Introduced by Raymond Poincaré, this 1912 study by a young Peruvian diplomat traces Latin America from the Spanish and Portuguese conquest and colonial rule through the wars of independence, military anarchy and the industrial era, then surveys each republic’s politics, caudillos, economy, literature and the pressures of the great foreign powers.
A landmark early portrait of Latin America by a Latin American, still valuable for its ideas of the ‘Latin genius’. Download the free EPUB.