A History of Latin America

Name: A History of Latin America
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: George Pendle
ISBN: 9781441797360

Author: George Pendle

Narrator: Fred Williams

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/01/2007

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

Latin America, an area of great economic potential, has long been in need of an authoritative and concise introduction. This history has been written by a specialist who was closely connected with Latin America for over forty years. His text emphasizes how many races and classes have contributed to the civilization of this great landmass: Indians, European conquistadores, priests, planters, African slaves, caudillos, liberal intellectuals and commercial pioneers.

About George Pendle

George Pendle is an author and journalist. He writes about contemporary art, historical fiction, imaginary countries, real monsters, mad scientists, sane occultists, and the color blue.He has written for the Economist, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Times (London), the Guardian, the Observer, frieze, Cabinet, Bidoun, Modern Painters, and Icon.He has also written signs for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glyn

Rating: 5/10. When you are as clueless as I was regarding the history of Latin America, you have to start somewhere and that's with a survey of the topic. Truthfully, you'd be better off with a volume which has been written in the last couple of years. Pendle, who was an Oxford professor and a Brit,......more

Goodreads review by Dan

pendle writes well about a subject he clearly loved. good historical summaries (16th-19th centuries), though thin on the pre-columbian millennia. he wrote this in the 1960s, with a rushed end-note from 1975. that's fine, as i enjoy seeing the viewpoint from different periods. i'm also happy with wri......more

Goodreads review by Bryan--The Bee’s Knees

Given that the last update in this book mentions the overthrow of Allende in Chile, but does not name Pinochet, it follows that it can't help but be out of date. It might function well as a part I, if someone were to write a history of Latin America from 1970-2020. Even so, I don't think the book wa......more

Goodreads review by Rosario

No puedo negar que este libro efectivamente cumple su promesa: es un paseo general por todo el continente desde que llegó Colón hasta la década de 1970. Es todo lo que tus profesoras de historia les dio lata pasarte en el colegio. Al menos a mí como chilena no me enseñaron nada sobre Centro América,......more

Goodreads review by Joni

I’d like to know how much has changed.......more