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Americas: The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean

Peter Winn
Reviewed by Abraham F. Lowenthal
Summer 1993
Americas: The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean
Peter Winn
Pantheon Books
1992
639 pp.
$40.00
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Prepared by a distinguished social historian as a companion text for a public television series, this magisterial work provides an accessible and engaging introduction to the complex tapestry of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean.

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