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Urban Power Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in S茫o Paulo and Johannesburg Benjamin H. Bradlow

Why some cities are more effective than others at reducing inequalities in the built environment

A New World of Revolutions A New World of Revolutions: Popular Imaginations and Movements across the Americas Arturo Chang

The hemispheric politics that shaped popular revolutions against European colonial rule

Bordering on Indifference Bordering on Indifference: Immigration Agents Negotiating Race and Morality Irene I. Vega

How a largely Latino/a workforce of immigration agents reconciles the moral ambiguities of its work

The Long Shadow of Extraction The Long Shadow of Extraction: The Origins of Indigenous Autonomy Demands Christopher L. Carter

How resistance to extraction shaped Indigenous demands for autonomy, integration, or assimilation

Island in the Net Island in the Net: Digital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba Steffen K枚hn

An exploration of Cuba鈥檚 emerging digital culture and Cubans鈥 creation of grassroots networks, digital black markets, and online spaces for public debate

Even Time Bleeds Even Time Bleeds: Selected Poems Jeannette L. Clariond

A vibrant and compelling bilingual edition of poems by the acclaimed Mexican writer Jeanette Clariond, translated by Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inner Forrest Gander

The Book of Yerba Mate The Book of Yerba Mate: A Stimulating History Christine Folch

The untold story of South America鈥檚 most interesting beverage

The Royal Inca Tunic The Royal Inca Tunic: A Biography of an Andean Masterpiece Andrew James Hamilton

The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art

The Four Heavens The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya David Stuart

鈥淎n extraordinary recovery of a lost world.鈥濃擯eter Brown, author of The World of Late Antiquity

From the world-leading expert on the Maya, a monumental history of a flourishing civilization across three millennia

Troubled Lands Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes Edited by Ricardo Wilson II

A landmark book鈥攖he first complete publication of Langston Hughes鈥檚 translations of thirty-three stories by eighteen Mexican and Cuban writers

The Dialectic Is in the Sea The Dialectic Is in the Sea: The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento Beatriz Nascimento

Collected writings by one of the most influential Black Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth century

Engage and Evade Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday Life Asad Asad

How everyday forms of surveillance threaten undocumented immigrants鈥攂ut also offer them hope for societal inclusion

Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750鈥1940 Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750鈥1940 Margaret Chowning

How women preserved the power of the Catholic Church in Mexican political life

American Mirror American Mirror: The United States and Brazil in the Age of Emancipation Roberto Saba

How slave emancipation transformed capitalism in the United States and Brazil

Brazilian Authoritarianism Brazilian Authoritarianism: Past and Present Lilia Moritz Schwarcz

How Brazil鈥檚 long history of racism and authoritarian politics has led to the country鈥檚 present crises and epidemic of violence

Republics of Knowledge Republics of Knowledge: Nations of the Future in Latin America Nicola Miller

An enlightening account of the entwined histories of knowledge and nationhood in Latin America鈥攁nd beyond

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico: A National History Jorell Mel茅ndez-Badillo

A panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today

They Called It Peace They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence Lauren Benton

A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empires

Code Work Code Work: Hacking across the US/M茅xico Techno-Borderlands H茅ctor Beltr谩n

How Mexican and Latinx hackers apply concepts from coding to their lived experiences