Why Latin America? -- The colonial foundations -- Mexico : the taming of a revolution -- Central America : within the U.S. orbit -- Cuba : key colony, socialist state -- The Andes : soldiers, oligarchs, and Indians -- Colombia : civility and violence -- Venezuela : the perils of prosperity -- Argentina : progress, stalemate, discord -- Chile : repression and democracy -- Brazil : the awakening giant -- Strategies for economic development -- Dynamics of political transformation -- Culture and society -- Latin America in the world arena, 1800s-1980s -- Latin America in the world arena, 2000-present.
Summary:
"Now thoroughly updated in its ninth edition, Modern Latin America is a vivid interpretive history and a leading interdisciplinary text in the field. Featuring stimulating, anecdotal boxes, it uses case studies to discuss the primary countries and patterns of development in the region over the past 200 years. At every juncture, Peter H. Smith and James N. Green continue the impeccable scholarship of Thomas E. Skidmore. They examine such central themes as the Iberian-New World interaction, racial prejudices and policy, economic strategies, military developments, and U.S. interventionism in Latin America."--Page 4 of cover.
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