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Cuban artists across the diaspora setting the tent against the house / by Herrera, Andrea O'Reilly

“…Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.…”
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Art, nature, and religion in the central Andes themes and variations from prehistory to present / by Strong, Mary, 1947-

“…Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.…”
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Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution by Johnson, Sherry, 1949-

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Spanish Perspectives on Chicano Literature : Literary and Cultural Essays /

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Apostles of modernity American writers in the age of development / by Reynolds, Guy

Table of Contents: “…The American writer and development : contexts of cultural internationalism -- The "skin game" : Du Bois, Wright, Malcolm X, Baldwin -- "You were in on the last days of Morocco" : Paul Bowles and the end of empire -- Sinophilia : China and the writers -- Nonalignment and writing : rich lands and poor -- Stone ages : Peter Matthiessen and Susan Sontag in Latin America and Asia -- African American representations of the Hispanic : remaking Europe -- Ugly Americans and vanishing Europeans : American presence, European decolonization -- "These great new times" : cosmopolitanism and contemporary writing.…”
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Competition policies in emerging economies lessons and challenges from Central America and Mexico /

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Competition policies in emerging economies lessons and challenges from Central America and Mexico /

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Aboriginal rights and self-government the Canadian and Mexican experience in North American perspective /

Table of Contents: “…One continent, contrasting styles : the Canadian experience in North American perspective / Juan D. Lindau and Curtis Cook -- A just relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples of Canada / James Tully -- Indigenous movements and politics in Mexico and Latin America / Rodolfo Stavenhagen -- Rights and self-government for Canada's Aboriginal peoples / C.E.S. …”
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Resisting Reagan the U.S. Central America peace movement / by Smith, Christian, 1960-

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Women, guerrillas, and love understanding war in Central America / by Rodríguez, Ileana

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Visualities perspectives on contemporary American Indian film and art /

Table of Contents: “…Van Alst -- Elusive identities : representations of Native Latin America in the contemporary film industry / Rocío Quispe-Agnoli -- Condolence tropes and Haudenosaunee visuality : It starts with a whisper (1993) and Mohawk girls (2005) / Penelope Myrtle Kelsey -- Videographic sovereignty : Hulleah J. …”
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Written culture in a colonial context Africa and the Americas, 1500-1900 /

Table of Contents: “…Smith's writing lesson: archive and representation in 19th century Araucanía / André Menard -- Missionary knowledge in context: geographical knowledge of Ethiopia in dialogue during the 16th and 17th centuries / Hervé Pennec -- From travelling to history: an outline of the VOC writing system during the 17th century / Adrien Delmas -- Towards an archaeology of globalisation: readings and writings of Tommaso Campanella on a theological-political empire between the Old and the New worlds (16th-17th centuries) / Fabián Javier Ludueña Romandini -- Charlevoix and the American savage: the 18th-century traveller as moralist / David J. …”
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Inflated how money and debt built the American dream / by Whalen, R. Christopher, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…. -- The Battle Over Silver Money. -- A Changing American Dream. -- The Silver Compromise. -- Chapter Three Robber Barons and the Gilded Age. -- The Age of Speculation. -- Republicans Embrace Inflation. -- The Panic of 1893. -- The Cross of Silver. -- The Evangelical Silverites. -- The Turning Point: 1896. -- Chapter Four The Rise of the Central Bank. -- The Trust Buster: Theodore Roosevelt. -- The Need for a Flexible Currency. -- The Crisis of 1907. -- The National Monetary Commission. -- The Passage of the Federal Reserve Act. -- Roosevelt, Wilson and the Politics of Reform. -- Chapter Five War, Boom & Bust. -- The Fed During WW I. -- A Return to Republican Normalcy. -- The Roaring Twenties. -- The New Era of Debt and Investing. -- The Bust: Stocks Fall and Tariffs Rise. -- Chapter Six New Deal to Cold War. -- FDR and the Era of Broken Precedent. -- The Seizure of Gold and Dollar Devaluation. -- Dollar Devaluation Hurt World Trade. -- The Rise of the Corporate State. -- Central Planning Arrives in Washington. -- FDR Embraces Federal Deposit Insurance. -- The Legacy of FDR. -- The Fed and The RFC. -- Corportivist Reform at the Fed. -- The New Deal Fails, So America Goes to War. -- Wartime Inflation and Debt Finance. -- Bretton Woods and Global Inflation. -- Chapter Seven Debt and Inflation A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats. -- Federal Revenues Grow. -- The Fed Regains Independence. -- The Post-War Economy Soars. -- The Legacy of War. -- Cold War, Free Trade. -- The Dollar's Golden Age. -- Global Imbalances Return. -- Richard Nixon's Betrayal. -- The End of the Dollar Peg. -- The Return of Sovereign Borrowing. -- Chapter Eight Leveraging the American Dream. -- The New Uncertainty. -- Humphrey Hawkins and Full Employment. -- Balanced Budgets and Inflation. -- Volcker's Shock Treatment. -- The Crisis Managers. -- The Latin Debt Crisis. -- Volcker's Apprentice: Gerald Corrigan. -- Reagan Reappoints Volcker. -- The Never-ending Crisis. -- Volcker Exits and Crisis Returns. -- From Excess to Delusion. -- The Greenspan Legacy. -- Chapter Nine Prospects. -- The Growth Challenge. -- Growth versus Inflation. -- Changing Places. -- Triffin's Dilemma and the Dollar. -- Notes. -- About the Author. -- Index.…”
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Red car stories / by Bingham, Sallie

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Shadow world resurgent Russia, the global new left, and radical Islam / by Chandler, Robert W.

Table of Contents: “…Plato's cave -- Cultural revolution -- The Andropov plan -- Global strategic quadrangle -- Latin America's slide to the left -- Samuel Rubin imperium -- Rubin imperium : centers of gravity -- National security -- Progressive-Socialist-Marxist politics -- Anti-capitalism and anti-war street workers -- A world without borders -- Restoration of a world Islamic caliphate -- Saudi Arabia's religious fifth column -- Faceless international.…”
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The Chican@ hip hop nation politics of a new millennial mestizaje / by McFarland, Pancho

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Oil sparks in the Amazon : local conflicts, indigenous populations, and natural resources / by Vasquez, Patricia I.

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Traces behind the Esmeraldas shore prehistory of the Santiago-Cayapas Region, Ecuador / by DeBoer, Warren R.

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The bases of empire the global struggle against U.S. military posts /

Table of Contents: “…U.S. foreign military base and military colonialism: personal and analytical perspectives / Joseph Gerson -- U.S. military bases in Latin America and the Caribbean / John Lindsay-Poland -- U.S. nuclear weapons bases in Europe / David Heller and Hans Lammerant -- Iraq as a Pentagon construction site / Tom Engelhardt -- People's movement responses to evolving U.S. military activities in the Philippines / Roland G. …”
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Art from a Fractured Past : Memory and Truth-Telling in Post-Shining Path Peru /

Table of Contents: “…/ by Jonathan Ritter -- The artist's truth : The post-Auschwitz predicament after Latin America's age of dirty wars / by Steve J. Stern.…”
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