3,740円 Using Costa Rica as a example, Longley carefully examines the development of the successful relationship between a nonindustrialized country and the United States, revealing the complex forces at work in resistance and accommodation. During World War II and the immediate postwar era, both the Uni...

5,355円 Climate change is producing profound changes globally. Yet we still know little about how it affects real people in real places on a daily basis because most of our knowledge comes from scientific studies that try to estimate impacts and project future climate scenarios. This book is different, i...

1,126円 A vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American literature in Spanish and tells the story of how Spanish literary language developed and flourishe...

1,991円 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The "masterful chronicle" of the discovery of the legendary lost civilization of the Maya and the quest to unlock their secrets. Featuring a history and description of the major Maya sites, including **Chichen Itza, Tulum,**Palenque, Uxmal, Copan, and more. Illustrated w...

5,355円 Climate change is producing profound changes globally. Yet we still know little about how it affects real people in real places on a daily basis because most of our knowledge comes from scientific studies that try to estimate impacts and project future climate scenarios. This book is different, i...

1,300円 In Lateinamerika ist Simón Bolívar politisches Idol und Symbolfigur. Bis heute leben die Legenden über ihn weiter, ist er Thema staatstragender Reden, Stoff für Kunst und Literatur. Michael Zeuske untersucht die reale Person Simón Bolívars sowie die Dimensionen seines Kultes und Mythos. Er korri...

5,041円 In 1981, more than a thousand civilians around El Mozote, El Salvador, were slaughtered by the country’s U.S.-trained army. The story was coveredーand soon forgottenーby the international news media. In the first edition of The El Mozote Massacre, anthropologist Leigh Binford successfully restore...

11,919円 El Salvador might be the smallest country in Central America by territory but it has had a significant impact on the region and played an important role in U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America. The country’s history is intertwined with the struggles for self-determination and sovereignty both...

466円 "The Panama Canal: An Informal History of Its Concept, Building, and Present Status" relates the struggles, conflicts, obstacles, and achievement involved in the construction of the canal. Originally published in 1970, this ebook edition retains all of the photos, drawings, and illustrations of t...

2,647円 Human rights activist and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz has been described as “a force of nature on the page and off.” That force is fully present in Blood on the Border, the third in her acclaimed series of memoirs. Seamlessly blending the personal and the political, Blood on the Border is Dunb...

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662円 Ancient civilizations is one 4th grade subject that can be quite difficult to understand just be reading texts. The good news is history picture books exist and they are a joy to study. Pictures provide visual representations of the past. They're easy to remember compared to blocks of text that m...