Download or read book Perspectivas Culturales de Hispanoamérica written by Juan Kattan-Ibarra and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 1989-08-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews history of Hispanoamerica from pre-Columban cutures to present day. Examines landmark political events, and achievments in society, in literature and in the other arts. Part I looks at the geography and examines pre-Columban cultures, Spanish conquests and colonization of the New World, as well as the wars of independence that led to the fragmentation of Spain's American empire. Part II concludes with a study of the ethnic make-up of Latin America and a review of recent political, sociological and cultural events which have kept the region in a state of turmoil and evolution.