The updated and enhanced third edition of A History of Latin America to 1825 presents a comprehensive narrative survey of Latin American history from the region's first human presence until the majority of Iberian colonies in America emerged as sovereign states c. 1825.

• This edition features new content on the history of women, gender, Africans in the Iberian colonies, and pre-Columbian peoples
• Includes more illustrations to aid learning: over 50 figures and photographs, several accompanied by short essays
• Concentrates on the colonial period and earlier, expanding coverage of the period and incorporating more social and cultural history with the political narrative