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Americanos : Latin America's struggle for independence
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ISBN: 0199884455 1281529044 9786611529048 0199720819 1435633601 9780199720811 0195178815 9780195178814 9781435633605 9781281529046 6611529047 0197711332 Year: 2008 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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In this history of the Latin American wars of independence, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts, key events, and dominant trends, woven together in a single narrative. He also examines the troubled political legacies of today's Latin American republics.


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Born in blood & fire : a concise history of Latin America
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ISBN: 9780393283051 0393283054 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company,

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"Born in Blood and Fire" spans six centuries and covers twenty countries in a concise, compelling narrative of the Latin American experience, animated by stories about men and women from all walks of life and enriched by insightful analysis. -- From publisher's description.


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Born in blood and fire : Latin American voices : a reader
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ISBN: 9780393283068 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Norton,

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Latin America --- History


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Santa
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ISBN: 1469604337 080789950X 9780807899502 9781469604336 9780807871072 0807871079 9780807833698 080783369X 9798893133950 Year: 2010 Publisher: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press

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Santa: A Novel of Mexico City

The mystery of samba
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ISBN: 0807898864 9780807898864 080782464X 9780807824641 0807847666 9780807847664 9798890869449 Year: 1999 Publisher: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press

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Samba is Brazil's ""national rhythm,"" the foremost symbol of its culture and nationhood. To the outsider, samba and the famous pre-Lenten carnival of which it is the centerpiece seem to showcase the country's African heritage. Within Brazil, however, samba symbolizes the racial and cultural mixture that, since the 1930s, most Brazilians have come to believe defines their unique national identity. But how did Brazil become ""the Kingdom of Samba"" only a few decades after abolishing slavery in 1888? Typically, samba is represented as having changed spontaneously, mysteriously, from a ""rep

The lettered city
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ISBN: 0822317575 0822317664 9780822317579 9780822317661 Year: 1996 Publisher: Durham, N.C. Duke university press

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"Extremely influential cultural analysis by Uruguayan author published posthumously in 1984. Chasteen's very good English translation includes entire text with original notes, along with useful locating introduction and index. Important contribution to the literature and an excellent volume for classroom use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.


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The contemporary history of Latin America
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ISBN: 0333609409 Year: 1993 Publisher: London Macmillan

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Latin America --- History


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Born in blood and fire : a concise history of Latin America
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ISBN: 9780393911541 0393911543 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York ; London Norton [W.W. & Company]

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Problems in modern Latin American history : a reader
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ISBN: 0842023275 0842023283 Year: 1994 Publisher: Wilmington (Del.) : SR Books,

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Beyond imagined communities : reading and writing the nation in nineteenth-century Latin America
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ISBN: 0801878527 9780801878534 Year: 2003 Publisher: Baltimore, Md Johns Hopkins University Press

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