Latin America

Latin America: An Interpretive History, 10th Edition, is a college textbook written by Julie A. Charlip and E. Bradford Burns and published by Pearson. Designed for courses in the History of Latin America and Modern Latin America, the volume presents regional history as a continuum, helping students connect historical eras and recognize the enduring impact of the past on the present.

The narrative integrates broad hemispheric themes with regional differences across major developmental eras. Coverage addresses foundational lands and peoples, the transition from conquest to empire, and early movements toward independence.

For the 2017 edition, an added closing chapter examines the "Pink Tide," analyzing the leftward political shift that began late in the twentieth century.