Born in Blood and Fire
A Concise History of Latin America: Fourth Edition

Three and a half stars. Deals as a sweeping introduction to those that are new to Latin-American history, and a thin but broad base to those whose knowledge of it is patchy. When I started reading it, it gave me pause that the history of South America pre-latinization, is so sketchily drawn, but I t......more

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......more

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 figh......more

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 a more in 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 fi......more