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Mississippi in Africa
University Press of Mississippi 2010; US$ 25.00In 1847, in a small rural courthouse in Coles County, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln represented a Kentucky slave owner named Robert Matson in his attempt to recover a runaway slave woman and her four children. Most Americans, even those with a penchant for the nation's history, have never heard of this court case. This is no coincidence. Lincoln's... more...
The Rough Guide to Bolivia
Rough Guides 2008; US$ 24.99This thoroughly updated Rough Guide includes significantly more detailed maps and photographs than its closest competitor, as well as author picks and new sections that beautifully illustrate the countries ancient beliefs and mysticisms and the excellent range of outdoor activities on offer. An updated history section includes the civil disturbances... more...
Bolivia Adventure Guide
Hunter Publishing 2006; US$ 9.99We travel to grow our Adventure Guides show you how. Experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than you would otherwise sometimes best done on foot, in a canoe, or through cultural adventures like art courses, cooking classes, learning the language, meeting the people, joining in the festivals and celebrations.... more...
Rosa Parks: A Biography
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 35.00This book offers a revealing look at Rosa Parks, whose role as an activist and struggle with racism began long before her historic 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus ride. more...
The Rough Guide to Bolivia
Rough Guides 2012; US$ 27.99Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to Bolivia is the ultimate travel guide to one of South America's most captivating countries. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style, Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights.... more...
The Bolivian Diary
Ocean Press 2012; US$ 16.95Che's account of the fateful Bolivia guerrilla mission - the basis of Part Two of Stephen Soderbergh's biopic about Che. more...
Cholas in Bowlers
Exisle Publishing 2008; US$ 9.99With two grown-up sons, a satisfying job as a journalist, great friends and plenty of interests, life for Jane Mundy was humming along nicely when, out of the blue and in the most unlikely of places, she met Graham. In no time at all she had abandoned her comfortable life and run away with him to Bolivia. The so-called Tibet of the Americas is the... more...
Towards Democratic Viability
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 155.00The book traces the twin processes of economic liberalization and political democratization in Bolivia since the 1980s, placing both in their historical context. By focusing on the issue of democratic 'viability', it seeks to raise the broader question of the relationship between democratization and the socio-economic context in which it takes place.... more...
Blacks, Indians, and Spaniards in the Eastern Andes
University of Nebraska Press 2007; US$ 45.00Examines the little known province of Mizque and its colonial populations from 1550 to 1782. This work also analyzes how imperial control met with resistance and how Africans, Indians, and Spaniards, and their descendants interacted with one another. It uncovers an intersection and cross-fertilization of sociocultural measurements. more...
Indianizing Film
Rutgers University Press 2009; US$ 24.95Focusing on films from Bolivia, Ecuador and Columbia, Indianizing Film encourages readers to consider how indigenous media contributes to a wider understanding of decolonization and anticolonial study against the universal backdrop of the twenty-first century. Through questions of gender, power, and representation Schiwy argues that, instead of... more...









