[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of .

A study that uncovers the lost history of the Comanches shows in detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they were defeated in 1875.

Uniquely comprehensive and comparative, praised for its devotion to social and cultural developments as well as politics and economics, this book has been revised and brought up to date, with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s.

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An exploration of Spanish culture in Spain and the Americas traces the social, political, and economic forces that created that culture.

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Throughout the Fourth Edition, a new full-color design highlights an enriched and expanded map and illustration program.

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Recreates the culture of the city of Tenochtitlan in its last unthreatened years before it fell to the Spaniards.