The Human tradition in Latin America : the twentieth century /

This unique collection emphasizes the human element in the study of Latin American history by focusing on the lives of twenty-three men, women, and children. Though they differ widely from each other in background and circumstance, these individuals share a common experience: all are caught up in so...

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Other Authors: Beezley, William H, Ewell, Judith, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1987
Wilmington, Del. : [1987], ©1987
Wilmington, Del. : c1987
Wilmington, Del. : ©1987
Wilmington, Del. : c1987
Wilmington, Del. : [1987]
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Table of Contents:
  • Irma Muller / M. Agosin
  • Doña Sara and Doña Juana : two Bolivian weavers / M.A. Medlin
  • Leoncio Veguilla / H.E. Greer
  • María Ferreira dos Santos / W.E. Hewitt
  • Leticia : a Nicaraguan woman's struggle / D.W. Hart
  • Majito and Carlos Alberto : the Gamín legacy / M. Shifter
  • Ivonne Rivero : urban squatter / E. del Acebo Ibáñez
  • Juan Francisco Lucas : patriarch of the Sierra Norte de Puebla / D. LaFrance and G.P.C. Thomson
  • Miguel Rostaing : dodging blows on and off the soccer field / S. Stein
  • The rough-and-tumble career of Pedro Crespo / G.M. Joseph and A. Wells
  • Marmaduke Grove / F.M. Nunn
  • Juan Esquivel : cotton plantation tenant / V.C. Peloso
  • Angel Santana Suárez : Cuban sugar worker / A.N. Machín
  • Cristobal Arancibia : the life of a Bolivian peasant during the Chaco War, 1932-35 / R.A. Aguirre
  • Pagu : Patrícia Galvão--rebel / S.K. Besse
  • Ofelia Domínguez Navarro : the making of a Cuban socialist feminist / K.L. Stoner
  • George Westerman : a Barbadian descendant in Panama / M.L. Conniff
  • Ligia Parra Jahn : the blonde with the revolver / J. Ewell
  • Carlos Gardel and the tango / H.G. Bensusan
  • Tomasa Muñoz de León : from Precarista to Cooperativista / L.P. Phillips
  • Soledad Fuente / O.J. Martínez