(eBook PDF) Modern Latin America 8th Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0199929238
- ISBN-13 : 978-0199929238
- Author: Thomas E Skidmore, Peter H Smith, James N Green
Now thoroughly updated in its eighth edition, Modern Latin America is a lively interpretive history and the leading text in the field. Featuring vivid, anecdotal illustrative boxes, the book uses case studies to discuss the major countries and themes of the region over the past 200 years. For each country, Thomas E. Skidmore, Peter H. Smith, and James N. Green examine such central themes as European-New World interaction, racial mixtures, military takeovers, and U.S. intervention in the area.
Table contents:
Chapter 1. Why Latin America?
Chapter 2. The Colonial Foundations
Chapter 3. Mexico: The Taming of a Revolution
Chapter 4. Central America: Within the U.S. Orbit
Chapter 5. Cuba: Key Colony, Socialist State
Chapter 6. The Andes: Soldiers, Oligarchs, and Indians
Chapter 7. Colombia: Civility and Violence
Chapter 8. Venezuela: The Perils of Prosperity
Chapter 9. Argentina: Progress, Stalemate, Discord
Chapter 10. Chile: Repression and Democracy
Chapter 11. Brazil: The Awakening Giant
Chapter 12. Strategies for Economic Development
Chapter 13. Dynamics of Political Transformation
Chapter 14. Culture and Society
Chapter 15. Latin America in the World Arena, 1800s-1980s
Chapter 16. Latin America in the World Arena, 1990s – Present
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