Chronology of Hispanic-American History: From Pre-Columbian Times to the PresentThis comprehensive reference book is divided into eleven chronological chapters, all of which include short biographies of key figures. It is also supplemented with several shorter sections: regional histories, which document the peoples of Mexico & the U.S. Southwest, the Hispanic Caribbean & the Eastern U.S., Central America, & South America; a historical timeline; excerpts from or entire important historical legal documents; & a glossary of commonly used terms. Includes a category index. An extensive general index provides quick access to numerous people, places, & events. B & W photos & illustrations. --From publisher's description. |
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1980 Argentine architect and sculptor Adolfo Pérez Esquivel wins the Nobel Peace Prize . 1980 A flotilla of boats assists 125,000 Cubans escaping from the Castro regime through Mariel Harbor . 1986 Luis Walter Alvarez of the United ...
1980 Argentine architect and sculptor Adolfo Pérez Esquivel wins the Nobel Peace Prize . 1980 A flotilla of boats assists 125,000 Cubans escaping from the Castro regime through Mariel Harbor . 1986 Luis Walter Alvarez of the United ...
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Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Alva Myrdal for developing and promoting the Treaty of Tlaltelolco which declares Latin America to be a nuclearfree zone . gua . Several thousand Nicaraguan counterrevolutionaries ( Contras ) invade ...
Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Alva Myrdal for developing and promoting the Treaty of Tlaltelolco which declares Latin America to be a nuclearfree zone . gua . Several thousand Nicaraguan counterrevolutionaries ( Contras ) invade ...
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... and strenuous and worthy rivals in all the arts of peace , there is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national ...
... and strenuous and worthy rivals in all the arts of peace , there is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national ...
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Contents
PREFACE | xi |
HISTORICAL TIMELINE | xxxvi |
CHAPTER 150000 B C TO A D 1492 | 3 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Chronology of Hispanic-American History: From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present |
| Authors | Nicolás Kanellos, Cristelia Pérez |
| Editor | Nicolás Kanellos |
| Contributor | Cristelia Pérez |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Gale Research, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 Nov 2006 |
| ISBN | 0810392003, 9780810392007 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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