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Luis van Isschot Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Prof @History_UofT, Latin American Studies @uoftspanport, Colombia, Barrancabermeja, América Latina, rights & protest, montréalais d'origine, installé à Toronto

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Book Cover for: The Ruins of the New Argentina: Peronism and the Remaking of San Juan after the 1944 Earthquake, Mark A. Healey

The Ruins of the New Argentina: Peronism and the Remaking of San Juan after the 1944 Earthquake

Mark A. Healey
Luis van IsschotLuis van Isschot

@ffreff Where to begin? Lots of good books on smaller cities. Mark Healey The Ruins of the New Argentina re. San Juan. Ernesto Capello's City at the Center of the World re. Quito.

Paperback, 2011

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Remembering Pinochet's Chile: On the Eve of London 1998, Steve J. Stern

Remembering Pinochet's Chile: On the Eve of London 1998

Steve J. Stern
Luis van IsschotLuis van Isschot

Re-reading (for the 3rd time, I think) Steve Stern's "Remembering Pinochet's Chile: On the Eve of London 1998" for seminar on Memory and Transitional Justice. What a contribution! To the study of Chile, of dictatorship, oral history, memory. https://t.co/OF85H8EB3n https://t.co/Q0a8CP5Vec

Paperback, 2006

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers, Funké Aladejebi

Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers

Funké Aladejebi
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@NancyAppelbaum @raycraib @BridgetChester1 @womnknowhistory Funké Aladejebi's "Schooling the System", re. Black women educators, incl. many immigrants from Caribbean https://t.co/UNIeItYiFB https://t.co/yfoW4gHlol

Paperback, 2021

$43.95$21.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Connected Struggles: Catholics, Nationalists, and Transnational Relations Between Mexico and Quebec, 1917-1945, Maurice DeMers

Connected Struggles: Catholics, Nationalists, and Transnational Relations Between Mexico and Quebec, 1917-1945

Maurice DeMers
Luis van IsschotLuis van Isschot

@NancyAppelbaum @raycraib @BridgetChester1 @womnknowhistory Maurice Demers, Connected Struggles: Catholics, Nationalists, and Transnational Relations between Mexico and Quebec, 1917-1945 https://t.co/BvQSGZ1TeN https://t.co/aIdgxwBx9c

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Book Cover for: The Game, Ken Dryden

The Game

Ken Dryden
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My immigrant dad couldn't skate or teach me anything about hockey, but he knew Lafleur had creativity like the great Brazilian (also Uruguayan, Argentinian) football players he grew up admiring. As Lafleur's teammate Ken Dryden wrote, great players invent the game. https://t.co/EUxOVLfCNO

Paperback, 2013

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Distant Stage: Quebec, Brazil, and the Making of Canada's Cultural Diplomacy, Eric Fillion

Distant Stage: Quebec, Brazil, and the Making of Canada's Cultural Diplomacy

Eric Fillion
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Book Launch!!! Please check out new book re. transnational cultural politics in the 20th century, on Brazil and Quebec. Monday, February 6, 2pm Eric Fillion, Distant Stage: Quebec, Brazil, and the Making of Canada's Cultural Diplomacy https://t.co/HqvceoFdML via @UofTHistory https://t.co/ZjSZ35e6xm

Paperback, 2022

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Three Deaths of Cerro de San Pedro: Four Centuries of Extractivism in a Small Mexican Mining Town, Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert

The Three Deaths of Cerro de San Pedro: Four Centuries of Extractivism in a Small Mexican Mining Town

Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert
Luis van IsschotLuis van Isschot

The long wait is over! Order a copy, ask your library to get one! If you know his work, his longterm critical engagement re. Cdn mining operations, you know this will be extraordinary. The Three Deaths of Cerro de San Pedro Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert https://t.co/MlXg2AgywH

Paperback, 2022

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: JFK: The Book of the Film, Oliver Stone

JFK: The Book of the Film

Oliver Stone
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Been watching Oliver Stone's JFK for first time (as limited series, it's so crazy long) b/c it turns out to also be about Latin America. #twitterhistorians ...anyone have a good book on actual assassination, aftermath, conspiracy theories? Ps. Donald Sutherland, wow!

Paperback, 2000

$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Latin America Made in Canada, Maria del Carmen Suescun Pozas

Latin America Made in Canada

Maria del Carmen Suescun Pozas
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Saturday, April 23rd, 3:00 pm ET Book launch of Latin American Made in Canada, edited by María del Carmen Suescun Pozas and Alena Robin! 👇 Book Launch: Latin America Made in Canada - Sur Virtual Platform https://t.co/ej2s27ofD7 via @useformat

Paperback, 2022

$47.65$23.83 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: From Popular to Insurgent Intellectuals: Peasant Catechists in the Salvadoran Revolution, Leigh Binford

From Popular to Insurgent Intellectuals: Peasant Catechists in the Salvadoran Revolution

Leigh Binford
Luis van IsschotLuis van Isschot

Being published in December! "From Popular to Insurgent Intellectuals: Peasant Catechists in the Salvadoran Revolution" new book by Leigh Binford https://t.co/bn9Metks0J

Hardcover, 2022

$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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