The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America

William H. Beezley, Judith Ewell

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 1997
• eBook ISBN: 9780585294605
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

SR Books' two popular Human Tradition in Latin America titles covering nineteenth- and twentieth-century history have been combined into one exciting new volume. The most compelling chapters from these books are now presented in The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America. This collection offers powerful, fascinating biographies of ordinary people caught in the sometimes devastating historical changes that have occurred in Latin America. From the turbulent struggles for independence in the 1800s to the profound and often overwhelming transformations that have accompanied modernization in this century, The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America personalizes the impact that revolution, economic upheaval, urbanization, the destruction of community life, and the disruption of both traditional family and gender roles have had on Latin Americans. The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America is an invaluable text for courses in Latin American studies. Nowhere else can such varied portraits be found as in these diverse and carefully researched essays written by leading scholars.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• About the Editors
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• I - The Independence Generations: Between Colony and Republic, 1780–1830
• II - The First Republican Generations: Between American Barbarism and European Civilization, 1825–1875
• III - The Fin de Siècle Generations: The Tension between Decadence and Progress, 1870–1900
• IV - New-Century Generations: Revolution and Change in the Cities and the Countryside, 1900–1920
• V - Midcentury Generations, 1920–1959
• VI - Contemporary Generations, 1959 to the Present
• Index
• Latin American Silhouettes - Studies in History and Culture