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The Time of Freedom

…she substantially alters the conventional view of the entire revolution, and particularly the reforms enacted under President Albenz.| Cindy Forster|| History / General History / Latin America / Central America

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At the Table of Power

…stories, and political commentary. Renowned culinary historian Diane M. Spivey offers a unique insight into the historical experience and cultural values of African America and America in general by way…

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The Persistence of Local Caudillos in Latin America

|9780822948124|Informal Political Practices and Democracy in Unitary Countries|Despite democratization at the national level, local political bosses still govern many municipalities in Latin America. Caudillos and clans often use informal political…

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Poetry in America

|9780822961567|Poetry in America offers extravagantly formed lyric and narrative poems that function like works of social realism for our times: hard times, wartime, divorce, times of downturn and dissipated resources….

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The Soviet Gulag

…camps in Africa and India, the Tsarist-era system of exile in Siberia, Chinese and North Korean reeducation camps, the post-Soviet penal system in the Russian Federation, and of course the…

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