A History of Latin America

The text is divided into three major parts; timelines and part overviews for each of these parts help to highlight major themes and parallel developments among different regions of the Latin American world. Timelines define the sequence of events for each major section of the text.

Introductory and concluding paragraphs connect each chapter in the narrative. New chapter timelines provide a more detailed chronology for the region under discussion.

Key terms appear in bold type and are defined where first introduced. All the key terms and their definitions appear in an expanded glossary on the companion website.

An introductory chapter on the geographic background of Latin American history provides much-needed background on how the geography and environmental resources have shaped development of the larger region.

Chapter 10 examines the roles of slavery, emancipation, and race in shaping the post-colonial search for independent national identities in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru.

New chapter timelines offer a birds-eye view of the timeframe for each chapter--which can be used to help place the reading in context and compare regions to one another.