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The History of the Conquest of Peruby William H. Prescott
The Floating Press 1850; US$ 6.95A recognized Latin American history masterpiece "The History of the Conquest of Peru" offers an authoritative vision of Pizarro's turbulent defeat of the Inca Empire. Overflowing with spectacle, every page encapsulates the ruthlessness and arrogance of the conquistadors. more...
Motagua Colonialby Lawrence H. Feldman
Boson Books 1998; US$ 10.95The Classic era centers of Quirigua and Copan are the eastern most outposts of early Mayan civilization. The Middle Motagua served as the source of Mesoamerica's most precious material. It was the home of the jade that was so highly valued by ancient peoples. With the fall, close to 1000 A.D. of Quirigua, Copan and their satellite communities, the lands of the Motagua drainage descend into an ahistorical void. Not until the end of the Hispanic colonial era do these lands receive any but the most cursory historical treatment. It is the intention of this book to explore this unknown time between the fall of the ancient cities and independence of Guatemala from the Spanish Crown. By using the earliest documents we can look at the end of prehistory,... more...
The War Against Epidemics in Colonial Guatemala 1519-1821by Lawrence H. Feldman
Boson Books 1999; US$ 10.95Using colonial tax and census records, scholars think the indigenous population dropped at least 90% in the first 160 years after the European conquest. Mismanagement, drought, famine, flood, earthquakes, and even volcanic eruptions all had their victims but the chief cause of death were none of these. In colonial Guatemala the pests, the epidemics, were the greatest killers. There are many books on medicine in colonial Guatemala. What makes this work different is that it is neither a broad history of the colonial era nor restricted to a single ethnic group or profession. Instead, it seeks to answer the question: What happened when an epidemic struck? Boson Books also offers Motagua Colonial by Lawrence Feldman. For an author bio, photo, and... more...
Getting to Know Waiwaiby Alan Tormaid Campbell
Routledge 1995; US$ 44.95A beautifully written account of time spent with the Wayapi that looks forward to Wayapi survivors one hundred years from now and considers what will be left as the destruction of the Amazon rainforest proceeds. more...
Until Death Do Us Partby Ingrid Betancourt
HarperCollins US 2002; US$ 9.99Ingrid Betancourt, a senator and a presidential candidate in Colombia, grew up among diplomats, literati, and artists who congregated at her parents' elegant home in Paris, France. Her father served as Colombia's ambassador to UNESCO and her mother, a political activist, continued her work on behalf of the country's countless children whose lives were being destroyed by extreme poverty and institutional neglect. Intellectually, Ingrid was influenced by Pablo Neruda and other Latin American writers like Gabriel Garcí¡ Má²±uez, who frequented her parents' social circle. She studied at É£ole de Sciences Politiques de Paris, a prestigious academy in France. more...
Missingby Thomas Hauser
RosettaBooks 2002; US$ 5.99Missing is a true story. In retelling it, writer Thomas Hauser did not need to novelize it. Using the facts alone, the book unfolds with the breathtaking suspense and intrigue of a fully imagined political thriller. Missing explores the fate of a young American journalist named Charles Horman who, living in Chile in 1973 just before the overthrow of the country´s Marxist president Salvatore Allende, discovered evidence of the United States´ involvement in an impending right-wing coup to overthrow Allende. The story takes on a new significance now, as the now-aged general who overthrew the Allende regime, Augusto Pinochet, is facing punishment for his actions. What makes the story of Missing so frightening and horrifying is that Horman was... more...
Migrants and Identity in Japan and Brazilby Daniela de Carvalho
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 195.00This book is first of all about migration, but also covers the important related issues of ethnic identity and the construction of ethnic communities. It addresses the issues from the dual perspective of Japan and Brazil. more...
Unspeakable Truthsby Priscilla Hayner
Routledge 2001; US$ 49.95This book is a profound exploration of truth commissions around the world, and the anguish, injustice, and the legacy of hate they are meant to absolve. Case studies include South Africa, El Salvador, Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala. more...
Ecology of Powerby Michael Heckenberger
Routledge 2003; US$ 44.95Examines the indigenous people discovered in Brazil in 1884, drawing from written and oral history, ethnography, and archaeology. more...
Official History of the Falklands, Vol 1by Sir Lawrence Freedman
Frank Cass 2005; US$ 48.95Covering the origins of the 1982 war, this book describes the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the islands, and the difficulties faced by governments in finding a way to reconcile the dispute. more...









