Download or read book Mothers Making Latin America written by Erin E. O'Connor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination ofgender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief thatwomen were separated from—or unimportant to—centraldevelopments in Latin American history sinceindependence. Presents nuanced issues in gender historiography for LatinAmerica in a readable narrative for undergraduate students Offers brief, primary-source document excerpts at the end ofeach chapter that instructors can use to stimulate classdiscussion Adheres to a focus on motherhood, which allows for a coherentnarrative that touches upon important themes without falling into a“list of facts” textbook style