Tous les livres numériques de la collection Studies of the Americas

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Kenneth A. Loparo Taxation and Society in Twentieth-Century Argentina This book provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. It argues that the failure to build permanent trust between the state and the civil society and the unraveling of confidence within Argentine society itself account for the... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2012-06-18 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
S. Berruecos , G. Philip Mexico's Struggle for Public Security The Mexican government's full-frontal attack on the powerful drugs cartels has achieved mixed results. This book considers the issue from a variety of viewpoints.The essential argument is that the organized crime is best combated by institutional reforms directed at... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2012-06-08 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
M. Brown The Struggle for Power in Post-Independence Colombia and Venezuela A collective biography of the veterans of the battle of El Santuario (1829), this book uses the untold stories of ordinary lives to examine the history of the imperial conflicts that shaped politics and society in Colombia and Venezuela after independence from colonial... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2012-06-04 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 58,01 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
I. Jaksic The Hispanic World and American Intellectual Life, 1820–1880 This book examines why several American literary and intellectual icons became pioneering scholars of the Hispanic world after Independence and the War 1812. At this crucial time for the young republic, these gifted Americans found inspiration in an unlikely place: the... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2012-01-14 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
M. Carocci , S. Pratt Native American Adoption, Captivity, and Slavery in Changing Contexts Radically rethinks the theoretical parameters through which we interpret both current and past ideas of captivity, adoption, and slavery among Native American societies in an interdisciplinary perspective. Highlights the importance of the interaction between... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2012-01-02 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
P. Heggarty , A. Pearce History and Language in the Andes The modern world began with the clash of civilisations between Spaniards and native Americans. Their interplay and struggles ever since are mirrored in the fates of the very languages they spoke.The conquistadors wrought theirs into a new 'world language'; yet the Andes... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2011-11-21 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
C. Mcilwaine Cross-Border Migration among Latin Americans This book aims to address this neglect in the European context with concentration on the UK case. Conceptually, it explores the meanings of diaspora and whether this is an appropriate concept to refer to Latin American migration to Europe in particular Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2011-11-16 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Z. Arashiro Negotiating the Free Trade Area of the Americas The first detailed historical account of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations, this book covers the genesis of the project in the early 1990s to its demise in late 2003. It examines how the FTAA, an Inter-American policy idea, was incompatible with... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2011-05-09 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
W. Edmundson The Nitrate King William Edmundson examines the spectacular life story of 'Colonel' John Thomas North, also known as 'The Nitrate King,' a mechanic in Leeds who became one of the best-known and richest men of his time. Forgotten in Britain and vilified in Chile and Peru, this is the... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2011-04-25 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
C. Clarke Post-Colonial Trinidad Clarke andClarke have created a journal that provides an ethnographic record of the East Indians and Creoles of San Fernando - and the entire sugar belt south of the town known as Naparima. They record socio-political relations during the second year of Trinidad s... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2010-05-24 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
A. Shoman Belize's Independence and Decolonization in Latin America Belize, a small British colony in Central America faced with a territorial claim and military threats from neighboring Guatemala, overcame disadvantages of size and power by implementing a strategy of internationalization that utilized new international norms and... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2010-04-26 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
G. Gardini The Origins of Mercosur The processes of democratization and regionalization in South America ran parallel to one another between 1985 and 1991. However, the nature of this relationship is by no means clear. This book explores the diplomatic history of the formation of Mercosur and analyzes... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2010-02-15 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
G. Jones Youth Violence in Latin America This volume provides a systematic overview of the contemporary Latin American youth violence phenomenon. The authors focus specifically on youth gangs, juvenile justice issues, and applied research concerns, providing a rounded and balanced exploration of this... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2009-10-26 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 78,87 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
J. Read Modern Poetics and Hemispheric American Cultural Studies As the world becomes increasingly globalized, the integration of cultures within nations has become more and more relevant. Read takes a poetic approach to the concept of cultural conflict within nations and adds a new perspective that has rarely been seen in debate. Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2009-07-20 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
J. Grugel Governance after Neoliberalism in Latin America Two decades of neoliberalism in Latin America have left legacies of uneven growth, inequity and lackluster democracy. This book offers an original and grounded discussion of what governance after neoliberalism means in Latin America and examines how states are pursuing... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2009-06-22 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
M. Haddu , J. Page Visual Synergies in Fiction and Documentary Film from Latin America This collection brings together leading international scholars and filmmakers focusing on Latin American cinema. Themes discussed include subjectivity, history, memory, representations of reality, cinema's relation to the public sphere, and issues of production,... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2009-06-08 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
J. Kirk Cuban Medical Internationalism While public health is important for revolutionary Cuba, providing medical services to the developing world is also a priority: 38,000 medical staff are engaged abroad; the largest medical school in the world (ELAM) has an enrollment of over 8,000 students from the... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2009-06-08 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 88,73 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
J. Burdick , P. Oxhorn , K. Roberts Beyond Neoliberalism in Latin America? While the neoliberal model continues to dominate economic and political life in Latin America, people throughout the region have begun to strategize about how to move beyond this model. Twelve cutting-edge papers investigate how Latin Americans are struggling to... Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2009-01-05 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
S. High Base Colonies in the Western Hemisphere, 1940–1967 This book examines the social, economic and political aftermath of the famous Anglo-American 'destroyers-for-bases' deal of 2nd September 1940 that saw fifty obsolete U.S. destroyers exchanged for 'base colonies' in Trinidad, Bermuda, Newfoundland and the Bahamas. Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2008-12-22 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
P. Davies , I. Morgan The Federal Nation This volume gathers contributors from both the US and UK to provide a comparative examination of federalism in the Bush era, a period of huge change in national politics, but also one of significant shifts in US federalism in relation to social and socioeconomic issues. Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan Parution : 2008-12-08 Collection : Studies of the Americas Format(s) : PDF 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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