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List of Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: LAND AND PEOPLE
The Land
Latin America’s Environmental Woes
The Indigenous
The European
The African
Mestizaje and the Creation of New People
¿Latin? America
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Tables:
Ratio of Population to Agricultural Land in Latin America and Selected European Countries
Labels for Miscegenation in Eighteenth-Century New Spain
Labels for Miscegenation in Eighteenth-Century Peru
Chapter 2: FROM CONQUEST TO EMPIRE
European Exploration
Patterns of Conquest
Colonial Economy
Colonial Administration
The Catholic Church
The Virgin de Guadalupe
The Conquered Peoples
Colonial Society
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Table:
Founding of Major New World Cities
Chapter 3: INDEPENDENCE
A New Sense of Self
The Bourbon Reforms
The Temptations of Trade
The Impact of Ideas
Early Warning Signs
International Examples
Impetus from the Outside
Elitist Revolts
Popular Revolution in Mexico
The Brazilian Exception
Aftermath
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Chapter 4: NEW NATIONS
Monarchy or Republic?
Liberals or Conservatives?
Masses and Elites
Threats to New Nations
Economic Instability
A Clash of Cultures
Control by Caudillos
Change and Continuity
Mexico’s Early National Woes
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Table:
Abolition of Slavery
Chapter 5: THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN STATE
Political Stability
Positivism and Progress
Economic Prosperity
Progress on the Periphery
Modest Industrialization
The Growth of Cities
Superficial Modernization
The Popular Challenge
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Tables:
Railways in Latin America, 1913
Export Commodity Concentration Ratios, 1913
Direct and Portfolio Investment in Latin America, 1914
Chapter 6: NEW ACTORS ON AN OLD STAGE
The Presence of the United States
The New Middle Class
The Working Class
The Middle Class in Politics
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Tables:
United States Relations with Latin America
Women’s Suffrage in Latin America
Chapter 7: THE MEXICAN EXPLOSION
Cracks in the Regime
Effective Suffrage and No Reelection
Patrias Chicas
The Maderista Revolt
Madero in Power
¡Viva Zapata!
Huerta and the Counter-Revolution
A Radical Constitution
The Radicals Lose
From Destruction to Construction
The Apex of the Revolution
A Revolutionary Balance Sheet
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Table:
Land Distribution in the Mexican Revolution
Chapter 8: FROM WORLD WARS TO COLD WAR
Economic Crises
Dictators and Populists
Latin America Turns Inward
Guatemala: A Flirtation With Democracy
Table:
Establishment of Depression Dictatorships, 1930s
Chapter 9: THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTION
Cuba
Cuba’s Impact
Chile
Nicaragua
Development or Dependency?
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Tables:
Latin American Military Coups, 1961—1964
Latin American Guerrilla Groups
Chapter 10: DEBT AND DICTATORSHIP
Changing Economic Patterns
Military Models for Change
War in Central America
The Church under Attack
The New Social Movements
Do Elections Make Democracies?
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Table:
Antipolitical Military Regimes, 1964—1990
Chapter 11: FORWARD INTO THE PAST
Neoliberalism and Its Discontents
NAFTA and the Zapatistas
Latin America Swings Left
Colombia: The Longest War
The War on Drugs
Change and Continuity
Honduras: A Coup Rocks the Americas
Questions for Discussion
Recommended Readings
Tables:
Unsatisfied With Privatization of Public Services
Latin America Elects Leftists
Perceptions of Socialism vs. Capitalism in Latin America
Latin America through Art
A Chronology of Significan Dates in Latin American History
A Glossary of Spanish, Portuguese, and Indigenous Terms
A Glossary of Concepts and Terms
Index
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