Keen's Latin American Civilization: History and Society, 1492 to the Present

by Benjamin Keen, Robert Buffington, The Late Benjamin Keen

The central theme of the text is Latin America's economic dependency on European powers and the United States, and its struggle for liberation from dependency and its consequences: social decline, mass poverty, and corrupt, arbitrary governments. This classic text has long been a staple in Latin American history courses, now in the eighth edition it has been thoroughly revised and given a fresher presentation for a new generation of students and professors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813341108
• ISBN13: 9780813341101
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"