Born in Blood and Fire
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978-0-393-93558-5 (ISBN)
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Born in Blood and Fire: Latin American Voices includes colorful and engaging narrative accounts taken from novels, journals, essays, newspaper articles, and other documentary sources, many appearing in English for the first time and many translated by John Chasteen. Selections mirror the chronological and geographical coverage of Born in Blood and Fire.
John Charles Chasteen is professor of history emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Born in Blood and Fire, the best-selling history of Latin America. John Charles Chasteen is professor of history emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Born in Blood and Fire, the best-selling history of Latin America.
CHAPTER ONE
Chronicles of the Encounter
The Caminha Letter, Pero Vaz de Caminha
A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies,
Bartolomé de las Casas
A General History of the Indies, Francisco López de
Gómara
Chronicle of New Spain, Francisco Cervantes de Salazar
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, Bernal
Díaz del Castillo
A General History of New Spain, Bernardino de
Sahagún
CHAPTER TWO
Colonial Transculturation
Royal Commentaries of the Incas, Garcilaso de la
Vega
The First New Chronicle, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
Happy Captivity, Francisco Núñez de Pineda y
Bascuñán
An Account of the Jesuit Missions, José Cardiel
A Guide for Inexperienced Travelers, Alonso Carrió de
la Vandera
CHAPTER THREE
Early Nineteenth-Century Travel Accounts
Personal Narrative of a Journey, Alexander von
Humboldt
Travels in Brazil, Henry Koster
Journal of a Residence in Chile, Maria Graham
Life in Mexico, Frances Calderón de la Barca
CHAPTER FOUR
Inventing National Ethnicities
Facundo, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant, Manuel Antonio de
Almeida
A Self-Portrait of Mexico City, Various Authors
Bolívar's Justice, Ricardo Palma
María, Jorge Isaacs
CHAPTER FIVE
Progress and Its Discontents
Evolution, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Birds Without a Nest, Clorinda Matto de Turner
No Direction, Eugenio Cambaceres
The Inauguration of the Railway from Mexico City to Texcoco,
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
The Stock Market, Julián Martel
The Beehive, Aluísio Azevedo
CHAPTER SIX
In Search of Authenticity
Ariel, José Enrique Rodó
The Backlands, Euclides da Cunha
Santa, Federico Gamboa
Facing the Barbarians, José María Vargas
Vila
Black Stuff, Vicente Rossi
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Return of the Natives
Runa Yupay, José María Arguedas
Three Silver Sucres and The New Saint, José de la
Cuadra
Arid Lives, Graciliano Ramos
CHAPTER EIGHT
Cold War Visions
Weekend in Guatemala, Miguel Angel Asturias
Declassified Communiqué, Central Intelligence
Agency
Memory of Fire, Eduardo Galeano
CHAPTER NINE
Guerrillas and Torturers
Diary of A Guerrilla, Jacobo Arenas
Zarpazo, Evelio Buitrago Salazar
The Tupamaros in Action, Movement for National
Liberation
They Won't Take Me Alive, Claribel Alegría
Confessions of a Torturer, Nancy Guzmán
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2011 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | John Charles Chasteen |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 211 mm |
| Gewicht | 302 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 0-393-93558-2 / 0393935582 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-93558-5 / 9780393935585 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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