Latin America since independence : two centuries of continuity and change / Thomas C. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Thomas C., author.

Series:

Latin American silhouettes: studies in history and culture.

Latin American silhouettes: studies in history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--History--19th century.

Latin America.

History.

Latin America--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x; 362 pages ; 23cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.

Summary:

This innovative text offers a clear and concise introduction to Latin America since independence Thomas C. Wright traces continuity and change in five central colonial legacies: authoritarian governance; a rigid social hierarchy based on race, color, and gender; the powerful Roman Catholic Church; economic dependency; and the large landed estate. He shows that the outcomes of debate and contestation over these legacies have been crucial in shaping contemporary political systems, economies, societies, and religious institutions in a richly diverse region. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I. Colonial roots

Origins of the colonial legacies

Part II. Independence and its challenges, 1790s-1870s

The independence of Latin America

The age of caudillos

Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1790s-1870s

Part III. Exports, oligarchies, and yankees, 1870s-1930

The export economies

Political consolidation and social change

Rise of the yankee

Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1870s-1930

Part IV. Revolution, depression, and Cold War, 1930-1959

The Mexican Revolution

Depression, political change, and Cold War

Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1930-1959

Part V. The era of the Cuban Revolution, 1959-1990

The Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution, Latin America, and the United States

The reaction: repression and state terrorism

Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1959-1990

Part VI. Contemporary Latin America

Neoliberalism, democracy, the pink tide, and other developments since 1990

Reflections on the colonial legacies, 1990-present

Conclusion: colonial legacies and today's Latin America.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wright, Thomas C., author. Latin America since independence.

ISBN:

9781442235700

1442235705

9781442235717

1442235713

OCLC:

969158967