History of Latin America

Peter Bakewell

Wiley, Aug 22, 1997 - History - 576 pages

This is a complete history of South and Central America. It is a vivid, analytical narrative and is appropriately illustrated with maps and photographs.

• Complete history of Latin America, from the ancient civilizations to the twentieth century.
  
• Illustrated with original maps and photographs.
  
• Compelling narrative account explains internal change within an international context.

About the author

Peter Bakewell studied at Cambridge University and has been teaching in the United States since 1975, first at the University of New Mexico and since 1989 at Emory University. His previous works include Silvermining and Society in Colonial Mexico: Zacatecas, 1546-1700 (1971) and Silver and Entrepreneurship in Seventeenth Century Potosi: The Life and Times of Antonio Lopez de Quiroga (1988).

Bibliographic information

• Title: History of Latin America; Blackwell History of the World
• Author: Peter Bakewell
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Wiley, 1997
• ISBN: 0631205470, 9780631205470
• Length: 576 pages
• Subjects: History / World