History of Latin America, the Penguin
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Book Overview
A single-volume history of Latin America. Professor Williamson starts with the pre-Columbian Indian peoples and the slow, often savage process of colonization by which Spaniards and Portuguese came to control territory many times the size of Spain. Indeed, it was not until the age of the Enlightenment, dynastic shifts, imperial reforms and Napoleonic conquests in Europe that the scene was set for independent republics. Our own century has witnessed both the long decline of Argentina and the dynamic corporatism of Mexico, lurches between dictatorship and democracy in Brazil and Chile, and utterly distinct developments in Cuba. All this is summarized and surveyed in this book.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0140125590
ISBN13:9780140125597
Release Date:September 1993
Publisher:Penguin Group
Length:640 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
The Penguin History of Latin America
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
The book is well written for a history book. It is very easy to read.
Great Insight
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Since the history of Latin America is so intriguing, I was expecting this book to be a bit more intriguing. It is a very broad-brush book; a little more anecdotal and personal stories could help flesh it out a bit. But it does give excellent insight and precise analysis into the how's and why's of why Latin America is the way it is today, and that has increased my understanding of the Latin culture tremendously.
Good stuff to read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I have been able to find this book only with you. I need it for my university exam. Very good organisation even it's a little bit expensive. Anyway for a ggod job I am ready to pay. thx & rgds FRank Brunone
Excellent Introduction to the Subject
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
As someone who always wondered about Latin American history - this book offered a superb introduction. It combines a broad sweep over the colonial period with briefer country-specific essays on the post-colonial histories of the the larger Latin Anerican nations. Reading it one gets a good sense of the common heritage of South America.
Exhaustive introduction to Latin America
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book is a testimony that Mr. Williamson can be rated as a top notch literary critic. He is also a good English Historian. So here you have it: he combines the sensibility and mastery of language of a man of letters with the rigor and deapth of knowledge of an academic Historian to give us an introduction to Latin America through her history. What results is a complete and readable synthesis of the main currents in Latin politics, economy, society and literature. Mr. Williamson's underlying thesis is that of the search of Latin American societies for Modernity defined as a democratic, liberal and self-conscious state of affairs. The history is therefore roller-coasterish. But then Mr. Williamson will make your ride enjoyable.
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