soldiers, a pronunciado rallied military communities to petition for local, regional, and even national interests. As the popularity of these... more...
Drug War Mexico
Zed Books 2012; US$ 29.95Mexico is in crisis. During the neoliberal era, narcotrafficking has flourished to become one of the countrys biggest sources of revenue, as well as its most violent, with over 12,000 drug-related executions in 2011 alone. This insightful, controversial book throws new light on the situation, contending that the war on drugs in Mexico... more...
Viva Mexico!
Eland Publishing 2012; US$ 14.57Flandrau was a rich young American with an individual sense of humour and no prejudices, except against Western uniformity. His travel book, first published in 1908, is more than a ramble among the Mexican people. Based on his brother?s coffee plantation, he spent the best part of five years in a country which he describes as ?one long carelessly... more...
Knickerbocker
Rutgers University Press 2009; US$ 24.95Diedrich Knickerbocker was created in 1809 by a young Washington Irving, who used the character to narrate his classic satire, A History of New York. Bradley's stunning volume offers a surprising and delightful glimpse behind the scenes of New York history, and invites readers into the world of Knickerbocker, the antihero who surprised everyone... more...
Mexiko
Ch. Links Verlag 2012; US$ 10.77Hauptbeschreibung Mexiko ist ein Fest der Farben und der Fülle, ein Land, in dem sich die Natur von ihrer sinnlichsten Seite zeigt, in dem achtzig Ethnien leben und sechzig Sprachen gesprochen werden. Mexiko ist aber auch geprägt von schroffen Gegensätzen zwischen Brauchtum und Moderne, Katholizismus und Eventgesellschaft, Arm undReich, ein Land,... more...
Mambo Montage
Columbia University Press 2012; US$ 31.99New York is the capital of mambo and a global factory of latinidad. This book covers the topic in all its multifaceted aspects, from Jim Crow baseball in the first half of the twentieth century to hip hop and ethno-racial politics, from Latinas and labor unions to advertising and Latino culture, from Cuban cuisine to the language of signs in New York... more...
New York City History for Kids
Chicago Review Press 2012; US$ 13.99In this lively 400-year history, kids will read about Peter Stuyvesant and the enterprising Dutch colonists, follow the spirited patriots as they rebel against the British during the American Revolution, learn about the crimes of the infamous Tweed Ring, journey through the notorious Five Points slum with its tenements and street vendors, and soar... more...
East Harlem Remembered
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 40.00The community of East Harlem in New York City lays claim to a rich and culturally diverse history. Once home to 35 ethnicities and 27 languages, the neighborhood attracted Irish, Jewish, and Italian immigrants in the early twentieth century and later saw an influx of Puerto Rican immigrants and African Americans. In this oral history, former and current... more...
The Postclassic to Spanish-Era Transition in Mesoamerica
University of New Mexico Press 2005; US$ 70.00A historical and archaeological analysis of native and Spanish interactions in Mesoamerica and how each culture impacted the other. more...
Travelers to the Other World
University of New Mexico Press 2010; US$ 34.95Laughlin presents a selection of the journals of Zinacantec Maya Romín Teratol and Antzelmo Pérez, describing their journeys to the United States in 1963 and 1967. more...









