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America hispana. South of us; the characters of the countries and the people of Central and South America. / By Waldo Frank.
LIBRA F1408.3 .F863 1940
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 F8517 931a 1940
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frank, Waldo David, 1889-1967.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin America--History.
- Latin America.
- History.
- Latin America--Civilization.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 388 pages ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- South of us
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., [1940]
- Notes:
- With half-title.
- Originally published in 1931 under title: America hispana, a portrait and a prospect.
- "Copyright, 1930, 1931, 1940, by Waldo Frank."
- "My book is not a journalist's report of the day's news, which shifts in kaleidoscopic fashion. It is an endeavor to reveal the essential traits and character of the Hispanic American peoples ... If my vision of America Hispana had been false or shallow, the re-issue of the book unchanged could not have been, nor its popularity today in the countries it describes."--Foreword.
- Orange cloth binding; lettered and decorated in black on spine. Top edge stained black.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 1687016
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