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Modern Latin America / Thomas E. Skidmore, Peter H. Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xiii, 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195170121
  • 9780195170122
  • 019517013X
  • 9780195170139
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 980 22
Contents:
Prologue : why Latin America? -- 1. The colonial foundations, 1492-1880s -- 2. The transformation of modern Latin America, 1880s-2000s -- 3. Argentina : prosperity, deadlock, and change -- 4. Chile : socialism, repression, and democracy -- 5. Brazil : development for whom? -- 6. Peru : soldiers, oligarchs, and Indians -- 7. Colombia : discord, civility, and violence -- 8. Mexico : the taming of a revolution -- 9. Cuba : late colony, first socialist state -- 10. The Caribbean : colonies and mini-states -- 11. Central America : colonialism, dictatorship, and revolution -- 12. Latin America, the United States, and the world -- Epilogue : what future for Latin America? -- Heads of state.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 980 SKI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A218024B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 980 SKI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A218092B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 480-494) and index.

Prologue : why Latin America? -- 1. The colonial foundations, 1492-1880s -- 2. The transformation of modern Latin America, 1880s-2000s -- 3. Argentina : prosperity, deadlock, and change -- 4. Chile : socialism, repression, and democracy -- 5. Brazil : development for whom? -- 6. Peru : soldiers, oligarchs, and Indians -- 7. Colombia : discord, civility, and violence -- 8. Mexico : the taming of a revolution -- 9. Cuba : late colony, first socialist state -- 10. The Caribbean : colonies and mini-states -- 11. Central America : colonialism, dictatorship, and revolution -- 12. Latin America, the United States, and the world -- Epilogue : what future for Latin America? -- Heads of state.

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