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"We Are Now the True Spaniards"
Stanford University Press 2012; US$ 70.00This book is a radical reinterpretation of the process that led to Mexican independence in 1821—one that emphasizes Mexico's continuity with Spanish political culture. During its final decades under Spanish rule, New Spain was the most populous, richest, and most developed part of the worldwide Spanish Monarchy, and most novohispanos (people... more...
The Natural Leaders and their World
Liverpool University Press 2012; US$ 72.50This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the political, cultural and intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age of reform. more...
2012 and the End of the World
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011; US$ 16.95Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in December of 2012? If not, how and why has 2012 millenarianism gained such popular appeal? In this deeply knowledgeable book, two leading historians of the Maya answer these questions in a succinct, readable, and accessible style. Matthew Restall and Amara Solari introduce, explain, and ultimately... more...
50 Quick USA State Facts
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 2.99Do you know what all 50 states in the USA are? Do you know facts such as the capital of each state? Do you know the state flower or bird? All this and many more facts are inside this interesting quick fact book of 300 interesting USA State facts. more...
The A to Z of the Old South
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 33.99Numerous cross-referenced entries on prominent individuals, including Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln, as well as others on policies of the time that have since slipped into oblivion are all covered in this book. Economic, social and religious backgrounds trace the seemingly inevitable... more...
AAA Spiral New York
AAA Publishing 2011; US$ 9.99Experience exhilarating New York, from glossy Times Square to the elegant museums and shops of the Upper East side. Keep your AAA Spiral New York in reach for recommendations on sightseeing, dining, shopping and accommodations. -Itineraries for a day or a week -Walks and Tours -Easy color-coded sections -Exclusive lay-flat spiral binding more...
Abacos, Bahamas
Wiley 2012; US$ 2.99Frommer's ShortCuts give you exactly what you need for your trip to Abacos, Bahamas—and no more. In this ebook, you'll get the same expert advice that you'll find in all Frommer's guides, from candid reviews and detailed maps to insider tips from our local authors. Plus, we’ve added planning and background information as well as our signature... more...
The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil
ABC-CLIO 2000; US$ 168.00The persistence of a raced-based division of labor has been a compelling reality in all former slave societies in the Americas. One can trace this to nineteenth-century abolition movements across the Americas which did not lead to (and were not intended to result in) a transition from race-based slave labor to race-neutral wage labor for former slaves.... more...
The Aborigines of Puerto Rico and Neighboring Islands
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 37.50A valuable recounting of the first formal archaeological excavations in Puerto Rico. Originally published as the Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1907, this book was praised in an article in American Anthropologist as doing "more than any other to give a comprehensive... more...
An Absolute Massacre
LSU Press 2004; US$ 21.95In the summer of 1866, racial tensions ran high in Louisiana as a constitutional convention considered disenfranchising former Confederates and enfranchising blacks. On July 30, a procession of black suffrage supporters pushed through an angry throng of hostile whites. Words were exchanged, shots rang out, and within minutes a riot erupted with unrestrained... more...









