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Part 1 The age of empire: discovery and conquest; Indians and Iberians;Spain in America; the Spanish Indies; colonial Brazil. Part 2 Thechallenge of the modern world: reform, crisis and independence; thequest of order - conservatives and liberals in the 19th century;civilization and cultural barbarism - literary and cultural development1. Part 3 The 20th century: nationalism and development - an overview;Mexico - revoluion and stability; Brazil - order and progress; Cuba -dependency, nationalism and revolution; Argentina - the long decline;Chile - democaracy, revolution and dictatorship; identity and modernity- literary and cultural development 2.