Born in Blood and Fire: Fourth Edition

A Concise History of Latin America

By: John Charles Chasteen

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

The most highly regarded and affordable history of Latin America for our times.

Born in Blood and Fire, Fourth Edition has been extensively revised to heighten emphasis on current cultural analyses of Latin American society and facilitate meaningful connections between the Encounter and the present.

©2016, 2011, 2006, 2001 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (P)2020 Tantor

Phenomenal place to start to understand Latin America

An excellent historical overview of Latin America. The performance is pretty good as well as the pronunciation of Spanish names and locations is passable, not nearly as rough as many other audiobooks on this topic. Overall I recommend this title

Good general history

I thought it was very good and not too complicated. I think my students will get a lot out of it.

I think I found a new book for my syllabus

I enjoyed the book and the contemporary history was spot on. I thought it lacked on some racial analysis throughout, however.

A must read for all travelers!

Truly absorbing and sweeping comprehensive history of many aspects of Latin America. Covers everything from Mexico south, except the modern success of Costa Rica specifically.

A razor-sharp history of Latin America

Chasteen writes with confidence and flair. He covers an enormous amount of ground. You can tell that he has a cohesive understanding of Latin American history.