South America Books


The War In Paraguay: With A Historical Sketch Of The Country And Its People And Notes Upon The Military Engineering Of The WarThe War In Paraguay: With A Historical Sketch Of The Country And Its People And Notes Upon The Military Engineering Of The War
Best Price: $22.54
36 years ago I lived in Paraguay and I read parts of this book while there, and never could...
History of the Boundary Dispute Between Ecuador and PeruHistory of the Boundary Dispute Between Ecuador and Peru
Best Price: $13.35
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Arte, Vocabulario y Confesionario de la Lengua de ChileArte, Vocabulario y Confesionario de la Lengua de Chile
Best Price: $14.41
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Across Unknown South America, Volume 2Across Unknown South America, Volume 2
Best Price: $23.46
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Don Gabriel Garcia Moreno, Prasident der Republik EcuadorDon Gabriel Garcia Moreno, Prasident der Republik Ecuador
Best Price: $12.92
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...


Brazil; Its Provinces and Chief Cities; the Manners & Customs of the PeopleBrazil; Its Provinces and Chief Cities; the Manners & Customs of the People
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Brazil; Its Provinces and Chief Cities; the Manners a Customs of the People (Bibliobazaar Reproduction Series)Brazil; Its Provinces and Chief Cities; the Manners a Customs of the People (Bibliobazaar Reproduction Series)
Best Price: $19.42
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Historia da Guerra do Brasil contra as Republicas do Uruguay e ParaguayHistoria da Guerra do Brasil contra as Republicas do Uruguay e Paraguay
Best Price: $18.11
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Vital Records of Peru, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850Vital Records of Peru, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
Best Price: $12.82
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Historia de Antioqui­a(Departamento de Colombia) Desde la Conquista Hasta El Año 1900Historia de Antioqui­a(Departamento de Colombia) Desde la Conquista Hasta El Año 1900
Best Price: $15.47
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...


Venezuela: What Everyone Needs to KnowVenezuela: What Everyone Needs to Know
Best Price: $11.53
Among the top ten oil exporters in the world and a founding member of OPEC, Venezuela currently...
The BraziliansThe Brazilians
Best Price: $20.07
Page provides an overview of Braziilian history and culture, but is far too free with his often...
Latin America: An Interpretive History (9th Edition) (Pearson Custom Library: World History/Meridians)Latin America: An Interpretive History (9th Edition) (Pearson Custom Library: World History/Meridians)
Best Price: $53.00
For courses in the History of Latin America and Modern Latin America.  Organized...
Consider the Source: Documents in Latin American History for Latin America: An Interpretive HistoryConsider the Source: Documents in Latin American History for Latin America: An Interpretive History
Best Price: $23.13
Source materials to accompany: Latin America: an interpretive history / Julie A. Charlip, E....
The Royal Water-Lily of South America; And the Water-Lilies of Our Own Land Their History and CultivationThe Royal Water-Lily of South America; And the Water-Lilies of Our Own Land Their History and Cultivation
Best Price: $6.39
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can...

Venezuelan Boundary; General Arbitration. Correspondence Between the United States and Great BritainVenezuelan Boundary; General Arbitration. Correspondence Between the United States and Great Britain
Best Price: $14.13
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing...
Simon Bolivar (World Leaders Past & Present)Simon Bolivar (World Leaders Past & Present)
Best Price: $19.95
Part of an illustrated series entitled "World Leaders Past and Present" which sets out...
Chinese Migrant Networks and Cultural Change: Peru, Chicago, and Hawaii 1900-1936Chinese Migrant Networks and Cultural Change: Peru, Chicago, and Hawaii 1900-1936
Best Price: $22.99
Inspired by recent work on diaspora and cultural globalization, Adam McKeown asks in this new...
Straining at the Anchor: The Argentine Currency Board and the Search for Macroeconomic Stability, 1880-1935 (National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Dev)Straining at the Anchor: The Argentine Currency Board and the Search for Macroeconomic Stability, 1880-1935 (National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Dev)
Best Price: $33.33
Very recommendable either for a Ph.D. student interested in the history of emerging markets...
First-Time: The Historical Vision of an African American PeopleFirst-Time: The Historical Vision of an African American People
Best Price: $27.11
A classic of historical anthropology, First-Time traces the shape of historical thought among...

Argentina: A Chronology and Fact Book, 1516-1973, (World chronology series)Argentina: A Chronology and Fact Book, 1516-1973, (World chronology series)Incas of PeruIncas of Peru
Best Price: $52.25
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1910 edition by Smith, Elder, & Co.,...
On Argentina and the Southern Cone: Neoliberalism and National Imaginations (Global Realities)On Argentina and the Southern Cone: Neoliberalism and National Imaginations (Global Realities)
Best Price: $26.94
This book considers how globalization is impacting contemporary Argentina-via regional trading...
The Lords of Tikal: Rulers of an Ancient Maya CityThe Lords of Tikal: Rulers of an Ancient Maya City
Best Price: $44.00
The city we call Tikal was called something like Mutul by its Mayan inhabitants and was...
Tree of Rivers: The Story of the AmazonTree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon
Best Price: $22.58
It is a very important work. Gathered real info in years and years. Yes, it deserves not only 5...

Politician's Dilemma: Building State Capacity in Latin America (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy)Politician's Dilemma: Building State Capacity in Latin America (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy)
Best Price: $19.95
In Latin America as elsewhere, politicians routinely face a painful dilemma: whether to use...
History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil (Latin American Literature and Culture)History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil (Latin American Literature and Culture)
Best Price: $19.48
When the famous anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he had one...
Cultures in Conflict: Social Movements and the State in PeruCultures in Conflict: Social Movements and the State in Peru
Best Price: $15.95
In this vivid ethnography set in contemporary Peru, Susan Stokes provides a compelling analysis...
Vale of Tears: Revisiting the Canudos Massacre in Northeastern Brazil, 1893-1897Vale of Tears: Revisiting the Canudos Massacre in Northeastern Brazil, 1893-1897
Best Price: $27.09
Northeast Brazil has arguably inspired more fine writing than any other region in Latin America,...
The Festive State: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism as Cultural PerformanceThe Festive State: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism as Cultural Performance
Best Price: $55.00
If, as David Guss argues, culture is a contested terrain with constantly changing contours, then...

Racism and Education in the U.K. and the U.S.: Towards a Socialist Alternative (Marxism and Education)Racism and Education in the U.K. and the U.S.: Towards a Socialist Alternative (Marxism and Education)
Best Price: $22.00
Following the success of Mike Cole?s widely acclaimed Critical Race Theory and Education: a...
The Napo Runa of Amazonian Ecuador (Interp Culture New Millennium)The Napo Runa of Amazonian Ecuador (Interp Culture New Millennium)
Best Price: $16.00
Uzendoski, does a nicely balanced job of mixing technical anthropological thought, real life...
Choro: A Social History of a Brazilian Popular Music with CD (Audio) (Profiles in Popular Music)Choro: A Social History of a Brazilian Popular Music with CD (Audio) (Profiles in Popular Music)
Choro is a type of Brazilian popular music similar in background to the celebrated Cuban son of...
Chiles Political Culture and Parties: An Anthropological Explanation (Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies)Chiles Political Culture and Parties: An Anthropological Explanation (Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies)
Best Price: $14.00
In Chile's Political Culture And Parties: An Anthropological Explanation, Larissa Lomnitz...
Eagles, Donkeys And Butterflies: An Anthropological Study Of Brazil'S Ani (Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies)Eagles, Donkeys And Butterflies: An Anthropological Study Of Brazil'S Ani (Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies)
Best Price: $12.00
"For years, anthropologists have been interested in jogo do bicho as a key Brazilian...

Bounded Missions: Military Regimes and Democratization in the Southern Cone and BrazilBounded Missions: Military Regimes and Democratization in the Southern Cone and Brazil
Best Price: $17.87
Scholars of Latin American politics have been challenged to account for the varied outcomes of...
"Civilizing" Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City 1889-1930"Civilizing" Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City 1889-1930
Best Price: $25.00
A massive urban renewal and public-health campaign in the first decades of the nineteenth...
Peruvian Rebel: The World of Magda Portal, with a Selection of Her PoemsPeruvian Rebel: The World of Magda Portal, with a Selection of Her Poems
Best Price: $31.63
2009 Nominee, Nonfiction category, Northern California Book Awards. As the Left reawakens in...
Socialism, Liberalism, and Dictatorship in Paraguay (Politics in Latin America)Socialism, Liberalism, and Dictatorship in Paraguay (Politics in Latin America)
Best Price: $114.09
History of the Inca Empire (The Texas Pan American series)History of the Inca Empire (The Texas Pan American series)

Inka Settlement PlanningInka Settlement Planning
This is a great book. Don't be put off by the dry title, this is much more than just a bunch...
Mummies and Mortuary Monuments: A Postprocessual Prehistory of Central  Andean Social OrganizationMummies and Mortuary Monuments: A Postprocessual Prehistory of Central Andean Social Organization
Best Price: $24.00
Since prehistoric times, Andean societies have been organized around the ayllu, a grouping of...
From Viracocha to the Virgin of Copacabana: Representation of the Sacred at Lake TiticacaFrom Viracocha to the Virgin of Copacabana: Representation of the Sacred at Lake Titicaca
Best Price: $5.95
Surrounded by the peaks of the Andean cordillera, the deep blue waters of Lake Titicaca have...
Bandits, Peasants, and Politics : The Case of "La Violencia"  inBandits, Peasants, and Politics : The Case of "La Violencia" in
Best Price: $24.00
What is the difference between a "social" bandit and a mere...
Cloud Cities of the Inka (Mysteries of the Ancient World)Cloud Cities of the Inka (Mysteries of the Ancient World)

Radical Evil on TrialRadical Evil on Trial
Best Price: $6.98
Carlos Nino, the leading Latin-American public philosopher of the century, was also a statesman...
Encyclopedia of Prehistory Volume 7: South America: Published in conjunction with the Human Relations Area FilesEncyclopedia of Prehistory Volume 7: South America: Published in conjunction with the Human Relations Area Files
Best Price: $39.06
The Encyclopedia of Prehistory, with regionally organized entries on each major archaeological...
Hostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on DrugsHostage Nation: Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs
Best Price: $5.94
This informative book provides a basic understanding of Colombian history as it relates to the...
Hugo Chávez: Sin Uniforme (Spanish Edition)Hugo Chávez: Sin Uniforme (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $26.29
He is one of the most controversial and important world leaders currently in power. In this...
Incomplete Transition: Military Power and Democracy in ArgentinaIncomplete Transition: Military Power and Democracy in Argentina
Best Price: $21.28
During the Cold War, a series of coups in Latin America resulted in a new form of military...

PaulaPaula
One of the most popular and acclaimed of Latin American authors presents an unforgettable...
The Beautiful TeamThe Beautiful Team
Best Price: $1.29
Brazil won the 1970 World Cup with an exhibition of the most fluid, exhilarating football ever...
Egipto (Spanish Edition)Egipto (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $18.96
Peru (Many Cultures, One World)Peru (Many Cultures, One World)
An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of Peru.
Labour and the Multiracial Project in the Caribbean (Caribbean Studies)Labour and the Multiracial Project in the Caribbean (Caribbean Studies)
Best Price: $78.82
The Multiracial Project in the Caribbean is a detailed case study of emancipatory racial unity...

Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in "Latin'' AmericaPeoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in "Latin'' America
Best Price: $45.00
Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in...
Executive Report on Strategies in Uruguay, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)Executive Report on Strategies in Uruguay, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
Best Price: $760.00
Charting a New CourseCharting a New Course
Best Price: $128.00
For decades F. H. Cardoso has been among the most influential of Latin American scholars, his...
Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in ChileTapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile
Best Price: $22.16
Both video and book by Marjorie Agostin are excellent! A very good source to use in Latin...
Legal Opposition Politics Under Authoritarian Rule in Brazil: The Case of the Mdb, 1966-79Legal Opposition Politics Under Authoritarian Rule in Brazil: The Case of the Mdb, 1966-79

Colombia's Military and Brazil's Monarchy: Undermining the Republican Foundations of South American Independence (Contributions in Latin American Studies)Colombia's Military and Brazil's Monarchy: Undermining the Republican Foundations of South American Independence (Contributions in Latin American Studies)
Best Price: $131.95
This important new study relates the origin of the decline of republican politics in South...
Culture and Customs of VenezuelaCulture and Customs of Venezuela
Best Price: $57.95
Venezuela, one of the least-known countries in Latin America, is brilliantly spotlighted in...
The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil: The Liberation of Africans Through the Emancipation of Capital (Contributions in Latin American Studies)The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil: The Liberation of Africans Through the Emancipation of Capital (Contributions in Latin American Studies)
Best Price: $107.77
The persistence of a raced-based division of labor has been a compelling reality in all former...
To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance (Contributions in Military Studies)To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance (Contributions in Military Studies)
Best Price: $107.95
A few weeks after the US Civil War ended in 1865, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay formed the...
Coffee Planters' Workers and Wives: Class Conflict and Gender Relations (St Antony's Series)Coffee Planters' Workers and Wives: Class Conflict and Gender Relations (St Antony's Series)
A combination of history and anthropology, analyzing the transition from slavery to...

The Japanese Community in Brazil, 1908-1940: Between Samurai and CarnivalThe Japanese Community in Brazil, 1908-1940: Between Samurai and Carnival
Best Price: $124.91
The largest Japanese community outside East Asia in the 1930s and one long neglected in...
Columbia (Institute of Latin American Studies)Columbia (Institute of Latin American Studies)
Best Price: $244.99
This book examines the process of political and social reform that Colombia has experienced in...
BrazilBrazil
In this comprehensive introduction to Brazil describes a country defined by paradoxes: wealth...
Cockleshell JourneyCockleshell JourneyIncomplete Transition: Military Power and Democracy in ArgentinaIncomplete Transition: Military Power and Democracy in Argentina
Best Price: $21.28
During the Cold War, a series of coups in Latin America resulted in a new form of military...

PaulaPaula
One of the most popular and acclaimed of Latin American authors presents an unforgettable...
The Beautiful TeamThe Beautiful Team
Best Price: $1.29
Brazil won the 1970 World Cup with an exhibition of the most fluid, exhilarating football ever...
Egipto (Spanish Edition)Egipto (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $18.96
Peru (Many Cultures, One World)Peru (Many Cultures, One World)
An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of Peru.
Labour and the Multiracial Project in the Caribbean (Caribbean Studies)Labour and the Multiracial Project in the Caribbean (Caribbean Studies)
Best Price: $78.82
The Multiracial Project in the Caribbean is a detailed case study of emancipatory racial unity...

Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in "Latin'' AmericaPeoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in "Latin'' America
Best Price: $45.00
Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in...
Executive Report on Strategies in Uruguay, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)Executive Report on Strategies in Uruguay, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
Best Price: $760.00
Charting a New CourseCharting a New Course
Best Price: $128.00
For decades F. H. Cardoso has been among the most influential of Latin American scholars, his...
Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in ChileTapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile
Best Price: $22.16
Both video and book by Marjorie Agostin are excellent! A very good source to use in Latin...
Crisis in Allende's Chile: New PerspectivesCrisis in Allende's Chile: New Perspectives
Best Price: $119.95
This book takes a fresh look at the role the United States Government and the Chilean military...

The ABC Presidents: Conversations and Correspondence with the Presidents of Argentina, Brazil, and ChileThe ABC Presidents: Conversations and Correspondence with the Presidents of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
Best Price: $119.95
Robert Alexander, a long-time observer of Latin American politics and economics, has been an...
Peru: The Evolution of a Crisis (Politics in Latin America)Peru: The Evolution of a Crisis (Politics in Latin America)
Best Price: $1.75
This volume gives specialists and students alike a comprehensive political history of Peru that...
The Bolivarian Presidents: Conversations and Correspondence with Presidents of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and VenezuelaThe Bolivarian Presidents: Conversations and Correspondence with Presidents of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela
Best Price: $114.16
Alexander is among the most experienced observers of Latin American politics and has been an...
Guerrillas and Generals: The "Dirty War" in ArgentinaGuerrillas and Generals: The "Dirty War" in Argentina
Best Price: $56.44
In this comprehensive, balanced examination of Argentina's Dirty War, Lewis analyzes the...
The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series)The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series)
Best Price: $115.24
Originally published in Brazil as "O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz", this translation...

Go-Betweens and the Colonization of Brazil: 1500-1600Go-Betweens and the Colonization of Brazil: 1500-1600
Best Price: $12.00
Dona Marina (La Malinche) ...Pocahontas ...Sacagawea - their names live on in historical memory...
Cafe Con Leche: Race, Class and National Image in VenezuelaCafe Con Leche: Race, Class and National Image in Venezuela
Best Price: $305.10
Being a native and also someone who has lived outside of the country, I can say that this book...
Decolonizing the Sodomite: Queer Tropes of Sexuality in Colonial Andean CultureDecolonizing the Sodomite: Queer Tropes of Sexuality in Colonial Andean Culture
Best Price: $30.00
Early Andean historiography reveals a subaltern history of indigenous gender and sexuality that...
Watunna: An Orinoco Creation CycleWatunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle
Best Price: $22.66
WATUNNA : An Orinoco Creation Cycle, by Marc de Civrieux, edited and translated from the Spanish...
Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates: California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean BasinPlant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates: California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean Basin
Best Price: $29.98
This book is great. It has plenty of pictures, diagrams and drawings. Most of the pictures are...

Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to ChuquicamataTracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata
This tale of two cities--Butte, Montana, and Chuquicamata, Chile--traces the relationship of...
Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French GuianaSpace in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana
Best Price: $23.42
Rockets roar into space--bearing roughly half the world's commercial satellites--from the...
Entangled Edens: Visions of the AmazonEntangled Edens: Visions of the Amazon
Best Price: $25.94
Candace Slater takes us on a journey into the Amazon that will forever change our ideas about...
Counting the Dead: The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia (California Series in Public Anthropology)Counting the Dead: The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia (California Series in Public Anthropology)
Best Price: $20.00
Tate does a good job of framing the background and giving a comprehensive history as to the...
The Brazilian Popular Church and the Crisis of Modernity (Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion)The Brazilian Popular Church and the Crisis of Modernity (Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion)
Best Price: $41.81
This study explores one of the most dramatic contemporary interactions between religion and...

Slavery in BrazilSlavery in Brazil
Best Price: $26.41
The book tries to cover too much to be very insightful about the topic. It is very general. As a...
The Architecture of Conquest: Building in the Viceroyalty of Peru, 1535-1635 (Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies)The Architecture of Conquest: Building in the Viceroyalty of Peru, 1535-1635 (Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies)
The Architecture of Conquest deals with the practice and ideology of colonial architecture in...
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Vol. 3: South America, Part 1The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Vol. 3: South America, Part 1
Best Price: $172.07
This is a very important book, because is concerned with a contemporaty issue because of the 500...
In The Wilds Of South America: Six Years Of Exploration In Columbia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, And BrazilIn The Wilds Of South America: Six Years Of Exploration In Columbia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, And Brazil
Best Price: $39.20
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations,...
 
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