Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 748 g
Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 748 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-067465-6
Verlag: OUP USA
Modern Latin America is a vivid interpretive history an authoritative text in the field. Featuring stimulating, anecdotal boxes, the book uses case studies to discuss the primary countries and themes of the region over the past 200 years. For each country, Peter H. Smith, and James N. Green continue the impeccable scholarship of Thomas Skidmore, who passed away in 2016. They examine such central themes as the Iberian-New World interaction, racial prejudices and policy, military developments, and U.S. interventionism in Latin America.
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- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- PART ONE QUESTIONS AND CONTEXTS
- 1 Why Latin America?
- Implications for the United States
- Contrast and Paradox
- Interpretations of Latin America
- Explaining Authoritarianism
- Understanding Democracy
- Ideas and Themes in This Book
- 2 The Colonial Foundations
- Prelude to Conquest
- The European Context
- Colonial Spanish America
- Portuguese America: A Different World?
- Independence for Latin America
- The Colonial Response
- Independence in Spanish America
- The Aftermath of Independence
- The Brazilian Path
- The Pull of the International Economy
- PART TWO CASE STUDIES: CHANGE OVER TIME
- 3 Mexico: The Taming of a Revolution
- From Colony to Nationhood
- The North American Invasion
- Reform, Monarchy, and the Restored Republic
- The Díaz Era: Progress at a Price
- The Mexican Revolution
- Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
- Order, Stability, and Growth
- Reshaping Economic Policy
- North American Free Trade
- The System Unravels
- The Contemporary Scene (2000-Present)
- Return of the Leviathan? And Abrupt Departure?
- 4 Central America: Within the U.S. Orbit
- From Colony to Nationhood
- Independence Movements
- Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
- Coffee and Bananas
- Social Developments
- Politics and Policy: Panama
- Politics and Policy: El Salvador
- Politics and Policy: Guatemala
- Politics and Policy: Honduras
- Politics and Policy: Costa Rica
- Reflections
- 5 Cuba: Key Colony, Socialist State
- From Colony to Nationhood
- Dubious Independence
- The Bronze Titan
- Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
- Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
- Fidel Castro and the Batista Regime
- The Cuban Revolution
- Framing U.S. Policies
- The Bay of Pigs
- The Missile Crisis
- The Hardening of U.S. Policy
- Policy Experimentation
- Consolidating the Regime
- The Contemporary Scene (2000-Present)
- 6 The Andes: Soldiers, Oligarchs, and Indians
- From Colony to Nationhood
- Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
- Peru: From Guano to Minerals
- Bolivia: Silver, Tin, and Gas
- Ecuador: From Cacao to Petroleum
- Social Transformations
- Politics and Policy: Peru
- Flirting with Policy Alternatives
- The Military Revolution
- Struggles of Civilian Governments
- Fujimori's Controlled Democracy
- Politics and Policy: Bolivia
- The Chaco War (1932-1935)
- The Revolution of 1952
- Military Rule and Popular Resistance
- Politics and Policy: Ecuador
- Caudillos, Conservatives, and Liberals
- Cacao, Prosperity, and Turmoil
- Bananas and Dictators
- 7 Colombia: Civility and Violence
- From Colony to Nationhood
- Independence and Its Aftermath
- Creating Political Parties
- Rafael Núñez and the Politics of Regeneration
- The Loss of Panama
- Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
- Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
- Gaitán, Reaction, and La Violencia
- The National Front
- The Contemporary Scene (2000-Present)
- Kinder and Gentler
- 8 Venezuela: The Perils of Prosperity
- From Colony to Nationhood
- Coffee and Caudillos
- Gunboats and Diplomacy
- Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
- Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
- Punto Fijo Democracy
- Ossification of the System
- The Contemporary Scene (2000-Present)
- Conflicts with Uncle Sam
- The Limits of Participatory Democracy
- Chavismo without Chávez?
- 9 Argentina: Progress, Stalemate, Discord
- From Colony to Nationhood
- Struggles for Supremacy
- Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
- Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
- The Military Turns Back the Clock
- Peronism and Perón
- Stop-and-Go Politics
- The Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Solution
- Peronists Back in Power
- The Military Returns
- Back to the Future: Democracy Again
- The Unperonist Peronist
- The Contemporary Scene (2000-Present)
- 10 Chile: Repression and Democracy
- From Colony to Nationhood
- Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
- Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
- From Instability to Popular Front
- The Era of Party Politics
- Socialism via Democracy?
- Countdown to a Coup
- The Pinochet Regime
- The Contemporary Scene (2000-Present)
- 11 Brazil: The Awakening Giant
- From Colony to Nationhood
- Dom Pedro I (1822-1831)
- Dom Pedro II (1840-1889)
- End of the Empire
- Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
- Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
- The First Republic (1889-1930)
- Getúlio Vargas and the Estado Novo
- The Second Republic (1946-1964)
- Military Rule
- From Liberalization to Redemocratization
- Cardoso in Charge
- The Contemporary Scene (2000-Present)
- End of an Era?
- PART THREE THEMES AND REFLECTIONS
- 12 Strategies for Economic Development
- Narratives of Backwardness
- The Liberal Era (1880s-1920s)
- Social Transformations under Liberalism
- Import-Substitution Industrialization (ISI) (1930s-1970s)
- ISI in Theory
- ISI in Practice
- The Socialist Alternative (1950s-1980s)
- Revolutionary Movements
- Neoliberalism (1980s-present)
- Free Trade
- Countermoves
- The Crash of 2008
- Poverty and Inequality
- Inequality and Income Distribution
- 13 Dynamics of Political Transformation
- Categories for Analysis
- Oligarchic Rule and Top-Down Reform (1880s-1920s)
- Co-optative Democracy
- Populism and Dictatorship (1930s-1970s)
- Women and Politics
- A Surge of Democracy
- Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes
- The Revolutionary Path (1950s-1980s)
- Liberation Theology
- An Expansion of Democracy (1980s-Present)
- Empowerment of Women
- The Rise-And Apparent Decline--of the New Left
- The Pulse of Democratic Change
- Dangers of Democracy
- Democracy Made Safe
- Democracy Turns Left, Then Right?
- 14 Culture and Society
- From Colonies to Nations
- National Identities and Internal Divides
- Literature, Art, and Ideas in a World Economy
- Realism and Naturalism
- Modernism
- Nationalism, Radical Politics, and Turbulent Times
- Brazilian Modernism
- Revolutionary Art and Literature
- Rethinking Race
- The Making of Mass Media
- Popular Culture, Theater, and Sports
- Latin American Culture Enters a World Market
- Innovative Architecture
- Revolutionary Culture
- The Literary Boom
- Dictatorship, Democracy, and New Social Movements
- Films, Pop Music, and the Internet
- 15 Latin America in the World Arena, 1800s-1990s
- Imperialism in the Americas
- America's Aspirations
- The Rise of U.S. Influence
- Consolidating U.S. Power
- The Cold War
- The Logic of Cold War
- Cold War in Latin America
- The Nationalist Impulse
- The Revolutionary Challenge
- The Alliance for Progress
- Development and Debt
- Bill Clinton and Latin America
- 16 Latin America in the World Arena, 2000-Present
- George Bush and Latin America
- Barack Obama's War
- Obama and Latin America
- Donald Trump and Latin America
- Confronting the United States
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Venezuela
- Seeking Outside Allies
- The Intermestic Agenda
- Immigration
- Drug Trafficking
- Drug Policy Debates
- Perspectives on the Future
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
