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  • An Economic History of the Iberian Peninsula, 700–2000

    by Pedro Lains ...
    This is a comprehensive long-run history of economic and political change in the Iberian Peninsula. Beginning with the development of the old medieval kingdoms, it goes on to explore two countries, Portugal and Spain, which during the early modern period possessed vast empires and played an essential role in the global economic and political developments. It traces how and why both countries began ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Distant Tyranny

    Markets, Power, and Backwardness in Spain, 1650-1800

    by Regina Grafe ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    Spain's development from a premodern society into a modern unified nation-state with an integrated economy was painfully slow and varied widely by region. Economic historians have long argued that high internal transportation costs limited domestic market integration, while at the same time the Castilian capital city of Madrid drew resources from surrounding Spanish regions as it pursued its quest ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

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  • The Penguin History Of Latin America

    New Edition

    by Edwin Williamson ...
    Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portugese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day, looking in detail at Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Cuba, and gives an overview of the cultural developments that have ... Read more

    $19.09 USD

  • The New Spaniards

    by John Hooper ...
    A fully revised, expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary Spain.The restoration of democracy in 1977 heralded a period of intense change that continues today. Spain has become a land of extraordinary paradoxes in which traditional attitudes and contemporary preoccupations exist side by side. Focussing on issues which affect ordinary Spaniards, from housing to ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Mexican Heartland

    How Communities Shaped Capitalism, a Nation, and World History, 1500–2000

    by John Tutino ...
    A major new history of capitalism from the perspective of the indigenous peoples of Mexico, who sustained and resisted it for centuriesThe Mexican Heartland provides a new history of capitalism from the perspective of the landed communities surrounding Mexico City. In a sweeping analytical narrative spanning the sixteenth century to today, John Tutino challenges our basic assumptions about the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Concise History of Spain

    by William D. Phillips, Jr, Carla Rahn Phillips ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    The rich cultural and political life of Spain has emerged from its complex history, from the diversity of its peoples, and from continual contact with outside influences. This book traces that history from prehistoric times to the present, focusing particularly on culture, society, politics, and personalities. Written in an engaging style, it introduces readers to the key themes that have shaped ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mexico

    A 500-Year History

    by Paul Gillingham ...
    A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2025From acclaimed and prize-winning historian Paul Gillingham, a rich and vibrant history of one of the world’s most diverse, politically ground-breaking, and influential of countriesAt the beginning of his masterful work of scholarship and narration, Paul Gillingham writes, from its outset “Mexico was more profoundly, globally hybrid than anywhere else ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Concise History of Brazil

    by Boris Fausto, Sergio Fausto ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    The second edition of A Concise History of Brazil offers a sweeping yet accessible history of Latin America's largest country. Boris Fausto examines Brazil's history from the arrival of the Portuguese in the New World through the long and sometimes rocky transition from independence in 1822 to democracy in the twentieth century. In a completely new chapter, his son Sergio Fausto, a prominent ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Brazil

    The Troubled Rise of a Global Power

    by Michael Reid ...
    Experts believe that Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country and its seventh largest economy, will be one of the most important global powers by the year 2030. Yet far more attention has been paid to the other rising behemoths Russia, India, and China. Often ignored and underappreciated, Brazil, according to renowned, award-winning journalist Michael Reid, has finally begun to live up to its ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

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  • A History of Argentina

    From the Spanish Conquest to the Present

    Translated by Rebecca Wolpin ...
    by Ezequiel Adamovsky, PhD ...
    Series series Latin America in Translation
    In A History of Argentina, originally published in Spanish in 2020, Ezequiel Adamovsky presents over five hundred years of Argentine economic, political, social, and cultural history. Adamovsky highlights the experiences of women, Indigenous communities, and other groups that have traditionally been left out of the historical archive. He focuses on harmful aspects of Spanish colonization such as ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • A Concise History of Mexico

    by Brian R. Hamnett ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    The second edition of this accessible study of Mexico includes two new features: an examination of cultural developments since Independence from Spain in 1821 and a discussion of contemporary issues up to the time of publication. Several new plates with captions expand the thematic coverage in the book. The updated edition examines the administration of Vicente Fox, who came to power with the ... Read more

    $25.49 USD

  • Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul

    by Michael Reid ...
    The bestselling primer on the social, political, and economic challenges facing Central and South America by The Economist editor and author of Brazil.Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa's moral crusade, nor as explosively booming as India and China, it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent, home to half a billion ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus