Silver, sword, and stone : three crucibles of the Latin American story
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Physical Desc
477 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Rawlings Branch - ADULTNONFIC
920.08 A
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-458) and index.
Description
"Against the background of a thousand years of vivid history, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the timely and timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level in the Andean cordillera of Peru, the highest human habitation on earth. Like her late husband, she works the gold mines much as the Indians were forced to do at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Illiteracy, malnutrition, and disease reign as they did five hundred years ago. And now, just as then, a miner's survival depends on a vast global market whose fluctuations are controlled in faraway places. Carlos Buergos is a Cuban who fought in the civil war in Angola and now lives in a quiet community outside New Orleans. He was among hundreds of criminals Cuba expelled to the US in 1980. His story echoes the violence that has coursed through the Americas since before Columbus to the crushing savagery of the Spanish Conquest, and from 19th- and 20th-century wars and revolutions to the military crackdowns that convulse Latin America to this day..."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Arana, M. (2019). Silver, sword, and stone: three crucibles of the Latin American story . Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Arana, Marie. 2019. Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles of the Latin American Story. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Arana, Marie. Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles of the Latin American Story Simon & Schuster, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Arana, Marie. Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles of the Latin American Story Simon & Schuster, 2019.
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