South America – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 10

Brent Sohngen, Douglas Southgate

Reversing Deforestation

"Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental …

Militarized Lives in the Global South, Volume I

In this book we propose to tackle militarization trends in Latin America which include the presence of the military organizations in some vital national economic activities, the ethics and aesthetics of t…

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Die amerikanischen Schwestern Patty (1918–2013), Maxene (1916–1995) und LaVerne (1911–1967) Andrews bildeten die beliebteste weibliche Gesangsgruppe überhaupt. Ihr unverwechselbarer Sound prägte die 40er-…

Brent Sohngen, Douglas Southgate

Reversing Deforestation

"Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental …

Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa

Sadistic Cholas

Analyzing how Peruvian feminist art and activism subverts and reclaims the chola stereotype to confront colonial and patriarchal institutions.Indigenous Andean women have long been derided in Peru, spurne…

Elena McGrath

The Limits of Revolution

The role of Bolivian mining families in revolution and politics

Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa

Sadistic Cholas

Analyzing how Peruvian feminist art and activism subverts and reclaims the chola stereotype to confront colonial and patriarchal institutions.Indigenous Andean women have long been derided in Peru, spurne…

Cocaine

This superbly edited volume provides scholars and general readers with an in depth view of the evolution, nature, dynamics, and consequences of the global cocaine industry.Cocaine: T he Global Reach of th…

After the Broken Spears

Following Hernando Cortés's conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Aztec empire became the center of the largest European colony in the Americas. It has long been assumed that Indigenous people's personal …

After the Broken Spears

Following Hernando Cortés's conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Aztec empire became the center of the largest European colony in the Americas. It has long been assumed that Indigenous people's personal …

Adriana Novoa

From Virile to Sterile

As rigorous scientific and philosophical discourse circulated during the Enlightenment, aided by the Republic of Letters, a revolutionary understanding of gender emerged that would impact nation building …

Private Higher Education and Inequalities in the Global South

Based on original findings from research carried out in six low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of private highe…

The Book of the Dead from Huexotzinco (1619-1640)

The fragile vellum pages of The Book of the Dead from Huexotzinco (El libro de los difuntos) contain a Nahuatl-language registry of over twenty-five hundred Indigenous people who succumbed epidemic diseas…

Ana Elena Correa,

What Happened to Belén

"There are many women like Belén whose names we don't know, but whose stories are just as important. An uplifting chronicle of one woman's fight for justice."---Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Fo…

Jukebox Favourites: The Best Of Latin Lounge

Carolyn Dean

Inside Abstraction

Illuminating the abstract art of the Inka, what it conveys about Inka values, and its relationship to those who view it.

Word of Mouth

Conceived during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and the accompanying rise in anti-Asian bigotry, Word of Mouth: Asian American Artists Sharing Recipes is an artists' cookbook featuring stories and artwork fro…

Marshall C Eakin

Empires and Exploration

Empires and Explorations interweaves nineteenth-century Brazilian history, the extraordinary life of Richard Francis Burton, and the use of travel writing by historians. Burton witnessed the origins of th…

Amy Cox Hall

The Taste of Nostalgia

An exploration of gender, race, and food in Peru in the 1950s and 1960s and today.From the late 1940s to the mid 1960s, Peru's rapid industrialization and anti-communist authoritarianism coincided with th…