Latin America, 1800-2000 : modern history for modern languages / Will Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Will, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.

Latin America.

History.

Latin America--History--1830-.

Physical Description:

xx, 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Arnold ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This book provides a continental-based historical narrative that stresses the common themes between countries from Central America to the Southern Cone, while at the same time highlighting their specific national contexts. Like other books in the series, it addresses the specific needs of students in foreign language courses.

Contents:

Prologue: Many Latin Americas 1

1 Wars of Independence (1800-1825) 7

World context 7

The colonial experience 7

Church-State relations 10

The emergence of creole patriotism 11

Who revolted and why 13

Mexico's War of Independence 17

The independence of the River Plate provinces 18

Jose de San Martin's campaign in the South 20

Simon Bolivar's campaign in the North 22

The independence of Brazil 24

The case of Cuba 27

Exhibit 1.1 Morelos' Sentimientos de la nacion (1813) 28

Exhibit 1.2 Artigas' Instrucciones (1813) 29

Topics for discussion in class 31

Topics for essays and presentations 31

2 Early national period (1825-1850) 33

World context 33

The age of proposals 33

Caudillos 40

Federalists and centralists 43

Church-State relations 45

The Brazilian empire 46

The United Provinces of Central America 48

The Chilean Constitution of 1833 49

Major international wars (1825-1848) 51

Exhibit 2.1 Bolivar's letter from Barranquilla (1830) 55

Exhibit 2.2 Gutierrez Estrada's Carta (1840) 56

Topics for discussion in class 57

Topics for essays and presentations 57

3 The rise of the neocolonial order (1850-1880) 59

World context 59

The watershed 59

Liberals and conservatives 62

The neocolonial order 66

Order and progress 72

The rise of the oligarchy 73

The Empire of Pedro II 75

Major Latin American wars (1864-1883) 77

Exhibit 3.1 Alberdi's Bases y puntos de partida (1852) 80

Exhibit 3.2 Sarmiento's Presidential address (1868) 81

Topics for discussion in class 82

Topics for essays and presentations 82

4 The development and fall of the neocolonial order (1880-1930) 85

World context 85

The triumph of the liberal state 86

The First Republic of Brazil (1889-1930) 89

The rise of US interventionism 91

The impact of immigration 96

The 'social question' 98

The Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) 101

The crisis of the 1920s and the emergence of nationalism 104

Exhibit 4.1 Jose Carlos Mariategui, 7 Ensayos (1928) 106

Exhibit 4.2 Emiliano Zapata, Plan de Ayala (1911) 107

Topics for discussion in class 108

Topics for essays and presentations 108

5 Reaction and revolution (1930-1970) 109

World context 109

The 1929 Wall Street Crash and its consequences 109

Land of dictators 113

Latin America and the Cold War 119

The Cuban Revolution (1956-1959) 120

Struggling democracies 123

Latin American wars (1932-1969) 126

Population 128

Exhibit 5.1 Rafael Trujillo, Mensaje al pueblo dominicano (1931) 130

Exhibit 5.2 Fidel Castro, Primera declaracion de La Habana (1960) 131

Topics for discussion in class 132

Topics for essays and presentations 132

6 Dictatorship and democracy (1970-2000) 133

World context 133

The last dictators 133

The Sandinista revolution (Nicaragua, 1979) 142

Processes of democratisation 144

Globalisation and the impact of neo-liberalism 147

Migration 150

Drug trafficking 152

The challenges of the twenty-first century 153

Exhibit 6.1 Excerpt from the Programa del Frente Sandinista 154

Exhibit 6.2 Excerpt from a speech by Salvador Allende 155

Topics for discussion in class 156

Topics for essays and presentations 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-160).

ISBN:

0340763507

0340763515

OCLC:

64581676