{"product_id":"a-companion-to-latin-american-history-9781405131612","title":"A Companion to Latin American History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe  Companion to Latin American History  collects the work of leading experts in the field to create a single-source overview of the diverse history and current trends in the study of Latin America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For many readers, this work will prove helpful in engendering a broader understanding of the layers, complexities, and array of approaches in studies of Latin America. Summing Up: Highly recommended.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\"Blackwell is to be congratulated on offering a comprehensive review drawing together the disparate threads of the history of the many nations which make up the southern half of the American continent … .For the undergraduate student of the general reader seeking a handy overview to the history of the region the present volume provides an excellent introduction.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Issue 7 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The 30 scholars who contributed these 28 essays covering prehistoric times to the present represent the fields of anthropology, archaeology, ethnography, gender studies, history, political science, and Spanish. They furnish readers with an excellent addition to the body of works exploring Latin America. Entries are ordered logically and pragmatically and lend structure to a comprehensive approach to the study of Latin America. This work treats Brazil as a distinctive entity and explores women, gender, family, and modern environmental history. The editor addresses the appropriateness of the descriptor \"Latin America.\" The inclusion of these elements is timely, lending to the completeness of coverage. The maps are important to the few entries that include them and provide the reader with graphical data. However, the small size and indiscernible formatting of the maps undermines their potential usefulness. Because of the scholarly tone and depth of information provided in each entry, readers who already have a foundational knowledge of the region will extract the greatest benefit. Nevertheless, for many readers, this work will prove helpful in engendering a broader understanding of the layers, complexities, and array of approaches in studies of Latin America. \u003cb\u003eSumming Up\u003c\/b\u003e: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.\" (\u003ci\u003eA. G. Garza, California State University, Stanislaus,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice,\u003c\/i\u003e February 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This volume is an accessible and welcome contribution to the general field of Latin American Studies. Overall, the volume is excellent with just the right mix of generalization and particularity. This volume is smartly structured, well informed, and written by top scholars in the field.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Americas: Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Figures, Tables, and Maps vii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas H. Holloway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Early Population Flows in the Western Hemisphere 10\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTom D. Dillehay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Mesoamerica 28\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Monaghan and Andrew R. Wyatt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Tradition and Change in the Central Andes 42\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Quilter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Portuguese and Spaniards in the Age of European Expansion 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam D. Phillips, Jr. and Carla Rahn Phillips\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Exploration and Conquest 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatricia Seed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Colonial Brazil (1500–1822) 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHal Langfur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Institutions of the Spanish American Empire in the Hapsburg Era 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Elizabeth Ramírez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Indigenous Peoples in Colonial Spanish American Society 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKevin Terraciano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Slavery in the Americas 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFranklin W. Knight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Religion, Society, and Culture in the Colonial Era 162\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRachel Sarah O’Toole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Imperial Rivalries and Reforms 178\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Process of Spanish American Independence 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJaime E. Rodríguez O.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 New Nations and New Citizens: Political Culture in Nineteenth-century Mexico, Peru, and Argentina 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah C. Chambers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Imperial Brazil (1822–89) 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudy Bieber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Abolition and Afro-Latin Americans 247\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAline Helg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Land, Labor, Production, and Trade: Nineteenth-century Economic and Social Patterns 264\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAldo A. Lauria-Santiago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Modernization and Industrialization 285\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eColin M. Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Practical Sovereignty: The Caribbean Region and the Rise of US Empire 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary A. Renda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Mexican Revolution 330\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdrian A. Bantjes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Populism and Developmentalism 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoel Wolfe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Cuban Revolution 365\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLuis Martínez-Fernández\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The National Security State 386\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid R. Mares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Central America in Upheaval 406\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie A. Charlip\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Culture and Society: Latin America since 1900 424\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert McKee Irwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Environmental History of Modern Latin America 443\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLise Sedrez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Women, Gender, and Family in Latin America, 1820–2000 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNara Milanich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Identity, Ethnicity, and “Race” 480\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Wade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Social and Economic Impact of Neoliberalism 494\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDuncan Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 512\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515722752343,"sku":"9781405131612","price":161.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-latin-american-history-9781405131612","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}