Selections from The conquest of Peru, by W. H. Prescott -- The New World, by Lord Action -- The European background of Brazilian history, by G. Freyre -- Manuelita Sáenz, by G. Arciniegas -- The later American policy of George Canning, by H. W. V. Temperley-- Selections from The voyage of the Beagle, by C. Darwin -- Selections from "Dr. Francia," by T. Carlyle -- The rise and fall of the Mexican Empire, by Lord Action -- The relation of the races in South America, by Lord Bryce -- Whose hemisphere? By A. P. Whitaker -- Chile: the economic crisis, by A. Siegfried -- Selections from The rich culture of Mexico, by F. S. C. Northrop -- Intellectual origins of Aprismo, by R. E. McNicoll -- Some effects of population growth on Latin America's economy, by A. Gonzalez -- Swan lake, by P. Kramer -- Fidel Castro, by F. Tannenbaum -- Power and social change in Colombia: the Cauca Valley, by C. Blasier -- Cuban students in politics: 1956-57, by J. Suchlicki -- Mexican Machismo: politics and value orientations, by E. P. Stevens.
