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The United States Discovers Panama
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2003; US$ 32.99Marking the centennial of Panama's separation from Colombia in 1903, this volume reprises U.S. images of the isthmus a century ago. The editors have collected a fascinating selection of articles from two of the most influential publications of the era, Harper's Monthly Magazine and the Atlantic Monthly , to illustrate the prejudices and expansionistic... more...
The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology
Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 169.99The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology provides a current and comprehensive guide to the recent and on-going archaeology of Mesoamerica. Though the emphasis is on prehispanic societies, this Handbook also includes coverage of important new work by archaeologists on the Colonial and Republican periods. Unique among recent works, the text brings... more...
INSIDE CENTRAL AMERICA
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 5.95Since 1979, United States policy in Central America has been based on an assumption that revolutionary movements led by Marxists must represent a serious threat to U.S. interests and security. On this point, the difference between liberals and conservatives is merely one of emphasis or accent. Such an assumption is not shared by most governments in... more...
The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya
Henry Holt and Co. 1994; US$ 7.99Nowadays, archaeological investigators don't just dig up the past They use high-tech equipment, chemical analyses, sampling strategies, and other modern means to gain a better understanding of why and how cultures change. Using the study of the Maya as a test case, Jeremy Sabloff shows how the exciting transformation of archaeology is shedding... more...
Stealing Lives
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 11.95While some Latin American superstars have overcome discrimination to strike gold in baseball's big leagues, thousands more Latin American players never make it to "The Show." Stealing Lives focuses on the plight of one Venezuelan teenager and documents abuses that take place against Latin children and... more...
Towards Sustainable Development in Central America and the Caribbean
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 145.00Since the economic decline in the early 1980s, most countries in Central America and the Caribbean have returned to positive growth rates. The recovery often coincided with or followed extensive neoliberal reforms. The contributors to this book address the crucial question of whether these growth rates are sustainable. Several aspects of sustainability... more...
Waves of Protest
University of Minnesota Press 2008; US$ 75.00One of the first longitudinal studies of collective resistance in the developing world, Waves of Protest examines large-scale contentious action in El Salvador during critical eras in the countryÕs history. Providing a compelling analysis of the massive waves of protests from the early twentieth century to the present in El Salvador, Paul D. Almeida... more...
Undoing Democracy
Lexington Books 2004; US$ 29.99David Close and Kalowatie Deonandan focus their analysis on the pact struck between the Nicaragua's two main parties, the Liberals and the Sandinistas, which allowed the passage of the constitutional amendments that weakened Nicaragua's basic political institutions. Undoing Democracy will sharpen our understanding of democratic transition and consolidation,... more...
Guerrilla Warfare
Ocean Press 2012; US$ 9.95A new, authorized and revised edition of a classic 1960s text on revolution by Che Guevara. more...
Coffee and Transformation in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lexington Books 2010; US$ 84.99This volume examines the dynamism of the Săo Paulo region and its coffee industry and evolution since the latter part of the nineteenth century. Targeting key players such as large entrepreneurial coffee landlords and immigrant settlers, this book addresses the process of transformation and segmentation in Săo Paulo and Brazil. more...









