Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence

Latin America's Struggle for Independence

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century
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Author: John Charles Chasteen ISBN: 9780199884452
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Publication: December 27, 2007
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: John Charles Chasteen
ISBN: 9780199884452
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication: December 27, 2007
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

A premier volume in Oxford's Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American wars of independence. Proceeding almost cinematically, scene by vivid scene, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts, key events, and dominant trends, braided together in a single, taut narrative. He vividly depicts the individuals and events of those tumultuous years, capturing the gathering forces for independence, the clashes of troops and decisions of leaders, and the rich, elaborate tapestry of Latin American societies as they embraced nationhood.

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A premier volume in Oxford's Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American wars of independence. Proceeding almost cinematically, scene by vivid scene, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts, key events, and dominant trends, braided together in a single, taut narrative. He vividly depicts the individuals and events of those tumultuous years, capturing the gathering forces for independence, the clashes of troops and decisions of leaders, and the rich, elaborate tapestry of Latin American societies as they embraced nationhood.

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