Includes bibliographical references (p576-602) and index

pt. 1. The Age of Empire. 1. Discovery and Conquest. 2. Indians and Iberians. 3. Spain in America. 4. The Spanish Indies. 5. Colonial Brazil -- pt. 2. The Challenge of the Modern World. 6. Reform, Crisis and Independence. 7. The Quest for Order: Conservatives and Liberals in the Nineteenth Century. 8. 'Civilization and Barbarism': Literary and Cultural Developments I -- pt. 3. The Twentieth Century. 9. Nationalism and Development: An Overview. 10. Mexico: Revolution and Stability. 11. Brazil: Order and Progress. 12. Cuba: Dependency, Nationalism and Revolution. 13. Argentina: The Long Decline. 14. Chile: Democracy, Revolution and Dictatorship. 15. Identity and Modernity: Literary and Cultural Developments II

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