Latin America since independence
Subtitle: two centuries of continuity and change
By: Thomas C. Wright
Series: Latin American silhouettes: studies in history and culture; Latin American silhouettes
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781442235700; 9781442235717
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Colonial roots; title: Origins of the colonial legacies; title: Part II. Independence and its challenges, 1790s-1870s; title: The independence of Latin America; title: The age of caudillos; title: Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1790s-1870s; title: Part III. Exports, oligarchies, and yankees, 1870s-1930; title: The export economies; title: Political consolidation and social change; title: Rise of the yankee; title: Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1870s-1930; title: Part IV. Revolution, depression, and Cold War, 1930-1959; title: The Mexican Revolution; title: Depression, political change, and Cold War; title: Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1930-1959; title: Part V. The era of the Cuban Revolution, 1959-1990; title: The Cuban Revolution; title: The Cuban Revolution, Latin America, and the United States; title: The reaction: repression and state terrorism; title: Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1959-1990; title: Part VI. Contemporary Latin America; title: Neoliberalism, democracy, the pink tide, and other developments since 1990; title: Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1990-present; title: Conclusion: colonial legacies and today's Latin America.