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The Indian in Latin American History
Initially decimated by disease and later faced with the loss of their lands and their political autonomy, Latin American Indians have displayed remarkable resilience. They have resisted cultural hegemony with rebellions and have initiated petitions to demand remedies to injustices, while consciously selecting certain aspects of the West to incorporate into their cultures. Leading historians, anthropologists and sociologists examine Indian-Western relationships from the Spaniards' initial contact with the Incas to the cultural interplay of today's Latin America. This revised edition contains four brand new chapters and a revised introduction. The list of suggested readings and films has also been updated.
Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth
This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of systemic lack of freedom. La Oroya has been named one of the most polluted places on the planet by the US Blacksmith Institute. Residents face the dilemma of whether to defend their health or to preserve job stability at the local smelter, the main source of toxic pollution in town. Valencia unpacks this paradoxical human rights trade-off. This context, shaped by social, historical, political, and economic factors, increases people’s vulnerabilities and decreases their ability to choose, resulting in residents' trading off their right to health in order to work. This book shows the deep connection of this local dilemma to the country’s national paradox, arising out of Peru's vision of natural resource extraction as the main path to secure economic growth for the entire country at the expense of some groups.
Resistance, Rebellion, and Consciousness in the Andean Peasant World, 18th to 20th Centuries
In The Postcolonial State in Africa, Crawford Young offers an informed and authoritative comparative overview of fifty years of African independence, drawing on his decades of research and first-hand experience on the African continent. Young identifies three cycles of hope and disappointment common to many of the African states (including those in North Africa) over the last half-century: initial euphoria at independence in the 1960s followed by disillusionment with a lapse into single-party autocracies and military rule; a period of renewed confidence, radicalization, and ambitious state expansion in the 1970s preceding state crisis and even failure in the disastrous 1980s; and a phase of ...
Spanish and Empire
Essays in this volume deal with the historical, linguistic, and ideological legacy of the Spanish Empire and its language in the New World.
The Europa World of Learning
Provides: over 26,000 academic institutions, 150,000 staff and officials; extensive coverage of universities, colleges and other centres of learning; and detailed information on over 400 international cultural, scientific and educational organizations.
Shining Path
The story of how a former professor of philosophy, Abimael Guzmán, has created a fanatical guerrilla movement that spans jungles, mountains, and coastal regions in a country more than twice the size of France.
L'Amérique latine et l'UCL
Quelle prospective pour les relations entre l'Europe et l'Amérique latine, particulièrement pour ce qui est de la coopération universitaire ? Il semble que la globalisation touche aussi l'enseignement universitaire, avec des effets immédiats et des perspectives tour à tour stimulantes et inquiétantes. L'objet de ce livre collectif est de les pointer sans complaisance et sans réticence.L'histoire de l'Amérique latine avec l'Université catholique de Louvain est ancienne, riche, mouvementée, au point que le seul nom de Lovaina est un signe de ralliement pour les innombrables étudiants, chercheurs, professeurs, décideurs économiques et politiques qui ont accompli une partie de leur ...
Binding, Finishing, and Mailing
Designed to help printing professionals make useful recommendations to their customers, this book takes a detailed look at these final operations in the printing process.
