Description
Book SynopsisStunning in its sweep, Americas is the most authoritative history available of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, Americas examines the historical, demographic, political, social, cultural, religious, and economic trends in the region. For this new edition Peter Winn has provided a new preface and made revisions throughout to include the most up-to-date information on changes and developments in Latin America since the last revised edition of 1999.
Table of ContentsPreface to the 2005 Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1. A View from the South
2. Legacies of Empire
3. The Perils of Progress
4. A Second Independence?
5. Capital Sins
6. Continent on the Move
7. Children of the Sun
8. A Question of Color
9. In Women’s Hands
10. The Power and the Glory
11. The Magical and the Real
12. Endangered States
13. Making Revolution
14. North of the Border
Epilogue: Latin America and the Caribbean
in the Twenty-First Century
Illustration Credits
Notes
Index
