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Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America by Pribble, Jennifer

“…Systems of social protection can provide crucial assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable groups in society, but not all systems are created equally. In…”
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Maras : gang violence and security in Central America by Bruneau, Thomas C, Dammert, Lucía, Skinner, Elizabeth

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First peoples in a new world: colonizing ice age America by Meltzer, David J.

“…More than 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America, a continent that was then truly a new world. Just…”
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Culture Works: Space, Value, and Mobility Across the Neoliberal Americas by Davila, Arlene

“…Culture Works addresses and critiques an important dimension of the work of culture, an argument made by enthusiasts of creative economies that culture…”
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The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America by Madrid, Raúl L.

“…The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America explores why indigenous movements have recently won elections for the first time in the history of the region…”
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From Movements to Parties in Latin America: The Evolution of Ethnic Politics by Van Cott, Donna Lee

“…Provides a detailed treatment of an important topic that has received no scholarly attention: the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples' movements…”
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Fossil legends of the first Americans by Mayor, Adrienne, Mayor, Adrienne

“…The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later,…”
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Economic mobility and the rise of the latin american middle class by Ferreira, Francisco H. G, Messina, Julian, Rigolini, Jamele, Lopez-Calva, Luis-Felipe, Lugo, Maria Ana, Vakis, Renos, Lopez-Calva, Luis Felipe

“…After decades of stagnation, the size of Latin America's middle class recently expanded to the point where, for the first time ever, the number of people in…”
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Poison arrows : North American Indian hunting and warfare by Jones, David E

“…Biological warfare is a menacing twenty-first-century issue, but its origins extend to antiquity. While the recorded use of toxins in warfare in some ancient…”
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Citizens in a strange land : a study of German-American broadsides and their meaning for Germans in North America, 1730-1830 by Wellenreuther, Hermann

“…In Citizens in a Strange Land, Hermann Wellenreuther examines the broadsides—printed single sheets—produced by the Pennsylvania German community. These…”
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Indigenous and Black Confraternities in Colonial Latin America: Negotiating Status through Religious Practices by Jaque Hidalgo, Javiera, Valerio, Miguel A.

“…Employing a transregional and interdisciplinary approach, this volume explores indigenous and black confraternities -or lay Catholic brotherhoods- founded in…”
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"Times are altered with us": american indians from contact to the new republic by Carpenter, Roger M

“…"Times Are Altered with Us": American Indians from Contact to the New Republic offers a concise and engaging introduction to the turbulent 300-year-period of…”
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Imagining Asia in the Americas by Rivas, Zelideth María, Lee-DiStefano, Debbie

“…For centuries, Asian immigrants have been making vital contributions to the cultures of North and South America. Yet in many of these countries, Asians are…”
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Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830 by Elliott, John Huxtable

“…This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus's arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule…”
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From the Skin: Defending Indigenous Nations Using Theory and Praxis by Estes, Nick, Boxer, Elise, Clark, Jerome Jeffery

“…In this volume, contributors demonstrate the real-world application of Indigenous theory to the work they do in their own communities and how this work is…”
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Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science by TallBear, Kim

“…Who is a Native American? And who gets to decide? From genealogists searching online for their ancestors to fortune hunters hoping for a slice of casino…”
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Afterlives of Confinement: Spatial Transitions in Postdictatorship Latin America by Draper, Susana

“…During the age of dictatorships, Latin American prisons became a symbol for the vanquishing of political opponents, many of whom were never seen again. In the…”
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Sharing Our Knowledge: The Tlingit and Their Coastal Neighbors by Henrikson, Steve, Kan, Sergei

“…Sharing Our Knowledgebrings together Native elders, tradition bearers, educators, cultural activists, anthropologists, linguists, historians, and museum…”
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Theft Is Property: Dispossession and Critical Theory by Nichols, Robert

“…Drawing on Indigenous peoples' struggles against settler colonialism, Theft Is Property! reconstructs the concept of dispossession as a means of explaining how…”
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Futbolera : a history of women and sports in Latin America by Elsey, Brenda, Nadel, Joshua H.

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