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English
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Presents an account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to the North American British colonies, evaluating its diversity, the survival struggles of immigrants, and their relationships with the indigenous populations of the Eastern seaboard.
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Language
English
Description
The author shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities such as Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, were greater in population than any European city. Tenochtitlan, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running...
Author
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Las historias eternas de tres latinoamericanos contemporáneos cuyas vidas representan tres fuerzas impulsoras que han dado forma al carácter de la región: la explotación, la violencia y la religión.
The timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation, violence, and religion.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From Patricia Engel, whose novel Infinite Country was a New York Times bestseller and a Reese's Book Club pick, comes an exquisite collection of ten haunting, award-winning short stories set across the Americas and linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, and moral compromise. Two Colombian expats meet as strangers on the rainy streets of New York City, both burdened with traumatic pasts. In Cuba, a woman discovers her deceased brother's bones have...
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Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
What do telescopes, rainforests, earthquake-proof buildings, and lizards all have in common? They have histories in South America, one of Earth's seven continents. Discover the great minds and finds of ancient and modern South America in this learning adventure.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity in El Norte, the nation has much older Spanish roots--ones that have long been unacknowledged or marginalized. The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims...
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Publisher
Edaf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Debido a nuestro idioma inglés compartido, así como a las célebres historias de origen del Mayflower y la rebelión de las colonias británicas, Estados Unidos ha valorado su herencia anglosajona por encima de todas las demás. Sin embargo, como Carrie Gibson explica con gran profundidad y claridad en El Norte, la nación tiene raíces españolas mucho más antiguas, que durante mucho tiempo han sido ignoradas o marginadas. El pasado hispano de...
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Vikings are an enduring subject of fascination. The combination of adventure, mythology, violence, and exploration continues to grip our attention. As a result, for more than a millennium the Vikings have traveled far and wide, not least across the turbulent seas of our minds and imaginations. The geographical reach of the Norse was extraordinary. For centuries medieval sagas, first recorded in Iceland, claimed that Vikings reached North America...
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