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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. Visit the companion website at http://library.brown.edu/modernlatinamerica/.
Contents
1. Why Latin America? Implications for the United StatesContrast and Paradox Interpretations of Latin AmericaExplaining AuthoritarianismUnderstanding DemocracyIdeas and Themes in This Book2. The Colonial Foundations Prelude to ConquestThe European ContextColonial Spanish America Portuguese America: A Different World? Independence for Latin AmericaThe Colonial ResponseAchieving IndependenceThe Brazilian PathThe Aftermath of IndependenceThe Pull of the International Economy PART TWO: CASE STUDIES: CHANGE OVER TIME 3. Mexico: The Taming of a RevolutionFrom Colony to Nationhood The North American InvasionReform, Monarchy, and the Restored RepublicThe Diaz Era: Progress at a PriceThe Mexican Revolution Politics and Policy: Patterns of ChangeOrder, Stability, and GrowthReshaping Economic PolicyNorth American Free TradeThe System Unravels The Contemporary Scene (2000-present) Return of the Leviathan?4. Central America: Within the U.S. Orbit From Colonies to Nationhood Independence MovementsLiberal Ascendancy and "Republican Dictatorships"Overview: Economic Growth and Social ChangeCoffee and BananasSocial DevelopmentsPolitics and Policy: Panama Politics and Policy: Nicaragua Politics and Policy: El Salvador Politics and Policy: Guatemala Politics and Policy: Costa Rica5. Cuba: Key Colony, Socialist State From Colony to Nationhood Dubious IndependenceOverview: Economic Growth and Social Change Politics and Policy: Patterns of ChangeFidel Castro and the Batista Regime The Cuban Revolution Framing U.S. Policies The Bay of PigsThe Missile CrisisThe Hardening of U.S. PolicyPolicy Experimentation Consolidating the RegimeThe Contemporary Scene (1990-present) 6. The Andes: Soldiers and Oligarchs, Indians and Populists From Colony to Nationhood Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change Peru: From Guano to MineralsBolivia: Tin, Silver, and GasEcuador: From Cacao to PetroleumPolitics and Policy: Peru Flirting with AlternativesThe Military RevolutionStruggles of Civilian GovernmentsFujimori's Limited DemocracyThe Contemporary Scene (2000-Present)Politics and Policy: Bolivia The Chaco War (1932-35)The Revolution of 1952Military Rule and Popular ResistanceThe Contemporary Scene (2005-Present)Politics and Policy: Ecuador Caudillos, Conservatives, and LiberalsCacao, Prosperity, and TurmoilBananas and DictatorsThe Contemporary Scene (1979-Present)7. Colombia: Civility and Violence From Colony to Nationhood Independence and Its AftermathCreating Political PartiesRafael Nunez and the Politics of RegenerationThe Loss of PanamaOverview: Economic Growth and Social Change Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change Gaitan, Reaction, and La ViolenciaThe National FrontThe Contemporary Scene (1990-present) Hard-Line PoliticsKinder and Gentler8. Venezuela: The Perils of Prosperity From Colony to Nationhood Coffee and CaudillosGunboats and Diplomacy Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change Punto Fijo DemocracyInstitutional OssificationThe Contemporary Scene (1998-present) Conflicts with Uncle SamThe Limits of Participatory DemocracyChavismo without Chavez? 9. Argentina: Progress, Stalemate, Discord From Colony to Nationhood Struggles for SupremacyOverview: Economic Growth and Social Change Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change The Military Turns Back the ClockPeronism and PeronStop-and-Go PoliticsThe Bureaucratic-Authoritarian SolutionPeronists Back in PowerThe Military ReturnsThe Contemporary Scene (1983-present) The Unperonist PeronistThe Kirchner Era10. Chile: Repression and Democracy From Colony to NationhoodOverview: Economic Growth and Social ChangePolitics and Policy: Patterns of ChangeFrom Instability to Popular FrontThe Era of Party PoliticsSocialism via Democracy?Countdown to a CoupThe Pinochet Regime The Contemporary Scene (1990-present) 11. Brazil: The Awakening Giant From Colony to NationhoodDom Pedro I (1822-1831)Dom Pedro II (1840-1889)End of the Empire Overview: Economic Growth and Social ChangePolitics and Policy: Patterns of ChangeThe First Republic (1889-1930)Getulio Vargas and the Estado NovoThe Second Republic (1946-1964)Military RuleFrom Liberalization to Redemocratization The Contemporary Scene (1994-present)Brazil's First Working-Class PresidentEnd of an Era?PART THREE: THEMES AND REFLECTIONS12. Strategies for Economic Development Narratives of Backwardness The Liberal Era (1880s-1920s) State Transformation under LiberalismImport-Substitution Industrialization (1930s-1970s) ISI in TheoryISI in PracticeThe Socialist Alternative (1950s-1980s) Revolutionary MovementsNeoliberalism (1980s-present) Free TradeCountermovesThe Crash of '08Poverty and InequalityInequality and Income Distribution13. Dynamics of Political Transformation Categories for AnalysisOligarchic Rule and Top-Down Reform (1880s-1920s) Co-optative DemocracyPopulism and Dictatorship (1930s-1970s) Women and PoliticsA Surge of DemocracyBureaucratic-Authoritarian RegimesThe Revolutionary Path (1950s-1980s)Liberation TheologyAn Expansion of Democracy (1980s-present) Empowerment of WomenThe Rise of the New LeftThe Pulse of Democratic ChangeDangers of DemocracyDemocracy Made SafeDemocracy Turns Left14. Culture and Society From Colonies to Nations Romanticism, Indians, and SlavesLiterature, Art, and New Ideas in a World Economy Realism and NaturalismModernismNationalism, Radical Politics, and Turbulent Times Brazilian ModernismRevolutionary Art and LiteratureRethinking RaceThe Making of Mass MediaPopular Culture, Theater, and SportsLatin America Culture Enters a World Market Innovative ArchitectureRevolutionary CultureThe Literary BoomDictatorship, Democracy, and New Social Movements Films, Pop Music, and the Internet15. Latin America in the World Arena, 1800s-1980s Imperialism in the AmericasAmerica's AspirationsThe Rise of U.S. InfluenceConsolidating U.S. PowerThe Cold WarThe Logic of the Cold WarCold War in Latin AmericaThe Nationalist ImpulseThe Revolutionary ChallengeThe Alliance for ProgressDevelopment and Debt16. Latin America in the World Arena, 1990s-Present After the Cold WarThe Clinton Era Wars on TerrorObama's Wars George Bush and Latin AmericaObama and Latin AmericaConfronting the United StatesMexicoBrazilVenezuelaSeeking Outside AlliesThe Intermestic AgendaMigrationImmigration under ObamaDrug TraffickingDrug Policy under ObamaPolicy DebatesPerspectives on the FutureGlossaryGuide to WebsiteIndex
