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The Modern Caribbean

Modern blackness : nationalism, globalization, and the politics of culture in Jamaica by Thomas, Deborah A., 1966-

Contents: “…The "problem" of nationalism in the British West Indies, or, "What we are and what we hope to be" -- Political economies of culture -- Strangers and friends -- Institutionalizing (racialized) progress -- Emancipating the nation (again) -- Political economies of modernity -- Modern blackness, or, Theoretical "tripping" on black vernacular culture.…”

Modern Mexico by Huck, James D. (James Douglas), 1968-

“…Understanding modern nations.…”

The modern history of Peru by Pike, Fredrick B.

The making of modern Mexico by Brandenburg, Frank Ralph, 1926-

Mexico: the struggle for modernity by Cumberland, Charles C. (Charles Curtis)

Modernization and revolution in Mexico : a comparative approach

Modern Latin American revolutions by Selbin, Eric

Sketches of modern Indian life by Diomedi, Alexander, 1843-1932

The modern culture of Latin America : society and the artist Revised ed. by Franco, Jean

The culture of conflict in modern Cuba by Robins, Nicholas A., 1964-

The ancient spirituality of the modern Maya by Hart, Thomas, 1964-

Contents: “…All god's children : the coming of Christianity -- Adoring the world : the Mayan vision of god -- Sacred time : the Mayan calendar -- Presents for the world : Mayan ceremonies -- Sacred places : shrines and altars -- You need the driver : the Mayan priesthood -- Putting a question : divination -- The owners of sickness : illness and curing -- Here is our mother : corn and the Maya -- Enchanted hills : spirits of the earth -- Stones of the world : ancient relics -- A different person, a different god : Maximin and the saints -- Sometimes the dream is true : revelations in dreams -- They give signs : animal portents -- "We say there's no heaven and there's no hell" : death and after -- Coming out of the shadows : Mayan spirituality in the modern world.…”
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Problems in modern Latin American history : a reader

The life and practice of the wild and modern Indian by Newsom, J. A., 1874-

A history of modern Trinidad, 1783-1962 by Brereton, Bridget, 1946-

A history of modern Brazil, 1889-1964 by Bello, José Maria, 1880-1959

The Cambridge companion to modern Latin American culture

“…Modern Latin American culture.…”
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The Coeur d'Alenes; or, A tale of the modern inquisition in Idaho by Hutton, May Arkwright

Background to revolution; the development of modern Cuba [1st ed.] by Smith, Robert Freeman, 1930-2011

Latin America, a modern history by Rippy, J. Fred (James Fred), 1892-1977

“…University of Michigan history of the modern world.…”