Where Cultures Meet - Frontiers in Latin American History

In Where Cultures Meet, editors Weber and Rausch have collected twenty essays that explore how the frontier experience has helped create Latin American national identities and institutions. Using 'frontier' to mean more than 'border, ' Weber and Rausch regard frontiers as the geographic zones of interaction between distinct cultures. Each essay in the volume illuminates the recipro-cal influences of the 'pioneer' culture and the 'frontier' culture, as they contend with each other and their physical environment.
The transformative power of frontiers gives them special interest for historians and anthropologists. Delving into the frontier experience below the Rio Grande, Where Cultures Meet is an important collection for anyone seeking to understand fully Latin American history and culture.

A propos de l'auteur

David J. Weber is the Robert and Nancy Dedman professor of history at the Southern Methodist University. Jane M. Rausch is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Résumé

Collects twenty essays that explore how the frontier experience has helped create Latin American national identities and institutions. Using 'frontier' to mean more than 'border,' this work regards frontiers as the geographic zones of interaction between distinct cultures.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Jane M Rausch (Editeur), Jane M. Rausch (Editeur), Rausch Jane M. (Editeur), David J Weber (Editeur), David J. Weber (Editeur)
• Edition: Rowman & Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.08.1997
• EAN: 9780842024778
• ISBN: 978-0-8420-2477-8
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Poids: 558 g
• Thèmes: Jaguar Books on Latin America; Jaguar Books on Latin America
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; South America, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America, History of the Americas, Central America, Mexico and Central America