The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British West Indies (Volume 1)
by Bryan Edwards
"Humane yet often horrifying, Tell Me How It Ends offers a compelling, intimate look at a continuing crisis-and its ongoing cost in an age of increasing urgency." -Jeremy Garber, Powell's Books"Valeria Luiselli's extended essay on her volunteer work translating for child immigrants confronts with compassion and honesty the problem of the North American refugee crisis. It's a rare thing: a book everyone should read." -Stephen Sparks, Point Reyes Books"Tell Me How It Ends evokes empathy as it educ...
The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime. Each country responded to World War II according to its own national interests, which often conflicted with those of the Allies, including the United States. The contributors systematically consider how each country dealt with commonly shared problems: the Axis threat to the national order, the extent of military cooperation with the Allies...
2nd Grade History (Children's Ancient History Books)
by Baby Professor
Indians and the Political Economy of Colonial Central America, 1670-1810
by Robert W. Patch
The history of relations between the Spanish and the Indians of colonial Central America, often oversimplified as a story of unending Spanish abuse, forms a complicated tapestry of economics and politics. Robert W. Patch's even-handed study of the repartimientode mercancIas - the commercial dealings between regional magistrates and the people under their jurisdiction - reveals the inner workings of colonialism in Central America. Indians were at the heart of the colonial economy. They made up...
Fidel Castro and the Quest for a Revolutionary Culture in Cuba
by Julie Marie Bunck
Beginning with an overview of the Castro regime's program to transform Cuban culture as guided by the tenets of Marxist-Leninist ideology, Julie Bunck first outlines in a broad way the four phases through which the regime's strategy evolved, from 1959 to the present, with a variety of methods tried-noncoercive, indirectly coercive, and directly coercive. The four main chapters then each focus on one of the principal targets at which the regime aimed in trying to change popular attitudes: youth,...
Reisen in Mexico in Den Jahren 1845-1848. Mit Karten Holzschnitten, Etc.
by Carl Bartholomàˆus Heller
When Philip V prevailed over his rival Archduke Charles of Austria in 1713, the Spanish Bourbon dynasty faced a divided elite. As a result the dynasty attempted to create new power elite, based on a more professionalized, modern, and educated military officer corps (men of merit, honor, good training, and loyalty). At the same time, the Bourbons wanted to govern by relying on "men of letters," who were well educated in a modern, enlightened curriculum, men of talent, skill, and good training....
The Reports on the Present State of of the United Provinces of South America
by Caesar Augustus Rodney
Commercial Cuba. a Book for Business Men. Illustrated.
by William Jared Clark
The United Nations and El Salvador 1990-1995 (The United Nations blue books series: Vol. 4)
by United Nations and The United Nations Staff
The United Nations played a central role in the Salvadorian peace process, combining peacemaking, peace-keeping and especially post-conflict peace-building. The United Nations and El Salvador, 1990-1995, is a chronicle of one of the most comprehensive operations in the history of the United Nations - the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL). Now, for the first time, the texts of more than 100 key documents relating to this mission have been brought together in a single volume....