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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Felipe Fernández-ArmestoPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House Trade Paperbacks Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.212kg ISBN: 9780812972986ISBN 10: 0812972988 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 12 August 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAn imaginative, intelligent and sprightly volume that, in the space of some two hundred pages, races through the history of the Western hemisphere-from prehistoric times to the present. <br>-The Washington Post Book World <br> This wonderfully sharp and provocative book should become essential reading for anybody interested in the history of America. <br>-The Times Literary Supplement (London) <br> <br> Fernandez-Armesto can personalize broad historical trends without sinking into triviality. . . . History written at its best. -Booklist Author InformationFelipe Fernández-Armesto, the Prince of Asturias Professor of History at Tufts University, is the author of several books, including The Americas, Millennium, Columbus, and Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food. He is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the Cairo Medal, the John Carter Brown Medal, and the Premio Nacional de Investigación of Spain’s Sociedad Geográfica Española. His work has appeared in twenty-four languages, and his journalism and broadcasts appear frequently in Spanish and British media. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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