An environmental history of community forestry in Mexico offers valuable lessons in the global effort to reduce deforestation, increase rural incomes and protect diversity
Categories: Mexico, North America
A truce in the forest
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Tag: Social history
Blooded, but bold
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The Colombia Reader illustrates the many challenges to the narrative of violence that are possible in a country desperate to embark on a new chapter in its history
Categories: Colombia, South America
The truth about Mexican migrants
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Hard evidence about the motives of Mexican migrants to the US is the best weapon against xenophobia, and is brought together here in what will be a definitive work
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
The nature of Nature
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The Amazon is home to distinct tropical ecosystems – but also global debates about the meanings of modernity
Categories: Brazil, North America, South America, United States
Cities as centres
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Local rights and wrongs
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Rural and urban activism by small groups can be the origin of a struggle to protect basic human rights and denounce inequality
Categories: Colombia, South America
Southern comfort
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The Chilean edition of Duke’s Latin America Readers maintains the excellence and scholarly professionalism of this series
Categories: Chile, South America
Mixed up about mestizaje
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A pioneering examination of genomics research in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia raises important questions about identity
Categories: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, North America, South America
Subversive screens
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A valuable case study into the potentially contradictory effects of overwhelming cultural domination
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Here to stay
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By 2050 one in three Americans will be Latino – making it imperative that ordinary people understand this demographic trend
Categories: North America, United States