The buried mirror reflections on Spain and New World
Fuentes, Carlos
- New York Houghton Mifflin 1992
- 399 p.
Includes Index
Sun and shadow -- The conquest of Spain -- The reconquest of Spain -- 1492 : the crucial year -- The rise and fall of the Indian world -- The conquest and reconquest of the New World -- The age of empire -- The century of gold -- The baroque culture of the New World -- The age of Goya -- Toward independence -- Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín -- The time of tyrants -- The culture of independence -- Land and liberty -- Latin America -- Contemporary Spain -- Hispanic U.S.A.
A unique history of the social, political, and economic forces that created the remarkable culture that stretches from the mysterious cave drawings at Altamira to the explosive graffiti on the walls of East Los Angeles.