An Atlas and Survey of Latin American History

Autorentext

Michael J. LaRosa is Associate Professor of History at Rhodes College, Memphis, and Series Editor of Routledge's "Latin American Tópicos."

Germán R. Mejía is Professor of History and dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá.

Klappentext

An Atlas and Survey of Latin American History provides a comprehensive, accessible introduction to both the human and physical geography of Latin America and the social, cultural, political and economic events that have defined its history.

Zusammenfassung
An Atlas and Survey of Latin American History provides a comprehensive, accessible introduction to both the human and physical geography of Latin America and the social, cultural, political and economic events that have defined its history.

Inhalt

1. The Land and Its Peoples

2. America Before 1500

3. Science, Exploration and Expansion

4. The Iberian Conquest of America

5. America Under Hapsburg Rule

6. America Under the Bourbon Rule

7. From Autonomy to Independence

8. Latin America in the Nineteenth Century

9. Latin American Economics in the Twentieth Century

10. Demographics and Population in the Twentieth Century

11. Political, Social and Cultural Issues

12. Revolutionary Movements

13. Latin America in the New Millennium