Table of Contents

Preface
Discovering América, 1799-1805
Pillars of the Crown, 1806-1810
Not-so-Civil Wars, 1810-1812
A Lost Cause?, 1812-1815
Independence Won, 1816-1824
Nation-Building Begins, 1824-1850

About the Author

John Charles Chasteen is Patterson Distinguished Term Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both a writer and a translator, his books include Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America.

Reviews

With the verve of a great storyteller and the erudition of an academic, John Charles Chasteen in his new book 'Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence' gives us a compact but fresh and informative history of the wars and the main protagonists...He recounts with elegant, witty precision...'Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence' is a brilliant navigation of a complex history written with unparalleled clarity...Far all those interested in understanding Latin America today, this is an important and necessary book. Enrico Tortolano. Tribune.