To die in mexico

On-the-ground reporting and behind-the-scene stories from Mexico’s drug war by Mexico-based journalist, John Gibler.

Anarchism in latin america

An accessible introduction to anarchism's history and influence from Mexico to Argentina. First English translation.

Becoming black political subjects

After decades of denying racism and underplaying cultural diversity, Latin American states began adopting transformative ethno-racial legislation in the late 1980s. In addition to symbolic recognition of indigenous peoples and black populations, governments in the region created a more pluralisti...

Shattered hope

Idolatry and its enemies

The ecclesiastical investigations into Indian religious error--the Extirpation of idolatry--that occurred in the seventeenth-and eighteenth-century Archdiocese of Lima come to life here as the most revealing sources on colonial Andean religion and culture. Focusing on a largely neglected period, ...

The speed of dreams

The literary and poetic genius of Latin America's greatest living writer/rebel.

Arm the spirit

Even her children didn't know her real name. A gripping tale of life underground.

Lineas conectadas

Two-volume bilingual anthology of Mexican and American Poets, produced in partnership between NEA/Mexican government

Dancing with dynamite

One step forward, two steps back: When social movements win state power.

Race in another america

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the increasingly important and controversial subject of race relations in Brazil. North American scholars of race relations frequently turn to Brazil for comparisons, since its history has many key similarities to that of the United States. Br...

Riot, rebellion, and revolution

On the wings of time

Historians have long recognized that the classical heritage of ancient Rome contributed to the development of a vibrant society in Spanish South America, but was the impact a one-way street? Although the Spanish destruction of the Incan empire changed the Andes forever, the civil society that did...

The notebooks

A facsimile edition of the artist's fascinating working notebooksBrooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) was one of the most important artists of the 1980s. A key figure in the New York art scene, he inventively explored the interplay between words and images throughout his career, first as ...

The empire trap

How the United States became an imperial power by bowing to pressure to defend its citizens' overseas investmentsThroughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into ...