Born in Blood and Fire

Posted on 11 October 2017 by John Charles Chasteen

Drawing on the most current scholarship, this concise text presents a direct, compelling narrative that spans six centuries and twenty countries Carefully revised in light of recent Latin American history, the Second Edition introduces new maps, helpful chapter timelines, and a new Student Web site. New Read Born in Blood and Fire [ By ] John Charles Chasteen [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Obligatory terse review, as things are still hectic around here.I waffled and wavered all over this First, inclined for a four, then a two, so going for a three Why It s concise, clear, non pretentious prose, not without its bias but not heavily so It offers the usual summary of political and historical events in Latin America for Brazil is discussed almost as much as the Hispanophone countries , with a few moments where the author clears up a few things that either are misconceptions or wh Obligatory terse review, as things are still hectic around here.I waffled and wavered all over this First, inclined for a four, then a two, so going for a three Why It s concise, clear, non pretentious prose, not without its bias but not heavily so It offers the usual summary of political and historical events in Latin America for Brazil is discussed almost as much as the Hispanophone countries , with a few moments where the author clears up a few things that either are misconceptions or what he considers to be so.The reason I couldn t ...It s a decent political history of Mexico, Central and South America but it wasn t very satisfying because he just can t do justice to 500 years of history in 20 countries, even if as a region they often mirrored each other, in 400 pages Also, there s no liking the US after this o...While I generally pride myself on being a well rounded individual, I will readily confess that knowledge of Latin American history is one of my blind spots For whatever reason, I don t remember learning much about Latin America throughout my educational journey Now that I m teaching World History to 10th graders, I decided I needed to learnabout this part of the world, and a fellow teacher recommended John Charles Chasteen s Born in Blood and Fire A Concise History of Latin America I r While I generally pride myself on being a well rounded individual, I will readily confess that knowledge of Latin American history is one of my blind spots For whatever reason, I don t remember learning much about Latin America throughout my educational journey Now that I m teaching World History to 10th graders, I decided I needed to learnabout this part of the world, and a fe...This book was the required reading for a Latin American history class I took in college I found it a fascinating read, and I spent much of time comparing and contrasting our own American history U.S with that of Latin American From conquest, to the Castas race hierarchy, to Latin America s fight for independence, and Lat...This is exactly what I wanted, a basic framework history of Latin America This truly is a concise history so if you are looking for ain depth analysis then this is not the book for you I thought this book did a good job of tracking trends throughout Latin America and it left me wanting to find out .Great introduction to Latin American history for those with little background Certainly has a biased tone, but the book reads very smoothly and provides a good overview.was a interesting bookFirst of all, the second edition is riddle with typographical errors and annotation errors That aside, the last chapter of the book which deals with the most recent events the 90 s is so skimpy It s as though Chasteen simply got tired of writing and let the book sort of dissolve It s decent as the barest survey It s written to be read and understood easily, but Chasteen glosses over a lot of key event That, and his bias is all over every page I read it for a college history class and wa First of all, the second edition is riddle with typographical errors and annotation errors That aside, the last chapter of the book which deals with the most recent events the 90 s is so skimpy It s as though Chasteen simply got tired of writing and let the book sort of dissolve It s decent as the barest survey It s written to be read and understood easily, but Chasteen glosses over a lot of key event That, and h...Assigned reading for Latin American History at Augusta University, and I know have a much better appreciation for the history and cultures of the Latin American people I also have a better idea of the suffering and hundreds of thousands of deaths caused by American...Clean and concise, this enthusiastic history is a handy summary of Latin America s colorful and tumultuous journey over the past half millennium Of course, as the author hints at in the introduction, the task at hand is an impossible one five hund...

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11 October 2017

John Charles Chasteen