| People and Issues in Latin American History Vol I Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rausch, Jane M. (Editor), Hanke, Lewis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1558763899 ISBN-13: 9781558763890 Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - South America - History | Latin America - Central America |
| Dewey: 980.01 |
| LCCN: 2005037252 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6" W x 9" (1.34 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Within these pages students will meet Bartolom de Las Casas, the stout defender of the indigenous Americans in 16th-century Spanish America, and Antonio Vieira, his 17th-century counterpart in Brazil. They will critically examine Columbus's role in the Iberian conquest of America, and encounter Isabel Moctezuma, a "pioneer of mestizaje"; Juan Garrido, a black conquistador; Sor Juana de la Cruz, "supreme poet" of the 17th-century Spanish world; Tupac Amaru, the leader of the last Inca rebellion; and the German savant Alexander von Humboldt. Finally, they will read about the nameless men and women -- Spanish, Portuguese, indigenous American, and African -- whose collective stories make the history of 300 years ago more comprehensible to our contemporary mentalities. |