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The Annexation of Mexico: From the Aztecs to the I.M.F. by John Ross From a 1995 winner of the American Book Award (Rebellion From the Roots: Indian Uprising in Chiapas) comes a rip-roaring review of Mexico's 500-year resistance to annexation. MORE INFO |
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War Against Oblivion: The Zapatista Chronicles by John Ross John Ross is a celebrated chronicler of Mexico's indigenous Zapatista rebels whose January 1st, 1994 uprising—in the first hours of the North American Free Trade Agreement—set off a chain of events that continues to challenge the corporate globalization of the planet. MORE INFO |
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Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother. In this astonishing true story, award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounts the unforgetable odyssey of a Honduran boy who braves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States. MORE INFO |
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Las Soldaderas Women of the Mexican Revolution Elena Poniatowska The photographs of Las Soldaderas and Elena Poniatowska's remarkable commentary rescue the women of the Mexican Revolution from the dust and oblivion of history. These are the Adelitas and Valentinas celebrated in famous corridos mexicano/as, but whose destiny was much more profound and tragic than the idealistic words of ballads. MORE INFO |
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¡Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible by John Ross A front line account of the Zapatista insurgency. The struggle of the Zapatistas during these past years, writes Ross, "has been a dramatic and inspiring effort to make this other world possible." MORE INFO |