Latin America

Initialed notices were written by Frank T. Bachmura, Walter J. Moore, David M. Pletcher, Robert E. Quirk, Otis P. Starkey, and David A. Crain, all of Indiana University.

Designed primarily for British readers, this little survey of an intricate subject is as compact as a space capsule. In its organization and readability it may stimulate American writers or teachers, and an occasional characteristic British comment or emphasis may start a chain of thought. Perhaps the outstanding interpretational short-coming is the anti-Spanish tone of the section dealing with the colonial period. Nevertheless, few American paperbacks of this scope provide a more useful introduction to the casual lay reader.