Keen's Latin American civilization
Subtitle: history & society, 1492 to the present
By: edited by Robert Buffington, Lila Caimari.
Contributors: Keen, Benjamin, 1913-; Buffington, Robert, 1952-; Caimari, Lila M., 1962-
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boulder, Colorado
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
Subjects: Latin America -- Civilization; Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History
Other titles: Latin American civilization
Description: "The central theme of this classic text is Latin America's economic dependency on European powers and the United States, and its struggle for liberation from dependency and its consequences: social decline, mass poverty, and corrupt, arbitrary governments. Long a staple in Latin American history courses, the eighth edition has been thoroughly revised and given a fresher presentation for a new generation of students and professors."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Indian and Hispanic origins; title: Conquest and colonization; title: The colonial political economy; title: Colonial society and culture; title: Late colonial development; title: Independence and its aftermath; title: Constructing the nation-state; title: Consolidating the nation-state; title: Challenges to the nation-state.