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Rebellion in the Veins

by James Dunkerley
A masterly survey of Bolivian society and politics since the early 1950s.
2 posts
Drawing the Line

by Oriana Baddeley and Valerie Fraser
The most comprehensive account of contemporary Latin American art ever to appear in English.
2 posts
Power in the Isthmus

by James Dunkerley
A comprehensive yet authoritative study of Central American politics.
1 post
Memory and Modernity

by William Rowe and Vivian Schelling
“A new, needed and definite work.”—New Statesman and Society

Without Fear of Being Happy

by Emir Sader and Ken Silverstein

A comprehensive examination of the past, present and prospects of the Workers Party.

3 posts
Misplaced Ideas

by Roberto Schwarz
Essays on history, culture and identity by one of the foremost Latin American intellectuals of our time.
1 post
Passion of the People?

by Tony Mason
How a continent’s love for football made a sport into more than just a game.
8 posts
The War of Gods

by Michael Löwy

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

8 posts

Labor and the Course of American Democracy

by Charles Bergquist
“Groundbreaking political and ideological analysis.”—Carol A. Smith, UC Davis
Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas

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

by Carlos Monsiváis
A wide-ranging, vivacious portrait of contemporary Mexican life and culture.
1 post
In the Shadow of the State

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

An Argentine Passion

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

by Valerie Fraser

The progressive architecture of Brasilia, Caracas, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro.
Pinochet and Me

by Marc Cooper
“Masterfully evokes some of the darkest chapters of US Cold War policy.”—Warren Beatty
4 posts
Homage to Chiapas

by Bill Weinberg
Vividly depicts the grassroots struggles for land and local autonomy.
1 post

Cuba on My Mind

by Román de la Campa

“Empathic and critical, connected and removed, knowing and bewildered.”—Raritan Review

2 posts
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.
2 posts
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.

5 posts
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.
1 post

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