This innovative college-level textbook for third-year college Spanish courses introduces the student to Latin American literature using a unique bilingual approach in which an English translation parallels the Spanish original.
This innovative college-level textbook for third-year college Spanish courses introduces the student to Latin American literature using a unique bilin...
In "Miniature Messages," Jack Child analyzes Latin American postage stamps, revealing the messages about history, culture, and politics encoded in their design and disseminated throughout the world. While postage stamps are a sanctioned product of official government agencies, Child argues that they accumulate popular cultural value and take on new meanings as they circulate in the public sphere. As he demonstrates in this richly illustrated study, the postage stamp conveys many of the contestations and triumphs of Latin American history.
Child combines history and political science with...
In "Miniature Messages," Jack Child analyzes Latin American postage stamps, revealing the messages about history, culture, and politics encoded in the...
In "Miniature Messages," Jack Child analyzes Latin American postage stamps, revealing the messages about history, culture, and politics encoded in their design and disseminated throughout the world. While postage stamps are a sanctioned product of official government agencies, Child argues that they accumulate popular cultural value and take on new meanings as they circulate in the public sphere. As he demonstrates in this richly illustrated study, the postage stamp conveys many of the contestations and triumphs of Latin American history.
Child combines history and political science with...
In "Miniature Messages," Jack Child analyzes Latin American postage stamps, revealing the messages about history, culture, and politics encoded in the...
This book examines the nature and impact of geopolitical thinking in South America especially in relation to a series of conflict situations in the region. The major portion of the book is devoted to an analysis of some twelve potential conflict situations in South America and includes information on the historical background, recent developments, and the relationship to other conflicts and modes of geopolitical thinking in the countries involved.
This book examines the nature and impact of geopolitical thinking in South America especially in relation to a series of conflict situations in the...
"Antarctica and South American Geopolitics" examines the impact that geopolitical thinking in South America has on its policies towards the frozen continent, an impact which is considerable, especially among military regimes. Child demonstrates that the geopolitical approach has ramifications for conflict and cooperation, and his careful coverage of them provides one of the few sources available that directly analyzes the topic. The book opens with an introduction to the significance of Antarctica and its resources on the nature of South American geopolitics. Child's step-by-step analysis...
"Antarctica and South American Geopolitics" examines the impact that geopolitical thinking in South America has on its policies towards the frozen ...
This text is designed for a third or fourth year college Spanish course. It is an introduction to the history, theory and practice of Spanish-to-English translation (with consideration of English-to-Spanish translation).
This text is designed for a third or fourth year college Spanish course. It is an introduction to the history, theory and practice of Spanish-to-Engli...
This text, designed for a third or fourth year college Spanish course, presents the history, theory and practice of Spanish-to-English translation. The emphasis is on general material to be found in current journals and newspapers, with some specialized material from the fields of business, the social sciences, and literature.
This text, designed for a third or fourth year college Spanish course, presents the history, theory and practice of Spanish-to-English translation. Th...
This book explores 2,000 years of Latin American history through the words of the writer, the brush of the painter, the pen of the cartoonist, and the lens of the photographer. The interdisciplinary approach to Latin America focuses on the way the region has related to the United States.
This book explores 2,000 years of Latin American history through the words of the writer, the brush of the painter, the pen of the cartoonist, and the...
