Books by Herbert S. (Columbia University Klein

Klein's history of Bolivia from pre-conquest times to the present day has become the standard survey. In this new edition, he expands on the government of Evo Morales, and the various changes to Bolivia's economy. An essential work for scholars of Latin America and those interested in this nation generally.

The most detailed social history of Brazil to date, this book is the first to examine all aspects of the region's transition from a predominantly rural and illiterate society in 1950, to an urban, industrialized one. An indispensable resource for scholars and students of Brazilian and Latin American politics and history.

This is the first full scale survey of the demographic history of the United States in one volume. It starts with the arrival of humans in the Western Hemisphere and ends with the questions of declining fertility, and the changes in marriage and the family in the current century.