新大陸発見に続く、先住民インディオへの収奪と駆逐のうえに築かれた、永遠の繁栄の神話の実体を冷徹な史眼で描ききる。巨視的な南北アメリカ全史を概観しながら、明暗の本質に迫る画期的試み。
発売日: 1990-02-02 ¥880
Considerada uma das obras-primas da literatura brasileira, «Os Sertões» descreve as batalhas entre os homens liderados por Antônio Conselheiro e o exército brasileiro. Com seu apurado estilo jornalístico-épico, Euclides da Cunha traça um retrato dos elementos que compõem a guerra de Canudos (a Terra, o Homem e a Guerra) e faz uma profunda análise sobre a vida do sertanejo, desvendando um Brasil até então obscuro.
発売日: 2013-04-13 ¥200
ありったけの革命的情熱をこめて君を抱擁する…かつてジョン・レノンが「あのころ世界で一番カッコいいのがエルネスト・チェ・ゲバラだった」と語った革命家の生涯を郵便資料を駆使して丹念にたどり、現代史、冷戦史の中に新たなゲバラ像を浮かび上がらせる異色の本格評伝。
発売日: 2019-02-25 ¥3,400
História do Brasil narra o modus vivendi na Colônia, narrando episódios conhecidos de seus primeiros governadores, bem como anedotas, o jeito de falar e de viver nas terras ainda tão novas.
発売日: 2017-08-28 ¥100
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” ( The Wall Street Journal ) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day—written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had take...
発売日: 2021-09-07 ¥1,600
Unearth the incredible history of one of South America's most beautiful countries. Colombia is an amazing country with a rich history, vibrant geography, and diverse people - now, in this audiobook, you'll uncover a profound and insightful exploration of this fascinating country, packed with detailed insights and interesting facts. Covering everything from the early history and development to colonization and Colombia's long journey to its place as a republic in the 21st century, this comprehens...
発売日: 2020-07-28 ¥350
In 1896, before the start of the Spanish-American War, newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, owner of the New York Journal, sent star reporter Richard Harding Davis and acclaimed illustrator Frederic Remington to Cuba to cover the guerilla war in Cuba. Remington grew restless at his post and assured his employer that nothing newsworthy was likely to occur; Hearst reputedly replied, " Please remain. You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war ." This controversial 1897 book, "Cuba in War...
発売日: 2022-09-06 ¥100
Guerrilla Warfare by the revolutionary Che Guevara has become the guidebook for thousands of guerrilla fighters in various countries around the world. Guevara intended it to be a manual on guerrilla warfare, as inspiration for revolutionary movements in Latin America, Africa and Asia, stressing the need for an underpinning political motivation to guerrilla methods, organisation and supply. Guevara emphasizes that guerrilla warfare is a favorable method against totalitarian regimes, where politic...
発売日: 2015-03-31 ¥650
Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1496 – 1584) fue un conquistador español que participó en la conquista de México en el siglo XVI. "Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España" es una obra de estilo cautivador desde las primeras líneas. Nos narra el proceso de la conquista de México de una manera ruda, aunque sencilla, ágil y directa. Cada página es un retrato pintoresco plagado de detalles. Leer su libro es transportarse al pasado y vivir al lado de un soldado todos los sucesos de...
発売日: 2019-10-08 ¥200
La Academia Mexicana de la Historia, El Colegio de México y El Colegio Nacional unieron esfuerzos en esta obra para volver a publicar los informes, artículos y análisis que a lo largo de más de una década se fueron dando a conocer por medio de las Memorias de la primera de estas instituciones, facilitando así el acceso a una investigación interdisciplinaria sin precedentes que hoy nos permite llegar a las entrañas de un pueblo singular. En Tlatelolco, aún se lee una placa que da cuenta ...
発売日: 2018-08-27 ¥750
Featuring a wide range of writings from Hearn’s time in America, this collection is a stunning showcase of the Greek-Irish author ’ s uniquely decadent literary flair and keen eye for observation A translator of Flaubert and Gautier, Lafcadio Hearn was the master of a gaudy and sometimes self-consciously decadent literary style, but he was also a tough-minded and keenly observant reporter, with an eye for the offbeat, the sensual, and occasionally the gruesome. The writings of his American y...
発売日: 2009-03-05 ¥1,700
Fray Toribio de Benavente, conocido como Motolinía (1490-1569), fue uno de los primeros 12 frailes franciscanos en llegar a la recién conquistada Nueva España. Su amoroso interés por la cultura, las lenguas, los hábitos, costumbres y creencias de los habitantes de estas tierras quedó reflejado en estas páginas.
発売日: 2018-03-18 ¥100
One of WW2 Reads "Top 20 Must-Read WWII Books of 2018" • A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of September • One of The Progressive 's "Favorite Books of 2018" The gripping and little known story of the fight for the allegiance of Latin America during World War II The Tango War by Mary Jo McConahay fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds but also the resources of Latin America. The fig...
発売日: 2018-09-18 ジャンル:歴史 ¥1,400
El Partido Revolucionario Institucional es una de las instituciones centrales del sistema político pero no ha recibido la necesaria atención académica. Ha sido objeto de una repetida interpretación que lo considera un aparato de manipulación previsto desde su nacimiento como PNR o ha sido considerado solamente como adversario político y electoral y, por ende, criticado por su desempeño. Este libro reconstruye su desarrollo bajo dos ideas: ni su fundación, ni su crecimiento respondieron a...
発売日: 2016-02-04 ¥550
A fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies with ...
発売日: 1985-06-12 ¥850
A carta que Pero Vaz de Caminha escreveu ao aportar na Ilha de Vera Cruz, comunicando ao rei de Portugal o descobrimento do Brasil, é considerada a certidão de nascimento do nosso país. Na carta, é descrito o relevo da "nova ilha", assim como a primeira missa feita no Novo Mundo e o primeiro escambo realizado entre os portugueses e os índios. Datado de 1º de maio de 1500, e enviado de Porto Seguro, Bahia, o texto ficou arquivado no Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, em Lisboa, para ser re...
発売日: 2015-04-20 ¥720
Ariel is a book, dawn from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”. The book itself represents an extended monologue delivered by a teacher, names Prospero, to his students. He is a person who doesn’t admire any of the cultures of the world as much as he admires the culture of the classical Greece. The ideals of the Greek culture are represented through the character of Ariel. She represents all that is noble: sentiment, reason, grace and intelligence. Through Ariel he wants to show to the students ...
発売日: 2015-04-13 ジャンル:歴史 ¥100
This volume relates the story of liberty and progress in Latin America. It is also an introduction to a study of the Andean republics and those on the Spanish Main. The struggle for liberty in Cuba but follows the events of the Latin republics of the Andes, and throws a new light on those heroic endeavors. South America is one of the lands of the future. The immigration to that country is now rivaling that to North America, and to the over-crowded populations of Europe the south temperate zone i...
発売日: 2014-05-24 ¥100
This book seeks to tell the history of Mexico since the outbreak of the Revolution in 1910, setting it however in a wider historical context. It describes the period of civil war, the re-emergence of stable government and the consolidation in the 1930s of the so-called 'Institutionalized Revolution. It then covers in detail the exciting events of the last fifty years, the ebbing of the revolutionary impetus, the fall of the PRI in 2000 and the new regime, taking in on the way the "tequila crisis...
発売日: 2012-12-20 ¥550
Bernal Diaz was an eyewitness to one of history's most remarkable events - the conquest of the Empire of the Aztecs, and the defeat of their Emperor Montezuma. The indomitable Diaz delivers his chronicle first-hand, vividly describing the ruthless battles, the brilliant Machiavellian strategies of Cortes, and the superstitions vacillations of Montezuma that lead to the momentous overthrow of the Aztec civilization. Despite the supremacy of their weapons and armour, the Spanish "Conquistadors" ov...
発売日: 2013-10-27 ジャンル:歴史 ¥300
With the great expansion of interest in American archeology during the last few years there has grown to be a corresponding need and demand for primary textbooks, archeological primers so to speak, which will enable the general reader, without previous knowledge of the science, to understand its several branches. With this end in view, the author has prepared An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs. The need for such a textbook in this particular field is suggested by two considerat...
発売日: 2009-07-29 ¥350
The Companion to Latin American History collects the work of leading experts in the field to create a single-source overview of the diverse history and current trends in the study of Latin America. Presents a state-of-the-art overview of the history of Latin America Written by the top international experts in the field 28 chapters come together as a superlative single source of information for scholars and students Recognizes the breadth and diversity of Latin American history by providing syste...
発売日: 2011-03-21 ¥6,400
From renowned pirate historian David Cordingly, author of Under the Black Flag and film consultant for the original Pirates of the Caribbean, comes the thrilling story of Captain Woodes Rogers, the avenging nemesis of the worst cutthroats ever to terrorize the high seas. Once a marauding privateer himself, Woodes Rogers went from laying siege to laying down the law. During Britain’s war with Spain, Rogers sailed for the crown in sorties against Spanish targets in the Pacific; battled scurvy, h...
発売日: 2011-05-17 ¥1,400
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean [is] a pleasure to read from bow to stern.”— Entertainment Weekly “In Stephan Talty’s hands, the brilliant Captain Morgan, wicked and cutthroat though he was, proves an irresistible hero. . . . A thrilling and fascinating adventure.”—Caroline Alexander, author of The Endurance and The Bounty The passion and violence of the age of exploration and empire come to viv...
発売日: 2007-04-17 ¥850
From the Nobel Prize-winning author comes a classic of modern travel writing—a deft portrait of Trinidad and the four adjacent Caribbean societies still haunted by the legacies of slavery and colonialism. “Belongs in the same category of travel writing as Lawrence’s books on Italy, Greene’s on West Africa and Pritchett’s on Spain.” — New Statesman In 1960 the government of Trinidad invited V. S. Naipaul to revisit his native country and record his impressions. In The Middle Passage...
発売日: 2002-01-08 ¥1,300
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned. “Reads with all the pace and excitement of a movie thriller...At once a biography, a detective story and a wonderfully vivid piece of travel writing.” — The ...
発売日: 2009-02-24 ジャンル:歴史 ¥1,400