Search Results - "Peru"

The Incas; the royal commentaries of the Inca, Garcilaso de la Vega, 1539-1616 by Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616

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Altiplano by First-Run Features (Firm), Bo Films (Firm), Entre Chien et Loup (Firm), Lemming Film (Firm), Ma.ja.de. fiction (Firm)

Subjects: “…Social conflict Peru Drama.…”

Daily life in colonial Peru 1710-1820 by Descola, Jean

Subjects: “…Peru Social life and customs.…”

Daily life in Peru under the last Incas by Baudin, Louis, 1887-1964

The cosmic serpent : DNA and the origins of knowledge 1st Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam trade pbk. ed. by Narby, Jeremy

Subjects: “…Indians of South America Drug use Peru.…”

The vision of the vanquished : the Spanish conquest of Peru through Indian eyes, 1530-1570 by Wachtel, Nathan

Subjects: “…Indians of South America Peru Government relations.…”

A socialist empire; the Incas of Peru by Baudin, Louis, 1887-1964

Subjects: “…Indians of South America Peru.…”

The Mysteries of Machu Picchu by Waisbard, Simone, 1909-

Subjects: “…Machu Picchu Site (Peru)…”

An ancient world preserved : relics and records of prehistory in the Andes Rev. and updated. by Engel, Frédéric André, 1908-2002

Subjects: “…Indians of South America Peru Antiquities.…”

Haiti Two Years Later by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

Contents: “…Reconstruction Begins in Port-au-Prince (2:50) -- Haiti Plate Tectonics (3:37) -- Haiti Earthquake Threat (1:29) -- Reducing Earthquake Vulnerability (3:17) -- Improving Construction Practices (3:36) -- Addressing Architectural Flaws (2:47) -- Seismic Building Techniques (2:47) -- Natural Disaster Vulnerability (1:37) -- Peru's Earthquake Recovery (2:38) -- Confined Masonry (1:45) -- Reinforcing Adobe Structures (2:19) -- Anticipating Earthquakes in Peru (4:52) -- Clearing Rubble in Haiti (2:52) -- Displaced Persons in Haiti (2:43) -- Port-Au-Prince Reconstruction (2:59) -- Port-Au-Prince Urban Planning (2:01) -- Urban Development Challenges (1:17) -- Haiti's Outlook (2:21) -- Credits: Haiti: Two Years Later (0:24)…”
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Revolution in the Third World : myths and prospects by Chaliand, Gérard, 1934-

Contents: “…Anti-imperialist national revolutions: Nasser's Egypt ; Independent Algeria ; Revolutionary experiments in Black Africa ; Peru : populism from the top ; Chile : too many reforms, or not enough revolution. 5. …”

Acculturation in the Americas : proceedings and selected papers of the XXIXth International Congress of Americanists by International Congress of Americanists New York, N.Y.

Contents: “…Bascom -- Land tenure in the Marbial region of Haiti / Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain -- Some aspects of hierarchical structure in Haitit / Rhoda Metraux -- Le Batuque de Porto-Alegre / Roger Bastide -- African influence on the music of the Americas / Richard Alan Waterman -- Modern cultural development and synthesis in Latin America / John Gillin -- The folk culture of the Brazilian Amazon / Charles Wagley -- Caboclo cultures of Southern Brazil / Emilio Willems -- Indian adjustments to modern national culture / Antonio Goubaud Carrera -- Historical aspects of the Canadian Métis / John Perry Pritchett -- The modern Latin American city / Theodore Caplow -- On the identification of the Indian in Peru / Harry Tschopik, Jr. -- Poblacion indo-mestiza / Manuel Gamio -- An analysis of modern Middle American calendars / Suzanna W. …”