Overview

This book features biographies of 32 of the most notable figures in Latin American history. To the 23 individuals from the first edition, consisting mostly of revolutionary, political, and military figures of the past, are added nine new biographies of contemporary Latin American presidents, providing an updated view of the region's leadership. Several patterns run through the individual biographies. The concept of native identity is an important aspect in the stories of Malinche, Juarez, Sandino, and Zapata--profoundly affecting the politics of modern Brazil, Mexico, and Nicaragua. One also sees a continuing compulsion to rebel against overwhelming odds in the cases of Manuela Saenz, Che Guevara and Daniel Ortega.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jerome R. Adams
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.699kg
ISBN:  

9780786442843

ISBN 10:   0786442840
Pages:   403
Publication Date:   01 February 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction      1. Doña Marina (La Malinche): Mother of Conquest      2. Pierre François Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture: Commander of a Slave Army      3. Simón Bolívar: Liberator of the North      4. Manuela Sáenz: Spirit of the Liberation      5. José de San Martín: Liberator of the South      6. Bernardo O’Higgins: Chile’s Irish Liberator      7. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento: Educator of a Continent      8. Pedro I and Pedro II, Brazil’s Emperors: Divine Right and Democracy      9. José Martí: Revolutionary Poet      10. Benito Juárez: Builder of Democracy      11. Pancho Villa: Political Warrior      12. Emiliano Zapata: Indian Reformer      13. Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza and Hermila Galindo de Topete: Women of the Mexican Revolution      14. Augusto Sandino: The Visionary versus the Marines      15. Juan Perón: Monarch of the Working Class      16. María Eva Duarte de Perón: Angel of the “Shirtless Ones”      17. José Figueres: At the Center of Latin America      18. Fidel Castro: Socialist Revolutionary      19. Ernesto “Che” Guevera: Existential Rebel      20. Bishop Romero: Modern Martyr      21. Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet: Ariel and Caliban      22. César Chávez: Hispanic Spartacus      23. Vicente Fox: Breaking the Political Mold      24. Néstor Kirchner Ostoic and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Peronist Pair      25. Daniel Ortega Saavedra: Sandino Redux      26. Luís Inacio Lula da Silva: Brazil’s Diminutive Giant      27. Hugo Chávez: Elected Leftist      Chapter Notes      Select Bibliography      Index     

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"""especially valuable""--Library Journal; ""useful""--Booklist; ""uniquely conceived""--Choice; ""of great value""--ARBA; ""highly readable...very informative...a good addition""--Reference Reviews."

especially valuable --<i>Library Journal</i>; useful --<i>Booklist</i>; uniquely conceived --<i>Choice</i>; of great value --<i>ARBA</i>; highly readable...very informative...a good addition --<i>Reference Reviews</i>.

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Jerome R. Adams is a freelance journalist living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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