Epic of Latin America Book

	Preface to Fourth Edition
	Prologue
1	The Mayas: "Greeks of the New World"	1
2	The Incas: Children of the Sun	22
3	The Toltec-Aztec Culture	45
4	The New World Meets the Old World's Cross and Sword	64
5	The Halls of Montezuma	71
6	Pizarro's Exploits in the "Empire of the Sun"	92
7	The Conquest of Chile	107
8	Colombia Yields to the "Knight of El Dorado"	116
9	Conquest of the River Plate	127
10	Brazil: Land of No Lure	136
11	Iberians and Indians	146
12	The Division of Lands and Labor	153
13	The Empire Consolidated	164
14	Trade Monopoly and Pirates	177
15	Flowering of the Missions	191
16	The Church as Inquisitor and Moral Censor	209
17	Gold and Silver in Foreign Coffers	216
18	The Brazilian Colossus Begins to Move Forward	225
19	Struggle over Possession of the Behemoth	240
20	After the Banner into the Sertao	249
21	The Feudal Pattern of Colonial Society	255
22	Life in the Colonial Towns	264
23	The Beginnings of Colonial Culture	283
24	Colonial Belles-Lettres	296
25	Architecture and the Fine Arts	308
26	Rebellion of the Beast Below	319
27	Chile Emerges behind the Araucanian Frontier	329
28	The Argentine Pampas: Cradle of a Great People	345
29	Brazilian Plantation Life Yields to the Lure of Gold	381
30	Abortive Rebellions in South America	398
31	Revolt of the Classes	414
32	Liberator of the North	428
33	Revolution in the South	453
34	Argentina Parts Company with Spain	463
35	San Martin: Protector of Peru	470
36	The Two Generals Meet at Guayaquil	480
37	The Cry from Dolores	494
38	Men of Destiny	508
39	Brazil Escapes the Chaos of Revolution	515
40	The Democratic Emperor of Brazil	531
41	Paraguay as a Symbol of Perpetual Despotism	558
42	The Spirit of Argentine Nationality	565
I	The City: Rivadavia	565
II	The Pampas: The Gaucho	568
43	Juan Manuel de Rosas: Tyrant of the Argentine	580
44	Sarmiento: Civilian President	599
45	The Paraguayan War	604
46	Venezuela and Colombia under Caudillo Rule	608
47	The Andean Republics	623
I	Bolivia: A Sick People	623
II	Ecuador: A Theocracy	626
III	Peru: Society of Slave and Master	633
48	Chile: Democracy of the Oligarchy	640
49	Santa Anna Loses Half of Mexico	649
50	Benito Juarez: Indian President	660
51	Porfirio Diaz: Bread or the Club	667
52	Ariel and Caliban	675
53	The Twentieth Century: Deep Womb, Dark Flower	698
54	The Postwar Years	721
	Mexico	721
	Guatemala	750
	El Salvador	757
	Costa Rica	760
	Nicaragua	763
	Honduras	769
	Panama	772
	Cuba	777
	Venezuela	792
	Colombia	799
	Ecuador	806
	Peru	811
	Bolivia	823
	Chile	831
	Argentina	841
	Paraguay and Uruguay	855
	Brazil	862
55	The Contemporary Scene	881
56	Inter-American Relations Today	901
	References	921
	Bibliographical Essay	930
	Acknowledgments	933
	Index	935