Juan de la Rosa

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199938873
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Book Synopsis Juan de la Rosa by : Nataniel Aguirre

Download or read book Juan de la Rosa written by Nataniel Aguirre and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-04-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long considered a classic in Bolivia, Juan de la Rosa tells the story of a young boy's coming of age during the violent and tumultuous years of Bolivia's struggle for independence. Indeed, in this remarkable novel, Juan's search for his personal identity functions as an allegory of Bolivia's search for its identity as a nation. Set in the early 1800s, the novel is narrated by one of the last surviving Bolivian rebels, octogenarian Juan de la Rosa. Juan recreates his childhood in the rebellious town of Cochabamba, and with it a large cast of full bodied, Dickensian characters both heroic and malevolent. The larger cultural dislocations brought about by Bolivia's political upheaval are echoed in those experienced by Juan, whose mother's untimely death sets off a chain of unpredictable events that propel him into the fiery crucible of the South American Independence Movement. Outraged by Juan's outspokenness against Spanish rule and his awakening political consciousness, his loyalist guardians banish him to the countryside, where he witnesses firsthand the Spaniards' violent repression and rebels' valiant resistance that crystallize both his personal destiny and that of his country. In Sergio Gabriel Waisman's fluid translation, English readers have access to Juan de la Rosa for the very first time.

Mexican Americans in Los Angeles

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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738580067
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Mexican Americans in Los Angeles by : Alex Moreno Areyan

Download or read book Mexican Americans in Los Angeles written by Alex Moreno Areyan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexican Americans established and nurtured the foundation, fiber, and fabric of Los Angeles since the first pobladores arrived in 1781. Pride in family, work, community, and religion coalesces into their legacy from East Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley to the port areas of Wilmington and San Pedro. Men and women of Mexican heritage comprised 47 percent of Los Angeles County's Latino population in the 21st century. The modern Mexican American saga is embodied in the success of Congressman Edward Roybal, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal Allard, dynamic civic leader Dionicio Morales, and Los Angeles County supervisor Gloria Molina. Labor leader Cesar Chavez instilled passion and hope, while prizefighters Art Aragon, Paul Gonzalez, and Oscar De La Hoya and actors Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Ricardo Montalban, and Edward James Olmos provided inspiration. The city's first Mexican American mayor in more than a century, Antonio Villaraigosa, was elected in 2005. This book is a distillation of a proud people's contributions to, and achievements in, a great city.

Latinos in Pasadena

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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738569550
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (695 download)

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Download or read book Latinos in Pasadena written by Roberta H. Martínez and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories of Pasadena are rich in details about important citizens, time-honored traditions, and storied enclaves such as Millionaires Row and Lamanda Park. But the legacies of Mexican Americans and other Latino men and women who often worked for Pasadena's rich and famous have been sparsely preserved through the generations--even though these citizens often made remarkable community contributions and lived in close proximity to their employers. A fuller story of the Pasadena area can be provided from these vintage images and the accompanying information culled from anecdotes, master's theses, newspaper articles, formal and informal oral histories, and the Ethnic History Research Project compiled for the City of Pasadena in 1995. Among the stories told is that of Antonio F. Coronel, a one-time Mexican Army officer who served as California state treasurer from 1866 to 1870 and whose image graced the 1904 Tournament of Roses program.

Assumption and Other Stories

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Publisher : Bilingual Review Press (AZ)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
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Book Synopsis Assumption and Other Stories by : Daniel A. Olivas

Download or read book Assumption and Other Stories written by Daniel A. Olivas and published by Bilingual Review Press (AZ). This book was released on 2003 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Daniel A. Olivas is a rising voice in Chicano fiction whose talents are showcased in this collection of eighteen remarkable short stories set in Southern California. He populates the urban landscapes of his stories with characters that mirror the complex and multifaceted nature of class, gender, and ethnicity in modern Latino communities. Shifting effortlessly between pathos and wry comedy, Olivas is able through his character-driven stories to explore how a married couple deals with miscarriage, how a young lawyer explains her lesbian sexuality to her traditional parents, and how the staff and students of a Catholic school experience the suicide of a popular young priest amidst swirling rumors of his sexual improprieties. Olivas writes in a variety of styles, and the colorful characters and unusual situations addressed in ASSUMPTION AND OTHER STORIES reflect a community that defies easy categorizations and stereotypes.

Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles

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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738581804
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Book Synopsis Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles by : Francisco E. Balderrama

Download or read book Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles written by Francisco E. Balderrama and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images of Baseball: Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles celebrates the flourishing culture of the great pastime in East Los Angeles and other communities where a strong sense of Mexican identity and pride was fostered in a sporting atmosphere of both fierce athleticism and social celebration. From 1900, with the establishment of the Mexican immigrant community, to the rise of Fernandomania in the 1980s, baseball diamonds in greater Los Angeles were both proving grounds for youth as they entered their educations and careers, and the foundation for the talented Forty-Sixty Club, comprised of players of at least 40, and often over 60, years of age. These evocative photographs look back on the great Mexican American teams and players of the 20th century, including the famous Chorizeros--the proclaimed "Yankees of East L.A."

Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach

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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738546995
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach written by Alex Moreno Areyan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The century-old presence of Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach is an important, colorful part of the history of Los Angeles County's South Bay region. This evocative pictorial history documents the ways in which this group left significant marks on the economic, agricultural, academic, religious, professional, and governmental fabric of both communities. World War II heroes, star athletes, lawyers, professors, teachers, city councilmen, a judge, an astrophysicist, and many other professionals have come from this heritage. The first known Mexican American in Redondo Beach was Mauro Gonzales, who arrived in 1900 to unload ships at the city's old wooden pier. He was followed in 1910 by Domingo Moreno, who fostered 12 children, and Mauricio Colin, who had 13, after they escaped the Mexican Revolution. They initiated a large and vibrant Mexican American community, one that has virtually been ignored by conventional histories.

Piloto

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
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Book Synopsis Piloto by : Henry Cervantes

Download or read book Piloto written by Henry Cervantes and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of a migrant field worker who over-came poverty and prejudice to become a Lt. Col. in the USAF and, more importantly, one of only a handful of Mexican-Americans to break into the tight fraternity of Caucasian military pilots assigned to the Strategic Air Command's elite test flight programs.

The Federal Service Impasses Panel

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (355 download)

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Mariachi for Gringos

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Publisher : Ralph Behr
ISBN 13 : 9781424303168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Mariachi for Gringos written by Gil Sperry and published by Ralph Behr. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only portable, comprehensive collection of the Mariarchi Top 50, including lyrics in Spanish and English, plus lead sheets, melody line and chord symbols. Perfect for vocals, guitar and piano.

A Tejano Son of Texas

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ISBN 13 : 9780072251012
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Corrupt Histories

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Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 9781580461733
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Book Synopsis Corrupt Histories by : Emmanuel Kreike

Download or read book Corrupt Histories written by Emmanuel Kreike and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corruption is a preoccupation of governments and societies across place and time, from the 18th-19th Century British, Chinese, and Iberian empires to 20th Century Nazi Germany, Russia, the United States, and India. This study offers three different perspectives on corruption. The first chapters highlight corrupt practices, taking as a point of departure a technocratic definition of corruption. The second part of the book views corruption through the lens of discourses of corruption, revealing that accusations of corruption have been employed as tools, often in the context of contestations of power. The essays in the third part of the book treat corruption as a process, taking into account its causes and effects and their impact on society, economics, and politics. Contributors: Jeremy Adelman, Virginie Coulloudon, William Doyle, Diego Gambetta, Norman J. W. Goda, Robert Gregg, Michael Johnston, William Chester Jordan, Emmanuel Kreike, Vinod Pavarala, Dilip Simeon, Pierre-Etienne Will, David Witwer, Philip Woodfine William Chester Jordan is Professor of History at Princeton University; Emmanuel Kreike is Assistant Professor of African History and Director of the African Studies Program at Princeton University

Court Patronage and Corruption in Early Stuart England

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134870418
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Court Patronage and Corruption in Early Stuart England written by Linda Levy Peck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging volume goes to the heart of the revisionist debate about the crisis of government that led to the English Civil War. The author tackles questions about the patronage that structured early modern society, arguing that the increase in royal bounty in the early seventeenth century redefined the corrupt practices that characterized early modern administration.

The Sons of Guadalupe

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ISBN 13 : 9781934379837
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (798 download)

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Book Synopsis The Sons of Guadalupe by : Michael Raúl Ornelas

Download or read book The Sons of Guadalupe written by Michael Raúl Ornelas and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Guadalupe, California, a town of 2,500 residents in 1965 contributed 228 Vietnam era veterans during the 1960s and early 1970s, at a ratio 300% above the national average. Of these men, 148 were Chicanos, 34 were Anglo Americans, 34 were Filipino Americans and 12 were of Japanese descent. There were also 56 sets of brothers which included at least 116 of the men. Read of their life in small-town America before the war, their war experiences and how the war continues to influence their lives today. Read the transcripts of over 25 word-for-word interviews that cover topics like their Vietnam War experiences and their town when they were growing up and their difficult transitions to civilian life since, photos during their war experiences and the multi-cultural history of their town. Read of the history of the town, from the filming of the first Ten Commandments movie at the local dunes to the return by the veterans to the town to form the Central Coast Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America. Read of the war exploits of men like Ernie Serrano, recipient of 12 medals for valor and other stories of struggle and triumph."--Description from www.amazon.com

Colonial Latin America

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis Colonial Latin America by : Mark A. Burkholder

Download or read book Colonial Latin America written by Mark A. Burkholder and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now featuring scholarship published since the first edition, revised lists of recommended readings that include important books published since 1988, and appendices of rulers of Spain and Portugal, this lively, very readable history provides a concise yet comprehensive study of the Iberian colonies in the New World from the pre-conquest background through European exploration, conquest, and colonization, to the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century. As before, numerous photographs and maps lend immediacy to the narrative, and biographical examples of both conqueror and conquered illustrate colonial life. Clear and engaging, this extremely well-balanced book is invaluable for anyone who wants to learn about Latin America's colonial legacy and difficult transition into the modern era.

The Cuban Republic and José Martí

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Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739112250
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (122 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cuban Republic and José Martí by : Mauricio A. Font

Download or read book The Cuban Republic and José Martí written by Mauricio A. Font and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jose Marti contributed greatly to Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain with words as well as revolutionary action. Although he died before the formation of an independent republic, he has since been hailed as a heroic martyr inspiring Cuban republican traditions.

Comparing Political Corruption and Clientelism

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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754643562
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (435 download)

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Book Synopsis Comparing Political Corruption and Clientelism by : Junʼichi Kawata

Download or read book Comparing Political Corruption and Clientelism written by Junʼichi Kawata and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corruption and clientelism have rarely been perceived as structural products of an interwoven connection between capital accumulation, bureaucratic rationalization, interest intermediation and political participation from below. This comprehensive volume breaks new ground by analyzing key aspects of the debate.

The Corrupt Society

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Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Corrupt Society written by Robert Payne and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1975 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: