Author: John A. Crow
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520077232
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Uniquely comprehensive and comparative, praised for its devotion to social and cultural developments as well as politics and economics, this book has been revised and brought up to date, with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s.
The Epic of Latin America, Fourth Edition
Author: John A. Crow
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520077232
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Uniquely comprehensive and comparative, praised for its devotion to social and cultural developments as well as politics and economics, this book has been revised and brought up to date, with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520077232
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Uniquely comprehensive and comparative, praised for its devotion to social and cultural developments as well as politics and economics, this book has been revised and brought up to date, with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s.
Epic of Latin America, Fourth Edition
Author: John A. Crow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780520352100
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Uniquely comprehensive and comparative, praised for its devotion to social and cultural developments as well as politics and economics, The Epic of Latin America is once again revised and brought up to date, with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s. The book received the Gold Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California for outstanding literary achievement by a California author and was selected by the American Library Association as one of the "fifty best books of the year."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780520352100
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Uniquely comprehensive and comparative, praised for its devotion to social and cultural developments as well as politics and economics, The Epic of Latin America is once again revised and brought up to date, with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s. The book received the Gold Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California for outstanding literary achievement by a California author and was selected by the American Library Association as one of the "fifty best books of the year."
The Epic of Latin America
Author: John Armstrong Crow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Born in Blood and Fire
Author: John Charles Chasteen
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393283068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The companion reader to the most readable, highly regarded, and affordable history of Latin America for our times.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393283068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The companion reader to the most readable, highly regarded, and affordable history of Latin America for our times.
Book of the Fourth World
Author: Gordon Brotherston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521314930
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Book of the Fourth World offers detailed analyses of texts that range far back into the centuries of civilised life from what is now Latin- and Anglo-America. At the time of its 'discovery', the American continent was identified as the Fourth World of our planet. In the course of just a few centuries its original inhabitants, though settled there for millennia and countable in many millions, have come to be perceived as a marginal if not entirely dispensable factor in the continent's destiny. Today the term has been taken up again by its native peoples, to describe their own world: both its threatened present condition, and its political history, which stretches back thousands of years before Columbus. In order to explore the literature of this world, Brotherston uses primary sources that have traditionally been ignored because they have not conformed to Western definitions of oral and written literature, such as the scrolls of the Algonkin, the knotted strings (Quipus) of the Inca, Navajo dry-paintings and the encyclopedic pages of Meso-America's screenfold books.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521314930
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Book of the Fourth World offers detailed analyses of texts that range far back into the centuries of civilised life from what is now Latin- and Anglo-America. At the time of its 'discovery', the American continent was identified as the Fourth World of our planet. In the course of just a few centuries its original inhabitants, though settled there for millennia and countable in many millions, have come to be perceived as a marginal if not entirely dispensable factor in the continent's destiny. Today the term has been taken up again by its native peoples, to describe their own world: both its threatened present condition, and its political history, which stretches back thousands of years before Columbus. In order to explore the literature of this world, Brotherston uses primary sources that have traditionally been ignored because they have not conformed to Western definitions of oral and written literature, such as the scrolls of the Algonkin, the knotted strings (Quipus) of the Inca, Navajo dry-paintings and the encyclopedic pages of Meso-America's screenfold books.
Modern Latin America
Author: Thomas E. Skidmore
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
What is Latin American History?
Author: Marshall Eakin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509538534
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. After briefly sketching the growth of the topic up to the 1960s, Marshall Eakin focuses on the past half-century, from the dominance of social history to the cultural turn. He surveys innovative work on topics including slavery, indigenous peoples, race, the environment, science, medicine, and gender, and ends with a discussion of the emergence of the concepts of borderlands, the Atlantic world, and transnational history – that both enrich and challenge the very idea of Latin America. This concise volume offers the first broad overview of Latin American history and historiography for students, scholars, and the general reader, outlining the key social, cultural, and political forces that have shaped both Latin America and its study.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509538534
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. After briefly sketching the growth of the topic up to the 1960s, Marshall Eakin focuses on the past half-century, from the dominance of social history to the cultural turn. He surveys innovative work on topics including slavery, indigenous peoples, race, the environment, science, medicine, and gender, and ends with a discussion of the emergence of the concepts of borderlands, the Atlantic world, and transnational history – that both enrich and challenge the very idea of Latin America. This concise volume offers the first broad overview of Latin American history and historiography for students, scholars, and the general reader, outlining the key social, cultural, and political forces that have shaped both Latin America and its study.
Born in Blood and Fire
Author: John Charles Chasteen
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393911541
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The most readable and highly regarded history of Latin America for our times.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393911541
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The most readable and highly regarded history of Latin America for our times.
Placing Latin America
Author: Edward L. Jackiewicz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442212446
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This comprehensive study offers a thematic approach to Latin America, focusing on the dynamic connections between people, places, and environments rather than on pre-defined notions about the region. The book’s well-rounded and accessible analysis includes discussions of borders and migration; transnationalism and globalization; urbanization and the material, environmental and social landscapes of cities; and the connections between economic development and political change. The authors also explore social and cultural themes such as the illegal drug trade, tourism, children, and cinema. Offering a nuanced and clear perspective, this book will be a valuable resource for all those interested in the politics, economy, and society of a rapidly globalizing continent. Contributions by: Fernando J. Bosco, J. Christopher Brown, James Craine, Altha J. Cravey, Giorgio Hadi Curti, James Hayes, Edward L. Jackiewicz, Thomas Klak, Mirek Lipinski, Regan M. Maas, Araceli Masterson-Algar, Kent Mathewson, Sarah A. Moore, Linda Quiquivix, Zia Salim, Kate Swanson, and Benjamin Timms.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442212446
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This comprehensive study offers a thematic approach to Latin America, focusing on the dynamic connections between people, places, and environments rather than on pre-defined notions about the region. The book’s well-rounded and accessible analysis includes discussions of borders and migration; transnationalism and globalization; urbanization and the material, environmental and social landscapes of cities; and the connections between economic development and political change. The authors also explore social and cultural themes such as the illegal drug trade, tourism, children, and cinema. Offering a nuanced and clear perspective, this book will be a valuable resource for all those interested in the politics, economy, and society of a rapidly globalizing continent. Contributions by: Fernando J. Bosco, J. Christopher Brown, James Craine, Altha J. Cravey, Giorgio Hadi Curti, James Hayes, Edward L. Jackiewicz, Thomas Klak, Mirek Lipinski, Regan M. Maas, Araceli Masterson-Algar, Kent Mathewson, Sarah A. Moore, Linda Quiquivix, Zia Salim, Kate Swanson, and Benjamin Timms.
Latin American Civilization
Author: Benjamin Keen
Publisher: Westview Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher: Westview Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description