Idea of Race in Latin America, 1870-1940

Name: Idea of Race in Latin America, 1870-1940
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ISBN: 9780292738577

ISBN-10: 0292738579

ISBN-13: 9780292738577

Edition: 1990

Authors: Richard Graham, Richard Graham

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"...an important contribution to the far too limited literature on race and racialist thinking in Latin America." Hispanic American Historical Review From the mid-nineteenth century until the 1930s, many Latin American leaders faced a difficult dilemma regarding the idea of race. On the one hand, they aspired to an ever-closer connection to Europe and North America, where, during much of this period, "scientific" thought condemned nonwhite races to an inferior category. Yet, with the heterogeneous racial makeup of their societies clearly before them and a growing sense of national identity impelling consideration of national futures, Latin American leaders hesitated. What to do? Whom…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 4/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 143
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.96" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Richard Graham is Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin.



Preface



Introduction




Racial Ideas and Social Policy in Brazil, 1870-1940




Race in Argentina and Cuba, 1880-1930: Theory, Policies, and Popular Reaction




Racism, Revolution, and Indigenismo: Mexico, 1910-1940



Bibliography


Index