Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments led by Chile formed a military alliance called Operation Condor to ......more
A completely updated edition--based on recently declassified archives and judicial investigations--of the story of the c......more
Discover Mexico City, one of the world’s most populous urban centers. Twelve narrative chapters discuss such topics as M......more
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter David E. Hoffman comes the riveting biography of Oswaldo Payá, ......more
This books assesses the opportunities for the normative and practical advancement of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)......more
Introduces readers to the geography and human history of one of the largest islands in the Caribbean. Now in its second ......more
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NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez offers a forceful, necessary exposé on the precarious realities......more
A historic and cultural dive into the world of Mexico’s most beloved sport Over the decades, lucha libre has become a sy......more
Che Guevara’s definitive account of the Cuban revolutionary war, in an updated edition with a new foreword and photos. T......more
How new media is ushering in a more diverse Brazilian national identity In this book, Eli Carter explores the ways in wh......more
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This book addresses a neglected aspect of the history of Britain’s centuries-long involvement with transatlantic slavery......more
A rigorous reflection on recent literary accounts of violence at the US-Mexico border. Writing Juárez is a rigorous refl......more
Mapping Diversity in Latin America offers ample critical coverage of recent approaches to the historical study of race a......more
Mapping Diversity in Latin America offers ample critical coverage of recent approaches to the historical study of race a......more
Examines the many iterations of a story of child martyrdom in colonial Mexico....more
A new history of Brazil told through the lens of the often-overlooked interior regions....more
The dramatic story of a mutiny aboard an eighteenth-century British ship and how its owners effectively rallied the powe......more
Explores how heritage discourses and local publics interact at Catholic mission sites in the southwestern United States,......more
Explores how heritage discourses and local publics interact at Catholic mission sites in the southwestern United States,......more
When acclaimed labor historian Julie Greene researched her book The Canal Builders, which went on to be nominated for a ......more
When acclaimed labor historian Julie Greene researched her book The Canal Builders, which went on to be nominated for a ......more
’A delightfully compact digest of Aesopian-esque legends and lore... shared by a local with a unique view into Latin Ame......more
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Caribbean will lead you straight to the best attractions this island paradise has to offer. ......more
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If not for an unlikely alliance among a bespectacled cowboy, a former Confederate general, and a millionaire newspaper p......more
How slave emancipation transformed capitalism in the United States and Brazil In the nineteenth century, the United Stat......more
Haiti was once a beacon of Black liberatory futures, but now it is often depicted as a place with no future where emigra......more
The Caribbean has a global reputation for extending unparalleled hospitality to foreign guests. Yet local citizens expre......more
Haiti was once a beacon of Black liberatory futures, but now it is often depicted as a place with no future where emigra......more
The Caribbean has a global reputation for extending unparalleled hospitality to foreign guests. Yet local citizens expre......more
The Women of Rendezvous is a dramatic transatlantic story about five women who birthed children by the same prominent Ba......more
The Women of Rendezvous is a dramatic transatlantic story about five women who birthed children by the same prominent Ba......more
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A historical and ethnographic study of the fraught relationship between fossil fuels and political power in Trinidad and......more
A historical and ethnographic study of the fraught relationship between fossil fuels and political power in Trinidad and......more
This book is the first critical anthology in English on the history and legacy of race in the Caribbean. It brings toget......more
This book is the first critical anthology in English on the history and legacy of race in the Caribbean. It brings toget......more
The unbelievable true story of the Cinta Larga, a tribe first contacted by Westerners in the 1960s, who came to run an i......more
In the mid-nineteenth century, decades after independence in Latin America, borderlands presented existential challenges......more
In the mid-nineteenth century, decades after independence in Latin America, borderlands presented existential challenges......more
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Indigenous Sacraments provides the first study of Indigenous perceptions of the Christian sacraments at the fringes of c......more
A broadly researched cultural history, Men of God offers a path to understanding the concept of religious masculinity th......more
A broadly researched cultural history, Men of God offers a path to understanding the concept of religious masculinity th......more
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Despite being a major figure of Haitian literature, Jean-Claude Charles (1949-2008) has received relatively little schol......more
Naval intelligence agents working the most dangerous beat in the world - the narco-state of Panama in the late 1980s - s......more
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The first study of Christian murals created by indigenous artists in sixteenth and seventeenth century Yucatán....more
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As an archaeologist, anthropologist, scholar, educator, and program evaluator for the U.S. State Department during the e......more
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The Buenos Aires Reader offers an insider’s look at the diverse lived experiences of the people, politics, and culture o......more
The Buenos Aires Reader offers an insider’s look at the diverse lived experiences of the people, politics, and culture o......more
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In the 1940s, as Mexican families trekked north to the United States in search of a better life, tens of millions also l......more
In the 1940s, as Mexican families trekked north to the United States in search of a better life, tens of millions also l......more
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Few people in Britain had heard much about the Falkland Islands before the Argentine invasion of 1982. Since then they h......more
What happened to the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean in the wake of the European adventurers who claimed to have "di......more
A stunning bilingual, illustrated, and photographic account of a celebrated Mexican tradition The lively Mexican holiday......more
Drawing on extensive research in her native Ecuador, Amalia Pallares examines the South American Indian movement in the ......more
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On a fateful Friday the 13th in October 1972, a plane traveling from Uruguay to Chile, carrying a young rugby team, cras......more
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H. C. C. Astwood: minister and missionary, diplomat and politician, enigma in the annals of US history. In Dominican Cro......more
Big Tequila is the ultimate guide to the rich cultural heritage, history, and makers of this legendary spirit. Immerse y......more
In the late nineteenth century, the Mexican government, seeking to fortify its northern borders and curb migration to th......more
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A close look at how wylers, a popular musical style from the island of St. Kitts and Nevis, expresses a unique mode of r......more
This volume untangles the multiple threads of the Mexican Revolution to present an accessible introduction to its causes......more
This volume untangles the multiple threads of the Mexican Revolution to present an accessible introduction to its causes......more
As countries ravaged by colonial capitalism and white supremacy sought to build a post-imperial world, many turned to so......more
Using a blend of global, intellectual and cultural history, this book explores the geopolitics of Juan Perón and its rel......more