Book, "Disrupting Maize Food, Biotechnology and Nationalism in Contemporary Mexico" by Gabriela Mendez Cota

Disrupting Maize

Food, Biotechnology and Nationalism in Contemporary Mexico

GABRIELA MÉNDEZ COTA

Rowman & Littlefield International

Pages: 218 • Size: 5 3/4 x 8 3/4

978-1-78348-606-9 • Hardback • April 2016 • $120.00 • (£80.00)

978-1-78348-607-6 • Paperback • April 2016 • $39.95 • (£24.95)

978-1-78348-608-3 • eBook • April 2016 • $38.99 • (£24.95)

Series: Disruptions

Subjects: Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy, Social Science / Comparative Cultural Studies, Social Science / Material Culture

Courses: Sociology; Institutions; Sociology of Technology

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Book, "Miguel Pro. Martyrdom, Politics, and Society in Twentieth-Century Mexico by Marisol Lopez-Menendez

Miguel Pro

Martyrdom, Politics, and Society in Twentieth-Century Mexico

MARISOL LÓPEZ-MENÉNDEZ

Lexington Books

Pages: 220 • Size: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2

978-1-4985-0425-6 • Hardback • May 2016 • $85.00 • (£54.95)

978-1-4985-0426-3 • eBook • May 2016 • $84.99 • (£54.95)

Subjects: Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American, History / Latin America / Mexico

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Book, "Contemporary Mexican Politics" Third Edition by EMILY EDMONDS-POLI AND DAVID A. SHIRK

Contemporary Mexican Politics

Third Edition

EMILY EDMONDS-POLI AND DAVID A. SHIRK

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 366 • Size: 7 x 10

978-1-4422-2025-6 • Hardback • July 2015 • $95.00 • (£65.00)

978-1-4422-2026-3 • Paperback • July 2015 • $39.95 • (£24.95)

978-1-4422-2027-0 • eBook • July 2015 • $38.99 • (£24.95)

Subjects: Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American, History / Latin America / Mexico, Political Science / Comparative Politics, Political Science / International Relations / General

Courses: Political Science; Comparative Politics; Government & Politics; Latin America, History; Latin America; Modern

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Book, "The U.S. Mexican Border Today. Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective", Third Edition, by Paul Ganster - with David E. Lorey

"The U.S.-Mexican Border Today. Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective", Third Edition  PAUL GANSTER - WITH DAVID E. LOREY Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Pages: 296 • Size: 6 x 9 978-1-4422-3110-8 • Hardback • August 2015 • $85.00 • (£54.95) 978-1-4422-3111-5 • Paperback • August 2015 • $29.00 • (£19.95) 978-1-4422-3112-2 • eBook • August 2015 • $28.99 • (£19.95) Series: Latin American Silhouettes Subjects: Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American, History / Latin America / Mexico, History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), Social Science / Human Geography Courses: Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Latin American, Political Science; Comparative Politics; Government & Politics; Latin America

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Book, "The U.S. Mexican Border Today. Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective", Third Edition, by Paul Ganster - with David E. Lorey

"The U.S.-Mexican Border Today. Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective", Third Edition  PAUL GANSTER - WITH DAVID E. LOREY Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Pages: 296 • Size: 6 x 9 978-1-4422-3110-8 • Hardback • August 2015 • $85.00 • (£54.95) 978-1-4422-3111-5 • Paperback • August 2015 • $29.00 • (£19.95) 978-1-4422-3112-2 • eBook • August 2015 • $28.99 • (£19.95) Series: Latin American Silhouettes Subjects: Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American, History / Latin America / Mexico, History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), Social Science / Human Geography Courses: Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Latin American, Political Science; Comparative Politics; Government & Politics; Latin America

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Book, "The U.S. Mexican Border Today. Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective", Third Edition by PAUL GANSTER - WITH DAVID E. LOREY

"The U.S.-Mexican Border Today. Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective", Third Edition  PAUL GANSTER - WITH DAVID E. LOREY Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Pages: 296 • Size: 6 x 9 978-1-4422-3110-8 • Hardback • August 2015 • $85.00 • (£54.95) 978-1-4422-3111-5 • Paperback • August 2015 • $29.00 • (£19.95) 978-1-4422-3112-2 • eBook • August 2015 • $28.99 • (£19.95) Series: Latin American Silhouettes Subjects: Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American, History / Latin America / Mexico, History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), Social Science / Human Geography Courses: Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Latin American, Political Science; Comparative Politics; Government & Politics; Latin America

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Abstract, "New Forms of the Relationship between Politics and Religion: Ecclesiastical Base Community Activists in Mexico City" by Hugo José Suárez

:::::: Abstract ::::::

New Forms of the Relationship between Politics and Religion: Ecclesiastical Base Community Activists in Mexico City 
by Hugo José Suárez

Beginning in the 1960's, new forms of living the faith emerged in Latin America that linked it with a political dimension. The Catholic Church changed its pastoral orientation, and ecclesiastical base communities were established as part of an “option for the poor.” The reflection that accompanied this process was known as liberation theology. By the end of the 1970's these communities were organizing conferences, publications, and theological reflections with strong international links and included hundreds of believers both in the countryside and in the city. During the following two decades, they were active participants in the construction of leftist political alternatives. While a minority pastoral practice today, they continue to hold national gatherings and maintain their international contacts. In-depth interviews with three members of ecclesiastical base communities in a working-class neighborhood in Mexico City show how these individuals have built their socio-religious practice and their religious beliefs. Their experience is part of a global reconstitution of belief systems in Mexico that affects all of the salvation enterprises in their various expressions.

Abstract, "Religion, Autonomy, and the Priority of Place in Mexico’s Maya Highlands" by Ruth J. Chojnacki

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Religion, Autonomy, and the Priority of Place in Mexico’s Maya Highlands 
by Ruth J. Chojnacki

The irruption of Mexico’s highland Maya on the world stage with the 1994 New Year’s Day uprising by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation generated a torrent of publications. Relatively neglected in this literature is the deconstruction of costumbre (ancestral Maya tradition) by Maya youth dislocated by Mexico’s early-1980s economic collapse. In one exemplary Tzotzil Maya pueblo, the acquisition of biblical literacy and the cognitive skills it entails in Catholic Church–sponsored courses oriented to liberation theology propelled a generational religious revolt. The ensuing reclamation of ancestral territory from ladino ranchers upended colonial relations, enabling indigenous peasants in this and other highland Maya communities to institute autonomous modes of production. Driven by a dialectic of religious ritual and agricultural labor, this assertion of Maya agency attests to the salience of religion and the priority of place as indispensable resources for indigenous socioeconomic autonomy confronting neoliberal assault.

Book, "The U.S. Mexican Border Today. Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective", Third Edition, by Paul Ganster - with David E. Lorey

"The U.S.-Mexican Border Today. Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective", Third Edition  PAUL GANSTER - WITH DAVID E. LOREY Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Pages: 296 • Size: 6 x 9 978-1-4422-3110-8 • Hardback • August 2015 • $85.00 • (£54.95) 978-1-4422-3111-5 • Paperback • August 2015 • $29.00 • (£19.95) 978-1-4422-3112-2 • eBook • August 2015 • $28.99 • (£19.95) Series: Latin American Silhouettes Subjects: Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American, History / Latin America / Mexico, History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), Social Science / Human Geography Courses: Political Science; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Latin American, Political Science; Comparative Politics; Government & Politics; Latin America

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Abstract, "New Forms of the Relationship between Politics and Religion: Ecclesiastical Base Community Activists in Mexico City" by Hugo José Suárez

:::::: Abstract ::::::

New Forms of the Relationship between Politics and Religion: Ecclesiastical Base Community Activists in Mexico City 
by Hugo José Suárez

Beginning in the 1960's, new forms of living the faith emerged in Latin America that linked it with a political dimension. The Catholic Church changed its pastoral orientation, and ecclesiastical base communities were established as part of an “option for the poor.” The reflection that accompanied this process was known as liberation theology. By the end of the 1970's these communities were organizing conferences, publications, and theological reflections with strong international links and included hundreds of believers both in the countryside and in the city. During the following two decades, they were active participants in the construction of leftist political alternatives. While a minority pastoral practice today, they continue to hold national gatherings and maintain their international contacts. In-depth interviews with three members of ecclesiastical base communities in a working-class neighborhood in Mexico City show how these individuals have built their socio-religious practice and their religious beliefs. Their experience is part of a global reconstitution of belief systems in Mexico that affects all of the salvation enterprises in their various expressions.

Abstract, "Religion, Autonomy, and the Priority of Place in Mexico’s Maya Highlands" by Ruth J. Chojnacki

:::::: Abstract ::::::

Religion, Autonomy, and the Priority of Place in Mexico’s Maya Highlands 
by Ruth J. Chojnacki

The irruption of Mexico’s highland Maya on the world stage with the 1994 New Year’s Day uprising by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation generated a torrent of publications. Relatively neglected in this literature is the deconstruction of costumbre (ancestral Maya tradition) by Maya youth dislocated by Mexico’s early-1980s economic collapse. In one exemplary Tzotzil Maya pueblo, the acquisition of biblical literacy and the cognitive skills it entails in Catholic Church–sponsored courses oriented to liberation theology propelled a generational religious revolt. The ensuing reclamation of ancestral territory from ladino ranchers upended colonial relations, enabling indigenous peasants in this and other highland Maya communities to institute autonomous modes of production. Driven by a dialectic of religious ritual and agricultural labor, this assertion of Maya agency attests to the salience of religion and the priority of place as indispensable resources for indigenous socioeconomic autonomy confronting neoliberal assault.

Book, "Rethinking Latin American Social Movements: Radical Action From Below"

Rethinking Latin American Social Movements: Radical Action From Below  Edited By LAP Editors Richard Stahler-Sholk; Harry E. Vanden and Marc Becker  Latest Publication available November 2014  PURCHASE THIS EDITION  List Price: $39.95  ISBN: 978-1-4422-3568-7  Publication Date: November 2014  416pp

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Book, "Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy" Edited by Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Glen David Kuecker

Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy 
Edited by Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Glen David Kuecker

PURCHASE THIS EDITION

List Price: $38.99
ISBN: 978-1-4616-0190-6
Publication Date: April 2008 404pp

When elected civilians replaced military authoritarian regimes in Latin America in the 1980's, democracy seemed at hand. Yet those nominally democratic regimes implemented widely unpopular neo-liberal policies, opening the economies to global market forces with devastating impact on the poor. This clearly written and comprehensive text examines the uprising of politically and economically marginalized groups in Latin American societies. Specialists in a broad range of disciplines interpret the new wave of social movements, including movements in Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina, the Vía Campesina global peasant network, and Mesoamerican coalitions against regional free trade agreements. This volume assembles original research from a variety of case studies in a student – friendly format. Section introductions help students contextualize the essays, highlighting social movement origins, strategies, and outcomes. Thematic sections address historical context, political economy, community-building and consciousness, ethnicity and race, gender, movement strategies, and transnational organizing, making this book useful to anyone studying the wide range of social movements in Latin America.

Book, "Mexico's Economic Dilemma: The Developmental Failure of Neoliberalism" By James M. Cypher and Raúl Delgado Wise

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Mexico’s Economic Dilemma: The Developmental Failure of Neoliberalism 
by James M. Cypher and Raúl Delgado Wise

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List Price: $70.00
ISBN: 978-0-7425-5661-4
Publication Date: June 2010 226pp

Abstract, "New Forms of the Relationship between Politics and Religion: Ecclesiastical Base Community Activists in Mexico City" by Hugo José Suárez

:::::: Abstract ::::::

New Forms of the Relationship between Politics and Religion: Ecclesiastical Base Community Activists in Mexico City 
by Hugo José Suárez

Beginning in the 1960's, new forms of living the faith emerged in Latin America that linked it with a political dimension. The Catholic Church changed its pastoral orientation, and ecclesiastical base communities were established as part of an “option for the poor.” The reflection that accompanied this process was known as liberation theology. By the end of the 1970's these communities were organizing conferences, publications, and theological reflections with strong international links and included hundreds of believers both in the countryside and in the city. During the following two decades, they were active participants in the construction of leftist political alternatives. While a minority pastoral practice today, they continue to hold national gatherings and maintain their international contacts. In-depth interviews with three members of ecclesiastical base communities in a working-class neighborhood in Mexico City show how these individuals have built their socio-religious practice and their religious beliefs. Their experience is part of a global reconstitution of belief systems in Mexico that affects all of the salvation enterprises in their various expressions.

Abstract, "Religion, Autonomy, and the Priority of Place in Mexico’s Maya Highlands" by Ruth J. Chojnacki

:::::: Abstract ::::::

Religion, Autonomy, and the Priority of Place in Mexico’s Maya Highlands 
by Ruth J. Chojnacki

The irruption of Mexico’s highland Maya on the world stage with the 1994 New Year’s Day uprising by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation generated a torrent of publications. Relatively neglected in this literature is the deconstruction of costumbre (ancestral Maya tradition) by Maya youth dislocated by Mexico’s early-1980s economic collapse. In one exemplary Tzotzil Maya pueblo, the acquisition of biblical literacy and the cognitive skills it entails in Catholic Church–sponsored courses oriented to liberation theology propelled a generational religious revolt. The ensuing reclamation of ancestral territory from ladino ranchers upended colonial relations, enabling indigenous peasants in this and other highland Maya communities to institute autonomous modes of production. Driven by a dialectic of religious ritual and agricultural labor, this assertion of Maya agency attests to the salience of religion and the priority of place as indispensable resources for indigenous socioeconomic autonomy confronting neoliberal assault.

Book, "Past and Prospects of Imperial Geopolitics" by Francisco López Segrera

"Past and Prospects of Imperial Geopolitics" 
by Francisco López Segrera

Book Review of:
América Latina en la geopolítica imperial
by Atilio Borón
LUXEMBURG 2012
ISBN: 978-987-1709-19-9

Book, "The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire" Edited By Jeffrey R. Webber and Barry Carr

The New Latin American Left 
Cracks in the Empire 
EDITED BY JEFFERY R. WEBBER AND BARRY CARR 
Hardback Paperback eBook

Book, "Labor History’s Transnational Turn: Rethinking Latin American and Caribbean Migrant Workers" by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

Labor History’s Transnational Turn. Rethinking Latin American and Caribbean Migrant Workers 
by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

Book Review of:
Deborah Cohen Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subjects in the Postwar United States and Mexico. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 201. 328 pp.
Leon Fink (ed.) Workers Across the Americas: The Transnational Turn in Labor History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. 480 pp.
Julie Greene The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal. New York: Penguin Press, 2009. 475 pp.
Kathleen López Chinese Cubans: A Transnational History. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. 340 pp.

The Cozumel Diary By Al Satterwhite - Available Now for Pre-Order

The Cozumel Diary By Al Satterwhite

Currently in production, available late December. Pre-order yours now as the perfect gift for any Hunter S. Thompson fan!

CLICK HERE to pre-order The Cozumel Diary by Al Satterwhite, The Artist's Editon ($500 + shipping)

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The Cozumel Diary chronicles a week in the life of Hunter S. Thompson, as photographed by internationally acclaimed photographer Al Satterwhite.  Featuring over 40 never-before-released images from that week, this "diary" recounts the misadventures of one particularly memorable assignment.