The Penguin History of Latin America
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: February 23, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9780141034751
Subjects: History -- Americas -- Central America; History -- Americas -- South America; History -- World
First sentence: After enduring a long and testing voyage across unknown regions of the Atlantic Ocean, the Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus came within sight of land in the early morning of 12 October 1492.
Description: Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portuguese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day, looking in detail at Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Cuba, and gives an overview of the cultural developments that have made Latin America a source of fascination for the world.