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Latin America, a cultural history, by Germán Arciniegas ; translated from the Spanish by Joan MacLean

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Latin America, a cultural history, by Germán Arciniegas ; translated from the Spanish by Joan MacLean

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 571-594)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Latin America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

483859

Responsibility statement

by Germán Arciniegas ; translated from the Spanish by Joan MacLean

Sub title

a cultural history

Table Of Contents

Introduction: the four Americas -- America's old world -- The America of 1500 -- What the Spaniards brought to America -- The birth of literature -- Don Quixote and the conquest of America -- Green Brazil -- The Spanish colonies -- The convents and the missions -- A first inventory of Spanish-American literature -- The arts in the Spanish colonies -- The enlightenment -- The scientific missions -- Independence -- Romanticism and liberalism -- Civilization and barbarism -- From utilitarianism and positivism -- Brazil from colony to empire to republic -- Haiti in black and white -- From modernismo to anti-modernismo -- Between Ariel and Caliban -- Appointment with necromancy -- Chronological table

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