What Is Latin American History? - What Is History?

What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. After briefly sketching the growth of the topic up to the 1960s, Marshall Eakin focuses on the past half-century, from the dominance of social history to the cultural turn. He surveys innovative work on topics including slavery, indigenous peoples, race, the environment, science, medicine, and gender, and ends with a discussion of the emergence of the concepts of borderlands, the Atlantic world, and transnational history - that both enrich and challenge the very idea of Latin America. This concise volume offers the first broad overview of Latin American history and historiography for students, scholars, and the general reader, outlining the key social, cultural, and political forces that have shaped both Latin America and its study.

ISBN:	9781509538522
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Published date:	17 Sep 2021
DEWEY:	980.03
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	176 .
Weight:	242g
Height:	138mm
Width:	216mm
Spine width:	18mm

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