Liberators, patriots, and leaders of Latin America [[electronic resource] ] : 32 biographies / / Jerome R. Adams
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Adams Jerome R. <1938->
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| Titolo: |
Liberators, patriots, and leaders of Latin America [[electronic resource] ] : 32 biographies / / Jerome R. Adams
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| Pubblicazione: | Jefferson, NC, : McFarland & Co., 2010 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 920.08 |
| Soggetto topico: | Heads of state - Latin America |
| Politicians - Latin America | |
| Revolutionaries - Latin America | |
| Heroes - Latin America | |
| Patriotism - Latin America - History | |
| Leadership - Latin America - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Latin America Biography |
| Latin America Politics and government | |
| Altri autori: | AdamsJerome R. <1938-> |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; 1. Doña Marina; 2. Pierre François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture; 3. Simón Bolívar; 4. Manuela Sáenz; 5. José de San Martín; 6. Bernardo O'Higgins; 7. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento; 8. Brazil's Emperors; 9. José Martí; 10. Benito Juárez; 11. Pancho Villa; 12. Emiliano Zapata; 13. Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza and Hermila Galindo de Topete; 14. Augusto Sandino; 15. Juan Perón; 16. María Eva Duarte de Perón; 17. José Figueres; 18. Fidel Castro; 19. Ernesto "Che" Guevara; 20. Bishop Romero |
| 21. Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet22. César Chávez; 23. Vicente Fox; 24. Néstor Kirchner Ostoic and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; 25. Daniel Ortega Saavedra; 26. Luís Inacio Lula da Silva; 27. Hugo Chávez; Chapter Notes; Select Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book features biographies of 32 of the most notable figures in Latin American history. To the 23 individuals from the first edition, consisting mostly of revolutionary, political, and military figures of the past, are added nine new biographies of contemporary Latin American presidents, providing an updated view of the region's leadership. Several patterns run through the individual biographies. The concept of native identity is an important aspect in the stories of Malinche, Juarez, Sandino, and Zapata--profoundly affecting the politics of modern Brazil, Mexico, and Nicaragua. One also s |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Liberators, patriots, and leaders of Latin America |
| ISBN: | 1-282-54253-2 |
| 9786612542534 | |
| 0-7864-5552-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781183703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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