Modern Latin America

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Modern Latin America / Thomas E. Skidmore, Peter H. Smith.

Skidmore, Thomas E. (Author). Smith, Peter H. (Added Author).

Summary:

"The leading survey in its field, this lively interpretive history has been brought up to date in all areas, especially in its treatment of recent developments in Central America. The new edition also features a completely new chapter on the Caribbean. As before, the authors illustrate such central themes as European-Indian and European-African interaction, large-scale immigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries, populist political leadership, military takeovers, and U.S. intervention in the region, examining the influence of economic forces and social tensions on political conflict in each case and discussing recent economic developments in clear, jargon-free language. Lucidly written and enhanced by insights from social science, Modern Latin America remains the preeminent treatment of this vitally important subject."--Pub. desc.

Record details

ISBN: 0195129954
ISBN: 9780195129953
ISBN: 0195129962
ISBN: 9780195129960
Physical Description: xi, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-451) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Prologue: Why Latin America? -- The colonial foundations, 1492-1880s -- The transformation of modern Latin America, 1880s-1990s -- Argentina: prosperity, deadlock, anti-change -- Chile: socialism, repression, and democracy -- Brazil: development for whom? -- Peru: soldiers, oligarchs, and Indians -- Mexico: the taming of a revolution -- Cuba: late colony, first socialist state -- The Caribbean: colonies and mini-states -- Central America: colonialism, dictatorship, and revolution -- Latin America, the United States, and the world -- What future for Latin America? -- Statistical appendix -- Heads of state.