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At the Table of Power

At the Table of Power

Food and Cuisine in the African American Struggle for Freedom, Justice, and Equality

A Hard-Hitting and Provocative Rethinking of American Culinary History

South America Mi Hija

South America Mi Hija

Set amidst the mysteries and tragedies of South American culture, this book-length narrative poem is both an account of their journey and a feminist exploration of the struggle between the sexes.

Bandit Narratives in Latin America

Bandit Narratives in Latin America

From Villa to Chávez

Dabove shows how the bandit trope was used in fictional and non-fictional narratives by writers and political leaders, from the Mexican Revolution to the present. By examining cases from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, from Pancho Villa’s autobiography to Hugo Chavez’s appropriation of his “outlaw” grandfather, Dabove reveals how bandits function as a symbol to expose the dilemmas or aspirations of cultural and political practices, including literature as a social practice and as an ethical experience.

Honorable Lives

Honorable Lives

This is the first work in English to discuss the social and political history of lawyers in a Latin American country. By exploring the lives of lawyers, Uribe-Uran is also able to focus on a general history of Latin America, while exploring key social and political changes and continuities from 1780 to 1850.

The Seventh Heaven

The Seventh Heaven

Travels through Jewish Latin America

Stavans’s Ongoing Quest to Find a Convergence Between the Personal and Historical

River City and Valley Life

River City and Valley Life

An Environmental History of the Sacramento Region

Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, the contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and its suburbs, residents, politics, and economics throughout its history. This environmental history provides a compelling case study of urban and suburban development in California and the American West.

Land of Sunshine

Land of Sunshine

An Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles

Comprised of essays by geologists, ecologists, and historians, this study examines the development of Los Angeles as an example of the complex interactions between urban planning and nature.

Energy Capitals

Energy Capitals

Local Impact, Global Influence

Fossil fuels propelled industries and nations into the modern age and continue to powerfully influence economies and politics today. As Energy Capitals demonstrates, the discovery and exploitation of fossil fuels has proven to be a mixed blessing in many of the cities and regions where it has occurred. With case studies from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Norway, Africa, and Australia, this volume views a range of older and more recent energy capitals, contrasts their evolutions, and explores why some capitals were able to influence global trends in energy production and distribution while others failed to control even their own destinies.

Dont Call Me Boss

Dont Call Me Boss

David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh’s Renaissance Mayor

The first biography of David L. Lawrence, the best of the city bosses, who became mayor of Pittsburgh, modern municipal manager, governor of Pennsylvania, and a power in national politics.

A Mighty Capital under Threat

A Mighty Capital under Threat

The Environmental History of London, 1800-2000

American, Canadian, and British scholars probe the environmental history of London during the modern and contemporary period.

Spanish King Of The Incas

Spanish King Of The Incas

The Epic Life Of Pedro Bohorques

Spanish King of the Incas tells the fascinating story of a Spanish commoner who participated in the conquest of Latin America, then changed loyalties. He declared himself a king among the Calchaqui Indians and was eventually executed for his role in an Inca rebellion in 1667.

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