Best Sellers in Latin American History

By Bette-Lee Fox

January 2010 to date as identified by YBP Library Services

1) The Oxford History of Mexico
Beezley, William H.
Oxford University Press
2010. ISBN 9780199731985. $29.95

2) Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Anderson, Jon Lee
Grove
2010. ISBN 9780802144119. $20

3) Gabriel García Márquez: The Early Years
Stavans, Ilan
Palgrave Macmillan
2010. ISBN 9780312240332. $25

4) Muralism Without Walls: Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros in the United States, 1927-1940
Indych-López, Anna
University of Pittsburgh Press
2009. ISBN 9780822943846. $45

5) Afro-Caribbean Religions: An Introduction to Their Historical, Cultural, and Sacred Traditions
Murrell, Nathaniel Samuel
Temple University Press
2010. ISBN 9781439900406. $89.50

6) No Higher Law: American Foreign Policy and the Western Hemisphere Since 1776
Loveman, Brian
University of North Carolina Press
2010. ISBN 9780807833711. $35

7) Slavery in Brazil
Klein, Herbert S.
Cambridge University Press
2010. ISBN 9780521193986. $95

8) Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean: Engendering Social Justice Democratizing Citizenship
Maier, Elizabeth
Rutgers University Press
2010. ISBN 9780813547282. $79

9) Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol
Hernandez, Kelly Lytle
University of California Press
2010. ISBN 9780520257696. $55

10) Babies Without Borders: Adoption and Migration Across the Americas
Dubinsky, Karen
New York University Press
2010. ISBN 9780814720912. $65

11) Building Nineteenth-Century Latin America: Re-Rooted Cultures, Identities, and Nations
Acree, William G., Jr.
Vanderbilt University Press
2009. ISBN 9780826516657. $79.95

12) I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Menchú, Rigoberta
Verso
2009. ISBN 9781844674459. $95

13) The Politics of Cocaine: How U.S. Foreign Policy Has Created a Thriving Drug Industry in Central and South America
Marcy, William L.
Lawrence Hill
2010. ISBN 9781556529498. $26.95

14) Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution: Cinema and the Archive
Pick, Zuzana M.
University of Texas Press
2010. ISBN 9780292721081. $55

15) Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution
Pérez, Louis A., Jr.
Oxford University Press
2011. ISBN 9780195392968. $39.95

16) Caribbean Religious History: An Introduction
Edmonds, Ennis B.
New York University Press
2010. ISBN 9780814722343. $70

17) Colonialism and Postcolonial Development: Spanish America in Comparative Perspective
Mahoney, James
Cambridge University Press
2010. ISBN 9780521116343. $85

18) Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross
Hanks, William F.
University of California Press
2010. ISBN 9780520257702. $70

19) Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow
Guridy, Frank Andre
University of North Carolina Press
2010. ISBN 9780807833612. $59.95

20) The Politics of Motherhood: Maternity and Women's Rights in Twentieth-Century Chile
Mooney, Jadwiga E. Pieper
University of Pittsburgh Press
2009. ISBN 9780822960430. $27.95

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