美国学者托马斯·E.斯基德莫尔、彼得.H.史密斯等撰写的专著《现代拉丁美洲》(Modern Latin America)第七版(张森根、岳云霞译,第二个中文版)将于2014年6月由当代中国出版社出版。该著第一个中文版(英文第三版,江时学译,张森根校)自1996年由世界知识出版社推出之后,受到学界一致好评,被一些开设拉丁美洲课程的高校列为基础读物。当时只印3000册,早已售罄。进入新世纪以来,中国和拉丁美洲各国双边或多边关系高歌猛进,举世瞩目。越来越多的中国人渴望阅读并开始走进拉丁美洲。中国从事拉丁美洲研究的专业人材队伍也在茁壮成长。然而,迄今为止我们对拉丁美洲的了解依然是很不充分的,对这个集印第安文明、非洲文明和欧洲文明之大成的地 The seventh edition of the Modern Latin America (Zhang Sengen, Yue Yunxia, ​​second Chinese version), written by American scholar Thomas E. Skidmore and Peter H. Smith, will be published in 2014 June by Contemporary China Publishing House. The first edition of the Chinese edition, published in English in the third edition by Jiang Zexu and Zhang Sengen, was widely acclaimed by scholars in 1996 after being published by World Knowledge Publishing House and was listed as a basic reading by some colleges and universities offering Latin American courses. At that time only printed 3000, has long been sold out. Since the beginning of the new century, bilateral and multilateral relations between China and Latin American countries have been sang triumphantly and attracted worldwide attention. More and more Chinese are eager to read and begin to move into Latin America. The ranks of professionals in China engaged in Latin American studies are also thriving. However, so far our understanding of Latin America is still very inadequate. To this great gathering of Indian civilizations, African civilizations and European civilizations