Modern Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skidmore, Thomas E.
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Smith, Peter H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Edition:6th ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue. Why Latin America
  • The colonial foundations, 1492-1880s
  • The transformation of modern Latin America, 1880s-2000s
  • Argentina : prosperity, deadlock, and change
  • Chile : socialism, repression, and democracy
  • Brazil : development for whom?
  • Peru : soldiers, oligarchs, and Indians
  • Colombia : discord, civility, and violence
  • 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?