Where Cultures Meet: Frontiers in Latin American History (Jaguar Books on Latin America) - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0842024786 ISBN 13: 9780842024785

Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997

Riassunto

In Where Cultures Meet, editors Weber and Rausch have collected twenty essays that explore how the frontier experience has helped create Latin American national identities and institutions. Using 'frontier' to mean more than 'border,' Weber and Rausch regard frontiers as the geographic zones of interaction between distinct cultures. Each essay in the volume illuminates the recipro-cal influences of the 'pioneer' culture and the 'frontier' culture, as they contend with each other and their physical environment.

The transformative power of frontiers gives them special interest for historians and anthropologists. Delving into the frontier experience below the Rio Grande, Where Cultures Meet is an important collection for anyone seeking to understand fully Latin American history and culture.

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L'autore:

David J. Weber is the Robert and Nancy Dedman professor of history at the Southern Methodist University. Jane M. Rausch is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

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• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0842024786
• ISBN 13: 9780842024785
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 278
• Redattore: Rausch Jane