Free Download Russell Crandall, "Forging Latin America: Profiles in Power and Ideas, 1492 to Today"
English | ISBN: 1538183323 | 2023 | 584 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
A sweeping yet intimate exploration of Latin America's political history, Forging Latin America profiles fifty-two of the region's most influential figures who, for better or worse, have shaped its character and destiny from the Spanish Conquest to the present day. This polyphonic gathering of dictators, reformers, revolutionaries, artists, writers, priests, and activists not only foregrounds the major political developments since 1492 but also spotlights lesser-known stories of hope, change, and resistance from the ground up. Along the way, the book shows how ideas can bring down a government or build one, how power corrodes ideology until the perpetuation of power becomes an ideology in and of itself, and how the intellectual heritage of Latin America has been used, disputed, and reinvented over five astonishing centuries.

Free Download Melton, "Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0815305028, 0815311400, 1138432288 | EPUB | pages: 407 | 1.8 mb
Covers the history, founders, beliefs, and literature of over five hundred nonconventional and alternative religious movements.

Free Download Thomas C. Wright University of Nevada Las Vegas, "Democracy in Latin America: A History since Independence"
English | ISBN: 1538149346 | 2023 | 238 pages | EPUB, PDF | 6 MB + 12 MB

Free Download Comparative Racial Politics in Latin America By Kwame Dixon; Ollie A Johnson III
2018 | 358 Pages | ISBN: 1138727024 | PDF | 9 MB
Latin America has a rich and complex social history marked by slavery, colonialism, dictatorships, rebellions, social movements and revolutions.Comparative Racial Politics in Latin Americaexplores the dynamic interplay between racial politics and hegemonic power in the region. It investigates the fluid intersection of social power and racial politics and their impact on the region's histories, politics, identities and cultures.Organized thematically with in-depth country case studies and a historical overview of Afro-Latin politics, the volume provides a range of perspectives on Black politics and cutting-edge analyses of Afro-descendant peoples in the region. Regional coverage includes Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti and more. Topics discussed include Afro-Civil Society; antidiscrimination criminal law; legal sanctions; racial identity; racial inequality and labor markets; recent Black electoral participation; Black feminism thought and praxis; comparative Afro-women social movements; the intersection of gender, race and class, immigration and migration; and citizenship and the struggle for human rights. Recognized experts in different disciplinary fields address the depth and complexity of these issues.Comparative Racial Politics in Latin Americacontributes to and builds on the study of Black politics in Latin America.

Free Download Colonial America: Biographies by Peggy Saari, Julie Carnagie
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0787637629 | 389 Pages | PDF | 10.0 MB
Profiles sixty men and women relevant to the colonial era in America; features shorter biographies and sidebars about people and events who are in some way connected to the main biographee; and includes illustrations, cross-references, time lines, and sources for further study.

Free Download Christian America and the Kingdom of God By Richard T. Hughes
2009 | 233 Pages | ISBN: 0252078896 | PDF | 2 MB
A provocative indictment of the fundamentalist myth of Christian AmericaThe idea of the United States as a Christian nation is a powerful, seductive, and potentially destructive theme in American life, culture, and politics. Many fundamentalist and evangelical leaders routinely promote this notion, and millions of Americans simply assume the Christian character of the United States. And yet, as Richard T. Hughes reveals in this powerful book, the biblical vision of the "kingdom of God" stands at odds with the values and actions of an American empire that sanctions war instead of peace, promotes dominance and oppression instead of reconciliation, and exalts wealth and power instead of justice for the poor and needy.With conviction and careful consideration, Hughes reviews the myth of Christian America from its earliest history in the founding of the republic to the present day. Extensively analyzing the Old and New Testaments, Hughes provides a solid, scripturally-based explanation of the kingdom of God--a kingdom defined by love, peace, patience, and generosity. Throughout American history, however, this concept has been appropriated by religious and political leaders and distorted into a messianic nationalism that champions the United States as God's "chosen nation" and bears little resemblance to the teachings of Jesus.Pointing to a systemic biblical and theological illiteracy running rampant in the United States, Hughes investigates the reasons why so many Americans think of the United States as a Christian nation despite the Constitution's outright prohibition against establishing any national religion by law or coercion. He traces the development of fundamentalist Christianity throughout American history, noting especially the increased power and widespread influence of fundamentalism at the dawn of the twenty-first century, embodied and enacted by the administration of President George W. Bush and America's reaction to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.Timely and provocative, Christian America and the Kingdom of God illuminates the devastating irony of a "Christian America" that so often behaves in unchristian ways.

Free Download C. S. Lewis in America: Readings and Reception, 1935-1947 (Hansen Lectureship Series) by Mark A. Noll, Karen J. Johnson, Kirk D. Farney, Amy E. Black
English | November 14, 2023 | ISBN: 1514007002 | True EPUB | 176 pages | 6.4 MB
Perhaps no other literary figure has transformed the American religious landscape in recent history as much as C. S. Lewis. Even before the international publication and incredible success of his fictional works such as The Chronicles of Narnia or apologetic works like Mere Christianity, Lewis was already being read "across the pond" in America. But who exactly was reading his work? And how was he received?

Free Download Adam Mintz, "Building Communities: A History of the Eruv in America "
English | ASIN : B0BQLZ48SW | 2023 | 186 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Jewish law forbids carrying objects between private or public areas on the Sabbath. However, rabbinic authorities deemed carrying permissible within a physical enclosure called an eruv. This book explores the rabbinic debates surrounding the creation of such enclosures in North American cities and examines the evolution of American Orthodox communities from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s. The earliest debates reflect a community with low religious observance and weak ties to local government that relied on European rabbis for authority. By the mid-twentieth century, these rabbinic disputes reveal an established, religiously observant community forming its own traditions.

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English | ISBN: 1538169703 | 2022 | 296 pages | EPUB, PDF | 549 KB + 2 MB
Should the United States prevent additional allies from developing atomic weapons? Although preventing U.S. allies and partners from acquiring nuclear weapons was an important part of America's Cold War goals, in the decades since, Washington has mostly focused on preventing small adversarial states from building the bomb. This has begun to change as countries as diverse as Germany, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, among others, have begun discussing the value of an independent nuclear arsenal. Their ambitions have led to renewed discussion in U.S. foreign policy circles about the consequences of allied proliferation for the United States. Even though four countries have acquired nuclear weapons, this discussion remains abstract, theoretical, and little changed since the earliest days of the nuclear era.

Free Download America Goes to War: The Civil War and Its Meaning in American Culture by Bruce Catton
English | February 15, 1992 | ISBN: 0819560162 | True EPUB | 128 pages | 1.9 MB
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian "ranges informally but authoritatively" across Civil War-related topics in a thought-provoking essay collection (The New York Times).