From the Book - 3d ed. [rev., enl.]
1. This land, this people.
2. The Indian background.
3. The Iberian background.
4. The African background.
5. Discovery and conquest.
6. Introducing the Spanish colonial period.
7. Spain's government in America: kings, viceroys, and other important people.
8. The church in Spanish America.
9. Man, his land, and his labor in Spanish America.
10. The getting and the spending: the economic life of Spanish America.
11. The formation of Spanish American culture.
12. The Portuguese empire in Brazil.
13. The tumult of revolution.
14. Mexico's war for independence.
15. The independence of Spanish South America.
16. The independence of Brazil.
19. The era of Santa Anna, 1821-55.
20. The era of Benito Juárez, 1855-76.
21. The era of Porfirio Diáz, 1876-1910.
23. Reconstruction: The era of Obregón, Calles, and Cárdenas, 1920-40.
24. Mexico turns to the right, 1940-.
27. The Dominican Republic.
28. Central America and Panama.
34. Chile: the formative years, 1810-91.
35. Chile's evolution since 1891.
36. Argentina: land and people.
Argentina: the years of tumult, 1810-29.
38. Argentina: the tyranny of Juan Manuel de Rosas, 1829-52.
39. Creation of the Argentine nation, 1852-90.
40. Argentina: the radicals, 1890-1930.
41. Argentina: the old regime returns, 1930-43.
42. Argentina: the era of Juan Domingo Perón, 1943-55.
43. Argentina after Perón, 1955-.
46. Brazil: land and people.
47. The empire of Brazil: Pedro I, 1822-31.
48. The empire: the regency and Pedro II, 1831-41.
49. The empire: Pedro II, 1841-89.
50. The first republic, 1889-1930.
51. The era of Getulio Vargas, 1930-45.
52. The second republic, 1945-.
53. Latin America and the United States, 1810-95.
54. Latin America and the United States, 1895-1946.
55. Latin America and the United States, 1946-
