Books written by Lawrence A. Clayton
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A New History of Modern Latin America
He exalted and manipulated popular culture, including the black Haitian syncretic religion Vodou, which he used to win broad acceptance and to intimidate rivals. He also professed sympathies with black nationalism and African liberation ...
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A New History of Modern Latin America
Courtesy Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agência Brasil, Wiki Commons. Cardoso began making trips abroad during his first six months in office. He met with Southern Cone presidents to advance negotiations on Mercosur, the common market ...
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Alabama and the Borderlands: From Prehistory To Statehood
Born of a concern with Alabama's past and the need to explore and explain that legacy, this book brings together the nation's leading scholars on the prehistory and early history of Alabama and the southeastern U.S. Covering topics ranging ...
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A History of Modern Latin America
Written specifically for students unfamiliar with Latin American history, this comprehensive narrative presents a variety of interpretations and theories from the last half of the century.
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Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas
6 See Matthew Restall, Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) for an accessible presentation of some of these “myths” of the conquest. 7 Since Columbus thought he had found his way to Asia, ...
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The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1 & 2: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543
1993 Choice Outstanding Academic Book, sponsored by Choice Magazine. The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with North American Indians in the eastern half of the United States.
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Bartolomé de las Casas: A Biography
... published in Jose Luis Burguet Huerta, José Barrado Barquilla, and Bernardo Fueyo Suarez, coordinators, Influencia Lascasiana en el siglo xvi, the Proceedings of the V111 Congreso de Historiadores Dominicos held in Managua, ...
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The Hispanic Experience in North America: Sources for Study in the United States
... A Guide to Cherokee Documents in Foreign Archives ( Metuchen , NJ / London : Scarecrow Press , 1983 ) . The authors explain their research interest as follows : " As scholars doing research in our areas of specialization ( England ...
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Grace: W.R. Grace & Co., the Formative Years, 1850-1930
Grace cautioned Sears in Para to ease up on his purchases . It was becoming increasingly difficult to sell at a profit , and even at a price that covered costs . Flint and his allies , growing in number , kept undermining Grace's ...
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The De Soto Chronicles: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543
De Soto and his expedition of over 600 men spent four years (1539-43) traveling through what is now Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and...
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Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Defense of Amerindian Rights: A Brief History with Documents
"This is a reader devoted to the life and writings of Bartolomé de las Casas (1485-1566), and the effects of his legacy on the age of the Encounter when Europeans-principally but not exclusively Spaniards-conquered the Americas.
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Bartolomé de Las Casas
In this book, Clayton provides a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience and acts of Las Casas.
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The Hispanic Experience in North America: Sources for Study in the United States
The Hispanic Experience in North America: Sources for Study in the United States
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Peru and the United States: The Condor and the Eagle
... Peru . Among the growing literature on Protestantism in Latin America , some with specific focus on Peru are Rosa del Carmen Bruno - Jofré , Methodist Education in Peru : Social Gospel , Politics , and American Ideological and Economic ...