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Latin America

Politics and Society since 1930

Leslie Bethell editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:13th Jun '98

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The Cambridge History of Latin America is a large scale, collaborative, multi-volume history of Latin America spanning the five hundred years between the late fifteenth century to the present.

Latin America: Politics and Society since 1930 brings together chapters from Part 2 of Volume VI of The Cambridge History to provide a thorough account of political movements in Latin America. This will be useful for both teachers and students of Latin American history and of contemporary Latin America.The Cambridge History of Latin America is a large scale, collaborative, multi-volume history of Latin America during the five centuries from the first contacts between Europeans and the native peoples of the Americas in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present. Latin America: Politics and Society since 1930 consists of chapters from Part 2 of Volume VI of The Cambridge History that provide a thorough account of political movements in Latin America. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.

'The best collaborative history of the region … likely to be available for a long time to come.' The Times Literary Supplement
'A monument to scholarship ... a tremendous awe-inspiring achievement.' Journal of Latin American Studies
'A superb work of reference.' New York Review of Books

ISBN: 9780521595827

Dimensions: 228mm x 150mm x 29mm

Weight: 754g

504 pages