Uniquely comprehensive and comparative, praised for its devotion to social and cultural developments as well as politics and economics,The Epic of Latin Americais once again revised and brought up to date, with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s. The book received the Gold Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California for outstanding literary achievement by a California author and was selected by the American Library Association as one of the fifty best books of the year.
John A. Crowis Professor Emeritus of Spanish at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of many books on Spain, Latin America, Italy, and Greece.Spain: The Root and the Flower,now in its third edition (California 1985), is a classic study of Spain's cultural history and people.
The best book on Latin America that I have encountered during my forty years experience. Hugh Gibson, former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil
It ismustreading not only for the academic world but particularly for responsible business executives and intelligent travelers. Nothing like it has appeared so far and it will make any similar attempts quite unnecessary for years to come. Julius Klein, former Undersecretary of Commerce, specialist in Latin American affairs
PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION
PROLOGUE
1. The Mayas: "Greeks of the New World"
2. The Incas: Children of the Sun
3· The Toltec-Aztec Culture
4· The New World Meets the Old World's Cross and Sword
5· The Halls of Montezuma
6. Pizarro's Exploits in the "Empire of the Sun"
7· The Conquest of Chile
8. Colombia Yields to the "Knight of ElDorado"
9· Conquest of the River Plate
10. Brazil: Land of No Lure
11. Iberians and Indians
12. The Division of Lands and Labor
13. The Empire Consolidated
14. Trade Monopoly and Pirates
15. Flowls+
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