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The Pecan Orchard
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 18.95This is a true story of the struggle, survival, and ultimate success of a large black family in south Alabama who, in the middle decades of the 20th century, lifted themselves out of poverty to achieve the American dream of property ownership. Descended from slaves and sharecroppers in the Black Belt region, this family of hard-working parents and... more...
Bonapartists in the Borderlands
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 50.00The ill-fated Vine and Olive Colony within the context of America’s westward expansion and the French Revolution. Bonapartists in the Borderlands recounts how Napoleonic exiles and French refugees from Europe and the Caribbean joined forces with Latin American insurgents, Gulf pirates, and international adventurers to seek their fortune in... more...
El Libertador
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 8.95General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington" of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. His victories over Spain won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Bolivar became Columbia's first president in 1819. In 1822, he became... 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...
Daybreak of Freedom
The University of North Carolina Press 1997; US$ 33.95The Montgomery bus boycott was a formative moment in twentieth-century history: a harbinger of the African American freedom movement, a springboard for the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., and a crucial step in the struggle to realize the American dream of liberty and equality for all. In Daybreak of Freedom , Stewart Burns presents a groundbreaking... more...
Power and Violence in the Colonial City
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 35.00This book examines the characteristics of political power in the cities of the colonial Spanish Empire between the 1740s and 1780s. 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...
CultureShock! Bolivia
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 11.17CultureShock! Bolivia provides readers with a thorough understanding of this South American country, a nation steeped in history, culture, and tradition. Containing pages of useful information, advice, tips and resources, this book will guide you through the social and psychic adjustment necessary when moving to Bolivia. Learn, first and foremost,... more...
CultureShock! Bolivia
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2009; US$ 12.99A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette in Bolivia more...
Witness to Injustice
University Press of Mississippi 2012; US$ 22.00Witness to Injustice by David Frost, Jr. Editor Louise Westling with an Other Charles Reagan Wilson There were two events in particular that had a lasting effect on the life of David Frost, Jr. "Watching my parents make moonshine in our back yard in a washpot," he says, "and listening to my parents tell the story of how the Peterson... more...









