Americas An Anthology

Name: Americas An Anthology
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ISBN: 9780195077926

ISBN-10: 019507792X

ISBN-13: 9780195077926

Edition: 1992

Authors: Mark B. Rosenberg, A. Douglas Kincaid, Kathleen Logan

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A companion volume to a major PBS series premiering in January 1993, thisanthology provides a comprehensive overview of the major regions and currentissues in Latin America. Each of the volume's thirteen chapters correspondswith a segment of the series and contains a wealth of primary and secondarysource material, including speeches, letters, government documents, newspaperand magazine articles, and essays. Each chapter has a specific thematic andgeographical focus: the chapter on women, for example, features readings onChile, providing background on the recent political and economic upheaval thathas had an especially dramatic influence on women's lives, while the chapter onreligion…

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/30/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Introduction



Legacies of Empire: From Conquest to Independence



The Garden of Forking Paths: Dilemmas of National Development



Capital Sins: Authoritarianism and Democratization



Continent on the Move: Migration and Urbanization



Mirrors of the Heart: Color, Class, and Identity



In Women's Hands: The Changing Roles of Women



Miracles Are Not Enough: Continuity and Change in Religion



Builders of Images: Writers, Artists, and Popular Culture



Get Up, Stand Up: The Problems of Sovereignty



Fire in the Mind: Revolutions and Revolutionaries



The Americans: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples in the United States