History of Modern Latin America 1800 to the Present

Name: History of Modern Latin America 1800 to the Present
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ISBN: 9781405120517

ISBN-10: 1405120517

ISBN-13: 9781405120517

Edition: 2010

Authors: Teresa A. Meade

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This new history examines the experiences of people from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America and the Caribbean from the onset of independence in the late 18th century until the present. With compelling prose, the book illustrates and analyzes the large and small events that make up history, the triumphs and defeats, and the work and everyday lives of men and women from many classes, racial, and ethnic backgrounds. Some of the broad themes of Latin American history modernization, dependency, revolution, neo-liberalism are constantly challenged by attention to the area's diversity. By interspersing accounts of the lives of the prominent and well-known with the…

Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/21/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: People, places and things in modern Latin America



Pre-Colombian Latin America and European ExplorationI: The Nineteenth Century



The Road to Independence and Beyond



Fragmented Nationalism



Neo-colonialism



The Twentieth Century



Popular Revolts, Socialism, and Internationalism



Labor, Immigration, National identity, Social/cultural Movements



Revolution



Reform and Reaction



Neo-liberalism and Resistance



Into the Twenty-first Century



The Road Ahead


Notes


References


Index