Exploration Into Latin America
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Exploration Into Latin America
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Author : Ana Maria Machado
language : en
Publisher: Pavilion Children's Books
Release Date : 1994
Exploration Into Latin America written by Ana Maria Machado and has been published by Pavilion Children's Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Aztecs categories.
One of a series which describes the cultural history of continents or regions through several centuries, this book decribes the periods of Latin America's great civilizations from the time of exploration by European adventurers and traders, and explains the significance of the colonization that followed.
The Utopian Impulse In Latin America
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Author : K. Beauchesne
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-10-24
The Utopian Impulse In Latin America written by K. Beauchesne and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-24 with Social Science categories.
An exploration of the concept of utopia in Latin America from the earliest accounts of the New World to current cultural production, the carefully selected essays in this volume represent the latest research on the topic by some of the most important Latin Americanists working in North American academia today.
Exploration Into The Polar Regions
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Author : David Rootes
language : en
Publisher: Silver Burdett Press
Release Date : 1995-02-01
Exploration Into The Polar Regions written by David Rootes and has been published by Silver Burdett Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-02-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Recounts the early exploration of the North and South Poles, and looks at the modern utilization of the Polar regions
Through The Kaleidoscope
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Author : Vivian Schelling
language : en
Publisher: Verso
Release Date : 2000
Through The Kaleidoscope written by Vivian Schelling and has been published by Verso this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Latin America categories.
Modernity in Latin America is defined above all by its multi-layered, kaleidoscopic quality. Reminiscent of Octavio Paz's labyrinth, it is a modernity which has accommodated a piling-on of new traditions to old, a blending of external cultures with local, and of high cultures with more popular ones—mixes which allowed a rich and celebratory avant-garde movement, for example, to emerge in the 1920s, and prompted the explosive growth of cities like Rio de Janeiro. Many such cultural (as well as technological) innovations have occurred without equivalent changes in social and political life, however, and so the region has also been at the mercy of what might be termed an uneven development in many of its civic institutions. In this prestigious volume of original essays, many of the best writers on the region are brought together to examine the nature and manifestations of a specifically Latin American modernity. Beatriz Sarlo and Nicolau Sevcenko write about Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo in an exploration of twentieth century urban experience and shifting patterns of migration and immigration; Renato Ortiz and Ana Lopez look at mass media and the ways in which radio, television and cinema have shaped modernity; Jose Jorge de Carvalho, Jose de Souza Martins and Nelson Manrique address questions of religion, politics, ideology and social movements; Gwen Kirkpatrick and Beatriz Rezende explore the intricacies of artistic and literary modernism; and Nestor Canclini and Ruben Oliven open the collection with essays which unravel the many forces – the legacy of slavery, the freedom from an unquestioning faith in development and 'progress', the impact of globalisation – that have given rise to a characteristically hybrid modernity.
Our Hemisphere
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Author : Britta H. Crandall
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2021
Our Hemisphere written by Britta H. Crandall and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Latin America categories.
An accessible course book on U.S.-Latin American relations
Visual Voyages
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Author : Daniela Bleichmar
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-01
Visual Voyages written by Daniela Bleichmar and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Art categories.
An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world played a central role in shaping how people on both sides of the Atlantic understood and imaged the region we now know as Latin America. Nature provided incentives for exploration, commodities for trade, specimens for scientific investigation, and manifestations of divine forces. It also yielded a rich trove of representations, created both by natives to the region and visitors, which are the subject of this lushly illustrated book. Author Daniela Bleichmar shows that these images were not only works of art but also instruments for the production of knowledge, with scientific, social, and political repercussions. Early depictions of Latin American nature introduced European audiences to native medicines and religious practices. By the 17th century, revelatory accounts of tobacco, chocolate, and cochineal reshaped science, trade, and empire around the globe. In the 18th and 19th centuries, collections and scientific expeditions produced both patriotic and imperial visions of Latin America. Through an interdisciplinary examination of more than 150 maps, illustrated manuscripts, still lifes, and landscape paintings spanning four hundred years, Visual Voyages establishes Latin America as a critical site for scientific and artistic exploration, affirming that region's transformation and the transformation of Europe as vitally connected histories.
Goods Power History
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Author : Arnold J. Bauer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-04-30
Goods Power History written by Arnold J. Bauer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04-30 with History categories.
Explores the history of material culture and consumption in Latin America over the past 500 years.
A History Of Colonial Latin America From First Encounters To Independence
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Author : Susan Elizabeth Ramírez
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-30
A History Of Colonial Latin America From First Encounters To Independence written by Susan Elizabeth Ramírez and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with History categories.
A History of Colonial Latin America from First Encounters to Independence is a concise and accessible volume that presents the history of the Iberian presence in the Americas, from the era of exploration and conquest to the disruption and instability following independence. This history of the Iberian presence in the Americas contains stories of curiosity, vision, courage, missed communication, miscalculation, insatiability, prejudice, and native collaboration and resistance. Beginning in 1492, Ramirez establishes the context for the era of exploration and conquest that follows. The book then surveys the activities of Cortes and Pizarro and the impact on native peoples, Portuguese activity on the eastern coast of South America, the demographic collapse of the native population, the role of the Catholic Church, and new policy initiatives of the Bourbons who inherited the throne in 1700. The narrative involves Spaniards, Native Americans of innumerable ethnic groups, Moorish, native, and black slaves, and a whole new category of people of mixed blood, collectively known as the castas, acting in the steamy tropics of the lowlands, marching across parched deserts, trekking to oxygen-low mountain summits, and settling all the ecological niches in between. The book includes important primary documents and maps to provide students with even more context to this important part of Latin American history. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Latin American history and culture.
Latin America In The World
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Author : Antonia Garcia-Rodriguez
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-04-02
Latin America In The World written by Antonia Garcia-Rodriguez and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-02 with History categories.
From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this text offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to Latin America. After a brief introduction to the study of the region, the early chapters of the book survey the essentials of Latin American history; important historical narratives; and the region’s languages, religions, and global connections. Students are guided through the material with relevant maps, resource boxes, and text boxes that support and guide further independent exploration of the topics at hand. The second half of the book features interdisciplinary case studies, each of which focuses on a specific country or subregion and a particular issue. Each chapter gives a flavor for the cultural distinctiveness of the particular country yet also draws attention to global linkages. Readers will come away from this book with an understanding of the larger historical, political, and cultural frameworks that shaped Latin America as we know it today, and of current issues that have relevance in Latin America and beyond.
Colonial Legacies
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Author : Jeremy Adelman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Colonial Legacies written by Jeremy Adelman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with History categories.
More than other Atlantic societies, Latin America is shackled to its past. This collection is an exploration of the binding historical legacies--the making of slavery, patrimonial absolutist states, backward agriculture and the imprint of the Enlightenment--with which Latin America continues to grapple. Leading writers and scholars reflect on how this heritage emerged from colonial institutions and how historians have tackled these legacies over the years, suggesting that these deep encumbrances are why the region has failed to live up to liberal-capitalist expectations. They also invite discussion about the political, economic and cultural heritages of Atlantic colonialism through the idea that persistence is a powerful organizing framework for understanding particular kinds of historical processes.