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A review by dom_jones
Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story by Marie Arana
4.0
Heavily neglected due to winter exams but a really good entry into Latin American history.
Nice structure, and very readable, with nice elements of narrative interwoven into history.
Not sure on the overall argument though- while Latin American problems today clearly are in part due to colonialism, to suggest the region is condemned to a future of violence, extraction, and exploitation seems a bit bleak.
Also hated the lack of referencing at points. I get that this isn’t an academic book, but at points I wanted to see where quotes had came from, and found myself unable to - just a bit annoying when I wanted to further explore a topic. On the whole though, well cited. Especially for such a readable history.
Nice structure, and very readable, with nice elements of narrative interwoven into history.
Not sure on the overall argument though- while Latin American problems today clearly are in part due to colonialism, to suggest the region is condemned to a future of violence, extraction, and exploitation seems a bit bleak.
Also hated the lack of referencing at points. I get that this isn’t an academic book, but at points I wanted to see where quotes had came from, and found myself unable to - just a bit annoying when I wanted to further explore a topic. On the whole though, well cited. Especially for such a readable history.