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All Is Vanity
Bentley Jones is the gifted managing editor of the University Press in Los Angeles. When he is found murdered, Lazlo Boyd, the Campus Police Chief, is ordered by the University President to quickly solve the crime. Lazlo and his two lieutenants, Javier Lopez and Julia Kim, are soon faced with many suspects, for Bentley had made many enemies among those University professors whose books he had edited. Lazlo uses all of the resources of the Universitys many departments to pursue the investigation. Soon however he uncovers a plot so vast that it threatens the very existence of the University Press. But he must move quickly before the plot can be executed. A supplementary readers guide includes explanations and references supporting the actual facts and research on which the novel is based.
A Microhistory of Early Modern Transatlantic Migration
This microhistory of early modern transatlantic migration follows the journey of the Agata, a Dutch frigate hired by Spanish merchants in 1747 to travel between Cádiz and Veracruz. Manned by migrants from across Europe, the Agata was intercepted by British privateers on its return trip, an event that led to the preservation of most of the documents on board, including a collection of personal letters. Through a microscopical lens, this book delves into the lives of some of the migrants linked to the Agata, either as members of the crew —a ship, after all, is a moving workplace— as passengers, or as people sending letters through the ship. Their stories and anecdotes illustrate how early...
Veracruz and the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century
Explores how Veracruz's Afro-Mexican residents drew on Caribbean relationships to define a distinctive social and cultural community.
Laboring for the State
The Cuban revolutionary government engaged in social engineering to redefine the nuclear family and organize citizens to serve the state.
The Economic History of Latin America since Independence
This revised and updated third edition contains a wealth of new material that draws on new research in this area.
Blacks of the Land
The first English translation of the field-defining work in Brazilian studies ethnohistory by the late John M. Monteiro.
Liberalism as Utopia
This book explores the legal culture of nineteenth-century Mexico and explains why liberal institutions flourished in some social settings but not others.
Rethinking American History in a Global Age
In rethinking and reframing the American national narrative in a wider context, the contributors to this volume ask questions about both nationalism and the discipline of history itself. The essays offer fresh ways of thinking about the traditional themes and periods of American history. By locating the study of American history in a transnational context, they examine the history of nation-making and the relation of the United States to other nations and to transnational developments. What is now called globalization is here placed in a historical context. A cast of distinguished historians from the United States and abroad examines the historiographical implications of such a reframing and...
Miners, Peasants and Entrepreneurs
Research report, case study of economic conditions and economic and social implications of regional development in the central highlands of Peru - examines the role of the mining industry and its impact on social stratification, social class relations and internal migration; discusses rural economy, the growing informal sector and the transition from household production to income generating activities in urban areas. Bibliography, graphs, maps, statistical tables.
Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia
Describes the culture of the Parakanã, a little-known indigenous people of Amazonia, focusing on conflict and ritual.
