The Role of the Americas in History: By Leopoldo Zea

by Leopoldo Zea

This first-time translation makes available to English-speaking readers a seminal essay in Latin American thought by one of Latin America's leading intellectuals. Originally published in Mexico in 1957, The Role of the Americas in History explores the meaning of the history of the Americas in relation to universal history. Amy A. Oliver's introduction provides an excellent overview of such major themes in Zea's thought as marginality, humanism, Catholicism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847677214
• ISBN13: 9780847677214
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"