Search Results: Americas from Diatrope Books

Washington DC: Organizacion de los Estados Americanos, nd. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Spanish text. 74p. Some nicks and edge wear on dust jacket. Outlines OAS/Audio Visual Programs. 47 pages of B/W and color reproductions, most full-page. Artists include (among others) Roberto Matta (Chile), Jose Clemente Orozco (Mexico), David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexico), and Enrique Grau (Columbia).

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.

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.

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 as 1580. Collection of eleven original essays by Susan E. Ramirez, Catherine Lugar, Mark A. Burkholder, Paul Ganster, Christon Archer, and others. Glossary. Index. 350p. Measures 6x9.25 inches.

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.

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.

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.

California Institute of International Studies, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Unmarked text. Tears and chipping on dust jacket. Map. Tables. Bibliography. Index. 131p. Traces the evolving role of the Mexican government in fostering economic development. Analyzes and exposes myths about the government.

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.

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.

San Francisco: Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. 354p. Illustrated. Proceedings of the Cuarta Mesa Redonda de Palenque, June 8-14, 1980. Participants include Claude F. Baudez, Joan Baxter, Ronald L. Bishop, Gillet G. Griffin, George Kubler, H.B. Nicholson, Ruth Rotsman, and others.

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 by 'exclusion'' from state benefits or the circuits of the modern economy, and driven by voluntary 'exit' decisions resulting from private cost-benefit calculations that lead workers and firms to opt out of formal institutions. Bibliography. 248p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

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.

The American Folklore Society, Inc, 1990. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Illustrated. Articles include "Felling a Song with a New Ax: Writing and the Reshaping of ritual Song Performance in Upland Sulawesi" by Kenneth M. George, "The Sardana: Catalan Dance and Catalan National History" by Stanley Brandes, "Persuasive Suggestions and Reassessing Promises: Emergent Parallelism and Dialogic Encouragement in Song" by Corrine A. Kratz, Commentaries on H.A. Kelly and J. Edgar Hoover. pp.3-122. Reviews.

The American Folklore Society, 1983. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Includes "Fair Young Ladies and Bonny Irish Boys: Pattern in Vernacular Poetics" by Debora Kodish, "The Parry-Lord Theory Meets Operational Structuralism" by Carol L. Edwards, "A Format and Method for Translating Songs" by Donald Bahr,"The Belle Isle Bridge Indicent: Legend Dialect and Semiotic System in the 1943 Detroit Race Riots" by Janet L. Langlois, "De Legendis Urbis: Modern Legends in Ancient Rome" by Bill Ellis. Reviews. pp. 131-255.

Latin American Anthropology Group, 1976. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Slight soiling on cover and first page. 66p. Includes "Ethnohistory in the Study of the Black Population in Mexico" by Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, "United States Colonization Programs for Blacks in Latin America During the 19th century" by Michael D. Olien, "Mission and Leadership Among the 'Merikin' Baptists of Trinidad" by John Stewart and more.

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 natives.

Museo de arte de las Americas, OEA, 1993. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated. 64p. Parallel texts of Spanish and English. Directory of art journals, museums, galleries, cultural centers, art critics, biennials, and art fairs related to Latin American art.

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.