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Latin America : A Concise Interpretive History

ISBN: 9780130195760 | 0130195766
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007

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SummaryTable of Contents
For courses in Modern Latin America. This landmark volume of Latin American history weaves the history of an entire region into a coherent story that emphasizes both common themes and regional and national specificity. This unique narrative provides an interpretive history of Modern Latin America with a focus on the central dynamic of Latin American historythe enigma of poor people inhabiting rich lands. The Seventh Edition has been updated and modernized to reflect recent research, interpretations, and developments.
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Prefacexv
Acknowledgmentsxvii
The Origins of a Multiracial Society
1(28)
The Land
1(5)
The Indian
6(5)
The European
11(3)
Confrontation and Conquest
14(8)
The African
22(4)
Documents:
Aztecs Lament the Fall of Tenochtitlan
26(1)
Cortes is Awed by Tenochtitlan
26(2)
Equiano: A Slave En Route to the New World
28(1)
The Institutions of Empire
29(32)
Economy
30(9)
Government
39(8)
The Church
47(4)
Society and Culture
51(2)
Cracks in the Empire
53(4)
Documents:
An Early Feminist Statement
57(1)
An Indian Cabildo Writes to the Crown, 1554
58(3)
Independence
61(23)
A Changing Mentality Begets New Attitudes and Action
62(6)
The Slaves Declare Haiti's Independence
68(2)
An Unsuccessful Popular Revolution in Mexico
70(2)
Elitist Revolts
72(5)
Documents:
Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua Advises
Her Husband, Tupac Amaru
77(2)
The Jamaica Letter
79(5)
Simon Bolivar
New Nations
84(47)
The Transfer and Legitimization of Power
85(6)
The Tense Societies
91(8)
Economic Stagnation
99(8)
A Lingering Legacy of the Enlightenment
107(5)
Caudillos
112(11)
Documents:
Civilization and Barbarism
123(5)
Domingo F. Sarmiento
El Gaucho Martin Fierro
128(3)
The Emergence of the Modern State
131(38)
Political Stability
132(4)
Positivism and Progress
136(5)
Economic Prosperity
141(4)
Modest Industrialization
145(2)
Progress on the Periphery
147(2)
The Growth of Cities
149(5)
Continuity and Change
154(2)
The Popular Challenge
156(7)
Documents:
The Mexican Constitution of 1857
163(1)
In Support of Porfirio Diaz
163(4)
A Chilean Offers a Different Vision
167(2)
New Actors on an Old Stage
169(30)
The Presence of the United States
170(9)
The Middle Sectors Emerge
179(3)
The Middle Class in Politics
182(6)
The Middle Sectors and Feminism
188(6)
Documents:
Our America
194(3)
Jose Marti
Ode to Roosevelt
197(2)
The Past Challenged
199(27)
Mexico's Violent Response to the Past
200(11)
Nationalism as a Force for Change
211(5)
Changing Racial Attitudes
216(6)
Documents:
The Plan of Ayala
222(1)
Carlos Fuentes on the Revolution
223(3)
From World Wars to Cold War
226(29)
Economic Crises
227(3)
Dictators and Populists
230(6)
Latin America Turns Inward
236(5)
A Flirtation with Democracy
241(6)
Documents:
A Different Feminism?
247(5)
Evita
The Periphery v. the Center
252(3)
Raul Prebisch
The Revolutionary Option
255(31)
Cuba
258(9)
Cuba's Impact
267(5)
Chile
272(2)
Nicaragua
274(7)
Documents:
A Nicaraguan Revolutionary Poet
281(1)
Leonel Rugama
Cuba's Poet Laureate
282(2)
Nicolas Guillen
Liberation Theology: A Voice for the Poor
284(2)
Modern Problems
286(27)
New Economic Patterns
287(2)
Military Models for Change
289(7)
War in Central America
296(7)
Do Elections Make Democracies?
303(5)
Documents:
Reasons for War
308(1)
Manuel Jose Arce
Never Again: Reports on Torturers in Argentina, Brazil, and Guatemala
309(4)
The Enigma Remains
313(21)
Neoliberalism: The Return of an Old Model
314(2)
A New Kind of Revolution
316(2)
The Post-Cold War United States
318(4)
The Environmental Cost
322(2)
The Enigma Remains
324(5)
Documents:
Zapatistas: A New Voice from the Lacandon Jungle
329(3)
A Poet for the Millennium
332(2)
A Chronology of Significant Dates in Latin American History334(6)
Statistics on the Nations of Latin America340(3)
A Glossary of Spanish and Portuguese Terms343(4)
A Glossary of Concepts and Terms347(6)
The Novel as History: A Reading Guide353(9)
Index362

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