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Building the New World : Studies in the Modern Architecture of Latin America 1930-1960 (Paperback)

The period between 1930 and 1960 in particular saw a dramatic upsurge in Latin American modern architecture as the various governments strove to make public their modernising intentions. After 1960 however the year in which Brasilia was inaugurated... more

Pre-Owned Building the New World : Studies in the Modern Architecture of Latin America 1930-1960 (Paperback) 9781859843079

Brasilia Caracas Mexico City Rio de Janeiro ... cities synonymous with some of the most innovative and progressive architecture of the past century.Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most... more

Pre-Owned Building the New World: Studies in the Modern Architecture of Latin America 1930-1960 (Paperback 9781859843079) by Valerie Fraser

9781859843079. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 304. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Latine America Studies. The period between 1930 and 1960 in particular saw a dramatic upsurge in Latin American modern... more

Latin American Studies: Latin America and the World Economy Since 1800 (Paperback)

The fifteen essays in this volume apply the methods of the new economic history to the history of the Latin American economies since 1800. The authors combine the historian s sensitivity to context and contingency with modern or neoclassical economic... more

World Bank Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean : The Road Ahead (Paperback)

During the 1980s and 1990s financial sectors were the Achilles heel of economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Since then these sectors have grown and deepened becoming more integrated and competitive with new actors markets and... more

Jaguar Books on Latin America: Latin America During World War II (Paperback)

The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime. Each country responded to World War II according to its own national interests which often... more

Routledge Studies in the Modern World Ec Good Governance in the Era of Global Neoliberalism: Conflict and Depolitization in Latin America Eastern Europe Asia a (Paperback)

This new collection critically examines the new global policy of good governance . This catchphrase of aid policy and development thinking has been the subject of too little analysis to date. This book redresses the balance. It places the prefix good... more

Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology: Carceral Communities in Latin America: Troubling Prison Worlds in the 21st Century (Paperback)

This book gathers the very best academic research to date on prison regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Grounded in solid ethnographic work each chapter explores the informal dynamics of prisons in diverse territories and countries of the... more

Cambridge Latin American Studies South America and the First World War: The Impact of the War on Brazil Argentina Peru and Chile Book 65 (Paperback)

The collapse of this economy in August 1914 and its subsequent restructuring therefore created extremely testing conditions for peripheral countries. These conditions and the way in which they were dealt with help to highlight the strengths and... more

Routledge Studies in the Modern World Ec Good Governance in the Era of Global Neoliberalism: Conflict and Depolitization in Latin America Eastern Europe Asia a (Hardcover)

This new collection critically examines the new global policy of good governance . This catchphrase of aid policy and development thinking has been the subject of too little analysis to date. This book redresses the balance. It places the prefix good... more

Pre-Owned Independence In Latin America: A Comparative Approach (Studies in World Civilization) Hardcover

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America: The Distributive Politics of Environmental Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (Paperback)

The study of environmental politics in Latin America and the Caribbean expands as conflicts stemming from the deterioration of the natural world increase. Yet this scholarship has not generated a broad research agenda similar to the ones that emerged... more

International Library of Political Studies: Media and Politics in Latin America: Globalization Democracy and Identity (Hardcover)

Latin America is an increasingly important geopolitical entity and its nations are emerging as some of the most influential and radical states in the modern world. The media conglomerates which control the television and radio platforms in these... more

Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures: Arteletra: The Sixties in Latin America and the Politics of Going Unnoticed (Paperback)

ArteletrA analyzes the Sixties in Latin America in order to revisit the core claim of literary and cultural studies to political relevancy in the contemporary world: the task of making visible the invisible. Though visibility can secure rights for the... more

FlashPoints: Disoriented Disciplines : China Latin America and the Shape of World Literature (Series #47) (Hardcover)

This is a study of the archival formations theoretical debates and geopolitical frameworks that constructed an idea of China in Latin America from the nineteenth century to the present. more

Pre-Owned Banker to the Third World: U. S. Portfolio Investment in Latin America 1900-1986 (Paperback 9780520061644) by Barbara Stallings

9780520061644. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Studies in International Political Economy 18. By the end of 1985 Latin Americans owed their foreign creditors $368 billion. That was... more

Performing Latin American and Caribbean Identities: Latin America and the Transports of Opera: Fragments of a Transatlantic Discourse (Hardcover)

Latin America and the Transports of Opera studies a series of episodes in the historical and textual convergence of a hallowed art form and a part of the world often regarded as peripheral. Perhaps unexpectedly the archives of opera generate new... more

Performing Latin American and Caribbean Identities: Latin America and the Transports of Opera: Fragments of a Transatlantic Discourse (Paperback)

Latin America and the Transports of Opera studies a series of episodes in the historical and textual convergence of a hallowed art form and a part of the world often regarded as peripheral. Perhaps unexpectedly the archives of opera generate new... more

Routledge Studies in First World War His The Global First World War (Paperback)

This volume deals with the multiple impacts of the First World War on societies from South Europe Latin America Asia and Africa usually largely overlooked by the historiography on the conflict. Due to the lesser intensity of their military involvement... more

Pre-Owned Colonial Latin America (Hardcover) 0195105354 9780195105353

This volume is intended as a concise yet comprehensive study of the Iberian colonies in the New World from the pre-conquest background through European exploration conquest and colonization to the wars of independence in the early-19th century. The... more

Pre-Owned Colonial Latin America (Paperback) 0195386051 9780195386059

Colonial Latin America provides a concise study of the history of the Iberian colonies in the New World and their preconquest background to the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century. Now thoroughly updated in this seventh edition... more

Essays on Economic Dependence in Perspec Colonial Latin America (Paperback)

Colonial Latin America provides a concise study of the history of the Iberian colonies in the New World and their preconquest background to the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century. Now thoroughly updated in this seventh edition... more

Entangled Inequalities: Exploring Global Global Entangled Inequalities: Conceptual Debates and Evidence from Latin America (Paperback)

This book presents studies from across Latin America to take up the challenge of exploring the plurality of social inequalities from a global perspective. Accordingly it identifies the structural forces of social inequalities on a world scale as they... more

Pre-Owned Politics Latin America (Paperback) 1405821299 9781405821292

Politics Latin America examines the role of Latin America in the world and its importance to the study of politics with particular emphasis on the institutions and processes that exist to guarantee democracy and the forces that threaten to compromise... more

National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report: The Economics of Crime : Lessons For and From Latin America (Paperback)

Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. Despite this situation there has been a lack of systematic effort to study crime in the region or the effectiveness of... more

Pre-Owned Colonial Latin America (Paperback) 0195061101 9780195061109

In this lively and very readable history two eminent historians provide a concise yet comprehensive study of the Iberian colonies in the New World from the pre-conquest background through European exploration conquest and colonization to the wars of... more

Theatres of Accumulation: Studies in Asian and Latin American Urbanization (Paperback)

In the great cities of Latin America and Asia international business and local firms meet and in particular influence teh development strategies of Third World countries. The authors of Theatres of Accumulation argue that these cities play a crucial... more

The Springer Demographic Methods and Population Analysis: Household Composition in Latin America (Paperback)

Susan M. De Vos uses comparative and life course perspectives to provide an in-depth demographic study of the household. Based on data gathered by the World Fertility Survey this illuminating reference explores household composition in six Latin... more

State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain: Republics of the Possible (Hardcover)

The growth of institutional capacity in the developing world has become a central theme in twenty-first-century social science. Many studies have shown that public institutions are an important (some would argue the most important) determinant of... more

Bibliographies and Indexes in World Lite The Latin American Short Story Book 34 (Hardcover)

The enormous body of short story anthologies from the nineteen countries of Spanish America and Brazil testifies to their importance for writers editors readers and especially for schools and universities teachers and students. The study of anthologies... more

Slavery in the Americas : A Comparative Study of Virigina and Cuba (Paperback)

Comparing the workings and effects of slavery in two New World colonies—Virginia and Cuba—Mr. Klein dramatically confirms institutional differences in Latin American and North American slavery. more

Texas Pan American Series: Satire in Colonial Spanish America : Turning the New World Upside Down (Paperback)

This study explores the work of eight satirists of the colonial period and shows how their literary innovations had a formative influence on the development of the modern Latin American novel essay and autobiography. more

New Americanists: Look Away! : The U.S. South in New World Studies (Paperback)

Look Away! considers the U.S. South in relation to Latin America and the Caribbean. Given that some of the major characteristics that mark the South as exceptional within the United States--including the legacies of a plantation economy and slave... more

Studies in Environment and History Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History (Hardcover)

For centuries bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America East Asia and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution North American and European powers came to depend on... more

Pre-Owned Look Away!: The U.S. South in New World Studies (Hardcover 9780822333043) by Jon Smith Deborah Cohn

9780822333043. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 536. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 536 p. New Americanists. Look Away! considers the U.S. South in relation to Latin America and the Caribbean. Given that some of the... more

Rural Studies Reactions to the Market: Small Farmers in the Economic Reshaping of Nicaragua Cuba Russia and China (Paperback)

It is manifest in developing countries around the world that the shock therapy administered to their economies by the neoliberal model of structural adjustment has failed leaving much social and economic destruction in its wake. In Latin America this... more

Oxford Handbooks: The Oxford Handbook of Global South Youth Studies (Hardcover)

Ninety percent of the world s youth live in Africa Latin America and the developing countries of Asia. Despite this the field of Youth Studies like many others is dominated by the knowledge economy of the Global North. To address these geo-political... more

Latin American Studies Book: Festivals and Heritage in Latin America: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Culture Identity and Tourism (Paperback)

Festivals and Heritage in Latin America: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Culture Identity and Tourism more