ISBN: 9780765604125

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New York: Frederick A. Prager, 1964. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good. vi, 160, [2] pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. S… More...

New York: Frederick A. Prager, 1964. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good. vi, 160, [2] pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Sticker on fep. Edwin Lieuwen (February 8, 1923 - May 25, 1988) was an American historian, professor, and author. His area of expertise was focused on Latin America. His work was a major precursor to the establishing of the Latin American Institute. After his return from the Netherlands, he worked for three years as a policy analyst at the United States State Department for three years. In 1957 he was appointed as chairman to the history department as the University of New Mexico. Lieuwen found himself in an academic circle that included France Vinton Scholes as the authority on Latin American studies. His work established the Latin American studies program which would later become the Latin American Institute. He wrote for the Kirkus Review, The Journal of Economic History, Foreign Affairs, and several other academic journals. He was considered an expert in several Latin-American fields including oil in Venezuela. An award was named after Lieuwen by the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies for exceptional teaching and studies into Latin American policy and relations. It was not the intention of the author to "rant against militarism". Rather, it as recognized that the intervention of the armed forces in Latin American politics was an objective fact of political life. Therefore, the focus of this work was upon analysis and understanding of the then present day militarism. To this end, the emphasis was on those seven countries that had recently experienced military coups (Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Brazil) and upon two more in which the military played a rather unique role (Venezuela and El Salvador). In all these nine countries, there was a process, or had recently been a process, a struggle between civilian and military rivals for political control, and in all of them a most serious social crisis existed. Those countries contained over half of Latin America's population and land area and the bulk of its natural resources. Those countries were battlegrounds in the struggle between Communism and democracy., Frederick A. Prager, 1964, 2.5, Chicago, IL: Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America, 1991. Presumed frist edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Slight undulation. Date stamped on first page.. 272 p. Illustrations. Bibliography. The first three authors were each responsible for one chapter. Ms. Mueller was the author of the section on Teaching Strategies. The Foreword includes the following statement: "...readers will no doubt find many of the following accounts of white history brutal. White men were brutal...Not until the educational institutions begin to teach and embracehistorical truth instead of the white historical perspective will the situation change., Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America, 1991, 2.5, Paperback / softback. New. Records of revolts, rebellions, and revolutions provide insight into the nature of the Maya in the colonial period. This work presents five case studies - four in Guatemala and one in Yucatan, Mexico - of 18th-century Maya acts of violent resistance to colonialism., 6<

ISBN: 9780765604125

Records of revolts, rebellions, and revolutions provide insight into the nature of the Maya in the colonial period. This book presents five case studies - four in Guatemala and one in Yuc… More...

Records of revolts, rebellions, and revolutions provide insight into the nature of the Maya in the colonial period. This book presents five case studies - four in Guatemala and one in Yucatan, Mexico - of eighteenth-century Maya acts of violent resistance to colonialism, and, in the process, reveals a great deal about indigenous culture, social structure, politics, economics, lineage, and gender. The author carefully analyzes the causes of, participation in, and resolution of each uprising, explaining the different political, economic, and cultural catalysts, and the scope and outcome of each conflict. Through such detailed narratives, the reader not only learns about the reality of colonialism but also encounters the flesh-and-blood, real-life individuals and groups who resisted, counteracted, circumvented, and defied the Spaniards. These stories reveal the drama, tragedy, and even comedy of the history of ordinary people and everyday life at the time. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>World History>Latin America Hist>Latin Amer Hist, Taylor & Francis Core >1 >T<