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This Is Latin America

This Is Latin America

Insights on the history, economy, and cultures of Latin America

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The history of Latin America is complicated, and fraught with centuries of colonial narratives. What is the legacy of an enormous continent full of diverse cultures and traditions? What is the real impact of European contact? And how does that impact carry on into the modern realities of the region? This collection seeks to give you a better understanding.

This Is Latin America

Insights on the history, economy, and cultures of Latin America

Two Nations Indivisible
Two Nations Indivisible
Shannon K. O’Neil
Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead
20 min4.2
Brazillionaires
Brazillionaires
Alex Cuadros
Wealth, Power, Decadence, and Hope in an American Country
14 min3.8
The Black Jacobins
The Black Jacobins
C.L.R James
Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
28 min4.6
Southern Theory
Southern Theory
Raewyn W. Connell
Social Science And The Global Dynamics Of Knowledge
16 min4.1
The Four Agreements
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz
A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
13 min4.4
Back Channel to Cuba
Back Channel to Cuba
William M. LeoGrande
The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana
32 min4.6
The End of the Myth
The End of the Myth
Greg Grandin
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
31 min3.8
Empire of Cotton
Empire of Cotton
Sven Beckert
A Global History
22 min4.5
The Fifth Agreement
The Fifth Agreement
Miguel Ruiz, José Luis Ruiz
A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery
14 min4.3
False Economy
False Economy
Alan Beattie
A Surprising Economic History of the World
16 min4.2
Upheaval
Upheaval
Jared Diamond
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
36 min4.3
Guantánamo Diary
Guantánamo Diary
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, edited by Larry Siems
Guantanamo from the Inside
19 min4.6

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