The Buried Mirror
Subtitle: Reflections on Spain and the New World
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: January 15, 1999
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780395924990
First sentence: On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on a small island in the Western Hemisphere.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one : The virgin and the bull.; title: Sun and shadow; title: The conquest of Spain; title: The reconquest of Spain; title: 1492 : the crucial year; title: Part two : The conflict of the gods.; title: The rise and fall of the Indian world; title: The conquest and reconquest of the New World; title: Part three : Children of La Mancha.; title: The age of empire; title: The century of gold; title: The baroque culture of the New World; title: The age of Goya; title: Toward independence; title: Part four : The price of freedom.; title: Simón Bolívar and José De San Martín; title: The time of tyrants; title: The culture of independence; title: Land and liberty; title: Part five : Unfinished business.; title: Latin America; title: Contemporary Spain; title: Hispanic U.S.A.; title: The monarchs of Spain; title: Sources and readings