Where Cultures Meet: Frontiers in Latin American History (Jaguar Books on Latin America, No. 6)

Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 1994. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. First printing. Spine lightly faded, bottom corner of rear cover lightly creased. 1994 Trade Paperback. xli, 233 pp. In Where Cultures Meet, editors Weber and Rausch have collected twenty essays that explore how the frontier experience has helped create Latin American national identities and institutions. Using 'frontier' to mean more than 'border,' Weber and Rausch regard frontiers as the geographic zones of interaction between distinct cultures. Each essay in the volume illuminates the reciprocal influences of the 'pioneer' culture and the 'frontier' culture, as they contend with each other and their physical environment. The transformative power of frontiers gives them special interest for historians and anthropologists. Delving into the frontier experience below the Rio Grande, Where Cultures Meet is an important collection for anyone seeking to understand fully Latin American history and culture.