Latin America since Independence
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Latin America since Independence

Two Centuries of Continuity and Change

  1. 397 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Latin America since Independence

Two Centuries of Continuity and Change

About this book

This book offers an innovative, thematic approach to the history of Latin America since independence. It traces continuity and change in colonial legacies that became central political issues following independence: authoritarian governance; a rigid social hierarchy based on race, color, and gender; the powerful Roman Catholic Church; economic dependency; and the large landed estate. Generally, liberals have sought to modify or abolish these legacies in the interest of what they consider progress, while conservatives have attempted to preserve them as much as possible as bastions of their power and privilege. Examining the evolution of these colonial legacies across two centuries reveals the processes that formed the political systems, economies, societies, and religious institutions that characterize Latin America today.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Acronyms
  8. Introduction
  9. Part I: Colonial Roots
  10. Chapter 1: Origins of the Colonial Legacies
  11. Part II: Independence and its Challenges, 1790s –1870s
  12. Chapter 2: The Independence of Latin America
  13. Chapter 3: The Age of Caudillos
  14. Part III: Exports, Oligarchies, and Yankees, 1870s-1930
  15. Chapter 4: The Export Economies
  16. Chapter 5: Political Consolidation and Social Change
  17. Chapter 6: Rise of the Yankee
  18. Chapter 6:
  19. Chapter 6: Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1870s–1930
  20. Part IV: Revolution, Depression, and Cold War, 1930–1959
  21. Chapter 7: The Mexican Revolution
  22. Chapter 8: Depression, Political Change, and Cold War
  23. Part V: The Era of the Cuban Revolution, 1959–1990
  24. Chapter 9: The Cuban Revolution
  25. Chapter 10: The Cuban Revolution, Latin America, and the United States
  26. Chapter 11: Repression, State Terrorism, and Neoliberalism
  27. Chapter 11: Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1959–2000
  28. Part VI: Latin America in the New Millennium
  29. Chapter 12: The Colonial Legacies in the Twenty-First Century
  30. Conclusion
  31. Select Bibliography
  32. Index