| The Americas: A Hemispheric History Contributor(s): Fernández-Armesto, Felipe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812975545 ISBN-13: 9780812975543 Publisher: Random House Group OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: From food to the spread of political ideas, the landmass from northern Canada to the southern tip of Argentina is complexly bound together, yet these connections are generally ignored. In this groundbreaking and vividly rendered work, leading historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto tells, for the first time, the story of our hemisphere as a whole, showing why it is impossible to understand North, Central, and South America in isolation, and looking instead to the intricate and common forces that continue to shape the region. With his trademark erudition, imagination, and thematic breadth, Fernandez-Armesto ranges over commerce, religion, agriculture, the environment, the slave trade, culture, and politics. He takes us from man's arrival in North America to the Colonial and Independence periods, to the "American Century" and beyond. For most of human history, the south dominated the north: as Fernandez-Armesto argues in his provocative conclusion, it might well again. A panoramic yet richly textured story that embodies fresh ways of looking at cross-cultural exchange, conflict, and interaction, The Americas demolishes our traditional ways of looking at the hemisphere, putting in place a compelling and fruitful new vision. "From the Hardcover edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - History | Historical Geography - History | Civilization |
| Dewey: 909.098 |
| Series: Modern Library Chronicles |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.26" W x 8.1" (0.41 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this groundbreaking work, leading historian Felipe Fern ndez-Armesto tells the story of our hemisphere as a whole, showing why it is impossible to understand North, Central, and South America in isolation without turning to the intertwining forces that shape the region. With imagination, thematic breadth, and his trademark wit, Fern ndez-Armesto covers a range of cultural, political, and social subjects, taking us from the dawn of human migration to North America to the Colonial and Independence periods to the "American Century" and beyond. Fern ndez-Armesto does nothing less than revise the conventional wisdom about cross-cultural exchange, conflict, and interaction, making and supporting some brilliantly provocative conclusions about the Americas' past and where we are headed. |