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Luis I Jácome

Central Bank Independence and Inflation

A history of the institutional reform of monetary policy in Latin America, with lessons for todayAfter years of macroeconomic instability, central bank independence (CBI) is playing a pivotal role in achi…

Clifford L Staten

The History of Nicaragua

From colonial rule to revolution and beyond, this concise history of Nicaragua unpacks the political struggles, economic transformations, and social movements that have shaped the modern nation, offering …

Emily Wakild

A Moderating Force

Over the past century, landscapes across South American fundamentally changed. As forests were felled, cities and highways built, and agricultural land was managed, national governments set aside protecte…

Emily Wakild

A Moderating Force

Over the past century, landscapes across South American fundamentally changed. As forests were felled, cities and highways built, and agricultural land was managed, national governments set aside protecte…

Kenneth J Andrien

The Spanish Atlantic World, 1492-1825

The overseas enterprises of Spain expanded dramatically following the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The Spanish had already conquered the Canary Islands, which served as a base for the lat…

After the Broken Spears

Following Hernando Cortés's conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Aztec empire became the center of the largest European colony in the Americas. It has long been assumed that Indigenous people's personal …

Rough Guides, Sara Humphreys

Rough Guides Panama: Travel Guide with eBook

Ideal for independent travellers, this guidebook to Panama, written by Panama experts, goes beyond the basics. It blends must-see sights with hidden gems and offers unmatched practical guidance for seamle…

After the Broken Spears

Following Hernando Cortés's conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Aztec empire became the center of the largest European colony in the Americas. It has long been assumed that Indigenous people's personal …

Jack D. Forbes

Der Wetiko-Wahn

Dieses Buch des angesehenen indianischen Autors Jack D. Forbes - im Original damals Columbus and Other Cannibals - war einer der Gründungstexte der zivilisationskritischen Bewegung, als es 1978 erstmals v…

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Russell Maddicks, Culture Smart!

Guatemala - Culture Smart!

The largest and most populous Central American country, Guatemala is a land of contrasts and contradictions. It offers great physical beauty alongside ancient Mayan ruins and is unique in Central America …

Thibault Mommalier, Franck Juery

Mexico City: The Extraordinary Guide

Get off the beaten track and explore the authentic side of Mexico City, with this must have illustrated guide.

Ross Halperin

Bear Witness

The vast majority of Hondurans would have never dared to set foot in Nueva Suyapa, a mountainside barrio that was under the thumb of a gang whose bravado and cruelty were the stuff of legend. But that is …

Simon & Garfunkel

The Concert In Central Park

»Concert In Central Park« ist das erste Livealbum von SIMON & GARFUNKEL, das ursprünglich im Februar 1982 erschien. Aufgenommen wurde das Konzert auf einer kostenlosen Benefizveranstaltung im September …

Faces of Rulership in the Maya Region

The changing faces of Maya rulership and their foundational ties to symbolic material objects, architecture, ancestral beings, deities, and written monuments are fully explored in Faces of Rulership in th…

James L Fitzsimmons

Blood on the Wind

The story most often commonly told about the Maya involves their spectacular collapse at the height of their civilization in the early ninth century CE. Crops died, disease and malnutrition spread, and sc…

Chelsea Burns

The Exotic Self

When Europeans and North Americans listen to music by Latin American composers, what do they hear? What, for that matter, do these composers' compatriots hear? The answer, historically, has been the sound…

Why Bob Dylan Matters, Revised Edition

"The coolest class on campus" -- The New York Times***Revised and updated with a new Afterword from the author.***When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate r…

Charles M. Shawin

Sehnsucht nach Sunny Grove

Sara glaubt das Glück zum Greifen nahe, als sie den jüngsten Sohn der reichen Familie McLain heiratet. Bereitwillig verlässt sie Lexington und folgt Harold in das weite Land jenseits des Missouri. Im Jahr…