Arnold J. Bauer, University of California, Davis
Arnold Bauer went from his family farm to study in Mexico and Berkeley and to teach Latin American Studies at the University of California at Davis. In 2005 he received the "Order of Merit Gabriela Mistral," the highest recognition the Chilean government awards for contributions to education and culture. He lives in Davis.

1. Introduction
2. Material landscape
3. Contact goods
4. Civilizing goods
5. Modernizing goods
6. Developing goods
7. Global goods.

"Arnold Bauer offers us a beautifully composed and sweeping overview of the past thousand years of Latin American history, the present included, from the vantage of its "material culture." Goods, Power, History is that rare synthesis that offers a new worldview for its readers. Readers from all corners of the planet will be dazzled by Bauer's evocative details and his craft with the English language, which reveals passions rarely seen in run-of-the-mill academic texts."