Latin America : a history / by Aldred Barnaby Thomas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Colonial Latin America: The Indian Cultures of Latin America -- The European Background and the Discovery of America -- Colonization: The Caribbean and North America, 1493-1610 -- The Conquest and Colonization of South America, 1520-1580 -- The Political and Economic Organization of the Spanish Colonies -- Social Organization and Colonial Culture -- Spanish Expansion and International Rivalry in North America, 1600-1763 -- The Spanish Empire in South America, 1600-1763 -- The Spanish Empire: Reorganization, Expansion, and Decline, 1763-1808 -- Colonial Brazil: 1580-1808 -- Colonial Brazil: Economic and Social Life, 1580-1808 -- The Wars for Independence: The Wars for Independence: Northern South America == The Wars for Independence: Southern South America and Brazil -- The Wars for Independence: Spanish North America -- Modern Latin America: The Atlantic Republics: Argentina. Uruguay. Paraguay. Brazil -- The Pacific Republics: Chile. Bolivia. Peru. Ecuador -- The Caribbean Republics: Colombia. Venezuela. Cuba. Haiti and the Dominican Republic -- Central America, Panama, and Mexico Iner-American Affairs.

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