With a focus on Latin America, this series brings together important titles, previously published in other languages, for an English-speaking audience of students and scholars. Designed to expand the books’ reach and share exciting research more widely, the series champions books from Latin American authors publishing in their native tongues. It covers a vast range of diverse topics in the fields of Latin American History and Latin American Studies.
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção
July 05, 2024
Peasant Rebellion in a Slave Society identifies the immediate and remote reasons for the Balaiada revolt in Maranhão, Brazil, analyzing the special characteristics of the region that favored the development of a relatively independent peasantry within and around the cotton, rice, cassava and cattle...
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By Mónica Toussaint, Marisol Garzón
April 07, 2023
This volume explores several issues pertinent to the history of the cross-border region between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize from new explanatory approaches in order to reflect on a history and a reality that are shared by three neighbouring societies, emphasizing the actors and local practices ...
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By Mónica Toussaint, Guillermo Fernández Ampié
March 03, 2023
This book is a collective work published as part of a larger project titled "Mexico-Guatemala cross-border region; regional dimensions and bases for integrated development," the purpose of which is to introduce a series of issues relative to the geopolitical dimension of Mexico’s actions in Central...
By Pablo Yankelevich
September 30, 2022
The Others reconstructs the history of migration and naturalization of foreigners in Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century. Despite never receiving large influxes of foreigners, paradoxically Mexico has applied particularly tight controls on migration and naturalization. Why did it ...