Latin America: culture area studies / Philip D. Curtin

Introduction, 7.-- Indian American, 10.-- Middle American Civilization, 11.-- Andean Civilization, 19.-- The Coming of the Europeans, 24.-- The Foundation of Brazil, 33.-- The Spanish Organize an Empire, 37.-- A European Age in the Southern Americas, 46.-- Spanish Power Declines in the Late Colonial Period, 47.-- Revolutions Bring Independence to Latin America, 60.-- Latin America´s Search of a Solution, 74.-- Latin America Since 1939, 85.-- Some Latin American Leaders, 92.-- Reading List, 105.-- Latin America in Perspective, 106.-- Latin America: A Table of Basic Information, 108.-- Acknowledgments, 110.-- Index, 111.-- List of Maps: Centers of Middle American Civilizations, 18.-- Aztec and Inca Empires, 31.-- The New World About 1580, 35.-- Latin America About 1790, 58.-- Latin America After Independence: 1828, 67.-- Products and Resources of Latin America, 83.-- Latin American Goverments Since 1945, 101.