Bethell, Leslie

Surveys the history of Latin America from the first contacts between Native American Indians and Europeans to the twentieth century and examines their independence from Spain and Portugal and the role of the church.

Contains twenty-one essays in which the authors discuss various aspects of the economic, social, and political history of the individual Latin American countries in the years from c.1870 to 1930.

Examines the economic, social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Latin America during the first half-century after independence.

Examines the economic, social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of colonial Spanish America and colonial Brazil.