This enduring classic of Mexican literature traces the path to ruination of a country girl, Santa...

A premier volume in Oxford's Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagi...

How did the nationalisms of Latin America's many countries-elaborated in everything from history ...

Noted historian John Chasteen traces the global history of marijuana, exploring its rich heritage...

Noted historian John Chasteen traces the global history of marijuana, exploring its rich heritage...

José Eustasio Rivera (1889–1928) was a Colombian poet, novelist, and lawyer. The Vortex is his be...

A thematic anthology of primary sources for Latin American social and cultural history, the Secon...

Samba is Brazil's ''national rhythm'', the symbol of its culture and nationhood. It symbolizes th...

Posthumously published to wide acclaim, The Lettered City is a vitally important work by one of L...

Independence for 'the other America' between 1808 and 1824 was one of history's key moments of de...

In After Eden, prominent Latin American historian John Charles Chasteen provides a concise histor...

In After Eden, prominent Latin American historian John Charles Chasteen provided a concise histor...

'Domingo Sarmiento is a rhetorical and political giant whose garrulous, colorful, and troubling i...

Addresses new topics and issues in modern Latin American history. Each of the book's nine chapter...