People and Issues in Latin American History Vol I / Edition 3

by Jane M Rausch, Lewis Hanke

Overview

Within these pages students will meet Bartolomé de Las Casas, the stout defender of the indigenous Americans in 16th-century Spanish America, and Antonio Vieira, his 17th-century counterpart in Brazil. They will critically examine Columbus's role in the Iberian conquest of America, and encounter Isabel Moctezuma, a "pioneer of mestizaje"; Juan Garrido, a black conquistador; Sor Juana de la Cruz, "supreme poet" of the 17th-century Spanish world; Tupac Amaru, the leader of the last Inca rebellion; and the German savant Alexander von Humboldt. Finally, they will read about the nameless men and women -- Spanish, Portuguese, indigenous American, and African -- whose collective stories make the history of 300 years ago more comprehensible to our contemporary mentalities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558763890
Publisher:	Wiener, Markus Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/16/2016
Edition description:	3rd Revised ed.
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	273,483
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.93(d)