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Latin America
Latin America the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. The 20 republics are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,... Read more |
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Indigenismo
INDIGENISMO. The term indigenismo encompasses a diverse array of intellectual production concerning the indigenous peoples of Latin America. The twentieth century in particular witnessed an explosion of literary, critical, and visual work on the figure of the Indian. It should be made clear from... Read more |
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Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism worldwide 20th-21st-century Christian movement that emphasizes the experience of Spirit baptism, generally evidenced by speaking in tongues ( glossolalia ). The name derives from Pentecost , the Greek name for the Jewish Feast of Weeks, which falls on the fiftieth day after... Read more |
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Socialist Party of America
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Boy Scouts of America
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Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee
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Developing countries
Developing Countries CRITICAL APPROACHES NEOCOLONIALISM AND POSTCOLONIALISM BIBLIOGRAPHY Developing countries —generally referring to the countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America Read more |
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Dependency Theory
Dependency Theory A RICH DEBATE EMPIRICAL CHALLENGES A LASTING LEGACY BIBLIOGRAPHY In the early 1950s, a group of economists stationed at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) in Santiago, Chile, launched a rigorous research program around one pressing question:... Read more |
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plaza
plaza. 1. Public square or market place, especially in Spain or Latin America. 2. Large paved area surrounded by or adjacent to buildings, often embellished with sculpture, fountains, and planting, especially in North America. 3. Suburban shopping area consisting of a huge parking lot surrounded by... Read more |
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Dependency
DEPENDENCY. During the 1960s and 1970s, Latin American dependency theorists produced an important challenge to modernization and growth theories of development. Associated with a number of key intellectuals from Latin America—Andre Gunder Frank, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and Peter Evans in... Read more |
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Benedict in Brazil.(From the Editor)(Pope Benedict XVI)
...nothing of the sort. In Tongues of Fire: The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin America (1990), sociologist...reverse its losses in Latin America. Hierarchy...supportive as more egalitarian ... |
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Gender, Social Change and Spiritual Power: Charismatic Christianity in Ghana
...southern European and Latin American perspectives...Pentecostalism in Latin America, Catholicism in Eastern...sustain each other" (Tongues of Fire: The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin ... |