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This innovative study explores how Latino cultural production shapes and challenges the U.S. national imaginary through transcultural exchanges and border-crossing narratives. The audiobook examines the circulation of Latino dreams, aspirations, and cultural expressions across linguistic, geographic, and ideological boundaries, analyzing how these movements disrupt monolithic conceptions of American identity.

A ochenta años del estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Julio B. Mutti nos trae diez apasionantes historias vinculadas íntimamente a la Argentina. El conflicto armado más grande y sangriento del siglo xx involucró de una u otra manera a todos los países importantes del mundo. Aun en la neutralidad, las naciones americanas, y en especial la que nos ocupa, eran tierra fértil para las intrigas, el espionaje y los intereses políticos y económicos de los beligerantes. Lejos estuvo Argentina (que desde antes del inicio del conflicto se vio involucrada en diferentes facetas de la guerra...

Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes...

Deep in the swampy heart of ancient Mexico, the Olmecs built a grand and influential civilization between 1800 and 400 BCE. The archaeological remains raise more questions than answers about the origins and legacy of this captivating Mesoamerican culture. How did the Olmecs carve and carry their famous colossal heads? Why did they live in flood-prone wetlands when better agricultural land was available? What are the secrets of their written language, and how can we unlock them?

The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that transformed global trade routes and shaped modern American history, as told by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master historian David...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present...

It was a moment unique in human history: the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in his intentions is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story.

From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in a film based on this National...

From acclaimed and prizewinning historian Paul Gillingham, the rich and fascinating history of one of the world’s most diverse, politically groundbreaking, and influential of countries From its outset, “Mexico was more profoundly, globally hybrid than anywhere else in the prior history of...

Following Hernando Cortés's conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Aztec empire became the center of the largest European colony in the Americas. It has long been assumed that Indigenous people's personal experiences of this cataclysmic era are inaccessible. Spanish records do not reflect how...

Medellín, años 80 y 90. ¿Qué se necesita para ser un héroe cuando la guerra civil se muda a tu sala de urgencias? La Policlínica, el servicio de emergencias del principal hospital de Medellín, fue más que un centro médico. En los años ochenta y noventa, este claustro de prestigio global en atención de trauma de guerra se convirtió en el espejo del salvajismo humano y la resistencia heroica en medio del caos. Los parias de blanco es un reconocimiento a miles de hombres y mujeres que el país olvidó. Héroes anónimos que sostuvieron a Colombia en sus años más oscuros. Sin ...

Saddle up for a wild ride with The Old West: A History of the American Frontier by Oscar Johnson. Oscar Johnson brings the past to life in a way that feels more like a fireside tale told by someone who smells faintly of a horse. This audiobook gives you everything you need to understand The Old West, without needing to be chased by bandits to appreciate it. This isn't the sort of history book that puts you to sleep after page three. There are no droning lectures or endless dates to memorise.

How did Latin America's exceptional democracy become a nearly failed state? Why would a leader firmly in control lead one of the planet's richest countries into a humanitarian crisis? Conventional wisdom blames the madness of a populist leader who squandered an oil fortune. In Venezuela's Collapse, Carlos Lizarralde offers an alternative account that places race, ethnicity, and the struggle over resources at the center of the Hugo Chavez story. The book chronicles 500 years of demographic and economic strands that came together in 1998 with the election of a dashing new President.

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ “A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the world In 1965, the US...

This collection of essays and notes on Peru covers a series of subjects ranging from the Moche culture of the north of the country, passing through the Inca empire of Tahuantinsuyo and continuing to the Spanish conquest and the vice-regal period. The mysterious ceque system of the Incas continues to attract the attention of archaeologists and historians. The role of women in pre-Hispanic Peru and after the conquest has sometimes been overlooked, yet here it can be seen as being of great importance. Printing in Peru goes back to the 16th century, with texts in Spanish, Quechua and Aymara, ...

Ayacucho by Mervyn Samuel is a tourist guide about Ayacucho city (Peru) and its surroundings. Its author is Mervyn Samuel, graduate of Oxford University, who wrote this book as a contribution to promote cultural tourism in this city of the Peruvian Andes, which possesses a unique and invaluable architectural and historical heritage. The themes of the book are: History, Architectural and Artistic Heritage, Handicrafts, Popular Festivities, Excursions from Ayacucho, Music of Ayacucho and useful Tourist Information. The book has maps and is abundantly illustrated with colour photographs. ...

La percepción de la ciudad de Lima como centro de celebraciones se debe especialmente al prestigio que gozó durante el período colonial, que nacía de su condición de ser el eje de gobierno del Virreinato. Pero esta es una mirada superficial si pensamos en la larga historia del espacio que ahora ocupa la desorganizada, superpoblada y caótica capital de la República del Perú. En realidad el espacio que va entre los valles de Chillón, Rímac y Lurín y que son el área de expansión de la primitiva ciudad fundada por Pizarro, tuvo una vida festiva precolombina, en torno al gran ...

"Ayacucho" es una guía turística acerca de la ciudad de Ayacucho (Perú) y sus alrededores. Su autor es Mervyn Samuel, profesional de la Universidad de Oxford, quien escribió este libro como una contribución para promover el turismo cultural en esta ciudad de los Andes peruanos, que posee un único e invaluable patrimonio arquitectónico y artístico. Los temas de este libro son: Historia, Patrimonio Arquitectónico y Artístico, Artesanía, Festividades Populares, Excursiones desde Ayacucho, Música de Ayacucho e Información Turística útil para los visitantes. La guía turística "...