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Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive... Read Full Overview

Tracing five centuries of exploitation in Latin America, a classic in the field, now in its twenty fifth year

The classic survey of Latin America's social and cultural history, with a new introduction by Isabel Allende

A superbly written, excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive expos? which all students of Latin American and U.S. history must read.--Choice"Well written and passionately stated, this is an intellectually honest and valuable study."--Library Journal"A dazzling barrage... Read Full Overview