This best selling text for introductory Latin American history courses mixes a chronological and a national approach to explore the background of this fascinating region. The text' s integrating framework is the dependency theory, which stresses the economic relationship between Latin American nations and wealthier nations, particularly the United States.The book provides in-depth coverage of society and culture in Latin America and their impact on population, settlement, trade, communication, and economic and political developments.
- ISBN10 0395977126
- ISBN13 9780395977125
- Publish Date 4 October 1999 (first published 30 April 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Academic)
- Edition 6th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 624
- Language English