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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Iberia and Latin America	Howard J. Wiarda	"Good concise introduction to complex connection of Spain and Portugal's histories, cultures, and policies with Latin America over past two decades; raises important questions regarding democratizati…	OL15074345W
The Soul of Latin America	Howard J. Wiarda	xii, 417 p. ; 24 cm	OL15074375W
Latin American politics and development	Harvey F. Kline,Howard J. Wiarda	"An authoritative and comprehensive, but accessible, introduction to Latin America's government and political development written by recognized experts in the field"-- "For over thirty years Latin A…	OL15162260W
Twenty theses on politics	Enrique D. Dussel	"First published in Spanish in 2006, Twenty Theses on Politics is a major statement on political philosophy from Enrique Dussel, one of Latin America's -- and the world's -- most important philosophe…	OL15312878W
Doing business in the new Latin America	Thomas H. Becker	This book will have special appeal to managers of small and medium size U.S. companies that are looking to expand their business into Latin America. It introduces them to the specifics of what sells …	OL15445150W
Sustaining civil society	Philip Oxhorn	"Devoting particular emphasis to Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico, proposes a theory of civil society to explain the economic and political challenges for continuing democratization in Latin America"--Prov…	OL15921529W
Reclaiming the nation	Paris Yeros,Sam Moyo	"This book compares the trajectories of states and societies in Africa, Asia and Latin America under neoliberalism, a time marked by serial economic crises, escalating social conflicts, the re-milita…	OL16017942W
Latin American Environmental Policy In International Perspective (Latin America in Global Perspecti…	Gordon J. MacDonald,Daniel L. Nielson	"Fourteen experts from US, Latin America, Europe, and Africa provide considerable information and realistic evaluations of inter-American environmental policy in terms of sustainable development. Ass…	OL19369358W
Latin America in the international political system	G. Pope Atkins	"New edition pays special attention to how the Cold War's conclusion along with regional political, economic, military, and social transformations changed the international system and the Latin Ameri…	OL1971108W
The end of Iberian rule on the American continent, 1770-1830	Brian R. Hamnett	In this new work, Brian R. Hamnett offers a comprehensive assessment of the independence era in both Spanish America and Brazil by examining the interplay between events in Iberia and in the overseas…	OL19735983W
Cuba's revolutionary world	Brown, Jonathan C.	On January 2, 1959, Fidel Castro, the rebel comandante who had just overthrown Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, addressed a crowd of jubilant supporters. Recalling the failed popular uprisings of pa…	OL20050314W
State Building in Latin America	Hillel David Soifer	xvi, 307 pages ; 24 cm	OL20591540W
Sports and nationalism in Latin/o America	Juan Poblete,Robert McKee Irwin,Héctor D. Fernández l'Hoeste	"This book presents a broad selection of research on connections between sports and nationalism in Latin American and the Latino USA. It brings a critical cultural studies approach to studies of both…	OL23221811W
No farewell to arms?	Claude Emerson Welch	xii, 224 p. ; 24 cm	OL2942395W
Weaving the Past	Susan Kellogg	Weaving the Past offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary history of Latin America's indigenous women. While the book concentrates on native women in Mesoamerica and the Andes, it covers indigen…	OL3520522W
The Kingdom of Quito, 16901830	Kenneth J. Andrien	"Well researched, structured, and articulated study of demographic and economic events and developments in the three major regions (northern and central highlands, southern highlands, and central an…	OL3522259W
Segunda Cumbre Iberoamericana, Madrid, España, 1992	Cumbre Iberoamericana (2nd 1992 Madrid, Spain)	"Serviceable documentary collection of proceedings of second summit meeting of leaders from Spanish America, Brazil, Spain, and Portugal held in July 1992 in Madrid"--Handbook of Latin American Studi…	OL3693628W
Uncivil Movements	Leigh A. Payne	xxx, 297 p. : 24 cm	OL3900403W
Los grandes cambios de nuestro tiempo	Coloquio de Invierno (1992 Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico)	"Based on important two-week conference (Feb. 1992) at UNAM with authorative experts from Latin America, the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Twenty-five presentations in vol. 1 address from various per…	OL4009087W
La Indianidad	Hernan Horna	"Mayan manuscripts and stone glyphs from pre-Columbian times are among the few historical documents by or about early Native Americans. Many other native artifacts have been destroyed and their memor…	OL8856715W