Kellyobrien's review
Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence (Pivotal Moments in World History)
by John Chasteen
I'm thinking it sounds like a good book. I might want to see Latin American history in a chronological timeline combined rather than separated by country. However I do enjoy Pre-Colombian history a bit more. Might give it try.
Well I can't say I didn't learn anything. I have already used some of this in some editing I am doing for one of our magazines. So read it!
Kellyobrien's review
Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence (Pivotal Moments in World History) by John Chasteen
Kellyobrien's review
rating:
bookshelves:
didn-t-finish
recommended for: fans of Latin American history
Do not judge this book by the overly academic prologue. It actually gets off to a great start, with an account of Humboldt's adventures in the Americas. And a great job of setting up the cause of these simultaneous revolutions. But the format of telling it chronologically, and in multiple locations, just wore me out. Here we have Hidalgo's and Morelos's battles in Mexico! Meanwhile, Bolivar is in Venezuela! Oh, and over in Buenos Aires... I wanted to love it, but after two-thirds I couldn't go further.
I'm thinking it sounds like a good book. I might want to see Latin American history in a chronological timeline combined rather than separated by country. However I do enjoy Pre-Colombian history a bit more. Might give it try.
Well I can't say I didn't learn anything. I have already used some of this in some editing I am doing for one of our magazines. So read it!
