Pueblos: Intermediate Spanish in Cultural Contexts (World Languages) - Softcover

Sheri Spaine Long (Ph.D. UCLA) is Editor of Hispania - A journal devoted to the teaching of Spanish and Portuguese, the scholarly journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). Formerly a faculty member, department chair, and study abroad program director, Dr. Long rose to the rank of Professor of Spanish at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor at the United States Air Force Academy. Most recently, Dr. Long served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Languages and Culture Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is a specialist in language teaching and learning. A regular presenter and invited speaker at national and international conferences, Dr. Long delivered over 100 talks from Havana to Beijing and across the United States. She actively engages the field and continues to publish on the integration of leadership development and language learning, the language profession, and Madrid in literature. Dr. Long published more than 50 articles, chapters, and reviews and her recent co-authored textbooks published with Cengage include Nexos. Introductory Spanish, 4th ed., and Alianzas. Intermediate Spanish., 2nd ed., Cuadros. Introductory and Intermediate Spanish., among others. She received the prestigious Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Education from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in 2009.

Unidad 1. Origenes y encuentros Capitulo 1. La America precolombina: Las civilizaciones mesoamericanas de ayer y la gente de hoy Capitulo 2. La Peninsula Iberica: Lugar de encuentro ayer y hoy Capitulo 3. Tenochtitlan: Encuentro entre Moctezuma, Hernan Cortes y la Malinche Unidad 2. Conquista y colonizacion Capitulo 4. El Nuevo Mundo: La region andina: Bolivia, Ecuador y Peru Capitulo 5. El Nuevo Mundo: El Cono Sur: Chile y Argentina Capitulo 6. Conquistas futuras: Las colonias del siglo XXI Unidad 3. Independencia y revolucion Capitulo 7. Las colonias no americanas: Filipinas y Guinea Ecuatorial Capitulo 8. Independencia latinoamericana: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela y Panama Capitulo 9. Mexico revolucionario ayer y hoy Unidad 4. Transiciones politicas y economicas Capitulo 10. Dictaduras del pasado: Republica Dominicana y Espana Capitulo 11. El Cono Sur: Paraguay y Uruguay--Transformacion y evolucion Capitulo 12. Procesos de paz: Centroamerica Appendices Spanish-English glossary English-Spanish glossary