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A history of modern Latin America: 1800 to the present

2011; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 48; Issue: 07 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.48-4040

1943-5975

Teresa Meade,

Cuban History and Society

List of Figures List of Maps Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction to Land and Its People Geography People Economies Politics Culture and Entertainment Latin America: Past and Present 2 Latin America in 1790 Colonial Background Power and Privilege Land Colonial Administration Enlightened Monarchy The Agents of Reform Disorder and Rebellion Discontent and Disorder in Brazil Changing Gender Roles On Road to Independence Nationalism and American Culture Conclusion 3 Competing Notions of Freedom Five Roads to Independence African Slavery in Americas Slavery and Countryside Slavery in Cities Treatment and Punishment Slavery and Church African Medicine and Religious Practices Resistance and Rebellion The Sugar Colony of Saint-Domingue The Slave Revolt The Revolution Betrayed Brazil's Independent Empire Independence in Mexico South American Independence Post-independence Changes in Racial and Gender Status The Last Holdout of Slavery in Spanish America Latin America in a Changing World Order Conclusion 4 Fragmented Nationalisms Searching for Political and Economic Unity World Feudalism Post-independence Politics Argentina and Tyrants Populist Caudillismo : Paraguay and Bolivia After Caudillismo Race, Race Mixture, and Liberalism Gender and Liberalism Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class Nationalism Conclusion 5 Latin America's Place in Commodity Chain The Guano Boom Nitrates in Chile Sugar and Coffee The Growth of Sao Paulo Colombian Coffee The Rubber Boom Expanding Exports Mexico and US Expansion The North American Invasion General Lopez de Santa Anna The Age of Imperialism Central America and Canal Ecuador and Panama Hat Independence at Last? Cuba and Puerto Rico Conclusion 6 Immigration, and Urban and Rural Life Asian Immigration European Immigration The Southern Cone Life on Pampas British Investment The Changing Cultural Landscape Urban Renewal Mexico and Benito Juarez French Invasions The Rise of Porfirio Diaz Intellectual Theories: Positivism and Eugenics Conclusion 7 Revolution from Countryside to City: Mexico The Porfiriato Opposition to Porfiriato Constitutional Opposition Madero Assassinated US Intervention Women in Combat Carranza as President The Constitution of 1917 Aftermath of Struggle Agrarian Revolts in Latin America Conclusion 8 The Left and Socialist Alternative Socialism on World Stage Social Reform and Middle Class Anarchism, Socialism, and Anarcho-syndicalism Women in Workforce Colombia: Resistance to United Fruit Company The Labor Movement Socialism and Arts Tenentes Revolt and Brazilian Communism Modern Art Week in Brazil Women in Arts Socialism vs. Capitalism Jose Carlos Mariategui Conclusion 9 Populism and Struggle for Change Getulio Vargas and New Politics Juan Peron and Peronism Peron's Fall from Grace Politics Engendered Revolutionizing Mexico: Lazaro Cardenas Populism in Colombia and Peru Central America The Long Twentieth Century Conclusion 10 Post-World War II Struggles for Sovereignty World War II Temporary Worker Program Post-war Latin America Military vs. Civilian Rule The Absolute Dictator: Rafael Trujillo Americas in Transition: Guatemala and Bolivia Guatemala Revolution in Bolivia Mining and Voice of Bolivian Activism The Revolution in Decline Conclusion 11 Cuba: Guerrillas Take Power History Will Absolve Me Causes for Discontent The Revolutionary War The Special Period in Peacetime Cuba and World Ernesto Che Guevara What Difference Did Revolution Make? Democratic Shortcomings Conclusion 12 Progress and Reaction Modernization and Progress Brazil's Military Coup The National Security State Latin America's Youth Movement Mexico The Massacre at Tlateloco The Chilean Road to Socialism The Chilean Road to Socialism Dead Ends Urban Guerrilla Warfare: Uruguay Urban Guerrilla Warfare: Argentina Dictatorship and State Terror Mothers of Plaza de Mayo The War of Malvinas/Falkland Islands Movements for Revolutionary Change: Peru Sendero Luminoso , Shining Path Women and Shining Path Repression and Fujimori Conclusion 13 Revolution and Its Alternatives A Changing Catholic Church Marxism and Catholic Humanism The Opposition The Somozas versus Sandino: Next Generation The Sandinista Opposition Sandinistas in Power United States and Sandinistas Effects of Contra War Central America in Turmoil: El Salvador and Guatemala Politics of Repression in El Salvador The Opposition The Fighting Ends Guatemala: The Bloodiest War The Evangelical Alternative Colombia: The Longest War The War on Drugs in Latin America Conclusion 14 The Americas in Twenty-first Century The Washington Consensus Brazil and Workers' Alternative The Workers' Party in Power Bolivia: Twenty-first-century Indigenismo Venezuela and Hugo Chavez The Bolivarian Mission Chavez and the Pink Tide Complicating Social Ties Chile's Transition to Democracy Social Movements Movements for Racial and Gender Equality Women and Politics The Latin Americanization of United States Immigration and Free Trade Opponents Confront Free Trade Immigration and Neoliberalism Sharing Environment and Cost of Stewardship Notes Glossary Further Reading Index