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American Indian educator and political philosopher Jack Forbes's Columbus and Other Cannibals was one of the founding texts of the anti-civilization movement when it was first published in 1978. His history of terrorism, genocide, and ecocide told from a Native American point of view has continued to inspire America's most influential activists for decades. Now available for the first time in a Spanish translation, this radical critique of the modern 'civilized" lifestyle is more vital than ever before. El libro del pensador nativo americano Jack Forbes, Colon y otros caníbales, era uno de...

Cuban intellectual Roberto Regalado provides a critical analysis of the issues facing Latin America today. He examines the political crises, the emerging social movements on the continent that are spearheading international resistance to neoliberalism-from the water struggles in Bolivia to the landless movement in Brazil-and considers alternative options for development.

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

En las últimas décadas del siglo XX la cuenca media del río Magdalena era un territorio azotado por distintas violencias protagonizadas por guerrilleros, paramilitares, narcotraficantes y fuerza pública. Bajo este espacio incandescente, como durmientes casi imperceptibles, estaban las ruinas de unas estructuras culturales venidas a menos, unas faenas tradicionales apocadas o disminuidas y unas idiosincrasias de provincia derruidas que estaban reducidas apenas a estereotipos que parecieran vivir, en muchos casos, con creencias de otros tiempos. En estas circunstancias no era extraño...