Penguin history of Latin America
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Penguin history of Latin America
（Penguin books）
Penguin, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [576]-602) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This title traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus and the Spanish Conquest to the present day. It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The age of empire: discovery and conquest
- Indians and Iberians
- Spain in America
- the Spanish Indies
- colonial Brazil. Part 2 The challenge of the modern world: reform, crisis and independence
- the quest of order - conservatives and liberals in the 19th century
- civilization and cultural barbarism - literary and cultural development 1. Part 3 The 20th century: nationalism and development - an overview
- Mexico - revoluion and stability
- Brazil - order and progress
- Cuba - dependency, nationalism and revolution
- Argentina - the long decline
- Chile - democaracy, revolution and dictatorship
- identity and modernity - literary and cultural development 2.
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