The Cambridge History of Latin America, Volume I and Volume II: Colonial Latin America, Volume III: From Independence to c. 1870 by Bethell, Leslie - 1985

Cambridge, England/ New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Hardcover. VG/VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear but pages are very clean. Binding is tight.). First three volumes of this set bound in black cloth with red title block and gilt lettering on spines; black dj with white and green lettering, mylar covers. Volume 1 is xx, 645 pp. Volume 2 is xix, 912 pp. Volume 3 is xv, 945 pp. First three volumes of 11 in 12. v. 1-2. Colonial Latin America -- v. 3. From independence to c. 1870. This is an authoritative large-scale history of the whole of Latin America, from the first contacts between native American peoples and Europeans in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.