Latin America — Markus Wiener Publishers

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Puerto Rico’s Revolt for Independence: El Grito de Lares
	de Wagenheim, Olga Jiménez Subject: Caribbean	This book interprets Puerto Rico’s first and most significant attempt to end its colonial dependence on Spain. Looking at the imperial policies and conditions within Puerto Rico that led to the 1868 rebellion known as El Grito de Lares (the … More Information

Santiago Pérez Triana (1858–1916) Colombian Man of Letters and Crusader for Hemispheric Unity
	Rausch, Jane Subject: Latin Amerivan History, American History, World History, Biography,	The son of radical Colombian president Santiago Pérez Manosalbas, Pérez Triana was forced into exile after a scandal involving his business ventures, fleeing over the Andes and down three rivers to the Atlantic and a new life in the … More Information

Simón Bolívar: History and Myth
	Zeuske, Michael (translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Latin America	All over Latin America, and especially in the Venezuela of Hugo Chavez, Latin America’s liberator, Simón Bolívar, is a political idol and symbol of that continent’s new political self-confidence. The legends about him remain alive and have been the basis … More Information

Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico: Conspiracies and Uprisings, 1795-1873
	Baralt, Guillermo A. Subject: Caribbean	Winner of the Puerto Rico PEN Club Award From the emergence of the first sugar plantations up until 1873, when slavery was abolished, the wealth amassed by many landowners in Puerto Rico derived mainly from the exploitation … More Information

Somoza and the Legacy of U.S. Involvement in Central America
	Diederich, Bernard Subject: Caribbean, Latin America, Us History	This engaging story of Nicaragua’s notorious tyrant is more than a biography. Solidly written for a general as well as scholarly audience, it paints a portrait of the man against a backdrop of Nicaragua’s political structure, social circumstance, and economic … More Information

Space and History in the Caribbean
	Lara, Oruno D. Subject: Caribbean	Oruno D. Lara explains the history of the Caribbean as a history of exploitation. From Christopher Columbus to the modern vacationer, outside observers have looked upon the Caribbean as a paradise on earth. However, behind the images of sea, … More Information

Stella: The Epic Saga of the Haitian Revolution
	Bergeaud, Emeric (translated by Adriana Umaña Hossman; introduction by Luis Duno-Gottberg) Subject: Caribbean, Latin America: Colonialism, World Literature	Emeric Bergeaud’s Stella (1859), the first Haitian novel ever published, combines descriptions of moving scenes with factual accounts of the thirteen years of the Haitian revolution (1791-1804). Stella is an epic saga: the novel’s chapter headings refer to major events … More Information

Taíno Revival: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican Identity and Cultural Politics
	Haslip-Viera, Gabriel, editor Subject: Caribbean	This simulating and timely collection examines the Taíno revival movement, a grassroots conglomeration of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos who promote or have adopted the culture and pedigree of the pre-Columbian Taíno Indian population of Puerto Rico and the … More Information

The African Experience in Spanish America
	Rout, Leslie, Jr. Subject: Africa, Latin America, History of Slavery	This pioneering book, a founding text of African diaspora studies, continues to hold a prominent place in any bibliography of its field and remains the only general history on the people of African descent in the Spanish-speaking nations of … More Information

The Bear and the Porcupine: The US and Mexico
	Davidow, Jeffrey Subject: Latin America, U.S. History	Jeffrey Davidow coined the phrase “the bear and the porcupine”—which has now entered Mexican political discourse—to describe the difficult relationship between the hypersensitive Mexican “porcupine” and the “insensitive” American bear. In this revised and expanded second edition, Davidow picks up … More Information