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Palaces of the Ancient New World: Edited by Susan Toby Evans; Edited by Joanne Pillsbury; As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle.; Paperback March 2009

Unclogging the Arteries: Mauricio Mesquita Moreira; Christian Volpe; Juan Blyde; Paperback March 2009

Innocents Abroad: Jonathan Zimmerman; Until the early twentieth century, teachers went abroad with assumptions of their own superiority. But by the mid-twentieth century, they became far more self-questioning about their social assumptions, their educational theories, and the complexity of their role in a foreign society. Drawing on extensive archives of teachers' letters and accounts, Zimmerman's narrative explores the teachers' shifting attitudes about their country and themselves, in a world that was more unexpected than they could have imagined.; Paperback December 2008

Becoming Brazuca: Edited by Clémence Jouët-Pastré; Edited by Leticia J. Braga; Brazilians in the United States are a relatively new wave of immigrants from South America. This volume offers a broad-ranging discussion of an understudied population and also brings insights into the core issues of immigration research: how immigration can complicate issues of social class, race, and ethnicity, how it intersects with the educational system, and how it fits into the assimilation paradigm.; Paperback September 2008

Classic-Period Cultural Currents in Southern and Central Veracruz: Edited by Philip J. Arnold; Edited by Christopher A. Pool; This book explores the diverse traditions and dynamic interactions along the Mexican Gulf lowlands at the height of their cultural florescence. Best known for their elaborate ball game rituals and precocious inscriptions with long-count dates, these cultures served as a critical nexus between the civilizations of highland Mexico and the lowland Maya, influencing developments in both regions.; Hardcover June 2008

Privatization for the Public Good?: Edited by Alberto Chong; Using unique household data sets for six Latin American countries, the essays collected in this volume put together a compelling picture of the effects of privatization.; Paperback May 2008

Policymaking in Latin America: Edited by Ernesto Stein; Edited by Mariano Tommasi; Edited by Carlos Scartascini; Edited by Pablo Spiller; What determines the capacity of countries to design, approve, and implement effective public policies? To address this issue, this book builds on the results of a comparative study of political institutions, policymaking processes, and policy outcomes in eight Latin American countries. The volume benefits from both micro detail on the intricacies of policymaking in individual countries and a broad cross-country interdisciplinary analysis of the process in the region.; Paperback March 2008

Outsiders?: Economic and Social Progress in Latin America, 2008 Report; Edited by Gustavo Márquez; Despite decades of reform and global integration, many people in Latin America claim they are worse off. This book argues that democratization, macroeconomic stabilization, and globalization have disrupted the traditional labor-market-based paths of integration based on public and formal employment and made those left behind more vulnerable to the traditional forces of discrimination and exclusion.; Paperback March 2008

Gardens and Cultural Change: Edited by Michel Conan; Edited by Jeffrey Quilter; Five authors explore the variety of relationships between garden making and cultural change in Argentina, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States. They show how gardens express popular cultural invention and attempts at political manipulation, as well as provide places of cultural resistance by subjugated people.; Paperback February 2008

Variations in the Expressions of Inka Power: Edited by Richard L. Burger; Edited by Craig Morris; Edited by Ramiro Matos; Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture to flourish in Andean South America before the sixteenth-century arrival of the Spaniards. Using a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, scholars from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities provide a new understanding of Inka culture and history.; Hardcover January 2008