Category Archives: South America

Art and Archaeology of Challuabamba, Ecuador

Challuabamba (ch?-wa-bamba)–now a developing suburb of Cuenca, the principal city in the southern highlands of Ecuador–has been known for a century as an ancient site that produced exceptionally fine pottery in great quantities. Suspecting that Challuabamban ceramics might provide a … Continue reading

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Argentina’s Parallel Currency: The Economy of the Poor (Financial History)

The story of the Red de Trueque in Argentina (RT) exposes the problems of creating a grassroots market system parallel and complementary to the official economy. The RT was launched in 1995 by a group of environmentalists who exchanged goods … Continue reading

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New Homelands: Hindu Communities in Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, Fiji, and East Africa

When the colonial slave trade, and then slavery itself, were abolished early in the 19th century, the British empire brazenly set up a new system of trade using Indian rather than African laborers. The new system of “indentured” labor was … Continue reading

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Focus: Music of Northeast Brazil (Focus on World Music Series)

Focus: Music of Northeast Brazil examines the historical and contemporary manifestations of the music of Brazil, a country with a musical landscape that is layered with complexity and diversity. Based on the author’s field research during the past twenty years, … Continue reading

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The Art and Archaeology of the Moche: An Ancient Andean Society of the Peruvian North Coast

Renowned for their monumental architecture and rich visual culture, the Moche inhabited the north coast of Peru during the Early Intermediate Period (AD 100-800). Archaeological discoveries over the past century and the dissemination of Moche artifacts to museums around the … Continue reading

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Handbook of South American Archaeology

The Handbook of South American Archaeology has been created as a major reference work for archaeologists working in South America, professors and their upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in South American archaeology courses including areal courses (Central Andes, North Andes, … Continue reading

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The Dictator’s Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet

Augusto Pinochet was the most important Third World dictator of the Cold War, and perhaps the most ruthless. In The Dictator’s Shadow, United Nations Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz takes advantage of his unmatched set of perspectives?as a former revolutionary who fought … Continue reading

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The Throes of Democracy: Brazil since 1989 (Global History of the Present)

In the 1980s, Brazil emerged from two decades of military dictatorship and embarked on an experiment in full democracy for the first time in the nation’s history. Since then, Brazilians have sought to live up to the ideals of this … Continue reading

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Routine Politics and Violence in Argentina: The Gray Zone of State Power (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics)

Close to three hundred stores and supermarkets were looted during week-long food riots in Argentina in December 2001. Thirty-four people were reported dead and hundreds were injured. Among the looting crowds, activists from the Peronist party (the main political party … Continue reading

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Brazil: A Global Studies Handbook (Global Studies: Latin America & the Caribbean)

Brazil: A Global Studies Handbook provides an easy-to-access, multifaceted introduction to the worldÕs fifth largest nation—a staggeringly diverse region, socially and geographically, that remains relatively unknown even as it becomes increasingly important on the world stage. Brazil offers an expert … Continue reading

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