Esteban: The African Slave Who Explored America, Dennis Herrick

Автор: Esteban Loustaunau, Lauren Shaw
Название: Telling Migrant Stories: Latin American Diaspora in Documentary Film
ISBN: 1683400232 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781683400233
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Telling Migrant Stories explores how contemporary documentary film gives voice to Latin American immigrants whose stories would not otherwise be heard. Contributors analyze films including Harvest of Empire, Sin País, The Vigil, De Nadie, Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba, Abuelos, La Churona, and Which Way Home as well as internet documentaries distributed via platforms like YouTube. They examine the ways these films highlight the individual agency of immigrants as well as the global systemic conditions that lead to mass migrations from Latin American countries to the United States and Europe.The collection also features interviews with filmmakers Luis Argueta, Jenny Alexander, Tin Dirdamal, Heidi Hassan, and María Cristina Carrillo Espinosa. Their discussions emphasize that because the genre is grounded in fact rather than fiction, it has the ability to profoundly impact audiences. Documentaries prompt viewers to recognize the many worlds migrants depart from, to become immersed in the struggles portrayed, and to consider the stories of immigrants with compassion and solidarity.

Автор: Gilpin R. Blakeslee
Название: John Brown Still Lives!: America S Long Reckoning with Violence, Equality, and Change
ISBN: 1469613956 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469613956
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: From his obsession with the founding principles of the United States to his cold-blooded killings in the battle over slavery's expansion, John Brown forced his countrymen to reckon with America's violent history, its chequered progress toward racial equality, and its resistance to substantive change. Tracing Brown's legacy through writers and artists like Thomas Hovenden, W. E. B. Du Bois, Robert Penn Warren, Jacob Lawrence, Kara Walker, and others, Blake Gilpin transforms Brown from an object of endless manipulation into a dynamic medium for contemporary beliefs about the process and purpose of the American republic. Gilpin argues that the endless distortions of John Brown, misrepresentations of a man and a cause simultaneously noble and terrible, have only obscured our understanding of the past and loosened our grasp of the historical episodes that define America's struggles for racial equality. By showing Brown's central role in the relationship between the American past and the American present, Gilpin clarifies Brown's complex legacy and highlights his importance in the nation's ongoing struggle with the role of violence, the meaning of equality, and the intertwining paths these share with the process of change.

Автор: Bennett Thomas Peter
Название: Florida Explored: The Philadelphia Connection in Bartram`s Tracks
ISBN: 088146693X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780881466935
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: This unique natural history exploration of Florida by members and correspondents of America`s first research natural history museum, Philadelphia`s Academy of Natural Sciences, reveals the science of discovery and collection of unknown plants, animals, fossils, and artifacts of ancient peoples.

Автор: Vernengo Matias, Caldentey Esteban P.
Название: Why Latin American Nations Fail: Development Strategies in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 0520290305 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520290303
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: The question of development is a major topic in courses across the social sciences and history, particularly those focused on Latin America. Many scholars and instructors have tried to pinpoint, explain, and define the problem of underdevelopment in the region. With new ideas have come new strategies that by and large have failed to explain or reduce income disparity and relieve poverty in the region. Why Latin American Nations Fail brings together leading Latin Americanists from several disciplines to address the topic of how and why contemporary development strategies have failed to curb rampant poverty and underdevelopment throughout the region. Given the dramatic political turns in contemporary Latin America, this book offers a much-needed explanation and analysis of the factors that are key to making sense of development today.