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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393976130
ISBN-139780393976137
eBay Product ID (ePID)1700537
Product Key Features
Book TitleBorn in Blood and Fire : a Concise History of Latin America
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicLatin America / General
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorJohn Charles Chasteen
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight15.7 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN00-041868
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal980
SynopsisCapturing readers in a story exposing the complexities of a diverse region peopled by characters such as Cortes, Eva, and Juan Peron, Sister Inor Suarez and Che Guevara, John Chasteen focuses on the major events of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Working within a chronological framework, this text incorporatres the histories of individual countries into the history of a region, providing students with a foundation for further study. It embraces race, class and gender as principle issues in the Latin American experience and recognizes relationships between sociocultural, political and economic forces.