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Author : Jorge Majfud
Publisher : Humanus
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1956760040
US-Latin American history
Author : Greg Grandin
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250179814
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE A new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump’s border wall. Ever since this nation’s inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States’ belief in itself as an exceptional nation – democratic, individualistic, forward-looking. Today, though, America hasa new symbol: the border wall. In The End of the Myth, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin explores the meaning of the frontier throughout the full sweep of U.S. history – from the American Revolution to the War of 1898, the New Deal to the election of 2016. For centuries, he shows, America’s constant expansion – fighting wars and opening markets – served as a “gate of escape,” helping to deflect domestic political and economic conflicts outward. But this deflection meant that the country’s problems, from racism to inequality, were never confronted directly. And now, the combined catastrophe of the 2008 financial meltdown and our unwinnable wars in the Middle East have slammed this gate shut, bringing political passions that had long been directed elsewhere back home. It is this new reality, Grandin says, that explains the rise of reactionary populism and racist nationalism, the extreme anger and polarization that catapulted Trump to the presidency. The border wall may or may not be built, but it will survive as a rallying point, an allegorical tombstone marking the end of American exceptionalism.
Author : Fredrick B. Pike
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780292787896
The lazy greaser asleep under a sombrero and the avaricious gringo with money-stuffed pockets are only two of the negative stereotypes that North Americans and Latin Americans have cherished during several centuries of mutual misunderstanding. This unique study probes the origins of these stereotypes and myths and explores how they have shaped North American impressions of Latin America from the time of the Pilgrims up to the end of the twentieth century. Fredrick Pike's central thesis is that North Americans have identified themselves with "civilization" in all its manifestations, while viewing Latin Americans as hopelessly trapped in primitivism, the victims of nature rather than its masters. He shows how this civilization-nature duality arose from the first European settlers' perception that nature—and everything identified with it, including American Indians, African slaves, all women, and all children—was something to be conquered and dominated. This myth eventually came to color the North American establishment view of both immigrants to the United States and all our neighbors to the south.
Author : Fredrick B. Pike
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015025199178
How North Americans have viewed Latin America, from the time of the Pilgrims up to the end of the twentieth century.
Author : Charles Alistair Michael Hennessy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : UOM:39015008327820
Glossary in Spanish and English. Bibliography: p. 164-187. Includes index.
Author : Hartley Burr Alexander
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : EAN:4064066309640
This edition presents a thorough and comprehensive study on the folklore and legends of the native inhabitants of Central and South America. The materials for the study of native traditions are striking and various, from the usual demoniac beliefs and animistic credulities, to elaborate formations such as the Aztec and Maya pantheons, or the enigmatic Peruvian dogma. The study also explores the mythology of Caribbean people, as well as the legends from Amazon, Brazil, and the tales from the far south of the continent. Webster's Dictionary from 1903-1908, then became professor of philosophy at the University of Nebraska.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172140282830
Author : Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810892880
The Western tradition, with its well-worn tropes, readily identifiable characters, iconic landscapes, and evocative soundtracks, is not limited to the United States. Western, or Western-inspired films have played a part in the output of numerous national film traditions, including Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America. In International Westerns: Re-Locating the Frontier, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have assembled a collection of essays that explore the significance and meanings of these films, their roots in other media, and their reception in the national industries which gave them form. Among the questions that the volume seeks to answer are: What do Westerns not made in the U.S. reveal? In what ways do they challenge or support the idea of national literatures and cinemas? How do these films negotiate nation, narrative, and genre? Divided into five sections, the twenty essays in this volume look at films from a wide range of national cinemas, such as France (The Adventures of Lucky Luke), Germany (Der Schuh des Maitu), Brazil (O Cangaceiro), Eastern Europe (Lemonade Joe), and of course, Asia (Sukiyaki Western Django). Featuring contributions from a diverse group of international scholars—often writing about Westerns adapted to their own national traditions—these essays address such matters as competing national film traditions, various forms of satire and comedy based on the Western tradition, the range of cultural adaptations of the traditional Western hero, the ties between the nation-state and the outlaw, and Westerns in a variety of unanticipated guises. Representing a broader look at global Westerns than any other single volume to date—and featuring more than 70 illustrations—International Westerns will be of interest to scholars of film, popular culture, and cultural history.
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1426 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116493800
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author : Tore Bjørgo,Miroslav Mareš
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429939259
This edited volume traces the rise of far right vigilante movements – some who have been involved in serious violence against minorities, migrants and other vulnerable groups in society, whereas other vigilantes are intimidating but avoid using violence. Written by an international team of contributors, the book features case studies from Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, and Asia. Each chapter is written to a common research template examining the national social and political context, the purpose of the vigilante group, how it is organised and operates, its communications and social media strategy and its relationship to mainstream social actors and institutions, and to similar groups in other countries. The final comparative chapter explores some of the broader research issues such as under which conditions such vigiliantism emerges, flourishes or fails, policing approaches, masculinity, the role of social media, responses from the state and civil society, and the evidence of transnational co-operation or inspiration. This is a groundbreaking volume which will be of particular interest to scholars with an interest in the extreme right, social movements, political violence, policing and criminology.
Author : Hartley Burr Alexander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1017131740
Author : Richard Slotkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:473965365
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Sociology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114608172
CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Author : Grażyna Zygadło
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000982510
Gloria E. Anzaldúa is a crucial figure in contemporary border and women’s studies. When in 1987 she published her groundbreaking book Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, she became one of the most often quoted writers of the US–Mexico border, but she remains relatively little known outside Americas. In one of the first monographs written on her work, Grażna Zygadło introduces Anzaldúa’s work and outlines her feminist revisionist thinking to new audiences, especially in Europe. The author defines these borderlands as areas where numerous systems of power, exploitation, and oppression intersect – capitalism, patriarchy, racism, and white man’s supremacy. She also concentrates on the innovative philosophy of women’s writing from the body that Anzaldúa has propagated and on her formative role in the women of color feminism. Zygadło also works to expand Anzaldúa’s borderland thinking by applying it to the recent issues related to migration crisis and border problems in the European Union – namely the contradictory treatment of refugees at the Polish eastern border. Gloria E. Anzaldúa is situated at the intersection of various disciplines, in particular, American cultural studies, feminist criticism, and Latin American postcolonial studies, and is a valuable source of knowledge about Anzaldúa’s ideas for undergraduate and graduate students.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951P00461046M