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American Colonialism in Puerto Rico: The Judicial and Social Legacy
	Ramos, Efrén Rivera Subject: Latin America	“This is a brilliant and outstanding book, quite persuasive in the way it interrogates history. Dr. Rivera Ramos performs the immense service of providing a serious discussion of the complexity of Puerto Rican history and political culture as well as … More Information

Santiago Pérez Triana (1858–1916) Colombian Man of Letters and Crusader for Hemispheric Unity
	Rausch, Jane Subject: Latin Amerivan History, American History, World History, Biography,	The son of radical Colombian president Santiago Pérez Manosalbas, Pérez Triana was forced into exile after a scandal involving his business ventures, fleeing over the Andes and down three rivers to the Atlantic and a new life in the … More Information

The West and the World: A History of Civilization, Vol. I: From the Ancient World to 1700
	Reilly, Kevin Subject: World History	The West and the World engages students and provokes discussion by presenting the past through the prism of current and perennial issues. Interpretive chapters on such topics as gender, religion, war, ecology, and nationalism create both thematic narratives and the … More Information

The West and the World: A History of Civilization, Vol. II: From 1400 to the Present
	Reilly, Kevin Subject: World History	The West and the World engages students and provokes discussion by presenting the past through the prism of current and perennial issues. Interpretive chapters on such topics as gender, religion, war, ecology, and nationalism create both thematic narratives and the … More Information

Family Chronicle: An Odyssey from Russia to America
	Reznikoff, Charles Subject: Europe, U.S. History	This remarkably moving and often funny saga becomes the collective memoir of the celebrated American poet and his family. Drawing upon the childhood stories of his parents, the author weaves together narratives that portray life in 19th-century provincial Russia, capture … More Information

By the Waters of Manhattan
	Reznikoff, Charles (introduction by Milton Hindus) Subject: Europe, U.S. History, World Literature	This is the first novel of Charles Reznikoff, one of the outstanding American poets of this century. It tells the story of a courageous woman in Russia who immigrates to America and starts a family and business in New York’s … More Information

Born at the Battlefield of Gettysburg: An African-American Family Saga
	Rinaldi, Harriette C. Subject: African American History, Women's History, History of Slavery	“Tremendous! Part history, part detective story, and wholly good.” — Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The lives of Victor Chambers—who was born on the battlefield at Gettysburg to a runaway slave and later became an artist in Providence—and … More Information

Posmodernismo y Teatro en América Latina: Teorías y Practícas en el Umbral del Siglo XXI
	Rizk, Beatriz J. Subject: Latin America, World Literature	Main topics in contemporary Latin American theater include feminism, minorities and other marginalized people, and mixed genres and performances. In this work, Beatriz J. Rizk examines the impact of these topics on styles of Latin American expression on the threshold … More Information

Historical Perspectives on Puerto Rican Survival in the United States
	Rodriguez, Clara E. and Virginia Sánchez Korrol, editors Subject: Caribbean, U.S. History	This collection was originally developed as an interdisciplinary reader for Puerto Rican Studies courses under the title The Puerto Rican Struggle: Essays on Survival in the U.S. It is being reissued with updated commentary because of its continuing relevance to … More Information

A New Deal for the Tropics: Puerto Rico During the Depression Era, 1932-1935
	Rodriguez, Manuel Subject: Latin America, U.S. History, Caribbean	In the 1930s, Puerto Rico was economically and culturally a nineteenth-century agrarian state dominated by sugar and coffee plantations. Then came the New Deal, and the island changed forever. Puerto Rico entered the twentieth century in every respect, including its … More Information

Lamu: History, Society, and Family in an East African Port City
	Romero, Patricia Subject: Africa, Women's History	This book depicts the history of Lamu, once an important East African port city but now known as an unspoiled tourist destination and scenic location for Hollywood movies. Records from both the distant past and the more recent period give … More Information

Women’s Voices on Africa: A Century of Travel Writings
	Romero, Patricia W. Subject: Africa, Women's History	In African Women: A Historical Panorama, Patricia W. Romero seeks to address what she perceives as a gap in existing scholarship on the history of African women, namely a lack of personalisation and case studies in accounts of women who … More Information

African Women: A Historical Panorama
	Romero, Patricia W. Subject: African History, Women's History, Textbook	African women have made history as doctors, merchants, slaves, prostitutes, and religious leaders. In this survey of the roles women have played in sub-Saharan Africa, from the Queen of Sheba in Ethiopia to the elected presidents of contemporary Liberia and … More Information

Passage from Home: The Erotic Awakening of a Young Intellectual
	Rosenfeld, Isaac (edited by Jonathan D. Sarna; introduction by Mark Shechner) Subject: World Literature	This outstanding family novel, set in a Jewish neighborhood of Chicago, is “the fullest articulation of the generational conflict between Jewish fathers and [sins],” writes Alexander Bloom in his 1986 book Prodigal Sons. The central character, a 15-year-old boy in … More Information

The African Experience in Spanish America
	Rout, Leslie, Jr. Subject: Africa, Latin America, History of Slavery	This pioneering book, a founding text of African diaspora studies, continues to hold a prominent place in any bibliography of its field and remains the only general history on the people of African descent in the Spanish-speaking nations of … More Information

Cuban Music
	Roy, Maya (translated by Denise and Gabriel Asfar) Subject: Caribbean	Native Americans supplied the maracas. African slaves brought drums and ritual music, and Spaniards brought guitars, brass instruments, and clarinets along with European ballroom dancing. The advent of blues and jazz gave new forms to styles of songs, notably feeling … More Information

Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar
	Ruete, Emily (edited by Patricia Romero) Subject: Middle East	Born a princess Sayyida on the African spice island of Zanzibar, Emily Ruete was brought up in a harem in the Sultan’s palace, naturalized as a German through marriage, and then manipulated by both Germans and British in their … More Information