Bestsellers in Latin American History 

-- Library Journal, 1/8/2009

Bestsellers in  Latin American History 
April 2008 to date as identified by YBP Library Services 

1) Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon
Hemming, John
Thames & Hudson
2008. ISBN 0500514011 [9780500514016]. $39.95

2) Cuba in the American Imagination: Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos
Perez, Louis A.
University of North Carolina Press
2008. ISBN 0807832162 [9780807832165]. $34.95

3) Bay of Pigs
Jones, Howard
Oxford University Press
2008. ISBN 019517383x [9780195173833]. $24.95

4) Empire of Law and Indian Justice in Colonial Mexico
Owensby, Brian P.
Stanford University
2008. ISBN 0804758638 [9780804758635]. $65.00

5) Panama Fever: The Epic Story of One of the Greatest Human Achievements of All Time, the Building of the Panama Canal
Parker, Matthew
Doubleday
2007. ISBN 0385515340 [9780385515344]. $29.95

6) Mexico Since 1980
Haber, Stephen...et al
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521846412 [9780521846417]. $80.00

7) Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes
Grimberg, Salomon
Merrell
2008. ISBN 1858944376 [9781858944371]. $45.00

8) Borders Within: Encounters Between Mexico And The U.S.
Monroy, Douglas
University of Arizona Press
2008. ISBN 0816526915 [9780816526918]. $45.00

9) U.S. Presidents and Latin American Interventions: Pursuing Regime Change in the Cold War
Grow, Michael
University Press of Kansas
2008. ISBN 0700615865 [9780700615865]. $34.95

10) Guerrillas: War and Peace in Central America
Kruijt, Dirk
Zed Books
2008. ISBN 1842777386 [9781842777381]. $99.00

11) Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause
Gjelten, Tom
Viking
2008. ISBN 067001978x [9780670019786]. $27.95

12) Coloniality at Large: Latin America and the Postcolonial Debate
Morana, Mabel
Duke University Press
2008. ISBN 0822341476 [9780822341475]. $99.95

13) Imagining La Chica Moderna: Women, Nation, and Visual Culture in Mexico, 1917-1936
Hershfield, Joanne
Duke University Press
2008. ISBN 0822342219 [9780822342212]. $79.95

14) Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century
Fuente, Alejandro De La
University of North Carolina Press
2008. ISBN 0807831921 [9780807831922]. $40.00

15) Lula of Brazil: The Story So Far
Bourne, Richard
University of California Press
2008. ISBN 0520246632 [9780520246638]. $24.95

16) Moral Force of Indigenous Politics: Critical Liberalism and the Zapatistas
Jung, Courtney
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521878764 [9780521878760]. $85.00

17) Christian Texts for Aztecs: Art and Liturgy in Colonial Mexico
Lara, Jaime
University of Notre Dame
2008. ISBN 026803379x [9780268033798]. $75.00

18) Greatest Emancipations: How the West Abolished Slavery
Powell, Jim
Palgrave Macmillan
2008. ISBN 0230605923 [9780230605923]. $26.95

19) Mexican National Identity: Memory, Innuendo, and Popular Culture
Beezley, William H.
University of Arizona Press
2008. ISBN 0816526893 [9780816526895]. $55.00

20) Cuba: Religion, Social Capital, and Development
Hearn, Adrian H.
Duke University Press
2008. ISBN 0822341808 [9780822341802]. $79.95

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