Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Legacies of Empire: From Conquest to Independence
3. The Garden of Forking Paths: Dilemmas of National Development
4. Capital Sins: Authoritarianism and Democratization
5. Continent on the Move: Migration and Urbanization
6. Mirrors of the Heart: Color, Class, and Identity
7. In Women's Hands: The Changing Roles of Women
8. Miracles Are Not Enough: Continuity and Change in Religion
9. Builders of Images: Writers, Artists, and Popular Culture
10. Get Up, Stand Up: The Problems of Sovereignty
11. Fire in the Mind: Revolutions and Revolutionaries
12. The Americans: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples in the United States