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Central America: A Nation Divided
ISBN: 9780195083767 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This popular text surveys the history of the Central American region, covering Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, from pre-Columbian times to the present. It emphasizes the common characteristics of the Central American states as well as their potential for political union. Now completely updated, the third edition of Central America: A Nation Divided encompasses the significant new research and tumultuous events that have taken place since the last edition was published. The text now includes coverage of the civil wars in Guatemala, El...
This popular text surveys the history of the Central American region, covering Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Pa...
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361,77 zł |
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Armies without Nations : Public Violence and State Formation in Central America, 1821-1960
ISBN: 9780195310207 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Public violence, a persistent feature of Latin American life since the collapse of Iberian rule in the 1820s, has been especially prominent in Central America. Robert H. Holden shows how public violence shaped the states that have governed Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Linking public violence and patrimonial political cultures, he shows how the early states improvised their authority by bargaining with armed bands or montoneras. Improvisation continued into the twentieth century as the bands were gradually superseded by semi-autonomous national armies,...
Public violence, a persistent feature of Latin American life since the collapse of Iberian rule in the 1820s, has been especially prominent in Central...
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288,57 zł |
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Intervention on Trial : The New York War Crimes Tribunal on Central America and the Caribbean
ISBN: 9780275921880 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The New York War Crimes Tribunal on Central America and the Caribbean was convened in October, 1984 to hear testimony from victims and eyewitnesses of human rights abuses, war crimes and other violations of international and domestic law in Central America and the Caribbean. This volume presents the edited statements of approximately 26 witnesses, including North American academics, church people, journalists, medical workers, Latin American students, human rights workers, refugees, labor leaders, and peasant organizers. Witnesses include Rigoberta Menchu, exiled Guatemalan Indian leader;... The New York War Crimes Tribunal on Central America and the Caribbean was convened in October, 1984 to hear testimony from victims and eyewitnesses... |
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480,28 zł |
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Politics in Central America : Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780275928834 / Angielski / Miękka / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A clear and balanced presentation of the dilemmas associated with each of the four nations. A skillful cultural framework is provided in the first chapter, which serves as an overview. "Foreign Affairs" A fine study. Anderson's reputation as a scholar and a Latin Americanist will be enhanced when this study has time to make its imprint. "American Political Science Review" This new volume provides an up-to-date survey of the Central American states involved in the current conflict. While several studies of the individual countries in the region have appeared, there have been no recent... A clear and balanced presentation of the dilemmas associated with each of the four nations. A skillful cultural framework is provided in the first ... |
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164,71 zł |
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The Contras, 1980-1989 : A Special Kind of Politics
ISBN: 9780275938178 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Former political officer for the Nicaraguan Resistance (the contras), Rogelio Pardo-Maurer shares his experiences of the factional dynamics of that group in this provocative new study. Providing an historical account of internal politics in the Resistance, Pardo-Maurer analyzes the principle factions or issues of contention, devoting special attention to the influence of the U.S. political process on Resistance policy. The book provides an intriguing inside look at one of the most controversial resistance movements of the 20th century. Pardo-Maurer follows the internal dynamics of the... Former political officer for the Nicaraguan Resistance (the contras), Rogelio Pardo-Maurer shares his experiences of the factional dynamics of that... |
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491,54 zł |
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The Contras, 1980-1989 : A Special Kind of Politics
ISBN: 9780275938185 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Former political officer for the Nicaraguan Resistance (the contras), Rogelio Pardo-Maurer shares his experiences of the factional dynamics of that group in this provocative new study. Providing an historical account of internal politics in the Resistance, Pardo-Maurer analyzes the principle factions or issues of contention, devoting special attention to the influence of the U.S. political process on Resistance policy. The book provides an intriguing inside look at one of the most controversial resistance movements of the 20th century. Pardo-Maurer follows the internal dynamics of the... Former political officer for the Nicaraguan Resistance (the contras), Rogelio Pardo-Maurer shares his experiences of the factional dynamics of that... |
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159,09 zł |
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Maya Political Science : Time, Astronomy, and the Cosmos
ISBN: 9780292705692 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decipherment, the nature of Maya political organization and political geography has remained an open question. Many debates have raged over models of centralization versus decentralization, superordinate and subordinate status--with far-flung analogies to emerging states in Europe, Asia, and Africa. But Prudence Rice asserts that neither the model of two giant "superpowers" nor that which postulates scores of small, weakly independent polities fits the accumulating body of... How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decipherment, the nature of Maya... |
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152,67 zł |
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Guatemalan Journey
ISBN: 9780292708402 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Guatemala draws some half million tourists each year, whose brief visits to the ruins of ancient Maya cities and contemporary highland Maya villages may give them only a partial and folkloric understanding of Guatemalan society. In this vividly written travel narrative, Stephen Connely Benz explores the Guatemala that casual travelers miss, using his encounters with ordinary Guatemalans at the mall, on the streets, at soccer games, and even at the funeral of massacre victims to illuminate the social reality of Guatemala today. The book opens with an extended section on the capital,... Guatemala draws some half million tourists each year, whose brief visits to the ruins of ancient Maya cities and contemporary highland Maya village... |
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148,10 zł |
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Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala
ISBN: 9780292708518 / Angielski / Miękka / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala marks a new era in Guatemalan studies by offering an up-to-the-minute look at the pan-Maya movement and the future of the Maya people as they struggle to regain control over their cultural destiny. The successful emergence of what is in some senses a nationalism grounded in ethnicity and language has challenged scholars to reconsider their concepts of nationalism, community, and identity. Editors Edward F. Fischer and R. McKenna Brown have brought together essays by virtually all the leading U.S. experts on contemporary Maya... Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala marks a new era in Guatemalan studies by offering an up-to-the-minute look at the pan-Maya movemen... |
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107,73 zł |
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Banana Cultures : Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States
ISBN: 9780292712560 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Winner, George Perkins Marsh Award for Best Book in Environmental History, American Society for Environmental History, 2007 Bananas, the most frequently consumed fresh fruit in the United States, have been linked to Miss Chiquita and Carmen Miranda, "banana republics," and Banana Republic clothing stores--everything from exotic kitsch, to Third World dictatorships, to middle-class fashion. But how did the rise in banana consumption in the United States affect the banana-growing regions of Central America? In this lively, interdisciplinary study, John Soluri integrates... Winner, George Perkins Marsh Award for Best Book in Environmental History, American Society for Environmental History, 2007 Bananas, t... |
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107,73 zł |
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The Quiet Revolutionaries : Seeking Justice in Guatemala
ISBN: 9780292716773 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. The last three decades of the twentieth century brought relentless waves of death squads, political kidnappings, and other traumas to the people of Guatemala. Many people fled the country to escape the violence. Yet, at the same moment, a popular movement for justice brought together unlikely bands of behind-the-scenes heroes, blurring ethnic, geographic, and even class lines. The Quiet Revolutionaries is drawn from interviews conducted by Frank Afflitto in the early 1990s with more than eighty survivors of the state-sanctioned violence. Gathered under frequently... The last three decades of the twentieth century brought relentless waves of death squads, political kidnappings, and other traumas to the people of... |
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107,73 zł |
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Spanish Central America : A Socioeconomic History, 1520-1720
ISBN: 9780292717619 / Angielski / Miękka / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The seventeenth century has been characterized as "Latin America's forgotten century." This landmark work, originally published in 1973, attempted to fill the vacuum in knowledge by providing an account of the first great colonial cycle in Spanish Central America. The colonial Spanish society of the sixteenth century was very different from that described in the eighteenth century. What happened in the Latin American colonies between the first conquests, the seizure of long-accumulated Indian wealth, the first silver booms, and the period of modern raw material supply? How did Latin... The seventeenth century has been characterized as "Latin America's forgotten century." This landmark work, originally published in 1973, attempted ... |
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317,01 zł |
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Thanks to God and the Revolution : The Oral History of a Nicaraguan Family
ISBN: 9780299126100 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Winner of the 1991 Chicago Women in Publishing Award
In a restaurant in Esteli, Nicaragua, Dianne Walta Hart, a visiting American scholar, and Marta Lopez, member of a Nicaraguan women's organization, began to talk of the Sandinista revolution and of the changes it had brought, especially for women. Their conversation was to continue at intervals over the next four years; it expanded to include Marta's mother, Dona Maria, her sister, Leticia, and her brother, Omar, a Sandinista soldier. From these conversations has come the powerful and moving oral history of a Nicaraguan family in the... Winner of the 1991 Chicago Women in Publishing Award
In a restaurant in Esteli, Nicaragua, Dianne Walta Hart, a visiting American scholar, and Mar... |
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130,94 zł |
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Festa : Recipes and Recollections of Italian Holidays
ISBN: 9780299179847 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Born of Italian-American parents, Helen Barolini rediscovered her culinary heritage when she married Italian writer Antonio Barolini and lived for some years in Italy. Festa is a year-long feast of memories and delicious, traditional Italian dishes from St. Nicholas sweetmeats in December and perciatelli with sardines and fennel for March s St. Joseph s Day, to figs with prosciutto for summer s Ferragosto and pumpkin gnocchi for an American Thanksgiving in Italy."
Born of Italian-American parents, Helen Barolini rediscovered her culinary heritage when she married Italian writer Antonio Barolini and lived for ... |
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113,43 zł |
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The Central American Republics.
ISBN: 9780313229916 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This survey of Central American history, includes the five republics of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica. There is a summary of events in 1960-62, with special reference to Central American economic collaboration, the role of the United States, and the reluctance of the local moneyed class to give up its privileged position.
This survey of Central American history, includes the five republics of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica. There is a summ... |
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480,28 zł |
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British Honduras : A Historical and Contemporary Survey
ISBN: 9780313229923 / Angielski / Twarda / 151 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The author discusses the social, economic, and political problems of British Honduras as they are affected by the variety of racial, religious, and linguistic components in its small population. These problems are looked at in their historical context as well.
The author discusses the social, economic, and political problems of British Honduras as they are affected by the variety of racial, religious, and... |
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328,26 zł |
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The Indians of Central and South America : An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
ISBN: 9780313263873 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. At a juncture in history when much interest and attention is focused on Central and South American political, ecological, social, and environmental concerns, this dictionary fills a major gap in reference materials relating to Amerindian tribes. This one-volume reference collects important information about the current status of the indigenous peoples of Central and South America and offers a chronology of the conquest of the Amerindian tribes; a list of tribes by country; and an extensive bibliography of surviving American Indian groups. Historical as well as contemporary descriptions of... At a juncture in history when much interest and attention is focused on Central and South American political, ecological, social, and environmental... |
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429,61 zł |
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Culture and Customs of Guatemala
ISBN: 9780313305962 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Culture and Customs of Guatemala proffers a well rounded portrait of the people of the land known for breathtaking highlands, brilliantly colored Mayan textiles, generations of ruthless dictators, and violence against the Mayas since the Spanish conquest. This Central American hotspot is the home to a majority of Mayas, their coexistence with Ladinos--the non--Mayas, and the issue of land ownership provide the framework for understanding contemporary society. The blend of Mayan and Ladino cultural identities that shape Guatemala today permeates Shea's discussion of history,... Culture and Customs of Guatemala proffers a well rounded portrait of the people of the land known for breathtaking highlands, brilliantly co... |
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281,93 zł |
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The History of Central America
ISBN: 9780313322938 / Angielski / Twarda / 167 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Central America is an extraordinarily beautiful part of the world, with sweeping panoramic vistas of tropical vegetation, towering mountains, and striking ethnic and racial diversity. This tropical paradise has a history as diverse as its people and cultures. Starting with the Maya in ancient Mesoamerica, the History of Central America continues with European contact and the subsequent subjugation of the people of Central America. Spaniards established and ruled their Central American empire during the Colonial period. This led to the National period, independence movements, and the... Central America is an extraordinarily beautiful part of the world, with sweeping panoramic vistas of tropical vegetation, towering mountains, and s... |
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300,11 zł |
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The History of Panama
ISBN: 9780313333224 / Angielski / Twarda / 153 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. As the narrowest stretch of land in the Central American isthmus, Panama's geographical location has for millenia made it the crossroads for traders, travelers, European pirates, and world superpowers. Panamanian history is replete with explicit or tacit domination by others. In the post-Columbus period, Panama was first a Spanich colony, then a province of Colombia, and then finally a quasi-territory of the United States during the 20th century. Suffering invasion by the United States in 1989 to oust dictator Manuel Noriega and then receiving full ownership of the Panama Canal at the end... As the narrowest stretch of land in the Central American isthmus, Panama's geographical location has for millenia made it the crossroads for trader... |
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288,86 zł |