Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Forging people Forging people Jorge J. E.. Gracia "Forging People explores the way in which Hispanic American thinkers in Latin America and Latino/a philosophers in the United States have posed and thought about questions of race, ethnicity, and nat… OL15981054W
The caudillo of the Andes The caudillo of the Andes Natalia Sobrevilla Perea "Born in La Paz in 1792, Andrés de Santa Cruz lived through the turbulent times that led to independence across Latin America. He fought to shape the newly established republics, and between 1836 and… OL16296481W
Curriculum Studies in Mexico Curriculum Studies in Mexico William Pinar "Following chapters focused on the intellectual histories and present circumstances of curriculum studies in Mexico is Pinar's summary of exchanges (occurring over a two-year period) between the auth… OL16298239W
Immigration, ethnicity, and national identity in Brazil, 1808 to the present Immigration, ethnicity, and national identity in Brazil, 1808 to the present Jeff Lesser "Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present examines the immigration to Brazil of millions of Europeans, Asians and Middle Easterners beginning in the nineteenth cen… OL16618553W
Asian slaves in colonial Mexico Asian slaves in colonial Mexico Tatiana Seijas "During the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, countless slaves from culturally diverse communities in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia journeyed to Mexico on the ships of the Manila… OL19981813W
Escape to Miami Escape to Miami Elizabeth Campisi "While the Naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is well-known for its infamous prison camp, few people are aware of its prior use as an immigrant detention center for Haitian and Cuban refugees. Begin… OL20031795W
Memory, Subjectivities, and Representation Memory, Subjectivities, and Representation Rina Benmayor,Pilar Dominguez Prats,María Eugenia Cardenal de la Nuez "Eleven new essays originally written in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, present diverse scholarly approaches to oral narratives in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds. The essays explore in… OL20799881W