Bakewell, P. J.  1943- <br/><br/>
A history of Latin America :  empires and sequels, 1450-1930 / 
Peter Bakewell. 
 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  1997. 
 - xxiii, 520 p., [12] p. of plates :  ill., maps ; 26 cm. 
 - The Blackwell history of the world .
 - Blackwell history of the world .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-512) and index. 
<br/><br/>Lands and climates -- American peoples -- Iberia -- Columbus and others -- Experiment in the Caribbean -- Military conquest -- Administration: the power of paper -- Church: friars, bishops, and the state -- Society: old orders changed -- Economy: ships and silver -- The seventeenth century: a slacker grip -- Eighteenth-century Spanish America: reformed or deformed? -- Colonial Brazil: slaves, sugar, and gold -- Independence -- Adrift in storms: caudillos and penury -- Calmer waters and a new course: oligarchs and exports. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0631167919 (alk. paper) 9780631167914 (alk. paper) 0631205470 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780631205470 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96038512  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB97-Z0831 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Latin America--History.<br/>Amâerique latine--Histoire.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F1410  / B18 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>980