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This four-volume reference presents Latin America's past and present for middle and high school students. Tenenbaum (Mexican area specialist, Library of Congress) presents about 700 alphabetically arranged entries (illustrated with 200-plus b&w photographs and an eight-page color insert in each volume) focusing on people, places and themes. The format comprises a major column containing the text and a minor column with items such as definitions, time lines, and sidebars highlighting important or intriguing events, figures and facts. Biographies describe scores of heroes, leaders and saints, while other entries cover events, places, historical details, and cultural achievements of such artists as Diego Rivera and the music and dance associated with the samba, salsa, and tango. Finally, analytical articles enhance critical thinking skills by allowing students to investigate issues of wealth and poverty, war and peace, and ecological preservation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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North Americans know that their New World is only part of what Columbus discovered in 1492. In this 4-vol. set, in appealing form, is the story of the other Americas -- the borderlands of Old (and New) Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Derived from Scribners Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, yet enriched with new art and current events, this set introduces students to a world as familiar as Christopher Columbus and our Latino heritage, as foreign as the jungles of the Amazon and ancient citadel of Machu Picchu. Here are the beauty of Haitian folk art and the beat of Brazils bossa nova-along with the brutality of Salvadoran death squads and Argentine disappearances.| In A-Z format, 749 articles are complemented by 60 color and more than 200 black-and-white pictures and maps. Boxed special features, topical and general chronologies, and marginal definitions are some of the aids that make this set appropriate for every school and public library.|PIM|31-MAY-18|01
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