Where Cultures Meet: Frontiers in Latin American History

Where Cultures Meet: Frontiers in Latin American History
ISBN-10
0842024786
ISBN-13
9780842024785
Category
History
Pages
233
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Authors
David J. Weber, Jane M. Rausch

Description

In Where Cultures Meet, editors Weber and Rausch have collected twenty essays that explore how the frontier experience has helped create Latin American national identities and institutions. Using 'frontier' to mean more than 'border,' Weber and Rausch regard frontiers as the geographic zones of interaction between distinct cultures. Each essay in the volume illuminates the recipro-cal influences of the 'pioneer' culture and the 'frontier' culture, as they contend with each other and their physical environment. The transformative power of frontiers gives them special interest for historians and anthropologists. Delving into the frontier experience below the Rio Grande, Where Cultures Meet is an important collection for anyone seeking to understand fully Latin American history and culture.

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