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Havana Deco

By: Alejandro G. Alonso,Pedro Contreras,Martino Fagiuoli

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Havana Deco

By: Alejandro G. Alonso,Pedro Contreras,Martino Fagiuoli

An unparalleled tour of the Art Deco-style architecture, interiors, decoration, and art objects of Havana, this colorful book shows the work of Cuban artists, open to the winds of change and to outside influences, who filtered the movement born in Paris through the dazzling beauty of Caribbean nature and made the art their own.

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204

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393732320

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9780393732320

Cuban Cultural Heritage

A Rebel Past for a Revolutionary Nation

By: Pablo Alonso González

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Cuban Cultural Heritage

A Rebel Past for a Revolutionary Nation

By: Pablo Alonso González

The role of cultural heritage and museums in constructing national identity in postcolonial Cuba During Fidel Castro's rule, Cuban revolutionaries coopted and reinterpreted the previous bourgeois national narrative of Cuba, aligning it with revolutionary ideology through the use of heritage and public symbols. By changing uses of the past in the present, they were able to shift ideologies, power relations, epistemological conceptions, and economic contexts into the Cuba we know today. Cuban Cultural Heritage explores the role that cultural heritage and museums played in the construction of a national identity in postcolonial Cuba. Starting with independence from Spain in 1898 and moving through Cuban-American rapprochement in 2014, Pablo Alonso González illustrates how political and ideological shifts have influenced ideas about heritage and how, in turn, heritage has been used by different social actors to reiterate their status, spread new ideologies, and consolidate political regimes. Unveiling the connections between heritage, power, and ideology, Alonso González delves into the intricacies of Cuban history, covering key issues such as Cuba's cultural and political relationships with Spain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and so-called Third World countries; the complexities of Cuba's status as a postcolonial state; and the potential future paths of the Revolution in the years to come. This volume offers a detailed look at the function and place of cultural heritage under socialist states. A volume in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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308

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University Press of Florida

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0813072697

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9780813072692

The Wind Traveler

A Novel

By: Alonso Cueto

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The Wind Traveler

A Novel

By: Alonso Cueto

“Staggering . . . [A] compulsively readable story of a man’s reckoning with a history of violence [and] an essential work of Peruvian literature.” ―Publishers Weekly, starred review A seemingly ordinary man named Ángel sells kitchenware at a store in Lima. In the early 1990s, he had served as a soldier, engaging in brutal acts whose aftermath still reverberates. Now he is forced to reckon with his past when a woman he was instructed to kill enters the store and buys a few items. How can she still be alive? What’s more, how can she not recognize Ángel? Remarkably, she asks him to deliver her purchases to her house. From this moment, Ángel feels compelled to make amends through any means necessary, even if it requires sacrificing his life of quiet retirement. A stirring tribute to the wounded souls who yearn to make peace with the past, The Wind Traveler offers a new vision of the fragile human connections that sustain a deeply fractured world. “A lyrical novel about loss and atonement . . . Cueto’s scenes and descriptions are tactile and immediate, conveying subtext and deeper meaning.” ―Foreword Reviews

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208

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University of Texas Press

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1477317767

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9781477317761

The Spanish American Regional Novel

Modernity and Autochthony

By: Carlos J. Alonso

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The Spanish American Regional Novel

Modernity and Autochthony

By: Carlos J. Alonso

This study provides a radical re-examination of the regional novel, which played a central part in the development of Latin American fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. Professor Alonso presents his argument through challenging readings of three works: Rivera's La Voragine; Gallegos's Dona Barbara and Guiraldes's Don Segundo.

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234

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Cambridge University Press

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0521372100

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9780521372107

Measuring Up

A History of Living Standards in Mexico, 1850–1950

By: Moramay López-Alonso

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Measuring Up

A History of Living Standards in Mexico, 1850–1950

By: Moramay López-Alonso

Measuring Up traces the high levels of poverty and inequality that Mexico faced in the mid-twentieth century. Using newly developed multidisciplinary techniques, the book provides a perspective on living standards in Mexico prior to the first measurement of income distribution in 1957. By offering an account of material living conditions and their repercussions on biological standards of living between 1850 and 1950, it sheds new light on the life of the marginalized during this period. Measuring Up shows that new methodologies allow us to examine the history of individuals who were not integrated into the formal economy. Using anthropometric history techniques, the book assesses how a large portion of the population was affected by piecemeal policies and flaws in the process of economic modernization and growth. It contributes to our understanding of the origins of poverty and inequality, and conveys a much-needed, long-term perspective on the living conditions of the Mexican working classes.

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299

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Stanford University Press

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0804782857

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9780804782852

From My Soul (Desde mi alma)

The Memoir of Alonso A. Abugattas Sr.

By: Alonso A. Abugattas

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From My Soul (Desde mi alma)

The Memoir of Alonso A. Abugattas Sr.

By: Alonso A. Abugattas

Alonso Abugattas is more than a fanatical hunter, fisherman, shooter, and mountain climber. The author also possesses a deep, compulsive, and infectious love of the natural world. His writing evokes the pleasures of hunting, fishing, and shooting, as well as the perils of mountain climbing in the Andes during the 1960s. The stories in his book range from vivid eyewitness narratives that involve adventure, travel, personal struggle, and disregard for safety, to Peruvian history, customs, and geography, as well as discussions on ancient Inca civilization. The book is a mesmerizing blend of mountaineering adventure and high-altitude archeological exploration that describes active volcanoes, grave robbers, and Inca mummies. The book recounts the recovery of a mystery woman, presumed dead since 1945, whose body remained undisturbed near the summit of the Misti volcano until the author, with a team of civilians and Peruvian police, discovered her remains in 1965. It was a stunning recovery that made local and national headlines, but it was just the beginning of this intriguing find that for more than fifty years has continued to haunt the author. His vivid eyewitness accounts include a harrowing encounter of an avalanche on Ampato mountain, snow blindness on Coropuna mountain, eruption of the Ubinas Volcano, and his experience with an inexplicable phenomenon in Mauca Arequipa. In this firsthand account, the author chronicles his excitement, obsession, anxiety, and exhilaration as he prepares for and participates in world-class shooting tournaments in Europe and South America. A riveting account documents all the famous high achievers in the shooting world that he was lucky to meet during his quest to find hunting, fishing, and shooting heaven.

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591

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1098080114

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9781098080112

Thread of Blood

Colonialism, Revolution, and Gender on Mexico's Northern Frontier

By: Ana Mar’a Alonso

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Thread of Blood

Colonialism, Revolution, and Gender on Mexico's Northern Frontier

By: Ana Mar’a Alonso

This outstanding volume links the analysis of community and social organization with macro-level processes and history. Examines how gender, ethnicity, and local concepts of power relate to national identity, economy, and power. A fascinating discussionof Mexican society and the revolutionary change occurring along Mexico's northern border"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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324

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University of Arizona Press

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0816515743

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9780816515745

La Revolución Inglesa (1638-1656)

The English Revolution (1638-1656)

By: Alonso de Cardenas,Ángel Alloza,Glyn Redworth

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La Revolución Inglesa (1638-1656)

The English Revolution (1638-1656)

By: Alonso de Cardenas,Ángel Alloza,Glyn Redworth

La Relación del estado presente de las cosas de Inglaterra escrita por el embajador de Felipe IV en Londres entre los años 1638 y 1656, Don Alonso de Cárdenas, puede ser considerada como una de las primeras y más completas visiones contemporáneas de conjunto sobre la Revolución inglesa. Convertido en testigo privilegiado de todas aquellas vicisitudes merced a sus selectas fuentes de información, Alonso de Cárdenas procede en ella como un auténtico historiador, al no limitarse a relatar simplemente los acontecimientos que se sucedieron en el transcurso de todos aquellos años, sino también a encontrarles una explicación. Haciendo alarde de una perspicacia fuera de lo común, el autor encuentra las claves de aquellas alteraciones en las que por primera vez se derrocaba a un rey que había sido denunciado como traidor, juzgado en el nombre de su pueblo, sentenciado culpable y ejecutado públicamente en la incompetencia del propio Carlos I Estuardo y sus ministros, en la voracidad de los herejes puritanos que intentaban imponer a toda costa un nuevo orden moral basado en sus creencias de pureza y supe rioridad y, en no menor medida, en la consumación de las perfidias de Oliver Cromwell contra unos y otros. Ángel Alloza Aparicio es investigador del CSIC y especialista en temas relacionados con la historia económica y social de la Europa moderna. Junto con Beatriz Cárceles de Gea, es autor de Comercio y riqueza en el siglo XVII. Estudios sobre cultura, política y pensamiento económico (2009). Glyn Redworth es profesor de Historia en la Universidad de Manchester (Reino Unido) y autor de The She-Apostle. The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de Carvajal (2008). En la actualidad prepara un estudio sobre el breve reinado de Felipe I de Inglaterra.

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8499401686

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9788499401683

Book's by Alonso de Cardenas

Havana Deco

Havana Deco

Cuban Cultural Heritage

Cuban Cultural Heritage

The Wind Traveler

The Wind Traveler

The Spanish American Regional Novel

The Spanish American Regional Novel

Measuring Up

Measuring Up

From My Soul (Desde mi alma)

From My Soul (Desde mi alma)

Thread of Blood

Thread of Blood

La Revolución Inglesa (1638-1656)

La Revolución Inglesa (1638-1656)

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