Skidmore, Thomas E., <br/><br/>
Modern Latin America / 
Thomas E. Skidmore, Peter H. Smith. 
 - Sixth edition. 
 - xiii, 512 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 480-494) and index. 
<br/><br/> Prologue : why Latin America? --  The colonial foundations, 1492-1880s --  The transformation of modern Latin America, 1880s-2000s --  Argentina : prosperity, deadlock, and change --  Chile : socialism, repression, and democracy --  Brazil : development for whom? --  Peru : soldiers, oligarchs, and Indians --  Colombia : discord, civility, and violence --  Mexico : the taming of a revolution --  Cuba : late colony, first socialist state --  The Caribbean : colonies and mini-states --  Central America : colonialism, dictatorship, and revolution --  Latin America, the United States, and the world --  Epilogue : what future for Latin America? --  Heads of state.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195170121 9780195170122 019517013X 9780195170139 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004043455 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Latin America--History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>980