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Latin America Conflict and Creation, a Historical Reader

by: Burns, E. Bradford

Latin America Conflict and Creation, a Historical Reader

by: Burns, E. Bradford

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Copyright: 08/19/1992
Publisher: Pearson

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This text reproduces documents that provide a better understanding of the Latin American past and present, and draws most heavily from Latin American sources. It is distinguished by the widest variety of documentation, including art work, short stories, poetry, folk tales and travel accounts. For sociologists, historians, and all those interested in Latin American studies and history.

Preface

The Encounter

(33)

An Abundant Nature and Promises of Wealth

(2)

Beautiful Lands and Innocent Natives

(2)

The Marvels of the Aztec Capital

(4)

Visual Depiction of the Indians

(2)

A Negative Impact of Conquest on Indian Society

(1)

Indian Lamentations

(2)

The Fall of Tenochtitlan

(1)

The Imprisonment of Cuauhtemoc

(1)

Flowers and Songs of Sorrow

(1)

Murals Depicting Cuauhtemoc

(3)

The King and the Indian

(2)

An Indian Assessment of Europe

(3)

``To Columbus''

(1)

In the Ancient Land of the Aztecs, the Hurrah for Columbus is Muted

(3)

Cultural Symbiosis

(7)

The Stone and the Cross

(7)

Patterns for Wealth

(17)

An Example of a Colonial Land Grant

(1)

Establishing the Basis for the Encomienda System

(1)

A Grant of Encomienda

(1)

A Petition to the King to Grant Permanent Encomiendas

(1)

Slave Labor on a Brazilian Plantation

(2)

Forced Labor Recruitment

(2)

A Comfortable Life

(1)

Sugar Plantations in Brazil at the End of the Colonial Period

(7)

Patterns for Power

(25)

Bolivar's Political Prescriptions

(7)

The Congress of Angostura, 1819

(4)

The Constitution for Bolivia, 1826

(3)

Political Advice from a Father to His Son

(4)

The Caudillo in Spanish America

(5)

The Brazilian Constitution of 1824: Contractual, Genetic, and Patriarchal

(4)

The Brazilian Emperor's Perception of His Own Role

(2)

Poem: ``If I Am Pious, Clement, Just...''

(1)

Advice to My Daughter and Heir

(1)

The Brazilian Monarchy and the Empowerment of Youth and a Woman

(2)

Modernity Vies with Tradition

(30)

Latin American Society in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

(13)

The City and the Countryside: Civilization versus Barbarism

(4)

Social Life in Brazil in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

(9)

The Export Economy

(6)

A Sugar Plantation in Cuba

(4)

Rising Coffee Exports and Falling Food Surpluses in Brazil, 1850-1860

(2)

Ordinary People Face Economic Challenges

(6)

The Dispossessed in Rural Mexico

(1)

The Indians Lose Their Land

(2)

Land Monopoly in Pernambuco, Brazil

(1)

The Standard of Living of Workers in Northeastern Brazil

100

(1)

A Description of the Indians of Andean Colombia

101

(1)

The Limits of Education

102

(4)

Latin Americans Define Themselves

106

(41)

An Early Effort to Define Latin America

107

(3)

Salvation Through Originality

110

(3)

Ariel: The Spiritual Nature of the Latin Americans

113

(3)

The African Contribution to Brazilian Civilization

116

(7)

Combining European and Local Values into a National Culture

123

(2)

La Raza Cosmica: A New Race and a New Ideal

125

(4)

Liberating the Spirit of the Artist

129

(5)

My Life and Art

130

(2)

New World, New Race, and New Art

132

(1)

In Defense of National Dance

133

(1)

Reinterpreting the Indian Past

134

(6)

Masquerading Reality

140

(7)

The Quest for Economic Development

147

(60)

The Historical Causes of Underdevelopment

149

(6)

The Web of Exploitation: State and Peasants in Latin America

155

(7)

Dependency Theory

162

(8)

The Need for Structural Changes

170

(2)

An Early Statement of Economic Nationalism

172

(2)

Goals for Development

174

(3)

The Problem

174

(1)

The Solution

174

(3)

Nationalism and Development

177

(3)

Artistic and Literary Reactions to Progress

180

(27)

Art As Historical Document

180

(7)

``An Appeal to Some Learned Doctors''

187

(1)

``Rosaura''

188

(19)

The Revolutionary Option

207

(81)

A Theory of the Natural History of Revolution

208

(4)

The Visual Presentation of Popular Protest

212

(2)

Land and Revolution

214

(4)

The Plan of Ayala

214

(1)

Agrarian Reform Begins

215

(3)

Is the Mexican Revolution Dead?

218

(11)

Mexico's Historical Crisis

218

(4)

The Revolution Is Dead

222

(7)

The Cuban Revolution

229

(25)

Program Manifesto of the 26th of July Movement

229

(7)

Causes of the Cuban Revolution

236

(6)

Agrarian Reform

242

(4)

Women in the Cuban Revolution

246

(5)

The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution

251

(3)

The Nicaraguan Revolution

254

(25)

Sandino to Sandinistas: Historical Revolutionary Continuity

254

(1)

The Historical Program of the FSLN

255

(8)

The Minister of Agriculture Discusses Agrarian Reform

263

(3)

A Peasant Discusses Agrarian Reform

266

(1)

Elections Derailed the Revolution: What Happened?

267

(9)

The Initial Record of the UNO Government

276

(3)

Women at War

279

(9)

A Lingering Legacy

288

(1)

Failure to Resolve the Agrarian Issue

289

(5)

The End to Food Self-Sufficiency in Mexico

294

(2)

Hunger in Honduras

296

(2)

The Burden of the Brazilian Child

298

(5)

``It Can Hurt Plenty''

303

(10)

``The Glass of Milk''

313

(5)

A Major Transformation: Rural to Urban

318

(3)

The Challenge to Democracy

321

(2)

Misguided Development

323

(6)

Making Our Own History

329

(3)

New Leadership: Fear and Hope

332

(1)

Haiti: Turning into Another Cuba?

333

(2)

Haiti: A Plea for Grassroots Development

335

(1)

A Postscript

336

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