The Formation of Latin American Nations: From Late Antiquity to Early Modernity

by Thomas Ward and Ward

Book Overview

This pioneering work brings the pre-Columbian and colonial history of Latin America home: rather than starting out in Spain and following Columbus and the conquistadores as they "discover" New World peoples, The Formation of Latin American Nations begins with the Mesoamerican and South American nations as they were before the advent of European colonialism--and only then moves on to the sixteenth-century Spanish arrival and its impact...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806166088
• ISBN13: 9780806166087
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"