| Description |
xvi, 380 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Americas is a coproduction of WGBH Boston and Central Television Enterprises for Channel 4, U.K., in association with the School for International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University, and Tufts University." |
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"Americas: an anthology is part of a college credit course from the Annenberg/CPB Collection." |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Legacies of Empire: From Conquest to Independence -- The Garden of Forking Paths: Dilemmas of National Development -- Capital Sins: Authoritarianism and Democratization -- Continent on the Move: Migration and Urbanization -- Mirrors of the Heart: Color, Class, and Identity -- In Women's Hands: The Changing Roles of Women -- Miracles Are Not Enough: Continuity and Change in Religion -- Builders of Images: Writers, Artists, and Popular Culture -- Get Up, Stand Up: The Problems of Sovereignty -- Fire in the Mind: Revolutions and Revolutionaries -- The Americans: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples in the United States. |
| Provenance |
Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt Memorial Collection |
| Subject |
Latin America.
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Latin America. |
| Indexed Term |
Social life |
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South America |
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Central America |
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Caribbean region |
| Added Author |
Rosenberg, Mark, 1949-
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Kincaid, A. Douglas.
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Logan, Kathleen, 1948-
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| ISBN |
019507792X acid-free paper |
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9780195077926 acid-free paper |
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