Modern Latin America

• ISBN13: 9780195055344
• ISBN10: 0195055349
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-01-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The leading survey in its field, this lively interpretive history has been brought up to date in all areas, especially in its treatment of recent developments in Central America. The new edition also features a completely new chapter on the Caribbean. As before, the authors illustrate such central themes as European-Indian and European-African interaction, large-scale immigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries, populist political leadership, military takeovers, and U.S. intervention in the region, examining the influence of economic forces and social tensions on political conflict in each case and discussing recent economic developments in clear, jargon-free language. Lucidly written and enhanced by insights from social science, Modern Latin America remains the preeminent treatment of this vitally important subject.

Author Biography

Thomas E. Skidmore is Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Professor of Modern Latin American History at Brown University. His previous books include Politics in Brazil, 1930-1964 and Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964-1985, both published by Oxford; he was also an editor of The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Latin America.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Why Latin America?

The Colonial Foundations, 1492-1880s

The Transformation of Modern Latin America, 1880s-1990s

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?

Statistical Appendix

Analytical Appendix

Heads of State

Suggestions for Further Reading

Index

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