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Patria - Lost Countries of South America

Anglais · Livre Broché

Expédition généralement dans un délai de 1 à 3 jours ouvrés

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An adventurous, dazzling and original continent-sized history that brings South America''s epic past and fascinating present to life Patria tells an alternative history of South America, spanning thousands of miles and five centuries to the present. Looking beyond modern borders, Laurence Blair takes as his waymarks nine countries that can''t be found on a map: vanished realms, half-imagined utopias and dismembered homelands. Blair''s journey ranges from ancient Amazonian city-states and a rebel Inca dynasty in the jungle - via a Brazilian Wakanda that defied slavery, Bolivia''s landlocked navy, and the Patagonian power that defeated the Spanish - to fall in with the African freedom fighters who marched over the Andes, and the New World Napoleon who led Paraguay to its ruin. Groundbreaking recent scholarship, striking archaeological discoveries and vivid eyewitness reporting - including encounters with drug lords, Indigenous leaders, refugees and former guerrillas - weave a story of survival, resistance and revolution, restoring South America to the centre of world history.

A propos de l'auteur

Laurence Blair is an award-winning writer and journalist. He was born and raised in Dorset, southwest England, and studied Ancient and Modern History at the University of Oxford. Since 2014, he has reported from across Latin America for outlets including the BBC, Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, New York Times and National Geographic. He currently lives in Asunción, Paraguay.

Détails du produit

Auteurs Laurence Blair, Blair Laurence
Edition Bodley Head Ltd
 
Langues Anglais
Format d'édition Livre Broché
Sortie 02.05.2024
 
EAN 9781847924698
ISBN 978-1-84792-469-8
Pages 448
Dimensions 154 mm x 234 mm x 33 mm
Catégories Voyage > Récits de voyage > Amérique du Sud

Latin America, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Travel writing, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America

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