Latin America A Modern History

8vo. 579pp. + xix pp. Index. from Preface: "This book is intended both for college and university students and for the general public. It differs from some other works dealing with Latin America in several respects. I have tried [. . .] to avoid producing a mere handbook or a work of reference, and with this in mind I have supplemented facts with interpretation. I ahve not ignored the two centuries following 1550, a long period often neglected in such surveys. I have given more than the usual emphasis to the international relations of the region from the beginning of the struggle for self-government and independence to the present day, and more than average attention to the literary lights and social critics of the National period, thus permitting the Latin Americans to reveal themselves, their merits, and their conceptions of their defects." #04438h. Book VG: mild dust and shelf wear to boards and spine, text clean, binding tight.