Latin American History Through Its Art and Literature - Softcover

Child, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761852824 ISBN 13: 9780761852827

Publisher: University Press of America, 2010

Synopsis

This book explores 2,000 years of Latin American history through the words of the writer, the brush of the painter, the pen of the cartoonist, and the lens of the photographer. The interdisciplinary approach to Latin America focuses on the way the region has related to the United States.

About this title

About the Author:

Jack Child is professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at American University. He was born of American parents in Argentina and lived in South America for eighteen years, coming to the United States to attend Yale University. After graduation from Yale, he served twenty years in the U.S. Army as a Latin American specialist, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. His courses at American University include a general education offering, "Latin America: History, Art, Literature," and this book was originally written as a text for that course.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0761852824
• ISBN 13: 9780761852827
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 284