Memorial Day Sale: May 12-27
$34.22 with 11 percent savings
Digital List Price: $38.50

Promotions apply when you purchase

These promotions will be applied to this item:

Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.

Sold by Amazon.com Services LLC.
Read with our free app
You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.
Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

María Teresa DePaoli
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Las Culturas y Civilizaciones Latinoamericanas (Spanish Edition) Kindle Edition

Spanish Edition by Floyd Merrell (Author), María Teresa DePaoli (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
Las culturas y civilizaciones latinoamericanas has been updated. This textbook not only describes the history of Latin America, but it sets a mood that allows the reader to get a genuine sense of the languages, cultures, and civilizations of this complex and colorful land. It provides an account of how Columbus's voyages gave rise to utopian dreams, the ramifications of which led to a brilliant display of hybrid cultures, changed the ethnic composition of two continents, accelerated lines of commerce, and refashioned the Western World's diet. The textbook takes the reader through the "discovery," conquest, and colonization of the New World and on to independence and the national period. In addition, each chapter offers general concepts, important terms, questions, and topics for classroom debates. Comprehensive and compelling, this book chronicles the history of an important region in a way that will interest students and teachers alike.
Read more
Previous slide of product details
  1. Print length
    528 pages
  2. Language
    Spanish
  3. Publisher
    UPA
  4. Publication date
    November 14, 2016
  5. File size
    764 KB
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
    Not Enabled
  8. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
Next slide of product details
Unwell Hydration from Alex Cooper
Hydrate & focus with every sip Shop now

Editorial Reviews

Review

Written in a lively and readable Spanish, Las culturas y civilizaciones latinoamericas is appropriate for intermediate and advanced students. The footnotes for uncommon words and key terms are abundant and helpful. The glossary and vocabulary list at the end of the book is truly outstanding for its multitude of concise definitions, many of which would serve students well in a Latin American literature survey course. . . For the student who has thoroughly read Las culturas y civilizaciones latinoamericas and given serious consideration to its questions for debate, thinking independently about Latin American culture and civilization should be second nature.

― Hispania

About the Author

Floyd Merrellis Professor Emeritus at Purdue University (1973–2011). His PhD (1973) is from the University of New Mexico in Ibero-American Studies. He has published 32 books and over 200 articles on Latin American literature and culture, communication theory, and semiotics.

María Teresa DePaoli is Associate Professor at Kansas State University. Her PhD (2001) is from Purdue University. Her articles focus on Latin American literature and culture, and film studies. She is the author of The Story of the Mexican Screenplay: A Study of the Invisible Art Form and Interviews with Women Screenwriters (2014).

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MG86A4R
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ UPA; 2nd edition (November 14, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 14, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 764 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
María Teresa DePaoli

María Teresa DePaoli

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read book recommendations and more.

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars
18 global ratings

Review this product

Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Top reviews from the United States

  • Greg
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Intermediate Level Read
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2023
    I was a student of Dra. María and I loved this book. 5 years later, I went back and reread this text before visiting Latin America. It is an excellent way of enhancing your reading comprehension as well as learning historical events from pre-Colombian America to siglo XIX. I was a beginner speaker but after reading this book and having discussions day-to-day, this book leveled up my Spanish skills. Please don’t mind the review below as this book is totally not right-wing but rather takes a holistic approach to each historical event covered. I often feel a more liberal socialist viewpoint when reading this book and other works of Dra. DePaoli’s. I am a fan of her work and would recommend this book to any reader wanting to learn Spanish or any KSU students thinking about reading this. The sentence structure is presented in a manner that is easy to comprehend and follow along to. This made class discussions and exams super easy.
    One person found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Buyer of things
    1.0 out of 5 stars Very outdated, too literary
    Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2021
    I have been looking for an up-to-date textbook in Spanish for a Latin American Civ course. I thought this would fit the bill, but it is extremely out of date and pretty right-wing as well. It looks at Latin American history and culture through the lens of elite literary concepts like ideal vs. real. No maps or illustrations, which is a lost opportunity in an e-textbook. No coverage of populism, no economic analysis. No facts and figures, nothing to back up what is essentially a literary essay on Latin American cultures.
    And I'm a literature professor. I can have my students read literature in other classes.
    4 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report

Report an issue


Does this item contain inappropriate content?
Report
Do you believe that this item violates a copyright?
Report
Does this item contain quality or formatting issues?
Report