... during the war. Although the authors' primary focus is recounting the sinking by its own crew on April 22, 1918, of the Prinz August Wilhelm ( PAW ), a German liner anchored in the Bahía de Sabanilla off the coast of Puerto Colombia, their investigation places this event in broader context...

..., University of Illinois. Robertson Prize Committee: Charles W. Arnade, University of South Florida, Chairman; Ruth L. Butler, Paw Paw, Michigan; Roland Duncan, University of Tennessee. Conference on Latin American History Prize Committee: Richard M. Morse, Yale University, Chairman; Robert N. Burr...

... disproportionately long legs and wildly inaccurate paws. In addition, he depicted various native houses, weapons, headdresses, and a hammock. In making available in translation these largely inaccessible passages from the lengthy manuscript along with her own interesting insights, Myers has made a significant...

... be dismissed as the actions of a Conservative cat’s-paw. From the anniversary affair through to the arrest of Governor Barrundia, Arce mainly sought to insure the authority of the federal government. The view that the conflict between the president and the Guatemalan Liberals arose from his betrayal...

... concessions from the Manchu court setting off a scramble that carved China into spheres of influence. China’s formal division was prevented by the British who, with the lion’s share of its trade and the most to lose, used Washington as their cat’s-paw to advance the Open Door policy that preserved Chinese...

....—such as Paw, Buffon, Robertson and Raynal—who liked to disparage everything Hispanic American. He tried to contradict them by glorifying the New World, and in particular his homeland, the Kingdom of Quito. To attain this end, he had to demonstrate the antiquity and imperial status of pre-Hispanic Quito...