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Jews have been overlooked in Latin American since their arrival in the area in the late nineteenth and e arly twentieth centuries. In this substantially revised edit ion the author examines major events including the bombing i n Buenos Aires. ' ... Read more

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A Cuban refugee raised in Miami, Maria Cristina Garcia presents a comprehensive and revealing account of the unprecedented Cuban migration into South Florida since Fidel Castro came to power. Garcia's exploration of the complicated realm of Cuban American identity sets a new standard in social and cultural history. ... Read more

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HAVANA USA
Wonderful Text. Helps to rationalize and boost understanding on why Cubans living in Miami have such foreign behaviors in the eyes of the outsider. The author takes you by the hand, and walks you step by step. Absolutely wonderful and did an excellent job at steering clear of any bias.

A fascinating and very well-researched book.
Havana USA is a very thorough account of post-revolutionary Cuban migration to America. One of the interesting aspects of Cuban emigration since Castro has been the perspectives given to us by the media and the government - many of them misleading. Garcia dispels these myths with factsbacked up my extensive research and personal interviews. A very interestingread.

Liked It, But Didn't Blow Me Away
Not a lot of literature in this area.Clearly written for the non-Cuban audience.Author remains objective throughout.Perhaps a little too objective.Generally, I would recommend it, especially for exiles like mewho may have been away from Miami for much of the period covered by thebook. ... Read more

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Data from the Current Population Survey were used in a unique analysis of migration and economic adaptation in a nationally representative sample of Asian and Hispanic immigrant women. The study describes migration patterns and compares the labor market adaptation experiences of women who migrated with their families and women who migrated independently. The book also examines the systematic differences in migration patterns by country of origin and how these differences relate to labor market performance
The findings highlight the considerable impact of immigration policy on the economic adaptation of immigration women. Wives who migrated before their husbands were more likely to be in the labor force, especially when compared to wives migrating after their husbands. In contrast, wives who migrated with their husbands were not likely to participate in the labor force. Interestingly, Asian immigrant wives, were more likely to migrate while married than were Hispanic immigrant wives. Asian wives who migrated after their husbands, earned substantially lower wages than their respective ethnic counterparts
(Ph.D. Dissertation, Cornell University, 1995; revised with new preface and index) ... Read more

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Latin Journey details an eight-year study of Mexican and Cuban immigrants. ... Read more

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Finally - Latinas in the Media!
There is such a lack of books on Latins in generally but even less on Latina women.This book is an excellent source for anyone especially those with an interest in Latin and Latin American studies and Hispanic studies. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Women's Health Journal, published by Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network on April 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1266 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Citizens speak out: health is our civil right! (News and Meetings).
Publication: Women's Health Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2002
Publisher: Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network
Volume: 2002Issue: 2Page: 17(2)

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The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration, job competition, labor organizing, changing ethnic and "race" relations, immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics and contribute to our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of Asian and Latino migration in a changing global economy. ... Read more

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An influential Alabama congressman and ardent champion of civil rights and education tells how his spirit and career were crushed by racist reactionaries who came to power in the South in the 50s and 60s. ... Read more

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Exactly what I wanted.
Arrived in good condition but was kinda slow getting here. Other than that I am happy with the purchase. ... Read more

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Although immigrants enter the United States from virtually every nation, Mexico has long been identified in the public imagination as one of the primary sources of the economic, social, and political problems associated with mass migration. Between Two Worlds explores the controversial issues surrounding the influx of Mexicans to America. The eleven essays in this anthology provide an overview of some of the most important interpretations of the historical and contemporary dimensions of the Mexican diaspora. ... Read more

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Just Great
The book was in the condition that was promised and I'm very satisfied with my purchase. ... Read more

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In an analysis of recent immigration patterns inWashington, D.C., Terry A. Repak documents the unusual predominance ofwomen among Central American immigrants. Two thirds of the arrivingimmigrants in earlier decades have been women, many of them recruitedby international diplomats and U.S. government employees to work ashousekeepers and nannies. Repak considers the labor forceparticipation patterns for women compared to men, the effect ofimmigration laws—particularly the IRCA's uneven impact on womenversus men—and the profound adjustments in gender roles andidentities that accompany migration.

Showing an extraordinary amount of autonomy, most of these immigrantwomen decided to migrate without consulting either fathers orpartners, and they gained even greater independence oncesettled. Repak plots the career trajectories of numerous CentralAmerican immigrant women and men to illustrate the array of thewomen's responses, gender differences in the migration andassimilation experience, the availability of work, and the possibilityfor upward mobility and higher wages. Providing social, economic andpolitical context, she looks at the conditions that set the stage forthis migration, including the rapid expansion of service jobs in the1960s and 1970s in Washington, D. C. and the political strife in suchCentral American countries as war-torn El Salvador, Nicaragua, andGuatemala. ... Read more

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Can laws, policies, and agencies that are designed to help women achieve equality with men accommodate differences among women themselves? In Pobladoras, Indígenas, and the State, Patricia Richards examines how Chilean state policy shapes the promotion of women’s interests but at the same time limits the advancement of different classes and racial-ethnic groups in various ways.

Chile has made a public commitment to equality between women and men through the creation of a National Women’s Service, SERNAM. Yet, indigenous Mapuche women and working-class pobladora activists assert that they have been excluded from programs implemented by SERNAM. Decisions about what constitutes "women’s interests" are usually made by middle class, educated, lighter-skinned women, and the priorities and concerns of poor, working-class, and indigenous women have not come to the fore.

Through critical analysis of the role of the state, the diversity of women’s movements, and the social and political position of indigenous peoples in Latin America, Richards provides an illuminating discussion of the ways in which the state defines women’s interests and constructs women’s citizenship. This book makes important contributions to feminist studies, theories of citizenship, and studies of the intersections of class, gender, and race. ... Read more

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More than gender divides Chilean women
An incisive look at the women's movement in Chile. The context is Chile's ending of Pinochet's dictatorship in 1990 and the subsequent gradual emergence of a pluralistic democracy. In this society, it has now become possible for many groups to overtly assert their influence. Richards studies how various female social groups have fared.

The problem is that there is no simple pure gender issue that most Chilean women might agree on. Richards shows the complexity of their society. Many divisions overlay. The concerts of educated, middle class women might not fully intersect those of struggling urban working class women.

Ethnicity and race also intrude. Rural women might be indigenous, rather than of European descent. Richards especially devotes attention to the Mapuche and their dealings with the government. The Mapuche were the only South American tribe in the Spanish Empire that the Spanish never defeated. Richards interviewed many Mapuche female leaders to find their concerns, which she summarises and analyses for us. ... Read more

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As a member of Salvador Allende's Personal Guards (GAP)Luz Arce worked with leaders of the Socialist Party during thePopular Unity Government from 1971 to1973. In the months followingthe coup, Arce served as a militant with others from the Left whoopposed the military junta led by Augusto Pinochet, which controlledthe country from 1973 to1990. Along with thousands of others inChile, Arce was detained and tortured by Chile's militaryintelligence service, the DINA, in their attempt to eliminatealternative voices and ideologies in the country. Arce's testimonialoffers the harrowing story of the abuse she suffered and witnessed asa survivor of detention camps, such as the infamous Villa Grimaldi.

But when faced with threats made to her family, including heryoung son, and with the possibility that she could be murdered asthousands of others had been, Arce began to collaborate with theChilean military in their repression of national resistance groupsand outlawed political parties. Her testimonial thus also offers aunique perspective from within the repressive structures as she tellsof her work as a DINA agent whose identifications even lead to thecapture of some of her former friends and compañeros.

During Chile's return to democracy in the early 1990s, Arceexperienced two fundamental changes in her life that led to thewriting of her story. The first was a deep spiritual renewal throughher contacts with the Catholic Church whose Vicariate of Solidarityhad fought for human rights in the country during the dictatorship.The second was her decision to participate within the legal system toidentify and bring to justice those members of the military who wereresponsible for the crimes committed from 1973 to 1990. ... Read more

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enormous
Anyone who thinks that s/he is a human being should read this book---And I don't use the word "should" gratuitously.

Honestly betrayed
This book has brought back to me what many surviving torture victims were dealt with, when many found out they survived by selling out other countrymen/ women who disappeared. I see what they suffered in our chilean society to be uncovered and how grotesque the author's accounts were to read in her quest to relay her story. I feel she does a daring job of telling her horrific accounts of abuse and I can now understand what drove her to do just that in order to survive. I recommend this book particularly to women who wish to know how women in chilean society were tortured. ... Read more

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Endangered Peoples of Latin America: Struggles to Survive and Thrive offers rare insight into indigenous and marginalized groups in Mexico, Central America, and South America. This volume focuses on more than 13 endangered peoples, from the Mayans of Central Quintana Roo, in Mexico, to the Quechua of the Peruvian Andes. Globalization has had negative effects on local economies and environments, on health and nutrition, and on control of land and other natural resources, and students and other interested readers will learn how these groups have responded to the various threats. The chapters are written by anthropologists based on their recent fieldwork, which guarantees unparalleled accuracy and immediacy. ... Read more

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This book interrogates recent debates about globalisation and cultural identities by focusing on how Latin American people and cultural practices have moved from one continent to another, and specifically to London. What does Latin culture mean when it is dislocated from its point of geographical reference? How do Latin Americans experience this process and what part do different people play in the re-making of a Latin identity in the neighbourhoods, parks, bars and dance clubs of London? This work approaches these issues by bringing together theoretical insights drawn from some of the key contemporary debates in the human and social sciences and combining this with information derived from detailed research and involvement in London's Latin community and music scene. Through critical engagement with contemporary theories of globalization, the geography of power, cultural identity and the transformation of places, the book explains how the formation of Latin identities is directly related to wider social, economic and political processes.The book argues that most "micro" movements of people - through a shopping mall or practicing dances in the intimate environment of a nightclub - are directly connected to the most "macro" of global processes involving the regulated movement of citizens, sounds and images across national boundaries and through cities. The work represents an important contribution to our understanding of global processes by highlighting and exploring the inter-relationships between nation and migration, the identity of places and the performing body. ... Read more

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The emergence of a sophisticated antislavery ideology and the rise of organized opposition to slavery in the Atlantic World in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries represented nothing less than one of the great intellectual and social revolutions in the history of the world.An institution which by the early eighteenth century was near axiomatically accepted as necessary, useful, and thoroughly in accord with Judaeo-Christian tenets and virtues and which profoundly informed the lives of millions of people had by the mid-nineteenth century come increasingly to be viewed as the chief vector of evil and the Devil in the world, the very quintessence of evil as some called it, and the chief repository of all that was socially, politically, and especially economically archaic and stagnant. This encyclopedia is organized around three principal concerns: the illustration and explication of the various forms of antislavery and its emergence as an organized movement; the immediate precipitants of abolition and the processes of its passage; and the enactment of emancipation and its consequences. While the earliest expressions of antislavery may have only comprised one or a few isolated voices, the antislavery most commonly reviewed here is that animated by a systematic and ardent opposition to slavery and intended to mobilize large numbers of people to attack and end the institution.A wide variety of people and organizations nurtured and extended this antislavery: religious figures, political economists, slaves, sailors, artisans, missionaries, planters, captains of slave ships, democratic enthusiasts, and others were all involved along with the various organizations-secular, religious, or otherwise-with which they were associated.Antislavery was by no means exclusively or even principally the work of an intellectual elite and the force of all, from the lowly and unlearned to the privileged and prominent, is represented.The presence of slavery continued to be attacked in the contracting Ottoman Empire in the early twentieth century, in Liberia in the 1930s, in Saudi Arabia in the mid-twentieth century, and even in the latter years of the century in countries like Sudan, Pakistan, India, and others in Southeast Asia.

The entries have a worldwide focus, covering antislavery movements and important developments in slavery abolition and slave emancipation in many places around the globe. Other entries cover individuals, groups, events, documents, and organizations related to the history of abolition and emancipation over the last two centuries. Coverage also address a wide range of topics, issues, and ideas related to the broad topic of ending historical systems of slavery and human bondage.

Besides over 400 cross-referenced entries, most of which conclude with lists of additional readings, the encyclopedia also includes an Introduction tracing the history of abolition and emancipation, a selected general bibliography, a guide to related topics, numerous illustrations, and a detailed subject index.

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In both the New World and the Old World, the 1992 quincentennial of Columbus's landfall led to controversies and heated debates as to whether this anniversary called for celebration, commemoration or condemnation. Without underestimating the destructive results of European intrusion and colonization, this study focuses on the more positive effects of the transatlantic exchange between the Netherlands and the Americas. Even though the emigration from the Netherlands to the Americas has always been modest, the impact of the Dutch on North and even South America was considerable in the 18th and 19th centuries, and since the New World has begun to influence the former metropolis. The 16 essays in this volume are organized around two related themes: the first part deals with the migration and transportation of people, covering a wide variety of aspects such as 17th-century colonization, the infrastructural links, the transportation of emigrants, the motives for migration and the assimilation of Dutch migrant women; and the second part focuses on cultural and intellectual exchanges, including political ideas, literature and science. ... Read more

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American government and torture
This book is a dpressing eye-opener for those who have suspected the CIA's complicity in torture around the world, but never had it confirmed.Read this book and weep for our government.

This is a must read book
I found this a hard book to read because of the information presented. It is depressing to learn that America has such an oppressive government and sponsors torture and right wing terror throughout the world. After reading this book I have researched many more instances of torture funded by the CIA, etc. and it has spurred me to join Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, among other human rights groups. Overall I found the book enlightening and well written and it has made a definite difference in my life.

Unique in bringing Central American history into the debate
Harbury is at her best when exploring the CIA's involvement in Latin America. She draws striking parallels between the torture and abuses committed in Central America in the 1980s & 90s and the heinous situation in Iraq today.

Where this book falls flat, however, is in her ability to go beyond a mere expose of the interrogation techniques that have become a matter of policy. Her recommendations for improving our country's adherence to international standards prohibiting torture lack teeth. She makes a very compelling argument about why it is wrong to torture, but does not make a convincing enough exploration of where we go from here. In addition, the parallel she tries to draw at the end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict feels forced and tangential.

Nonetheless, this book succinctly summarizes the major issues concerning the U.S. and torture and is a good primer for someone who may not be as familiar with the issues. Anyone who has kept up with the flood of articles appearing in the Washington Post, the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books and elsewhere, however, may find large pieces of this book repetitive.

Truth, Torture, and the American Way
Ms. Harbury's book is a must read for anyone interested in the facts surrounding America's all too frequent resort to terror and torture.Ms. Harbury is a true patriot who holds up a mirror to America and forces us to take a good long look at what's done by our Government in our name.

A Must Read for Anyone Who Cares About Human Rights
This book chillingly places the Bush Administration's torture policies in the proper historical perspective. The so-called war on terror is not the first time the U.S. has employed abduction, torture, and murder to further its political agenda. As Ms. Harbury thoroughly and unflinchingly reveals, throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s, the United States (directly and by proxy) abducted, tortured, murdered, and "disappeared" thousands of people in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, all in the name of fighting communism. It is a history that American nationalists ignore or claim never really happened. It did happen and we are witnessing history repeated itself in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the various nations to which we ship detainees to be tortured. Anyone who cares about human rights should read this book. Anyone who does not care about human rights should also read this book, on the off chance that it may resuscitate his/her soul or conscience. ... Read more