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Adios to tears : the memoirs of a Japanese-Peruvian internee in U.S. concentration camps
Details the formative period of Japanese migration to Peru and, just as importantly, the trying experience of the author, his family, and 1,800 other Japanese-Peruvians who were interned in the US during WWII. Excellent memoir portrays Asian immigrant experience of cultural adaptation in Latin America (eBook).
After Africa : extracts from British travel accounts and journals of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries concerning the slaves, their manners, and customs in the British West Indies
This compilation consists of a sampling of early accounts by 72 missionaries, travelers, and planters over 300 years of British colonization in the "New World." The editors' goal is to explore the extent that African traditions, including ceremonies, work, play, and religion, continued in the Americas.
The Bay of Pigs: The leaders' story of Brigade 2506
The shocking nationwide bestseller that tells the inside, never-before-told, completely documented account of the Cuban invasion, including the controversial indictment of the C.I.A.
Bay of Pigs declassified : the secret CIA report on the invasion of Cuba
Includes the Inspector General's report on the investigation of the Central Intelligence Agency's Bay of Pigs invasion plans as well as commentary on and a chronology of the event.
Cuban missile crisis : the essential reference guide
This book captures the historical context, the minute-by-minute drama, and the profound repercussions of the "Missiles of October" confrontation that brought the very real threat of nuclear attack to the United States' doorstep (eBook).
A documentary history of Brazil
A history of Brazil built around primary sources such as treaties and other official documentation.
El Libertador : Writings of Simon Bolivar
General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington" of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. Although Bolivar never prepared a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations, and letters constitute some of the most eloquent writing not of the independence period alone, but of any period in Latin American history (eBook).
The English in the West Indies; or The bow of Ulysses
After visiting the British colonies in the "West Indian Islands," Froude published his experiences and reflections in 1887.
Episodes of the Revolutionary War
Ernesto Che Guevara became a central leader of the Cuban revolution and one of the outstanding communists of the 20th century. This book is his firsthand account of the military campaigns and political events that culminated in the January 1959 popular insurrection that overthrew the U.S.-backed dictatorship in Cuba.
History will absolve me: the Moncada Trial defence speech, Santiago de Cuba, October 16th, 1953
Translation of a speech written by a young Fidel Castro for his trial for insurrection after the uprising of July 26, 1953.
Hotel Bolivia : the culture of memory in a refuge from Nazism
Spitzer examines his childhood, born of German Jewish refugees in Bolivia. He tells how his parents came to Bolivia and describes their life in the new country. Emphasizes memory and the place of dispossessed German Jews in a foreign country, with Bolivian context in 1940s.
Huenun Ñamku; an Araucanian Indian of the Andes remembers the past
In the 1960's, ethnologist M. Inez Hilger and her assistant, Margaret Murdoch, lived for months among the Araucanians, primarily to collect information on child life. Among the persons they interviewed was an old man who was eager to preserve his people's history. Recorded here are the traditions, history and tales of the Araucanians as he related them.
A journey in Brazil
In the winter of 1865, Agassiz traveled to Brazil with his wife, Elizabeth, who is the chief author of this volume. Louis added scientific facts, including information about his studies of the fauna.
Life in Laredo : a documentary history from the Laredo Archives
Based on documents from the Laredo Archives, this work shows the evolution and development of daily life in a town under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Robert D. Wood, S.M., presents the first one hundred years of history and culture in Laredo up to the mid-nineteenth century. (eBook).
A Man called Bee : studying the Yanomamö
Follows anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon as he collects anthropological field data among the Yanoama Indians of southern Venezuela. Includes information about the Yanomamo, such as their system of kinship ties, their religious beliefs and ceremonies, and the growth and fissioning of their widely scattered villages (online video).
Memory, oblivion, and Jewish culture in Latin America
Latin America has been a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution from 1492, when Sepharad Jews were expelled from Spain, until well into the twentieth century, when European Jews sought sanctuary there from the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. This anthology gathers fifteen essays by historians, creative writers, artists, literary scholars, anthropologists, and social scientists who collectively tell the story of Jewish life in Latin America (eBook).
Mexican history : a primary source reader
A comprehensive and innovative primary source reader in Mexican history from the pre-Columbian past to the neoliberal present. Its selection of documents thoughtfully conveys enduring themes of Mexican history, land and labor, indigenous people, religion, and state formation.
Palante : Young Lords Party
In 1969, a group of young, primarily Puerto Rican activists founded a chapter of the Young Lords Organization in New York City. The Young Lords organized directly in Latino/a communities, challenging slum housing conditions, providing "serve the people programs" that offered food, health services, and child care, and staging dramatic takeovers of neighborhood institutions. Here is the first book by and about the Young Lords.
The Pinochet file : a declassified dossier on atrocity and accountability
Reveals a formerly secret record of complicity with atrocity on the part of the U.S. government. Uses documents that formed the heart of the international campaign to hold Pinochet accountable for murder, torture, and terrorism (eBook).
Small earthquake in Chile; Allende's South America
Part history and current affairs, part travelogue, this is the story of a journey made by Alistair Horne and American politician/journalist, Bill Buckley through Colombia, Peru, Chile and Bolivia. They set off in September 1970, just after a Marxist government had come to power in a free election in Chile.
The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis : Castro, Mikoyan, Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the missiles of November
Based on secret transcripts of top-level diplomacy undertaken by the number-two Soviet leader, Anastas Mikoyan, to settle the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, this book rewrites conventional history. 300 pages of documents include: telegrams, memoranda of conversations, instructions to diplomats, etc.
Tejanos in gray : Civil War letters of Captains Joseph Rafael de La Garza and Manuel Yturri
Forty-one letters and letter fragments written by two Mexican Texans, Captains Manuel Yturri and Joseph Rafael de la Garza, reveal the relationships that characterized the lives of Texan citizens of Mexican descent in the years leading up to and including the Civil War (eBook).
Testimonio : a documentary history of the Mexican American struggle for civil rights
Historical documents help chronicle the struggle of Mexican Americans for equal civil rights in the United States from the early 1800s through the modern era, with individual prefaces for each document and suggestions for further reading (eBook).
The United States discovers Panama : the writings of soldiers, scholars, scientists, and scoundrels, 1850-1905
Marking the centennial of Panama's separation from Colombia in 1903, this volume reprises U.S. images of the isthmus a century ago. The editors have collected a fascinating selection of articles from two of the most influential publications of the era, Harper's Monthly Magazine and the Atlantic Monthly, to illustrate the prejudices and expansionistic rhetoric of the time (eBook).
U.S.-Mexico borderlands : historical and contemporary perspectives
Excellent collection of scholarly essays and primary documents. Covers 1830s-1990s, with the emphasis on the post-1910 era. Work is divided into seven sections, each covering a key issue in borderlands history.
Waiting for snow in Havana : confessions of a Cuban boy
In 1962, at the age of eleven, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Cuba--exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by the revolution. The memories of Carlos's life in Havana are at the heart of this stunning, evocative, and unforgettable memoir.
The World War I diary of José de la Luz Sáenz
José de la Luz Sáenz served in France and Germany in 1918. Published in Spanish in 1933, his annotated book of diary entries and letters recounts not only his own war experiences but also those of his fellow Mexican Americans (eBook).
General Latin American History
Arms Control and Global Security : a Document Guide
Arms Control and Global Security: A Document Guide offers an unprecedented and comprehensive collection of arms-control documents dating from the late-19th century to the present. The book includes documents addressing the control of weapons of mass destruction, the banning of biological and chemical weapons, the weaponization of space, regional arms control, and bilateral agreements, as well as the limitations of conventional weaponry (eBook).
American diaries : an annotated bibliography of published American diaries and journals
V.1 - Diaries written from 1492 to 1844 -- V.2 - Diaries written from 1845 to 1980. This impressive work expands and revises the pioneer efforts of William Matthews 's American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of American Diaries Written Prior to the Year 1861. The authors have increased the scope of the work to include Spanish-American, Alaskan, and Hawaiian material and diaries of American missionaries serving in foreign countries.
Born in blood and fire : Latin American voices
A thematic anthology of primary sources for Latin American social and cultural history, this book draws on newspapers, novels, magazines, and journals―many translated by Chasteen himself―to present compelling narrative accounts of life and society across Latin American history.
The Columbia documentary history of race and ethnicity in America
This invaluable resource documents all eras of the American past, including black/white interactions and the broad spectrum of American attitudes and reactions concerning Native Americans, Irish Catholics, Mexican Americans, Jewish Americans, and other groups. Each of the eight chronological chapters contains a survey essay, an annotated bibliography, and 20 to 30 related public and private primary source documents, including manifestos, speeches, court cases, letters, memoirs, and much more (eBook).
Crisis and opportunity : U.S. policy in Central America and the Caribbean : thirty essays by statesmen, scholars, religious leaders, and journalists
Includes essays on U.S. policy from the 20th century, including "U.S. responsibility in Central America" by Ronald Reagan, "On the Caribbean revolution" by Fidel Castro, and "Crisis and our opportunity" by the Kissinger Commission.
The Declaration of Independence : a global history
In a stunningly original look at the American Declaration of Independence, David Armitage reveals the document in a new light: through the eyes of the rest of the world. Not only did the Declaration announce the entry of the United States onto the world stage, it became the model for other countries to follow.
Defining Documents in American History: Immigration & Immigrant Communities (1650-2016)
This text explores the full history of immigration issues in America, from those early immigrants making their way through Ellis Island, to immigration issues in modern society. With in-depth analysis of a broad range of documents, researchers come away with fresh understanding and insight to study this hot button topic (eBook).
Documents in world history
V.1. The great traditions: from ancient times to 1500 -- V.2. The modern centuries: from 1500 to the present. Documents in World History is a thematically organized, authoritative collection of original sources that highlight political, social, cultural and economic issues in world history. The text also provides documents on the hot topics of gender and cultural history (Reference books must be used in the library).
The encyclopedia of war journalism, 1807-2010
This book examines the development, history, and current state of war journalism. Primary sources are scattered throughout the book; after clicking "Read Online," click on "Primary Documents" to see where they are located (eBook).
The human record : sources of global history
V.1 - to 1500 -- V.2 - Since 1500.
THE HUMAN RECORD is the leading primary source reader for the World History course, providing balanced coverage of the global past. Each volume contains a blend of visual and textual sources which are often paired or grouped together for comparison.
Latin American posters : public aesthetics and mass politics
This book traces four decades of Latin American social and political history during a time of widespread crisis and unrest. With images from the Sam L. Click Collection of Latin American and Iberian Posters at the UNM University Libraries, the book documents radical political, social, and artistic movements whose concerns are as relevant today as in their time.
Manifest destiny
Contains 41 primary pro or con arguments on America's "manifest destiny" in the 1840s; regarding the acquisition of Texas, California, Oregon, etc.
Milestone documents in world history : exploring the primary sources that shaped the world
V. 1. 2350 BCE-1058 CE -- v. 2. 1082-1833 -- v. 3. 1839-1941 -- v. 4. 1942-2000.
Key documents from all important world cultures are included, from the ancient Near East and ancient Egypt to the Greek and Roman Empires, medieval Islam, Renaissance Europe, and modern Africa and Asia. Constitutions, speeches, letters, acts, treaties, and legal cases are all covered (Reference books must be used in the library).
Race and racism in the United States : an encyclopedia of the American mosaic
This book provide readers with comprehensive content supplemented by historical backgrounds, relevant examples from primary documents, and first-hand accounts. To access primary source documents, click List of Primary Documents under Contents. Not all primary sources on this list are available online (eBook).
World History in Documents
Covers key events that have altered world history and promotes the ability to study history with primary sources and the ability to compare aspects of major societies (Reference books must be used in the library).