The twentieth century in Russia has been a cataclysm of rare proportions, as war, revolution, famine, and massive political terror tested the... Læs mere
In this intimate portrait, Margaret Randall tells the story of Haydée Santamaría, the only woman to participate in every phase of the Cuban... Læs mere
One of Brazil's leading historians denaturalizes the country's Northeast, showing when, by whom, and for what reasons the region was invented as a region with a particular identity.
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Examines the work of more than forty Chicana artists across a variety of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture, performance,... Læs mere
Essays that suggest new ways of understanding the role that US actors and agencies have played in Latin America.
Presenting a model of film studies in which films themselves are only one source of information among many, this volume aims to... Læs mere