Getting High

John Charles Chasteen

• Hardcover | Engels | Exploring World History
• Noted historian John Chasteen traces the global history of marijuana, exploring its rich heritage with captivating insight. Among the first domesticat... Lees meer

After Eden

John Charles Chasteen

• Hardcover | Engels
• In After Eden , prominent Latin American historian John Chasteen presents a concise down-to-earth, fast-paced narrative of world history, from the Big... Lees meer

The Vortex

José Eustasio Rivera

• Paperback | Engels
• Published in 1924 and widely acknowledged as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature, José Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex follows th... Lees meer

Santa

Federico Gamboa

• Paperback | Engels | Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução
• This enduring classic of Mexican literature traces the path to ruination of a country girl, Santa, who moves to Mexico City after she is impregnated a... Lees meer

Born in Blood and Fire

John Charles Chasteen

• Paperback | Engels
• Born in Blood and Fire , Fourth Edition has been extensively revised to heighten emphasis on current cultural analyses of Latin American society and f... Lees meer

National Rhythms, African Roots

John Charles Chasteen

• Paperback | Engels | Diálogos
• When John Charles Chasteen learned that Sim?n Bolívar, the Liberator, danced on a banquet table to celebrate Latin American independence in 1824, he t... Lees meer

Heroes on Horseback

John Charles Chasteen

• Paperback | Engels | Diálogos
• Heroes on Horseback takes a new look at a topic that will not go away: the charismatic leadership known as caudillismo that has characterized so much ... Lees meer

The Lettered City

Angel Rama

• Paperback | Engels | Latin America in Translation
• Posthumously published to wide acclaim, The Lettered City is a vitally important work by one of Latin America's most highly respected theorists. Angel... Lees meer

Americanos

John Charles Chasteen

• Paperback | Engels | Pivotal Moments in World History
• A premier volume in Oxford's Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American w... Lees meer

Getting High

John Charles Chasteen

• Paperback | Engels | Exploring World History
• Noted historian John Chasteen traces the global history of marijuana, exploring its rich heritage with captivating insight. Among the first domesticat... Lees meer

The Latin American Ecocultural Reader

• Hardcover | Engels
• The Latin American Ecocultural Reader is a comprehensive anthology of literary and cultural texts about the natural world. The selections, drawn from ... Lees meer

Born in Blood and Fire

• Paperback
• John Chasteen's carefully crafted companion reader to Born in Blood and Fire follows the table of contents of the main text and provides glimpses into... Lees meer