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New Latin American and Spanish Acquisitions in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  Current Southern Cone History and Social Science
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay

Águila, Gabriela
Dictadura, represión y sociedad en Rosario, 1976/1983: Un estudio sobre la represión y los comportamientos y actitudes sociales en dictadura.
Buenos Aires: Prometeo, first edition, 2008, 363p., biblio., notes. Col. Historia Argentina. [History. On the Argentine military dictatorship in Rosario between 1976 and 1983. Analyzes the nature and societal impacts of repression, and studies the perpetrators as well as victims. Based on the author’s doctoral thesis.]
ISBN: 9789875742413   $35.50
Andahazi, Federico
Argentina con pecado concebida: Historia sexual de los argentinos II.
Buenos Aires: Grupo Editorial Planeta, 1st ed., 2009, 280p., biblio. [Social history. Second of three volumes, by award-winning Argentine novelist, on the history of Argentine sexuality, from the May Revolution of 1810 to the 1930 coup d’état. Focuses on how the nation’s libido impacted its development. Topics range from Sarmiento to the nudists of the Río del Plata.]
ISBN: 9789504920434   $35.70
Araujo, Kathya
Habitar lo social: Usos y abusos en la vida cotidiana en el Chile actual.
Santiago: LOM, first edition, 2009, 219p., biblio., notes. Col. Escafandra, Serie Individuo y Ciencias Sociales. [Sociology. On societal norms in contemporary Chile, focusing on discrepancies between classes. Discusses acceptable behavior, and inappropriate license taken by the upper and middle class. Topics include discrimination, violence and socioeconomics, among others.]
ISBN: 9789560000590   $23.50
Badaró, Máximo
Militares o ciudadanos: la formación de los oficiales del Ejército Argentino.
Prol. by Elizabeth Jelin. Buenos Aires: Prometeo, 1st ed., 2009, 363p., biblio., notes. Col. Miradas Antropológicas. [History. On the history and formation of the Argentine military, from its initial organization during the late 19th c. to its contemporary public image. Topics include the Colegio Nacional Militar, gender issues and civic-military relations. Based on the author’s 2006 thesis.]
ISBN: 9789875743274   $37.30
Barrancos, Dora
Mujeres, entre la casa y la plaza.
Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 1st ed., 2008, 202p., biblio. Col. Nudos de la historia argentina. [History. Studies women as a social group within the context of Argentine history during the 19th and 20th c. Discusses the feminist movement of the 1920s, women in the workplace and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, among other topics.]
ISBN: 9789500729673   $30.00
Bartolucci, Mónica I.
Pequeños grandes señores: Italianos y estrategias de ascenso social Mar del Plata 1910-1930.
Buenos Aires: Prometeo, first edition, 2009, 128p., biblio., notes, b&w photo, b&w ill., charts, diagrams. Col. Prometeo Bicentenario. [History. Based on the author’s master’s thesis, on a group of mostly Italian immigrants in early 20th c. Mar del Plata, and their impact on the development of the city. Provides historical context, and studies specific individuals as well as general trends. Central topics include economics and social structures.]
ISBN: 9789875743137   $29.50
Biscay, Accarette du
Viajes al Río de la Plata y a Potosí (1657-1660).
Trans., intro. and notes by Jean-Paul Duviols. Doral: Stockcero, re-edition, 2008, (c. 1670, France), 105p., biblio., notes, onomastic index, thematic index, topographic index, b&w maps, b&w facsim. [Travel narrative. Contains the accounts of Accarette du Biscay’s two trips to the Río de la Plata and Potosí between 1657 and 1660. A businessman and smuggler, his descriptions of the daily life and customs he encountered provide unique insight into the history of the region.]
ISBN: 9781934768075   $28.50
Bohoslavsky, Ernesto
El complot patagónico: nación, conspiracionismo y violencia en el sur de Argentina y Chile, siglos XIX y XX.
Buenos Aires: Prometeo, first edition, 2009, 273p., biblio., notes. Col. Estudios Patagónicos. [History. Based on the author’s doctoral thesis, on conspiracy theories regarding Patagonia. Studies the historical roots and political impact of these theories. Discusses the 1921 event known as the Tragic Patagonia and the land dispute between Argentina and Chile during the 1930s and 1940s.]
ISBN: 9789875743311   $34.50
Bouret, Daniela; Remedi, Gustavo
Escenas de la vida cotidiana: El nacimiento de la sociedad de masas (1910-1930).
Montevideo: Banda Oriental, first edition, 2009, 375p., notes, tables, b&w photos, b&w facsim. [History. On early 20th c. Uruguayan social history and cultural development, studied through an analysis of daily life and customs. Topics include domestic life, behavioral trends and use of time. Follows Silvia Rodríguez Villamil’s 2006 Escenas de la vida cotidiana: La antesala del siglo XX (1980-1910).]
ISBN: 9789974105966   $35.40
Bragoni, Beatriz; Mata, Sara E. (Comp.)
Entre la Colonia y la República: Insurgencias, rebeliones y cultura política en América del Sur.
Buenos Aires: Prometeo, first edition, 2008, 357p., biblio., biobiblio., notes, tables, b&w ill. Col. Prometeo Bicentenario. [History. Collected papers presented at a 2007 conference, on the wars for independence waged by South American countries against the Spanish crown between the late 18th c. to mid-19th c. Contributors use recent historiographical studies to analyze the violent conflicts of the time.]
ISBN: 9789875742864   $36.00
Calderón, Fernando (Coord.)
Crisis y cambio en América Latina: Escenarios políticos prospectivos.
Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, first edition, 2009, 339p., biblio., biobiblio., notes, charts, diagrams. Col. Cuadernos de Gobernabilidad Democrática; 3. [Politics. Comprised of eight studies on political change in Latin America, each text on a different country. Chapters on Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Uruguay. Studies the rise of four political positions: practical reformism, conservative modernization, neo-developmental Indigenism and popular nationalism.]
ISBN: 9789876290760   $32.50
Esquivel, Valeria
Uso del tiempo en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Los Polvorines: Univ. Nac. de General Sarmiento, first edition, 2009, 122p., biblio., annexes, notes, charts, tables, graphs. [Sociology. Based on the results of a 2005 governmental survey on how Buenos Aires residents use their time. Focuses on time spent in the workplace, the use of free time and the disparities between men and women. Includes statistics, as well as in-depth analyses.]
ISBN: 9789876300551   $26.30
Feierstein, Daniel (Comp.)
Terrorismo de Estado y genocidio en América Latina.
Buenos Aires: Prometeo, 1st ed., 2009, 285p., biblio., notes, tables. [Politics. Studies instances of genocide in Latin America, focusing on the second half of the 20th c. Discusses the National Security Doctrine, and the processes of annihilation using examples such as the Salvadorean Civil War and Argentina’s Dirty War that followed the 1976 coup d’état.]
ISBN: 9789875743373   $36.60
Figari, Carlos
Eróticas de la disidencia en América Latina: Brasil, siglos XVII al XX.
Buenos Aires: CICCUS, first edition, 2009, 285p., biblio., notes, b&w photos, b&w ill., b&w facsim. Col. Cuerpos en las márgenes. [Gay and lesbian st. On marginalized erotic behavior, focusing on Brazil and Argentina from the 17th to the 20th c. Studies the sociohistorical processes that led to the current diversity of sexual identities. Topics include prostitution, eroticism in popular culture, transvestites and homoeroticism in the military.]
ISBN: 9789879355930   $35.40
Figari, Carlos
Eróticas de la disidencia en América Latina: Brasil, siglos XVII al XX.
Buenos Aires: CICCUS, first edition, 2009, 285p., biblio., notes, b&w photos, b&w ill., b&w facsim. Col. Cuerpos en las márgenes. [Gay and lesbian st. On marginalized erotic behavior, focusing on Brazil and Argentina from the 17th to the 20th c. Studies the sociohistorical processes that led to the current diversity of sexual identities. Topics include prostitution, eroticism in popular culture, transvestites and homoeroticism in the military.]
ISBN: 9789879355930   $35.40
Fradkin, Raúl; Garavaglia, Juan Carlos
La Argentina colonial: El Río de la Plata entre los siglos XVI y XIX.
Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, first edition, 2009, 276p., biblio., notes, b&w ill., b&w facsim., charts. Biblioteca Básica de Historia. [History. On the formation of Argentina throughout the colonial period, from the 16th c. to the 19th c. Studies the history of the region and the construction of Argentine society, based on knowledge developed by recent historiography.]
ISBN: 9789876290777   $34.60
Guerrero Lira, Cristían E.; Miño Thomas, Nancy
Repertorio de fuentes documentales para el estudio de la independencia de Chile, 1808-1823.
Santiago: Inst. O’Higginiano de Chile, first edition, 2008, 426p., large format, notes, b&w ill., b&w facsim. [History. Collected documents written during the Chilean transition to independence, intended to aid future historiographical work and provide a more comprehensive view of the events and figures of the time. Documents include, among others, letters, testimonies and official decrees.]
ISBN: 9789563070309   $64.00
Katz, Claudio
Las disyuntivas de la izquierda en América Latina.
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Luxemburg, 1st ed., 2008, 270p., biblio., notes. [Politics. On recent changes in Latin American politics, focusing on shifts from right to left and the various forms of opposition. Studies the 2001 protests in Argentina and the 2000 Cochabamba protests, among other events. Compares recent political unrest to 20th c. revolutions, and makes suggestions for future leftist movements. This text won the 2008 Premio Libertador al Pensamiento Crítico.]
ISBN: 9789872428600   $35.50
Kejval, Larisa
Truchas: Los proyectos político-culturales de las radios comunitarias, alternativas y populares.
Buenos Aires: Prometeo, first edition, 2009, 120p., biblio., notes, tables. Col. Comunicación y Crítica Cultural. [Sociology. On the cultural and political impact of alternative radio in Argentina. Covers its origins, development during the 1980s and 1990s and social significance. Discusses censorship and the objectives of stations such as FM Alas, FM de la Calle and Radio Revés, among others.
ISBN: 9789875742710   $29.70
Lettieri, Alberto R.
La república de las instituciones: Proyecto, desarrollo y crisis del régimen político liberal en la Argentina en tiempos de la organización nacional, 1852-1880.
Buenos Aires: Prometeo, re-edition, 2008, (c. 2000, Quijote Editorial), 245p., notes. Col. Prometeo Bicentenario. [History. On 19th c. Argentine politics, focusing on the 1870s and its relevance to the development of the modern nation. Discusses social impact and the nature of political change, using specific events and circumstances such as the 1861 battle of Pavón and the 1874 dispute surrounding Sarmiento’s presidential successor to provide insight into political processes.]
ISBN: 9789875742499   $32.00
Lissidini, Alicia; Welp, Yanina; Zovatto, Daniel (Coord.)
Democracia directa en Latinoamérica.
Prol. by Bruno Kaufmann. Buenos Aires: Prometeo, first edition, 2008, 301p., biblio., biobiblio., notes, charts, b&w maps, diagrams. [Politics. Papers presented during a 2007 conference, on direct democracy, wherein politics are handled by citizens and not elected officials. Discusses political instruments and forms of participation. Contains theory, as well as examples in countries such as Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia and Bolivia.]
ISBN: 9789875742680   $29.50
Lucía, Daniel Omar de
América en África: movimientos de retorno y redes políticas y religiosas entre América y África (Siglos XVIII-XXI).
Prol. by Martín Cremonte. Buenos Aires: Grupo Editor Universitario, first edition, 2009, 343p., biblio., notes. [History. On the Afro-American influence in Africa. Discusses Afro-Americans in Brazil, North America and the Caribbean, and their subsequent return to Africa and the communities they established. Studies religious and artistic trends, political movements and schools of thought, focusing on the 18th and 19th c.]
ISBN: 9789871309092   $32.50
Maffía, Diana (Comp.)
Sexualidades migrantes: género y transgénero.
Buenos Aires: Librería de Mujeres Editoras, 2nd ed., 2009, (c. 2003, Feminaria), 177p., biblio., biobibio., notes, diagrams. Col. Feminismo y sociedad; 1. [Gender st. Studies idea of gender as expanding beyond the male/female dichotomy to incorporate new sexualities and identities. Topics include differences between sex and gender, the transgender movement and the politics of transvestitism.]
ISBN: 9789872055578   $36.40
Malosetti Costa, Laura; Gené, Marcela (Comp.)
Impresiones porteñas: Imagen y palabra en la historia cultural de Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires: Edhasa, first edition, 2009, 308p., biblio., biobiblio., notes, b&w ill., b&w facsim. Col. Ensayo. [History. Collected works analyzing the cultural impact of the rise of illustrated media in Buenos Aires. On how printed images changed the relationship between art and the public between the mid-19th c. and the mid-20th c. Texts are divided into three parts: the idea of the image as representation, the impact of technological advancements and the image as a political instrument.]
ISBN: 9789876280495   $34.90
Manson, Enrique
José María Rosa: el historiador del pueblo.
Prol. by Enrique Oliva. Buenos Aires: CICCUS, 1st ed., 2008, 394p., biblio., notes, b&w photos, b&w facsim. [History. On the life and work of Argentine politician and revisionist historian José María Rosa (1906-1991). Discusses his version of Argentine history as well as the role he played during the Década Infame. Written by Manson, a student of Rosa’s, who completed several volumes of Rosa’s Historia Argentina (1970-2005).]
ISBN: 9789879355725   $37.80
Martínez, Paola
Género, política y revolución en los años setenta: las mujeres del PRT-ERP.
Pref. by Andrea Andújar and Débora D’Antonio. Buenos Aires: Imago Mundi, first edition, 2009, 181p., biblio., notes, tables, diagrams. Col. Bitácora Argentina. Ser. Historia. [Politics. On the participation by women during the 1970s in the Revolutionary People’s Army (ERP), the military branch of the Revolutionary Workers Party (PRT) which formed in opposition to the Argentine military dictatorship. Topics include sexuality, maternity, Che Guevara’s influence, armed combat and the political structure of the PRT-ERP.]
ISBN: 9789507930867   $33.10
Nielsen, Jorge
La magia de la televisión argentina 6: 1991-1995 : Cierta historia documentada.
Buenos Aires: Jilguero, first edition, 2009, 319p., onomastic index, program index, b&w photos. Col. La magia de la televisión argentina; 6. [Cultural st. On television as a medium for popular culture. Includes synopses of sitcoms and dramatic serials, movies shown on TV, lists of important actors and producers, winners of the Premio Martín Fierro and stills. Presented chronologically. Previous volumes also available.]
ISBN: 9789879416167   $35.50
Ollier, María Matilde
De la revolución a la democracia: Cambios privados, públicos y políticos de la izquierda argentina.
Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, first edition, 2009, 300p., notes. Col. Historia y Cultura, Serie El Pasado Presente. [Politics. On Argentina’s political transitions during the last half century, from peronism to military dictatorship to democracy. Discusses the impact of this period on the national cultural identity. Uses information gathered from interviews with participants in these transitions.]
ISBN: 9789876290593   $31.60
Paiva, Verónica
Cartoneros y cooperativas de recuperadores: una mirada sobre la recolección informal de residuos Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, 1999-2007.
Buenos Aires: Prometeo, first edition, 2008, 199p., biblio., notes, graphs, b&w maps. [Social science - multidisc. On the informal systems of waste collection in Buenos Aires during the last twenty years, from the homeless collecting trash for resale to the cooperative Programa de Recuperadores. Discusses the roots of these trends, as well as manners of disposal and risks to public health.]
ISBN: 9789875742772   $30.00
Piña, Juan Andrés
Historia del teatro en Chile 1890-1940.
Santiago de Chile: RiL, 1st ed., 2009, 413p., biblio., chrono., notes, b&w photos, b&w ill., b&w facsim., tables, graphs. [History. On the history of Chilean theater, focusing on the early 20th c. Discusses the economic context, the impact of the presidency of Arturo Alessandri Palma, the 1875 play Como en Santiago by Daniel Barros Grez and the circulation of actors between Chile and Spain, among other topics.]
ISBN: 9789562846783   $42.70
Quarleri, Lía
Rebelión y guerra en las fronteras del Plata: Guaraníes, jesuitas e imperios coloniales.
Buenos Aires: FCE, first edition, 2009, 381p., biblio., notes, b&w maps. Col. Historia. [Colonial history. On the Guaraní rebellion following the 1750 Treaty of Madrid establishing Portuguese and Spanish borders along the Uruguay River. Focuses on Guaraní modes of participation and interaction with Jesuit missionaries and colonial authorities, and on the conflict’s impact on the configuration of colonial relations. Based on Guaraní letters and testimonials, Jesuit records, Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and early historiographic works.]
ISBN: 9789505577880   $36.70
Rapoport, Mario; Spiguel, Claudio
Relaciones tumultuosas: Estados Unidos y el primer peronismo.
Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1st ed., 2009, 522p., biblio., onomastic index, notes, tables, graphs. [History. Studies the political relations between the U. S. and Argentina before and during Peron’s first two terms (1946-1952). Begins with Argentina’s neutrality during the Second World War and ends with the 1955 coup d’état. The authors provide an extensive bibliography, and also co-wrote Política exterior argentina (2005).]
ISBN: 9789500431750   $54.50
Reyes, Luis Alberto
El pensamiento indígena en América: Los antiguos andinos, mayas y nahuas.
Prol. by Arturo Andrés Roig. Buenos Aires: Biblos, first edition, 2008, 315p., biblio., notes, color and b&w photos, color and b&w ill. Col. Desde América. [Ethno-history. On the origins of religious and philosophical thought held by Andean, Mayan and Nahua civilizations. Analyzes primary sources of this knowledge, and discusses, among other topics, cosmology, ancient deities, gender differences, artistic production and the treatment of death.]
ISBN: 9789507866470   $35.80
Ríos Tobar, Marcela (Editor)
Mujer y política: El impacto de las cuotas de género en América Latina.
Preface by Claudio Fuentes and Vidar Helgessen. Santiago de Chile: Catalonia, first edition, 2008, 250p., annexes, biobiblio., biblios., notes, charts. [Women’s st. Examines impact of gender quotas in Latin American politics, and their final application. Analyzes theoretical issues such as whether it actually aids in substantive representation of women. Contains case studies in Argentina, Brasil, Mexico and Peru. Professors from Dartmouth College, Rice Univ., Washington University, St. Louis and the Univ. of Texas, El Paso are among contributing authors.]
ISBN: 9789563240092   $33.00
Romo, Nuria; et al. (Editors)
Los estudios de las mujeres de España y Argentina: propuesta para el debate.
Prol. with Beatriz Rojas. Buenos Aires: Prometeo, first edition, 2009, 296p., biblio., notes, tables. [Women’s st. Collected papers, authored by women, on the development of Women’s Studies as an academic discipline, and its current forms. Discusses linguistic sexism, internet access to women’s libraries and professional choices, etc.]
ISBN: 9789875743533   $36.30
Rosal, Miguel Ángel
Africanos y afrodescendientes en el Río de la Plata. Siglos XVIII-XIX.
Prol. by Silvia C. Mallo. Buenos Aires: Dunken, first edition, 2009, 270p., biblio., stats., notes. [History. On Africans and their descendants as social and economic actors in Buenos Aires and the Río de la Plata, from the late colonial period to early Independence. On the jobs and offices held in the slave trade, statistically analyzed by gender, racial mixture; landowners and the collective Asociación Africana; the abolitionist process. On Catholicism and religious brotherhoods in the black Buenos Aires community.]
ISBN: 9789870237440   $34.60
Siegrist, Nora; Mallo, Silvia C. (Coord.)
Dote matrimonial femenina en territorios de la actual Argentina desde el sistema de encomiendas hasta el siglo XIX.
Buenos Aires: Dunken, first edition, 2008, 249p., biblio., biobiblio., notes. [History. On dowries as a key element in interfamily social and economic negotiations, especially in establishment and enlargement of encomiendas, or state-endowed land holdings. On the dowry in Spanish and colonial legal history; case studies of matrimonial contracts in Tucumán, Jujuy, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan de la Frontera.]
ISBN: 9789870231455   $33.70
Tortti, María Cristina
El “viejo” partido socialista y los orígenes de la “nueva” izquierda (1955-1965).
Buenos Aires: Prometeo, 1st ed., 2009, 405p., biblio., abbr., annexes, notes, tables. [History. On the rise and renewal of the Argentine Socialist Party (PSA) that followed the ousting of Perón in 1955. Divided in three parts: the traditional left, the PSA in transition and the new left. Constructed from various archival sources and extensive interviews.]
ISBN: 9789875743229   $38.20
Tula, Jorge; Aricó, José; Terán, Oscar; et al.
Controversia: para el exámen de la realidad Argentina: Edición facsimilar, México 1979-1981.
Comp. by Sergio Bufano. Buenos Aires: Ejercitar la Memoria, first edition, 2009, 388p., large format, b&w facsim. [History. Facsimile edition of all 14 issues of the periodical Controversia, published in Mexico by exiled Argentines Tula (director), Aricó, Bufano, Caletti and others. The journal’s goal was to denounce the dictatorship’s atrocities, and addressed Marxism’s failings, conflicts within Peronism and human rights issues, provoking intense debate. It published writings by Cardoso, Rama, Paramio, del Barco, Reverte, among others.]
ISBN: 9789872429515   $49.00
Urbina Carrasco, María Ximena
La frontera de arriba en Chile colonial: Interacción hispano-indígena en el territorio entre Valdivia y Chiloé e imaginario de sus bordes geográficos, 1600-1800.
Pres. by Mateo Martinic B. Valparaíso: Pontificia Univ. Católica de Valparaíso, first edition, 2009, 354p., biblio., notes, abbr., b&w maps. [History. Based on the author’s 2006 doctoral thesis, on the development of the region in Chile between the Valdivia and Chiloé provinces, during the 17th to 19th c. Focuses on interactions between the Spanish colonists and the indigenous.]
ISBN: 9789561704336   $53.80
Verbitsky, Horacio
Vigilia de armas: Tomo III. Del Cordobazo de 1969 al 23 de marzo de 1976.
Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, first edition, 2009, 504p., biblio., notes, abbr., onomastic index. Ser. Historia política de la Iglesia Católica; 3. [History. Third volume in this series on the political history of the Catholic Church in Argentina, covering 1969-1976. Constructed largely from Church archives, discusses the questioning of the Vatican’s religious authority, Peron’s third term and the Church’s role during the military dictatorships.]
ISBN: 9789500730495   $36.30
Yunque, Álvaro
Calfucurá: La conquista de las pampas.
Prol. by Guillermo David and Mario Tesler. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Biblioteca Nacional, re-edition, 2008, (c. 1956), 565p., biblio., notes, chrono., b&w maps. Col. Reediciones y antologías; 5. [History. A re-edition of this 1956 text, on the life and actions of Juan Calfucurá, a Mapuche chief known for brutal attacks on tribal communities in 19th c. Argentina. Analyzes the lasting impact of this figure on the history of the region.]
ISBN: 9789879350218   $35.30