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1	The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 more books like this by David McCullough add to wishlist Popular historian David McCullough tells the story of the building of the Panama Canal, which connected the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. He relates the engineering, the politics, and the human drama. THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS won a National Book Award in history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey more books like this by Candice Millard add to wishlist In a powerful new narrative history, former "National Geographic" writer and editor Millard traces the bold 1914 expedition to chart the Amazon's treacherous River of Doubt, and casts new light on the expedition's extraordinary leader, Theodore Roosevelt. High school & older. see all copies from $4.33! new only from $8.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon more books like this by David Grann add to wishlist After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed "New Yorker" writer Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the 20th century: what happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z? see all copies from $12.42! new only from $16.41! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Modern Latin America more books like this by Professor Thomas E Skidmore, Peter H Smith add to wishlist This interpretive history of Latin America has been brought up to date in all areas, including the ongoing war against international drug trafficking, the difficulties and promises of NAFTA, the increasing trend toward democratic and pluralist politics, and the large-scale immigration of Latin Americans into the United States. As in earlier ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Maya more books like this by Michael D Coe add to wishlist In this revised and expanded introduction to the Maya, Professor Coe incorporates the latest ideas and research in a fast-changing field. Spectacular tomb discoveries at the city of Copan reveal some of the early artistic and architectural splendours at this major site. New finds here and elsewhere entail a complete reinterpretation of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America more books like this by Juan Gonzalez add to wishlist Spanning 500 years of Hispanic history, from the first New World colonies to the 19th century westward expansion in America, this narrative features family portraits of real-life immigrants along with sketches of the political events and social conditions that compelled them to leave their homeland. see all copies from $3.22! new only from $3.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Aproximaciones Al Estudio de La Literatura Hispanica more books like this by Carmelo Virgillo add to wishlist This is an introduction to literary analysis with readings from Spanish and Spanish-American literature. It provides a selection of readings, organized by the genres of prose, poetry, drama and essay. Historical introductions to the genres are included, providing an overview of periods, movements, significant figures and literary currents both in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.00! \| SVS
8	The Conquest of New Spain more books like this by Bernal Diaz, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, John M Cohen (Introduction by) add to wishlist Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish ... see all copies from $2.02! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent more books like this by Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage (Translator) add to wishlist Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $11.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 more books like this by Inga Clendinnen add to wishlist This is both a specific study of conversion in a corner of the Spanish Empire, and a work with implications for the understanding of European domination and native resistance throughout the colonial world. Dr Clendinnen explores the intensifying conflict between competing and increasingly divergent Spanish visions of Yucatan and its destructive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America more books like this by John Charles Chasteen add to wishlist Capturing readers in a story exposing the complexities of a diverse region peopled by characters such as Cortes, Eva, and Juan Peron, Sister Inor Suarez and Che Guevara, John Chasteen focuses on the major events of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Working within a chronological framework, this text incorporatres the histories of individual countries ... see all copies from $6.47! new only from $31.89! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya more books like this by Linda Schele, David Freidel add to wishlist The mystique of the pre-Columbian Maya has prompted much speculation about the nature of this sophisticated people. With the breaking of their elaborate hieroglyphic code, Schele and Freidel, Mayan scholars of note, provide a new look at the Maya. Structured on sound scholarly principles, their presentation abounds in notes, references, indexes, ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec more books like this by Mary Ellen Miller add to wishlist This up-to-date account of the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica evocatively summarizes the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian civilizations--Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec--as well as of their less-famous contemporaries. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Colonial Latin America more books like this by Mark A Burkholder, Lyman Johnson add to wishlist Burkholder and Johnson's interpretive survey of colonial Latin America up to the 1850s is both historiographically up-to-date and accessible to students in the first half of the undergraduate Latin American history survey, which is given by virtually all major American colleges. The text incorporates new research in social and economic theory ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.47! \| first editions
15 view cover	From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969 more books like this by Eric Williams add to wishlist This landmark work, by the late Prime Minister of Trinidad, illuminates a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. 50 photos, maps. see all copies from $4.17! new only from $11.34! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Bruchko more books like this by Bruce R Olson add to wishlist What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy and heads into the jungles to evangelize a murderous tribe of South American Indians? For Bruce Olson it meant capture and torture, but what he discovered revolutionized the world of missions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru more books like this by Michael E Moseley add to wishlist In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, rivalling that of Ming China or the Ottoman Turks. This glittering culture however only obscured the rich and diverse civilizations that had preceded it: Chavin, Moche, Nazca, Tiwanaku, Huari and Chimu. Intense research into this heritage has been carried ... see all copies from $2.47! new only from $16.90! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	A History of Latin America more books like this by Benjamin Keen add to wishlist This best-selling text for introductory Latin American history courses, A History of Latin America, encompasses political and diplomatic theory, class structure and economic organization, culture and religion, and the environment. The integrating framework is the dependency theory, the most popular interpretation of Latin American history, which ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $47.56!
19 view cover	Lost City of the Incas more books like this by Hiram Bingham, Jr. add to wishlist In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 ft above the ... see all copies from $2.51! new only from $7.02! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest more books like this by Matthew Restall add to wishlist Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortes, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian ... see all copies from $8.64! new only from $11.92! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World more books like this by Carlos Fuentes add to wishlist In this sweeping, vividly written, and profusely illustrated work, Fuentes surveys the vast, complex 500-year history of the Spanish in the Americas and sees both the richness of the culture that has evolved and the troubling vestiges of colonialism. see all copies from $2.97! new only from $12.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Ancient Mexico & Central America: Archaeology and Culture History more books like this by Susan Toby Evans add to wishlist In recent decades, archaeologists have made enormous progress in revealing the prehistory of the rich and varied civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica. This textbook captures the excitement and rich details of these ancient peoples, surveying every aspect of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica from Paleoindian times (c.1800 BC) to the European intrusion in ... see all copies from $21.89! new only from $39.71! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies more books like this by Bartolome De Las Casas, Bartolome De Las Casas, Bartolome de Las Casas add to wishlist Bartolome de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus' voyages, Las Casas was so horrified by the wholesale massacre he witnessed that he dedicated his life to protecting the Indian community. He wrote "A Short Account of the Destruction of ... see all copies from $3.45! new only from $6.50! \| SVS
24 view cover	Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World more books like this by Mike Davis add to wishlist In this study of capitalism and ecology, a renowned urban historian examines the environmental causes of a widespread drought and subsequent famine in Africa, India, and China in the last quarter of the 19th century--and the political decisions that failed to bring relief to the nations in distress. see all copies from $9.47! new only from $13.76! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A Concise History of Brazil more books like this by Boris Fausto add to wishlist A Concise History of Brazil covers almost 500 years of Brazilian history, from the arrival of the Portuguese in the New World to the political events that defined the recent transition from an authoritarian to a democratic political regime. Brazilian territorial unity and national identity were forged throughout the nineteenth century, after the ... see all copies from $3.77! new only from $6.30! \| first editions \| SVS

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