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1	Modern Latin America more books like this by Professor Thomas E Skidmore, Peter H Smith add to wishlist This interpretive history of Latin America has been brought up to date in all areas, including the ongoing war against international drug trafficking, the difficulties and promises of NAFTA, the increasing trend toward democratic and pluralist politics, and the large-scale immigration of Latin Americans into the United States. As in earlier ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
2	The Conquest of New Spain more books like this by Bernal Diaz, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, John M Cohen (Introduction by) add to wishlist Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.38! \| first editions
3	Colonial Latin America more books like this by Mark A Burkholder, Lyman Johnson add to wishlist Burkholder and Johnson's interpretive survey of colonial Latin America up to the 1850s is both historiographically up-to-date and accessible to students in the first half of the undergraduate Latin American history survey, which is given by virtually all major American colleges. The text incorporates new research in social and economic theory ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.53! \| first editions
4	Bruchko more books like this by Bruce R Olson add to wishlist What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy and heads into the jungles to evangelize a murderous tribe of South American Indians? For Bruce Olson it meant capture and torture, but what he discovered revolutionized the world of missions. see all copies from £1.49! new only from £9.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru more books like this by Michael E Moseley add to wishlist In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, rivalling that of Ming China or the Ottoman Turks. This glittering culture however only obscured the rich and diverse civilizations that had preceded it: Chavin, Moche, Nazca, Tiwanaku, Huari and Chimu. Intense research into this heritage has been carried ... see all copies from £5.26! new only from £14.22! \| first editions
6	A History of Latin America more books like this by Benjamin Keen add to wishlist This best-selling text for introductory Latin American history courses, A History of Latin America, encompasses political and diplomatic theory, class structure and economic organization, culture and religion, and the environment. The integrating framework is the dependency theory, the most popular interpretation of Latin American history, which ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £33.97!
7	Lost City of the Incas more books like this by Hiram Bingham, Jr. add to wishlist In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 ft above the ... see all copies from £1.92! new only from £5.99! \| first editions
8	The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World more books like this by Carlos Fuentes add to wishlist In this sweeping, vividly written, and profusely illustrated work, Fuentes surveys the vast, complex 500-year history of the Spanish in the Americas and sees both the richness of the culture that has evolved and the troubling vestiges of colonialism. see all copies from £4.37! new only from £11.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	A Concise History of Brazil more books like this by Boris Fausto add to wishlist A Concise History of Brazil covers almost 500 years of Brazilian history, from the arrival of the Portuguese in the New World to the political events that defined the recent transition from an authoritarian to a democratic political regime. Brazilian territorial unity and national identity were forged throughout the nineteenth century, after the ... see all copies from £6.72! new only from £9.90! \| first editions
10	Voyage of the Beagle more books like this by Professor Charles Darwin add to wishlist Inviting in its lavish detail, this is Darwin's fascinating account of his five-year journey aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle (1831-1836) as it surveyed the coasts of South America, New Zealand, Australia, and the now famous Galapagos Archipelago. One of the most important voyages of the 19th century, this is where Darwin made the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.85! \| first editions
11 view cover	Through Gates of Splendor more books like this by Elisabeth Elliot add to wishlist After several preliminary overtures of friendship, five young missionary men set out on a crucial January day in 1956 for a meeting with the Auca tribesmen who had reacted with apparent tolerance to earlier gifts and messages. This is the poignant story of their martyrdom told by the widow of one of the slain members of the group. see all copies from £5.29! new only from £8.72! \| first editions
12 view cover	Latinoamerica: Su Civilizacion y Su Cultura more books like this by Eugenio Chang-Rodriguez add to wishlist Discover the richness and complexity of Latin American culture, with "LatinoAmerica". Featuring a thematic organization supported by comprehension questions, expansion questions, timelines, chapter summaries, photos, illustrations, Internet activities, video suggestions, and maps, the text takes you on a 20-chapter tour of the progression of Latin ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £28.68! \| first editions
13 view cover	Americas: The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean more books like this by Peter Winn add to wishlist This is a history of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, this book analyzes the historical, demographic, political, social, cultural, religious and economic trends in the region. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.94! \| first editions
14 view cover	Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest Huamanga to 1640 more books like this by Steve J Stern add to wishlist This is the second edition of "Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest", a written history of the Indians of the Ayachucho region during the century that followed the Spanish Conquest. It includes reflections on the ten years of historical interpretation that have passed since the book's original publication, thus enabling the ... see all copies from £6.84! new only from £16.43! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches more books like this by Professor Charles Darwin, E Janet Browne (Editor), Michael Neve (Editor) add to wishlist When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal, here reprinted in a shortened form, shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events. Volcanoes in the Galapagos, the Gossamer spider of ... see all copies from £4.03! new only from £6.46!
16 view cover	Politics of Latin America: The Power Game more books like this by Harry E Vanden, Gary Prevost add to wishlist Employing a political realist approach, Vanden and Prevost focus on who wields the power in Latin American countries, who controls the policymaking process, and who benefits from policy decisions. To shed some light on the reasons for the current political situation, the book also incorporates an analysis of the factors that influence the exercise ... see all copies from £5.78! new only from £17.21!
17 view cover	History of Christianity more books like this by Paul Johnson add to wishlist In this accessible history of Christianity, Johnson examines his subject in conjunction with Western European intellectual, social, and political events. see all copies from £2.88! new only from £10.58! \| first editions
18	Inside the Company CIA Diary more books like this by Philip Agee add to wishlist see all copies from £2.81! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions more books like this by Peter Robb add to wishlist Robb's chronicle flashes from intimate present day Brazil to a richly detailed and often dangerous past, enhanced by the gorgeous climate, lush landscapes and cobalt-blue waters. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
20 view cover	Early Latin America: A History of Colonial Spanish America and Brazil more books like this by James Lockhart, Stuart B Schwartz (Photographer), Alan Knight (Editor) add to wishlist This book provides a general history of Latin America in the period between the European conquest and the gaining of independence by the Spanish American countries and Brazil (approximately 1492-1825). It is both an introduction for the student at the college level and a provisionally updated synthesis of the quickly changing field for the more ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61!
21 view cover	Tristes Tropiques more books like this by Claude Levi-Strauss add to wishlist "Tristes Tropiques" records Lévi-Strauss's search for "a human society reduced to its most basic expression", and focuses on the tribes of the Caduvco, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib of the Amazon basin and the upland jungles of Brazil. Lévi-Strauss draws fascinating comparisons and parallels among the tribes and human societies at large, ... see all copies from £6.66! new only from £13.74! \| first editions
22 view cover	At Home in the Street: Street Children of Northeast Brazil more books like this by Tobias Hecht add to wishlist Through innovative fieldwork and ethnographic writing, Hecht lays bare the received truths about the lives of Brazilian street children. This book changes the terms of the debate, asking not why there are so many homeless children in Brazil but why, given the oppressive alternative of home life in the shantytowns, there are in fact so few. ... see all copies from £10.91! new only from £19.93!
23 view cover	Death Without Weeping: Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil more books like this by Nancy Scheper-Hughes add to wishlist When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Bringing her ... see all copies from £7.62! new only from £16.19! \| first editions
24 view cover	A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture more books like this by Marguerite Feitlowitz add to wishlist An oral history of modern Argentine politics. Feitlowitz interviewed dozens of participants in the "dirty war" that followed the death of the despot Juan Peron, which resulted in the deaths of thousands. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £8.06! new only from £12.83! \| first editions
25 view cover	Simon Bolivar: A Life more books like this by Dr. John Lynch add to wishlist Simon Bolivar was a revolutionary who freed six countries, an intellectual who argued the principles of national liberation, and a general who fought a cruel colonial war. His life, passions, battles and great victories became embedded in Spanish American culture almost as soon as they happened. This is the first major English-language biography ... see all copies from £5.11! new only from £5.11!

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