Modern Latin America / Peter H. Smith, University of California, San Diego (emeritus); James N. Green, Brown University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Peter H., author.

Green, James Naylor, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Latin America--History--Textbooks.

Latin America.

Genre:

History.

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xiv, 536 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Ninth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Now thoroughly updated in its ninth edition, Modern Latin America is a vivid interpretive history and a leading interdisciplinary text in the field. Featuring stimulating, anecdotal boxes, it uses case studies to discuss the primary countries and patterns of development in the region over the past 200 years. At every juncture, Peter H. Smith and James N. Green continue the impeccable scholarship of Thomas E. Skidmore. They examine such central themes as the Iberian-New World interaction, racial prejudices and policy, economic strategies, military developments, and U.S. interventionism in Latin America."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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

3. Mexico: The Taming of a Revolution

From Colony to Nationhood

The North American Invasion

Reform, Monarchy, and the Restored Republic

The Diaz 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

Independence Movements

Liberalism and "Republican Dictatorships"

Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change

Coffee and Bananas

Social Developments

Politics and Policy: Panama

Politics and Policy: Nicaragua

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

Dubious Independence

Fidel Castro and the Batista Regime

The Cuban Revolution

Framing U.S. Policies

The Bay of Pigs

The Missile Crisis

The Hardening of US. Policy

Policy Experimentation

Consolidating the Regime

Seventy Years of Revolution: Outcomes and Consequences

6. The Andes: Soldiers, Oligarchs, and Indians

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 (1932-35)

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

Independence and Its Aftermath

Creating Political Parties

Rafael Nunez and the Politics of Regeneration

The Loss of Panama

Gaitan, Reaction, and La Violencia

The National Front

Kinder and Gentler

8. Venezuela: The Perils of Prosperity

Coffee and Caudillos

Gunboats and Diplomacy

Punto Fijo Democracy

Ossification of the System

Conflicts with Uncle Sam

The Limits of Participatory Democracy

Chavismo without Chavez?

9. Argentina: Progress, Stalemate, Discord

Struggles for Supremacy

The Military Turns Back the Clock

Peronism and Peron

Stop-and-Go Politics

The Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Solution

Peronists Back in Power

The Military Returns

Back to the Future: Democracy Again

The Unperonist Peronist

10. Chile: Repression and Democracy

From Instability to Popular Front

The Era of Party Politics

Socialism via Democracy?

Countdown to a Coup

The Pinochet Regime

11. Brazil: The Awakening Giant

Dom Pedro 1(1822-31)

Dom Pedro 11 (1840-89)

End of the Empire

The First Republic (1889-1930)

Gen:Lilo Vargas and the Estado Novo

The Second Republic (1946-64)

Military Rule

From Liberalization to Redemocratization

Cardoso in Charge

End of an Era?

12. Strategies for Economic Development

Narratives of Backwardness

The Liberal Era (1880s-1920s)

Social Transformations under Liberalism

Import-Substitution Industrialization (1930s-70s)

Import-Substitution Industrialization in Theory

Import-Substitution Industrialization in Practice

The Socialist Alternative (1950s-80s)

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-70s)

Women and Politics

A Surge of Democracy

Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes

The Revolutionary Path (1950s-80s)

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 New 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 US. 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

The Post-Cold War Era

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780190674656

0190674652

9780190674670

0190674679

OCLC:

1039274874

Publisher Number:

99989057067