Introduction : Unity and diversity -- pt. 1. Three peoples converge -- The lay of the land--and the water -- American peoples and cultures -- Iberians and Africans -- Moving out across the oceans -- The first conquest -- The conquest on the peripheries -- pt. 2. Building empires and societies in a new world -- Land and labor -- State and empire -- Religion and empire -- Race, culture, and society -- Reforms and revolutions -- The onset of the wars for independence -- The wars for independence -- pt. 3. Forging a new order -- Liberals, conservatives, and disorder -- Liberals, positivists, and order -- Great Britain, the United States, and Latin America -- The pursuit of identity -- pt. 4. Democracy, development, and identity -- Diverging paths : many Latin Americas -- The path of revolution--before 1959 -- The path of revolution--since 1959 -- The path of reform -- Between reform and revolution -- Poverty and progress -- Race, culture, identity -- Epilogue : Latin America in the twenty-first century.
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