The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Paperback - Gilbert M. Joseph

Reducere. The Mexico Reader is a vivid introduction to muchos Mexicos--the many Mexicos, or the many varied histories and cultures that comprise contemporary...

This revised and updated edition of The Mexico Reader provides an expansive and comprehensive guide to the many varied histories and cultures of Me...

Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic Afr...

Reducere. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ra...

While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European ...

Reducere. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago, encompassing nearly eighteen thousand islands. The fourth-most populous nation in the world, it has a...

Reducere. DescriptionTracking Cuban history from 1492 to the present, The Cuba Reader includes more than one hundred selections that present myriad perspecti...

From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. Yet many of its most i...

From prehistoric times to the present, the Ocean has been used as a highway for trade, a source of food and resources, and a space for recreation a...

Reducere. Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by ...

Reducere. Long characterized as an exceptional country within Latin America, Costa Rica has been hailed as a democratic oasis in a continent scorched by dict...

Reducere. The Sri Lanka Reader is a sweeping introduction to the epic history of the island nation located just off the southern tip of India. The island's r...

Reducere. Bordering all but two of South America's other nations and by far Latin America's largest country, Brazil differs linguistically, historically, and...

Reducere. Alaska is home to more than two hundred federally recognized tribes. Yet the long histories and diverse cultures of Alaska's first peoples are ofte...

Reducere. Ovida "Cricket" Coogler was last seen alive entering a mysterious car driven by an unknown man in downtown Las Cruces, New Mexico, around 3: 00 on ...

This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200, 000 years.

Reducere. DescriptionGilbert Valentine is a recently retired Professor of Leadership and Administration at La Sierra University in Riverside, California. He ...

Reducere. An important work in the field of diaspora studies for the past decade, this collection has inspired scholars and others to explore a trail blazed ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionJohn Gray is the bestselling author of such books as Straw Dogs and Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern which brought a mainstream r...

Reducere. "This Is Mexico" is a collection of essays on the often magical and mysterious and sometimes heartrending workings of everyday life in Mexico, writ...

DescriptionIn the United States, Chicago provided Socialism with a soapbox for firebrand speechmaking, a home for political exiles and a springboar...

Reducere. The second novel in Joseph M. Marshall III's acclaimed Lakota Westerns series, The Long Knives Are Crying begins ten years later, in 1875, as Sitti...

Reducere. I already wrote a book on this subject but it was long, complex, multi-faceted, and discussed concepts most people have never heard of. That book w...

Reducere. "Offbeat New Mexico" guides you through the people, places and events that have shaped the state often referred to as the "Land of Enchantment." Th...

In Citizens of Scandal, Vanessa Freije explores the causes and consequences of political scandals in Mexico from the 1960s through the 1980s. Traci...

Reducere. Each life is fascinating in its own right, and each is used to brightly illuminate the historical context.

Reducere. Culture is something we build; it is the outward expression of a people's worship. People cultivate society, including its law, education, arts, cu...

Reducere. Drawing on vivid oral histories, Joseph M. Marshall's intimate biography introduces a never-before-seen portrait of Crazy Horse and his Lakota comm...

Explores the interplay of space and culture in the plaza, showing how culture acts to shape public spaces and how the physical form of the plaza en...

Publisher: University of Texas PressAuthor(s): Angelica Jimena Afanador-PujolIllustration(s): 26 color and 51 b&w photos, 11 b&w illus.Number of pa...

Swashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and Uruguay were nineteenth-century Latin American bestsellers. But when the stories jumpe...

Where did the custom of duelling originate, and why did it spread so quickly all over Europe and the Americas?Illustrations: 30 b&w illus

DescriptionThe American founders did not endorse a citizen's right to know. More openness in government, more frankness in a doctor's communication...

Suitable for students of art history as well as those seeking an understanding of art and of the cultural and historical context in which it is mad...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. What exactly is a "Cracker"? An entertaining, informative look at a slice of old Florida culture. For over 200 years scholars have attempted to def...

Reducere. The Afro-Latin@ Reader focuses attention on a large, vibrant, yet oddly invisible community in the United States: people of African descent from La...

Reducere. In "Returning to the Lakota Way, " prolific author Joseph Marshall presents the follow-up to his highly regarded book "The Lakota Way. "Using beaut...

Reducere. A rich gathering of essays that evoke the unique and mysterious appeal that New Mexico has had for some of the twentieth century's best known write...

Reducere. Many non-New Mexicans envision New Mexico as one large desert, yet New Mexico is very much a mountain state, with more than one hundred named mount...

A definitive reader for all students of food history, comprised of primary source extracts spanning the globe from classical antiquity to the prese...

Reducere. DescriptionLanie took out her journal and dated it April 12, 1928. She started the habit of writing down everything that happened to her when she w...

Diplomatic history is the critical study of the management of relations between nation-states. Based on significant historical case studies - the A...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Mexico, then keep reading...Before the modern country was born in 1821, the territory that today...