Americas from Diatrope Books

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1967. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Good. Some markings and marginalia. Tanned cover. Published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace March 1967, No 572. Map. 66p. Measures 5.5x8 inches. 4 tables. Covers regional integration, less developed countries, a Central American union, costs, and more.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2004. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Some rubbing on cover. Booklet for children that follows an exhibition organized by the fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC on the Maya civilization. Map. Illustrated throughout. 14p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

World Bank, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Authored by Guillermo E. Perry. William F. Maloney, Omar S. Arias, Pablo Fajnzylber, Andrew D. Mason, Jaime Saavedra-Chanduvi. Charts and Tables Throughout. This book analyzes informality in Latin America, exploring root causes and reasons for and implications of its growth. The authors use two distinct but complementary lenses: informality driven… Read more about this item

University of New Mexico Press, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Bumped edge. Summary of specifications page taped inside cover. Maps and figures. Edited by Louisa Schell Hoberman and Susan Migden Socolow. The Spanish and Portuguese world in the Americas centered on cities. Exploration and conquest quickly gave way to settlements, and some 222 towns existed as early… Read more about this item

Verso, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. A few words written inside back cover. Edited and introduction by Vivian Schelling. Translations by Lorraine Leu. Original essays. Authors include Beatriz Sarlo, Nicolau Sevcenko, Renato Ortiz, Ana Lopez, Jose Jorge de Carvalho, Jose de Souza Martins, Nelson Manrique, and others. 312p.

Vintage, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Unmarked text. An incisive volume of 17 articles that vividly illuminates Latin America's recent history. Topics include Eva Peron, Che Guevara, Cuba, Mario Vargas Llosa, Colombia, and Mexico. 303p. Measures 5x8 inches.

Federacion de Mujeres Cubanas, 1987. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked booklet. Illustrated. 22p. Text in English. The FMC is the Federation of Cuban Women, a group established in 1960 under the revolutionary government with Vilma Espin as its president. Espin fought in the Sierra Maestras with Fidel Castro and Raul Castro and married Raul in 1959. She… Read more about this item

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Exhibition catalog. Maps. Timeline. Illustrated in color and black/white. Descriptive text. 40p. Measures 7.5x10 inches.

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. 72+pp. Illustrated. Label on back cover. Topics range from a history of Guatemala to recommendations for governments.

Regional Government of Magallanes and Chilean Antartica, 2009. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Color reproductions. Text in English. 50p. Measures 4.25x6.5 inches. Puerto Natales is a city in Chilean Patagonia with a population largely descended from immigrants from Chiloe.

McGraw-Hill, 1968. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Black and white illustrations. Chronological table. Index. 144p. Bibliography. The pre-Columbian civilizations of Mexico, Mesoamerica, and South America offer paradoxical mixtures. This book draws on archaeological findings to present the history of the Indian civilizations in America from 500 BC to the Hispanic conquests.

Classroom Publishers Association, 1993. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. B/W illustrations. 48p. Children's magazine on The Moche of Peru. Looks at who they were, textiles and clothing, animals, and dressing the dead. Also activities about the Moche. The Moche civilization flourished from the 1st to the 8th century CE on the northern coast of what is now… Read more about this item

Political Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. Unmarked text. 143p. Summarizes the period in Cuba from 1976-1980 and looks at the fundamental aims for 1981-85.

Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Topics include an outline of Maya history, religion, legends, the calendar, welfare, art and architecture, religious ceremonies, human sacrifice and more. Index. Bibliography. 96p. Illustrated. Map.

San Francisco: Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. 290p. Illustrated. Proceedings of the Fifth Palenque Roundtable Conference, June 12-18, 1983, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Participants include Thor Anderson, Anthony Aveni, Claude Baudez, Ronald Bishop, Alfred Bush, Michael Coe, Esteban Corzo, Jr., John Justeson, Ruth Krochock, Mary Miller, Sam Rundell, Karl Taube, Shirley Witt, and others.… Read more about this item

Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, 1985. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated throughout in B/W. 19p. References. This books is about an exhibition to locate the lake and drawings described by Maler in 1901 in his book Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumacinta Valley. They finally concluded that Lake Petha is called Lake Guineo by the… Read more about this item

Univ of Texas Pr, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on front end page. Maps, tables, photographs. Glossary of Spanish and Quechua terms. Bibliography. Index. 245p.

Institute for Policy Studies, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Definitive reply to the Kissinger Commission report and an antidote to the military solution. 112p. References.

University of Texas Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. 210p. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated. This oral history reflects upon Leal's early life in Mexico, his intellectual formation at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, his work and publications, etc. Leal is one of the most outstanding scholars of Mexican, Latin American and Chicano literatures and the dean of… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Embassy of Chile, 1981. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated in color and B/W. Map. Text in English. Basic data about Chile. 28p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.