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DescriptionofthisBookTheCambridgeHistoryofLatinAmericaisthefirstauthoritativelarge-scalehistoryofthewholeofLatinAmerica-MexicoandCentralAmerica,theSpanish-speakingCaribbean(andHaiti),SpanishSouthAmericaandBrazil-fromthefirstcontactsbetweenthenativeAmericanIndiansandEuropeansinthelatefifteenthandearlysixtenthcenturiestothepresentday.Amajorworkofcollaborativeinternationalscholarship,TheCambrideHistoryofLatinAmericahasbeenplanned,co-ordinatedandeditedbyasingleeditor,DrLeslieBethell,ReaderinHispanicAmericanandBrazilianHistoryatUniversityCollegeLondon.Itwillbepublishedineightvolumes.Eachvolumeorsetofvolumesexaminesaperiodintheeconomic,social,political,intellectualandculturalhistoryofLatinAmerica.