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Describes the uniforms, weaponry, military practices and daily life of the Roman soldier during the twilight years of the Empire, a time which saw the army increasingly influenced by German troops and the rise of private armies. The book is illustrated with diagrams and colour plates.

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Much more than a basic description of how people lived, this book melds social history, politics, and economics into one, creating a full picture of Latin American life.

There are two poles or markers in the narrative about people's lives: the cities and the countryside.

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A study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime. It considers how each country dealt with commonly shared problems - the Axis threat to the national order, the extent of military cooperation with the Allies, and the war's impact on the national economy.

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The customary division of Latin American history into colonial and modern periods has come into question. This book demonstrates that there was a middle period in Latin America's historical evolution since the European Conquest.

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Designed for classroom use and nonspecialist readers, this collection brings together some of the most influential texts ever written about Latin Americas middle class.

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This timely text traces the impact of the Cold War on the transformation of the field of Latin American studies. Drawing on unpublished documents, it highlights how new academics challenged the mainstream consensus and opened the field to progressive theoretical currents. This...

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This timely text traces the impact of the Cold War on the transformation of the field of Latin American studies. Drawing on unpublished documents, it highlights how new academics challenged the mainstream consensus and opened the field to progressive theoretical currents. This...

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Early 20th-century Latin America was regularly convulsed by war and revolution. With detailed color plates and contemporary photographs, this Men-at-Arms title examines the soldiers and revolutionaries that fought in these conflicts.

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Written expressly for students and general readers, this book assembles and comments on a wide range of Latino American folktales. Students of literature and language will value this book for its exploration of Latino American folktales, while students of history and society will welcome its illumination of the Latino American experience.

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From the first Latinos' arrival in pre-Columbian America to the Alamo, Santeria, Desi Arnaz, and the exodus from Castro's Cuba, this work presents various events in Latino history. It contains chronological entries that are organized by subject, and explores categories such as Civil Rights and Protests, Arts and Music and Literature, among others.

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This book provides a lively understanding of the growing Latina/o population in the United States, highlights the problems that confront this ethnic group, and discusses proposed solutions to these issues.

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The Romans are renowned for their aqueducts, baths and water systems. This book describes toilets in the Roman empire from Iberia to Syria, and from North Africa to Hadrian's Wall. It focuses on Pompeii, where many toilets are preserved and where some evidence for change over time can be found.

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This study analyzes North Korean comedy films from the late 1960s to present day. It analyzes their role in the culture of the film industry, the subjectivity of the viewer, and the impact popular actors and comedians have had on North Korean society.

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This book is the story of British consuls at the edge of the British and Chinese empires. By embracing local norms and adapting to transfrontier migration, consuls created forms of transfrontier legal authority.