Luis van Isschot Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Prof @History_UofT, Latin American Studies @uoftspanport, Colombia, Barrancabermeja, América Latina, rights & protest, montréalais d'origine, installé à Toronto

The Ruins of the New Argentina: Peronism and the Remaking of San Juan after the 1944 Earthquake
Mark A. Healey
@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
Remembering Pinochet's Chile: On the Eve of London 1998
Steve J. Stern
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
Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers
Funké Aladejebi
@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
Connected Struggles: Catholics, Nationalists, and Transnational Relations Between Mexico and Quebec, 1917-1945
Maurice DeMers
@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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The Game
Ken Dryden
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
Distant Stage: Quebec, Brazil, and the Making of Canada's Cultural Diplomacy
Eric Fillion
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
The Three Deaths of Cerro de San Pedro: Four Centuries of Extractivism in a Small Mexican Mining Town
Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert
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
JFK: The Book of the Film
Oliver Stone
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
Latin America Made in Canada
Maria del Carmen Suescun Pozas
Saturday, April 23rd, 3:00 pm ET Book launch of Latin American Made in Canada, edited by MarĂa 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
From Popular to Insurgent Intellectuals: Peasant Catechists in the Salvadoran Revolution
Leigh Binford
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)