A History of Latin America: C.1450 to the Present

by Peter Bakewell and Peter J. Bakewell

Book Overview

This complete history of South and Middle America is now updated to provide fuller coverage of twentieth-century developments in politics and economics, as well as social and cultural life. A complete history of Latin America from pre-conquest to the present-day. Second edition includes new preface, updated bibliography and a new chapter on the 20th century. Covers political, economic, social and cultural history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631231609
• ISBN13: 9780631231608
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent colonial history

I agree with a past reviewer--Bakewell's is an excellent colonial history. As it enters the postcolonial, modern period, it becomes less so. It lacks detail and information because it covers the last two hundred years too quickly. For colonial history, I insist, it is really good and pithy. In that sense, it might be a helpful introductory reading for a student of the early Latin America.