2,647円 Soon after Satchel Paige arrived at spring training in 1937 to pitch for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, he and five of his teammates, including Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell, were lured to the Dominican Republic with the promise of easy money to play a short baseball tournament in support of the coun...

451円 There are over 20 sovereign nations that compose Latin America. Over 603 million people live in this sub-region. While many languages are spoken, the predominant languages are the Romantic languages of Spanish, Portuguese and French. However, in this vast melting pot of culture, you may find peop...

3,800円 El 23 de enero de 1639 tiene lugar en Lima el Auto de fe más cruento que el tribunal inquisitorial, radicado en dicha ciudad, incoara contra cristianos nuevos, comerciantes de procedencia portuguesa, asentados en el virreinato desde tiempo atrás y acusados en su mayoría de herejía y criptojudaísm...

5,800円 Este trabajo postula que el proceso de racionalización en el Puerto Rico del siglo XIX era mucho más fluido y se movía en gradaciones bastante más complejas. Así, reflexiona sobre la categoría de "raza" en diálogo con un amplio corpus documental formado por juicios de disenso, legitimaciones, enm...

1,723円 In Rutilio Grande: A Table for All, veteran journalist Rhina Guidos explores the inspiring life and ministry of the Salvadoran priest whose killing changed the church in El Salvador and the life of his close friend, the country’s most prominent church member, Archbishop Oscar Romero. Born in a ru...

4,800円 Este libro destaca cómo, junto con el temor de que se produjera una rebelión de esclavos semejante a la de Haití, se originaron otras fobias en Cuba que incidieron en la manera en que los letrados se refirieron a la esclavitud, a la raza africana y a la cultura criolla en general, y cómo tales te...

10,280円 Since the late nineteenth century, art museums have played crucial social, political, and economic roles throughout Latin America because of the ways that they structure representation. By means of their architecture, collections, exhibitions, and curatorial practices, Latin American art museums ...

150円 Rudyard Kipling's 'The Irish Guards in the Great War' is a comprehensive look at the experiences of the Irish Guards during World War I. This complete edition, comprising of two volumes, provides a detailed account of the regiment's involvement in the conflict, showcasing Kipling's meticulous res...

1,700円 A la historia de la prensa del XIX se suma este trabajo, versado y empírico, sobre el periódico " El Correo Español". El acercamiento expone datos inéditos en torno a esta publicación de la comunidad española de México: una pieza central de la prensa españolista, multicitada en los estudios sobre...

421円 The history and operations of the Panama Canal during the 1980s and 1990s come to life in this vibrant personal memoir by retired canal pilot Kenneth P. Puckett. In this book, Captain Puckett shares "sea stories" and other personal memories that have made him a popular teacher and lecturer. For n...

6,103円 Michel Gobat traces the untold story of the rise and fall of the first U.S. overseas empire to William Walker, a believer in the nation’s manifest destiny to spread its blessings not only westward but abroad as well. In the 1850s Walker and a small group of U.S. expansionists migrated to Nicaragu...

5,657円 This volume illustrates the sweeping changes in Cuban foreign policy under Raúl Castro. Leading scholars from around the world show how the significant shift in foreign policy direction that started in 1990 after the implosion of the Soviet Union has continued, in many ways taking totally unexpec...