| 1492: The Life and Times of Juan Cabezon of Castile |
| Homero Aridjis |
| Now in English for the first time, this sweeping story of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain during the era of world exploration was a best-seller in Latin America in the 1980s. |
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978-0-8263-3096-3 |
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| Aftershocks: Earthquakes and Popular Politics in Latin America |
| Jurgen Buchenau , Editor |
| Lyman L. Johnson , Editor |
| In using natural disasters as a way to study societal and especially political change, the essays in this volume illustrate the immediate as well as the long term consequences of destruction. |
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978-0-8263-4623-0 |
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| The Algarrobos Quartet |
| Gerardo Mario Goloboff |
| Stephen A. Sadow , Translator |
| A series of four short novels from Argentina in which the rules of the game are mysterious and terrible events occur without warning. |
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978-0-8263-2898-4 |
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| The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua
Poetics |
| Jongsoo Lee |
| Lee offers a more realistic portrait of the legendary Aztec ruler Nezahualcoyotl, derived from examination of original Nahuatl codices and poetry, as well as Spanish chronicles. |
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978-0-8263-4337-6 |
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| The Ambivalent Revolution: Forging State and Nation in Chiapas, 1910-1945 |
| Stephen E. Lewis |
| Examines state and nation building as they occurred in Chiapas during and after the Mexican Revolution. |
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978-0-8263-3601-9 |
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| The Archaeologist was a Spy: Sylvanus G. Morley and the Office of Naval Intelligence |
| Charles H. Harris III |
| Louis R. Sadler |
| Sylvanus G. Morley was the most influential Mayan archaeologist of his generation and perhaps the greatest American spy of WWI. Harris and Sadler document for the first time Morley's dual career as a scholar and a spy. Working for the Office of Naval Intelligence, he proved an invaluable source of information about German and anti-American activity in Mexico and Central America. |
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978-0-8263-2938-7 |
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| Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821
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| Kelly Donahue-Wallace |
| A chronological overview of important art, sculpture, and architectural monuments of colonial Latin America within the economic and religious contexts of the era. |
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978-0-8263-3459-6 |
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| Art and Faith in Mexico: The Nineteenth-Century Retablo Tradition |
| Elizabeth Netto Calil Zarur , Editor |
| Charles Muir Lovell , Editor |
| Studies retablos, sacred paintings on tin, from the standpoint of art history, history, anthropology, folk art, and religion to bring a new understanding and appreciation. |
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978-0-8263-2324-8 |
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| Art and Anger: Essays on Politics and the Imagination |
| Ilan Stavans |
| The crossroads where politics and the imagination meet--from the shaping of Latin America's collective identity to Columbus's afterlife. |
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978-0-8263-1744-5 |
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| Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Baseball Player |
| Marcus Bretón |
| José Luis Villegas |
| The story of Latino players in the major leagues from the perspective of Miguel Tejada, who overcomes abject poverty to succeed, and also of the many who were discarded along the way. Tejeda was named American League MVP for 2002. |
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978-0-8263-2232-6 |
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