Modern Latin America / James N. Green, Brown University, Jennifer Lambe, Brown University, Peter H. Smith, University of California.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, James Naylor, 1951- Author.

Lambe, Jennifer L. (Assistant professor of history), author.

Smith, Peter H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--History.

Latin America.

Genre:

History

Textbooks

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xiv, 611 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color), maps 24 cm

illustrations.

maps.

plates.

Edition:

Tenth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

Featuring stimulating, anecdotal boxes, Modern Latin America uses case studies to discuss the primary countries and patterns of development in the region over the past 200 years. The authors 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.

Contents:

Why Latin America?

Strategies for economic development

Dynamics of political and social transformation

The colonial foundations

Mexico : the taming of a revolution

Cuba : key colony, socialist state

Central America : within the U.S. orbit

Colombia : civility and violence

Venezuela : the perils of prosperity

Peru : popular dissent and political turmoil

Bolivia : insurgent miners and indigenous resistance

Ecuador : cacao, bananas, and oil

Chile : democracy and repression

Argentina : progress, stalemate, discord

Brazil : the awakening giant

Latin America and the United States.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780197802113

0197802117

OCLC:

1531459204