Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence

A premier volume in Oxford's Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American wars of independence. Proceeding almost cinematically, scene by vivid scene, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts, key events, and dominant trends, braided together in a single, taut narrative. He vividly depicts the individuals and events of those tumultuous years, capturing the gathering forces for independence, the clashes of troops and decisions of leaders, and the rich, elaborate tapestry of Latin American societies as they embraced nationhood.


Author: John Charles Chasteen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/28/2008
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.55w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780195178814

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2007 pg. 1227
Multicultural Review 06/01/2008 pg. 65
Choice 01/01/2009

About the Author

John Charles Chasteen is Patterson Distinguished Term Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both a writer and a translator, his books include Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America.

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