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 September 2005
Understanding the Venezuelan
Revolution: Hugo
Chavez Talks to Marta Harnecker by Hugo Chavez and Marta Harnecker
Marta Harnecker's
interviews with Hugo Chavez began soon after one of the most dramatic moments
of Chavez's presidency-the failed coup of April 2002, which ended with Chavez
restored to power by a massive movement of protest and resistance. In the
aftermath of the failed coup, Chavez talks to Harnecker about the formation of
his political ideas, his aspirations for Venezuela, its domestic and
international policies, problems of political organization, relations with
social movements in other countries, and more, constantly relating these to
concrete events and to strategies for change.
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 August 2005
Last Resorts:
The Cost of Tourism in
the Caribbean by Polly Pattullo
Last Resorts
examines the real impact of tourism on the people and landscape of the
Caribbean. It explores the structure of ownership of the industry and shows
that the benefits it brings to the region do not live up to its claims.
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 Open Veins of Latin
America: Five
Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano, Introduction by
Isabel Allende
“A superbly written,
excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive expose which all students of
Latin American and U.S. history must read.”—Choice, American
Library Association
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 Silent
Revolution: The
Rise and Crisis of Market Economics in Latin America by Duncan Green, 2nd
Ed.
“This second
edition of a very good book initially published in 1995 has been expanded and
thoroughly revised, updated and to a large extent rewritten. Although Green is
critical of recent economic policies in Latin America, he is never dogmatic,
and unlike many critics, he discusses alternatives. He conveys an impressive
amount of information, but since he develops contexts so carefully, the result
is a well ordered, rigorous, and coherent
presentation.”—Choice
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Faces
of Latin America by Duncan Green
“The best
introductory book going on Latin America”—International
Affairs
“A journalistic
tour-de-force with academic worth…. Recommended as essential background
reading…”—Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (London)
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 Faces
of the Caribbean by John Gilmore
“Gilmore combines
wide personal knowledge of the Caribbean with many years’ academic study
of the region’s history, literature, and culture. This clearly written and
illuminating account provides an excellent introduction to the forces which
have shaped the Caribbean today.”—David Dabydeen
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 Reminiscences of the Cuban
Revolutionary War by Che Guevara
“Reflects the life
of an extraordinary and important man.”—Library Journal
“Guevara is a
brilliant, thoughtful writer. He is lucid, candid, and revealing…. If
Guevara had spent his time at the typewriter instead of leading
revolutionaries, then this world would be hailing a new giant in
literature.”—Cleveland Press
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 Days and Nights of Love and
War by Eduardo
Galeano, Foreword by Sandra Cisneros
“Days and
Nights is a testimony to the power of fear to silence a population. It is
also a testimony to the courage of those who refuse to be silenced . . .
Days and Nights succeeds not only because of its socio-political
authenticity and lyrical style but because of its interweaving of anger and
tenderness, elation and sorrow.”—The Nation
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 Rag-Tags, Scum,
Riff-Raff, and Commies:
The U.S. Intervention in
the Dominican Republic, 1965-1966 by Eric Thomas Chester
“This well-written
and … quite riveting book expands appreciably our knowledge of the
internal debate over the U.S. intervention.”—International
Affairs
This nuanced study of
the workings of covert and diplomatic initiatives provides a thorough analysis
of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.
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 Gender Politics in Latin
America: Debates
in Theory and Practice edited by Elizabeth Dore
“This is a book that
should inspire enthusiasm in even the most weary or impatient student of
gender. No facile assumption goes unexamined nor partial truth left to
stand.... This excellent collection is exceptional in the range of issues it
tackles and the degree of success it achieves in challenging the ideas that
have become received wisdom in women's and gender
studies.”—Journal of latin American Studies
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 The
Latin American City:
by Alan Gilbert (Updated
Ed.)
“Alan Gilbert has
provided those in higher education and the general reader with a very
stimulating and highly accessible introduction to the city in Latin
America.”—The Geographical Journal (London)
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 Mexico’s Hope:An Encounter with Politics and
History by James D. Cockcroft
“Mexico's
Hope is recommended reading for anyone wanting a succinct and articulate
overview of contemporary Mexican politics and economic
development.”—The Midwest Book Review
Mexico's
Hopetells the dramatic story of the making of modern Mexico.
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 Shadows of Tender Fury:
The Letters and
Communiqués of Subcomandante Marcos and the Zapatista Army of National
Liberation Translated by Frank Bardacke, Leslie López, and the
Watsonville California, Human Rights Committee, Introduction by John Ross,
Afterword by Frank Bardacke
“I did not expect
such imagination or clarity from a Subcomandante, nor did I expect the fine
sense of Humor which enriches his writing. He writes with a fine passion for
justice but also with unusual compassion for his adversaries. No boring
political rhetoric or pompous academic cant. Subcomandante Marcos uses
stories—ancient as well as recent—to reveal the origins of the 1994
Zapatista uprising.... Shadows of Tender Fury is essential
reading.”—Leslie Marmon Silko
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 Fight
for the Forest: Chico Mendes in His Own Words
Chico Mendes, the
charismatic founder of the Brazilian rubber tappers’ union, was murdered
by a hired assassin in 1988. As a trade union leader, he won international
acclaim for his role in the nonviolent campaign to protect the Amazon
rainforest, on which the rubber tappers depend for their livelihood.
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