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Central & South America

Jorge Luis Borges

by Beatriz Sarlo
An essential study of Borges as a Latin American writer.
Evil Hour in Colombia

by Forrest Hylton
The most up-to-date book on Colombia: from the mid-19th century to today's guerrilla narco-traffickers and paramilitaries.
The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile

by Jonathan Haslam
The rise and fall of Allende's regime, and the role of the US and Cuba.
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Barbecued Husbands

by Betty Mindlin
Winner of the coveted Associacao Paulista de Criticos de Arte Prize: an anthology of the stories of the tribes of the Amazon.

Late Victorian Holocausts

by Mike Davis
“Eloquent and passionate, this is a veritable Black Book of liberal capitalism.”—Tariq Ali
Pinochet and Me

by Marc Cooper
“Masterfully evokes some of the darkest chapters of US Cold War policy.”—Warren Beatty
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Building the New World

by Valerie Fraser
The progressive architecture of Brasilia, Caracas, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro.
An Argentine Passion

Edited by Rosa Bosch, John King, et al.
The first major study of Maria Luisa Bemberg’s work.

Cuba on My Mind

by Román de la Campa
“Empathic and critical, connected and removed, knowing and bewildered.”—Raritan Review
In the Shadow of the State

by Nicola Miller
A vivid exploration of Spanish American intellectual life.
Mexican Postcards

by Carlos Monsiváis
A wide-ranging, vivacious portrait of contemporary Mexican life and culture.
Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas

Edited by Marit Melhuus and Kristi Anne Stølen
The true picture of gender relations in Latin America.

Without Fear of Being Happy

by Emir Sader and Ken Silverstein
A comprehensive examination of the past, present and prospects of the Workers Party.
Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture

by Roberto Schwarz
Essays on history, culture and identity by one of the foremost Latin American intellectuals of our time.
Labor and the Course of American Democracy

by Charles Bergquist
“Groundbreaking political and ideological analysis.”—Carol A. Smith, UC Davis
The War of Gods

by Michael Lowy
How liberation theology has brought politics and religion together in Latin America.
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