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| List of Features | |
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| List of Maps and Color Plates | |
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| Map of National Capitals | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| The New Nations of Latin America | |
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| Spanish America and the Crisis of 1808 | |
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| Spain and the Napoleonic Invasion | |
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| Representative Government in Spain and America, 1808-1814 | |
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| The "American Question" | |
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| Spanish American Grievances and the Crisis of 1808 | |
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| Mexico | |
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| Venezuela | |
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| Argentina | |
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| Spanish American Independence | |
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| The Final Campaigns | |
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| Regional Conflicts in the Spanish American Struggle for Independence | |
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| The Independence of Brazil | |
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| The Portuguese Monarchy in Brazil | |
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| Popular Unrest in Brazil | |
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| The Culmination of Brazilian Independence | |
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| The Meaning of Independence | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Learning More About Latin Americans | |
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| How Historians Understand: Were the Wars of Independence the Turning Point? | |
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| Latin American Lives: Jose Antonio Aponte, Sculptor of Havana | |
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| Slice of Life: The 16th of September: Independence Day in Mexico | |
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| Regionalism, War, and Reconstruction: Politics and Economics, 1821-1880 | |
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| Dilemmas of Nationhood | |
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| Who Governs and What Form of Government? | |
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| Federalism/Centralism and Liberalism/Conservatism | |
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| The Challenge of Regionalism | |
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| Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, and Central America | |
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| Brazil and Chile | |
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| A Century of War | |
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| Wars of Political Consolidation | |
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| Intra-Regional Wars | |
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| Foreign Wars | |
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| Civil Wars | |
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| The Impact of War | |
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| Popular Participation | |
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| Caudillos | |
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| The Challenge of Economic Recovery | |
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| Obstacles to Development | |
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| Export Economies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Learning More About Latin Americans | |
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| How Historians Understand: Benito Juarez: The Making of a Myth | |
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| Latin American Lives: Dr. Francia | |
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| Slice of Life: The Parian Riot: Mexico City, 1828 | |
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| Everyday Life in an Uncertain Age, 1821-1880 | |
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| The People | |
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| The Large Estates: Haciendas, Estancias, Plantations, Fazendas | |
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| Work Life | |
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| Domestic Life | |
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| Plantations and Slavery | |
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| Villages and Small Holders | |
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| Religion | |
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| Urban Life and Societal Transformation | |
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| The Cities | |
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| Transformations | |
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| Food, Clothing, Shelter, and Entertainment | |
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| Food | |
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| Clothing | |
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| Shelter | |
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| Entertainment | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Learning More About Latin Americans | |
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| How Historians Understand: The Construction of Racism | |
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| Latin American Lives: The Gaucho | |
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| Slice of Life: Urban Slaves | |
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| Economic Modernization, Society, and Politics, 1880-1920 | |
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| Economic Modernization | |
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| Exports | |
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| The Downside of Export-Led Modernization | |
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| Railroads | |
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| Modernization and Social Change | |
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| Population Increase | |
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| New Classes, New Voices | |
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| Rural Discontent | |
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| Mass Movements of People | |
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| Politics in the Age of Modernization | |
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| A Modernized Military | |
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| The Rule of the Ranchers and Planters: Argentina and Brazil | |
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| Democracy in Chile | |
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| The Aristocratic Republic: Peru | |
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| Dictatorship: Mexico | |
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| Modernization and Resistance | |
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| Indigenous Peoples | |
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| Resistance in the Countryside | |
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| The Mexican Revolution | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Learning More About Latin Americans | |
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| How Historians Understand: Why Do People Rebel? | |
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| Latin American Lives: Luis Terrazas, Cattle Baron of Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Slice of Life: A Chilean Mining Camp | |
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| Between Revolutions: The New Politics of Class and the Economies of Import Substitution Industrialization, 1920-1959 | |
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| Three Crises and the Beginnings of Intensified Government Involvement in the Economy, 1920-1945 | |
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| The Aftermath of World War I | |
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| The Great Depression | |
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| World War II | |
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| Peacetime Economies | |
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| Dictators and Populists | |
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| The 1920s | |
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| Depression and War | |
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| Peacetime Politics | |
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| Failure of the Left and Right | |
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| Women's Suffrage | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Learning More About Latin Americans | |
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| How Historians Understand: Reconstructing the Semana Tragica (Tragic Week) in Argentine History | |
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| Latin American Lives: Elvia and Felipe Carrillo Puerto | |
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| Slice of Life: Colombian Coffee Farm in 1925 | |
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| People and Progress, 1910-1959 | |
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| Socialization in the Factory and the Mine: Proletarianization and Patriarchy | |
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| A Miner's Day at El Teniente | |
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| Urbanization and Social Change | |
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| The Cities | |
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| Life on the Edge: The Middle Class | |
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| La Chica Moderna | |
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| Popular and High Culture | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Learning More About Latin Americans | |
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| How Historians Understand: The Voice of the Lower Classes | |
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| Latin American Lives: Frida Kahlo | |
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| Slice of Life: Village Life in Peru | |
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| Revolution, Reaction, Democracy, and the New Global Economy. 1959 to the Present | |
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| The Revolutions: Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, and Colombia | |
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| Cuba | |
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| Nicaragua | |
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| El Salvador | |
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| Guatemala | |
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| Peru | |
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| Colombia | |
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| The Tyrannies: Brazil, Argentina, and Chile | |
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| Brazil | |
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| Argentina | |
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| Chile | |
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| The Exception: Mexico | |
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| Resurgent Democracy and the "Pink Tide" | |
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| The Struggle for Control of Everyday Life | |
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| The New Global Economy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Learning More About Latin Americans | |
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| How Historians Understand: Theories of Economic Development and History | |
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| Latin American Lives: An Argentine Military Officer | |
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| Slice of Life: On the Streets of Neuvo Laredo | |
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| Everyday Life: 1959 to the Present | |
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| The Reign of Terror | |
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| The Quality of Life | |
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| What Does It Mean to Be Poor? | |
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| Informal Economy | |
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| The Great Migrations | |
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| The Cities | |
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| To Be Poor in the Cities | |
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| An Urban Migrant's Story | |
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| The Environment | |
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| The Globalization of Culture | |
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| Art | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Learning More About Latin Americans | |
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| How Historians Understand: From the Countryside to the City | |
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| Latin American Lives: Women Rebels | |
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| Slice of Life: The Barrio/Favela | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |