A Reference Guide to Latin American History - Hardcover

Henderson, Alexander C; Delpar, Helen; Brungardt, Maurice P.; Weldon, Richard

 
9781563247446: A Reference Guide to Latin American History

Synopsis

An essential reference for comprehensive and detailed coverage of Latin American history, this book is divided into three parts: Part I, a descriptive chronology of key event from pre-Columbian times to the present; Part II, a thematic survey of topics, tracing population expansion, legal/political development, economic change, social evolution, science and technology, and cultural development across time; Part III, a biographical section containing over 300 biographies of individuals introduced in earlier sections of the book. Meticulously indexed and cross-referenced, this accessible resource also includes more than thirty historical maps.

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Synopsis

This reference work covers Latin American history and is divided into three parts: a descriptive chronology of key events from pre-Columbian times to the present; a thematic survey of topics; and a biographical section containing over 300 biographies of individuals.

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