Peter Chapman’s Jungle Capitalists exposes the greed and treachery that characterised the rise of United Fruit
Categories: Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, North America, South America, United States
Tag: History
Talking about my generation…
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Fidel Castro was a boy too, as Patrick Symmes reveals in this boisterous account of the Cuban leader’s school days
Colonial Latin America, Sixth Edition
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A power in summary
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Brazil Since 1980 by Luna and Klein provides a neat overview of Latin America’s emerging powerhouse
Categories: Brazil, South America
Navel gazing with a purpose
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Claudio Lomnitz joins a long tradition of anthropological reflection on the nature of the Mexican national idea in Deep Mexico, Silent Mexico
Categories: Mexico, North America
The last taboo
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Another Face of Empire challenges myths about Bartolomé de Las Casas in a revisionist assessment that unmasks the imperial gift-giver
Categories: Central America, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama
Remember the Alamo
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The Alamo 1836 describes how Santa Anna’s excesses following his triumph at the Alamo helped turn the tide against him
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States