| Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest |
| José A. Rivera |
| Lays out the contemporary legal and administrative status of these ancient irrigation institutions, suggesting public policy measures to keep the system alive. |
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| Africa: The Holocausts of Rwanda and Sudan |
| Lucian Niemeyer |
| "In these pages Lucian Niemeyer has bravely and sensitively documented the horror and cruelty of the genocides of Rwanda and Sudan."--from the Africa Foreword by Bill Richardson, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. |
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| The Biography of Casimiro Barela |
| Jose E. Fernandez |
| A. Gabriel Melendez , Translator |
| This little-known biography of Casimiro Barela (1847-1920) is a rare account of one of Colorado's earliest politicians. Part of the Recovery of U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project. |
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| The Black Panther Party: Service to the People Programs |
| The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation |
| David Hilliard , Editor |
| The Black Panther Party has responded to the needs of various communities underserved by government agencies by providing social services ranging from food and educational programs to medical care. |
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| Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence |
| José-Antonio Orosco |
| Long overshadowed by Martin Luther King and Gandhi, Cesar Chavez conducted his protests following a strong belief in nonviolent action to achieve the goal of equal opportunity for all. |
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| Chicano Politics: Reality and Promise 1940-1990 |
| Juan Gómez-Quiñones |
| How a new style of politics coalesced into an ethnic populism known as the Chicano movement. |
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| Completing the Union: Alaska, Hawai'i, and the Battle for Statehood |
| John S. Whitehead |
| The story of the thirteen-year effort to add the 49th and 50th states to the Union. |
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| Conflict and Change in Cuba |
| Enrique A. Baloyra , Editor |
| James A. Morris , Editor |
| The thirteen original essays in this volume explore the dynamics of continuity, conflict, and change in Cuba. Analyzed here are the historical trends and patterns of conflict in Cuba compared to contradictions that inevitably arise in any political system. |
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| Country of Bullets: Chronicles of War
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| Juanita Leon |
| A respected journalist in Colombia chronicles the human stories of survival in the midst of the country's political and military violence. |
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| Crafting the Republic: Lima's Artisans and Nation-Building in Peru, 1821-1879 |
| Iñigo García-Bryce |
| An elegantly written social history of the evolution of artisan guilds in nineteenth-century Peru. |
| $35.00 |
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