A new history of modern Latin America History of modern Latin America Clayton, Lawrence A. creator author. Conniff, Michael L. author. Gauss, Susan M. 1968- author. ProQuest (Firm) text bibliography Electronic books. cau 2017 Third edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource. Background to independence -- The coming of independence to South America -- The independence movements: on to victory -- The aftermath of independence -- The search for political order: 1830s-1850s -- Order and progress -- Citizen and nation on the road to progress -- The development of nations: Mexico and Central America -- The development of nations: South America -- Inventing Latin America -- Changing worlds and new empires -- Early populism in South America -- Dictators of the Caribbean basin -- Divergent paths to modern nationhood: Panama, Brazil, and Peru -- Early revolutionaries: Mexico, Brazil, and Nicaragua -- The 1930s: years of depression and upheaval -- Latin America in World War II -- The classic populists -- Mexico since World War II -- Colombian conundrum -- Caribbean basin countercurrents -- The Cuban revolution and its aftermath -- The national security states -- Democratization and conflict in the late twentieth century -- Latin America in the twenty-first century. Lawrence A. Clayton, Michael L. Conniff, and Susan M. Gauss. Electronic resource. Includes bibliographical references and index. cl----- Latin America History 19th century Latin America History 20th century 1800-1999 fast F1413 .C63 2017 980/.02 New history of modern Latin America History of modern Latin America Clayton, Lawrence A. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 3e. (DLC) 2016053808 9780520963825 0520963822 9780520289024 0520289021 2016056615 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tamucs/detail.action?docID=4811719 NhCcYBP 161208 20221130132927.7 in00003835680