pt. 1. The virgin and the bull -- 1. Sun and shadow -- 2. The conquest of Spain -- 3. The reconquest of Spain -- 4. 1492 : the crucial year -- pt. 2. The conflict of the gods -- 5. The rise and fall of the Indian world -- 6. The conquest and reconquest of the New World -- pt. 3. children of La Mancha -- 7. The age of empire -- 8. The century of gold -- 9. The baroque culture of the New World -- 10. The age of Goya -- 11. Toward independence -- pt. 4. The price of freedom -- 12. Simón Bolívar and José De San Martín -- 13. The time of tyrants -- 14. The culture of independence -- 15. Land and liberty -- pt. 5. Unfinished business -- 16. Latin America -- 17. Contemporary Spain -- 18. Hispanic U.S.A
Notes
"A Mariner book"--T.p
"Mariner books"--Cover and spine
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-384) and index
