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Category : Microcards
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Guide to Microforms in Print
Author: Railfan & Railroad
Author: Open Veins of Latin America
Author: Eduardo GaleanoPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0853459916
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe. Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably. This classic is now further honored by Isabel Allende's inspiring introduction. Universally recognized as one of the most important writers of our time, Allende once again contributes her talents to literature, to political principles, and to enlightenment.
Steichen
Author: Penelope NivenPublisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
A sensitive, intelligent biography of one of the cultural giants of this century. Assembled with scholarly care and animated by the personal voices of Edward Steichen's own family, here is a magnificent portrait of the great photographer's life and work. 50 b&w photos.
Globalizing Automobilism
Author: Gijs MomPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789204623
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Why has “car society” proven so durable, even in the face of mounting environmental and economic crises? In this follow-up to his magisterial Atlantic Automobilism, Gijs Mom traces the global spread of the automobile in the postwar era and investigates why adopting more sustainable forms of mobility has proven so difficult. Drawing on archival research as well as wide-ranging forays into popular culture, Mom reveals here the roots of the exuberance, excess, and danger that define modern automotive culture.
Subject Guide to Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3310
Book Description
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record
Author: The Humboldt Current
Author: Aaron SachsPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199215197
Category : Environmentalism
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Cornell University history and American studies professor Aaron Sachs offers a masterly intellectual history of the impact of 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt on American culture and science.
English as a Global Language
Author: David CrystalPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107611806
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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