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Born in blood and fire, a concise history of Latin America, John Charles Chasteen

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Born in blood and fire, a concise history of Latin America, John Charles Chasteen

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eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Born in blood and fire

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44090628

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John Charles Chasteen

Review

"This history of Latin America will delight any reader. Fully informed by the latest scholarship, this survey spans six centuries and covers twenty countries. John Charles Chasteen presents a narrative of the Latin American experience, animated by stories about men and women from all walks of life, and enriched by insightful analysis. The famous and not so famous characters of Latin America are here: Cortes, Malinche, Moctezuma, Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz, Bolivar, Father Manuel Hidalgo, Juan and Eva Peron, and, of course, Che Guevara. This is a story of despair and hope, the processes of conquest and colonization, race mixing and class construction, revolution and republic formation, and the elusive quests for sustained economic growth and political and social equality."--Jacket

Sub title

a concise history of Latin America

Table Of Contents

First Stop, the Present -- Countercurrents: A Statistical Portrait -- Encounter -- Countercurrents: Friar Bartolome de las Casas -- Colonial Crucible -- Countercurrents: Colonial Rebellions -- Independence -- Countercurrents: The Gaze of Outsiders -- Postcolonial Blues -- Countercurrents: The Power of Outsiders -- Progress -- Countercurrents: More International Wars -- Neocolonialism -- Countercurrents: New Immigration to Latin America -- Nationalism -- Countercurrents: Populist Leaders of the Twentieth Century -- Revolution -- Countercurrents: Liberation Theology

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