America in Europe: A History of the New World in Reverse

by Germán Arciniegas, Gabriela Arciniegas (Translator), R. Victoria Arana (Translator)

Argues that since its discovery America has had as great an influence on Europe as Europe has had on America and discusses connections in politics, art, music, and science

Genres: History

298 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Colombian essayist and historian. Arciniegas wrote over 50 books and many columns in the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo and also taught at Columbia University in New York.

Reviews

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

It has been about twenty years since I first read this book. It blew my mind at the time. And even after all these years I almost never see anyone really turn the colonial narrative on its head in quite the same way.