1. The Introduction 2. Legacies of Empire: From Conquest to Independence 3. The Garden of Forking Paths: Dilemmas of National Development 4. Capital Sins: Authoritarianism and Democratization 5. Continent on the Move: Migration and Urbanization 6. Mirrors of the Heart: Color, Class, and Identity 7. In Women's Hands: The Changing Roles of Women 8. Miracles Are Not Enough: Continuity and Change in Religion 9. Builders of Images: Writers, Artists, and Popular Culture 10. Get up, Stand Up: The Problems of Sovereignty 11. Fire in the Mind: Revolutions and Revolutionaries 12. The Americans: Latin America and Caribbean Peoples in the United States 13. The Review