books about: cuba-mexico

books about: cuba-mexico

books:

Cuba-mexico

Alex Harris

University of New Mexico Press, 2007

beautiful/thoughtful/provocative
For anyone interested in the politics, economics and aesthetics... This book is a thoughtful look at the contemporary landscape of Cuba. The photographs are stunning.

Cuba: Picturing Change

Louis A.,Jr. Perez, Ambrosio Fornet

University of New Mexico Press, 2002

Beauty, spirit & mystery
This magnificent collection of photographs captures the beauty, spirit and mystery of Cuba, the USA's often-overlooked neighbor... Ledbetter's clear, passionate and respectful eye has created a stunning work -- the book takes us far more deeply into the Cuban culture ...

Waves of Decolonization: Discourses of Race and Hemispheric Citizenship in Cuba, Mexico, and the United ...
David Luis-brown

Duke University Press, 2008

In Waves of Decolonization, David Luis-Brown reveals how, between the 1880s and the 1930s, writer-activists in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States developed narratives and theories of decolonization, of full freedom and equality in the shadow of empire. They did so decades before the decolonization of Africa and Asia in the mid-twentieth century. ...

Statehood for Cuba

Arturo C. Castro

BookSurge Publishing, 2007

The real truth about Cuba's of Fidel Castro
This is a real guide to make "El Camino de Santiago". This testimony involves you in the same trip and you going at the same rhythm of partisipants.You learn how to achieve your goal during that large trip to Santiago de Compostela. At the same time, the author ...

Spanish Language Phrases: Learn to Speak Spanish

Ebook Presentation Copyright©2005 E-Book Emporium, 2008

Spanish is the fourth most-spoken language in the world. Originating in Spain, and spoken by most residents there, it is also spoken in Mexico and all of Central and South America except Brazil, Guyana and Surinam. Spanish is also spoken in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean islands. Spanish is a first language for many ...

World Sex Travel Guide: The Adventurous Mans Guide to Sex Tourism

Naes Draw Books, 2008

Travel as a sex tourist to 13 exotic yet very inexpensive countries to meet the most incredible women. This guide - updated monthly - covers Thailand, the Philippines, Bali and Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Aruba, Cuba, Curacao, Saint Martin (Sint Martin), and the Dominican Republic. Learn where to meet the ...

Deep Politics II: Essays on Oswald, Mexico, and Cuba

Peter Dale Scott

The Mary Ferrell Foundation, 2007

this book is for the commited reader
People who have read Scott's work before will be happy to see that the footnotes are printed alongside the text rather than in the back. His footnotes have been an important part of his text and, as silly as this sounds, this difference was exciting. This book is ...

Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976

Piero Gleijeses

The University of North Carolina Press, 2003

An important contribution to Cold War History
CONFLICTING MISSIONS is a brilliant, impressive, and important book. It not only teaches us about the dramatic differences between US and Cuban policies in Africa during the Cold War (until 1976), but it also stretches our minds to see the Cold War "from below." ...

Latino and Latina Writers Edition 1. (Scribner Writers Series)

Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003

This title in the Scribner Writers Series provides in-depth biographical and critical essays on more than 50 Latino/Latina writers. Seven thematic essays consider each writer's works in relation to music, language, feminism and other key topics. Covering well-known writers, such as Sandra Cisneros and Luis J. Rodriguez, as well as lesser known ...

Steven Raichlen's Healthy Latin Cooking: 200 Sizzling Recipes from Mexico, Cuba, Caribbean, Brazil, and Beyond

Steven Raichlen

Rodale Books, 2000

Brilliant!
Although my mom was one of the better cooks I knew, I grew up in a household where dinner was not dinner if there was no meat. I knew first hand of many other cooks who fried foods in lard, or cooked with heavy creams, whole milks, white rice and sugar (brown rice and ...

Poverty And Inequality In The Latin American-U.S. Borderlands: Implications Of U.S. Interventions
Keith Kilty, Elizabeth Segal

Routledge, 2005

Gain new, unique insights for poverty reduction throughout Latin America Poverty and Inequality in the Latin American-U.S. Borderlands: Implications of U.S. Interventions shows the implications of direct and indirect involvement by the United States in the “borderlands” of Latin America, including Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guatemala. ...

The Cuban Connection: Drug Trafficking, Smuggling, and Gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution ...
Eduardo Sáenz Rovner, Russ Davidson

The University of North Carolina Press, 2009

A comprehensive history of crime and corruption in Cuba, The Cuban Connection challenges the common view that widespread poverty and geographic proximity to the United States were the prime reasons for soaring rates of drug trafficking, smuggling, gambling, and prostitution in the tumultuous decades preceding the Cuban revolution. Eduardo Sáenz ...

Brevisima relacion de la destruccion de las Indias (Diferencias)
Bartolomé de Las Casas

Linkgua US, 2006

A description of tobacco: "a kind of dried herb, placed in a dried leaf, like a musket made of paper like those made by children for the feast of the Holy Spirit; and then, lighting one end, they take in from the other, by inhaling, the smoke, which numbs the flesh and almost intoxicates". The treatises of Bartolomé de las Casas are a plea for ...

Cuba (Guias del buen viajero)
Kirsten Ellis

Blume, 2002

Whether dreaming from an armchair or booking a flight, the sophisticated traveler will find the information necessary to see and experience each destination in these travel guides. Perfect for the planning stages of a vacation, they include expert advice from insiders about hotels, restaurants, and transportation tips, and lavish color photography ...

Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America

Robert E. May

The University of North Carolina Press, 2004

Great study from a great historian
I had the honor of studying under Professor May as a graduate student in the early 90s. May had the well earned reputation of being a tough task master, especially when it came to our research skills and proper citation of sources. This work lives up to my ...