Bibliograph

A history of modern Latin America, 1800 to the present, Teresa A. Meade

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A history of modern Latin America, 1800 to the present, Teresa A. Meade

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A history of modern Latin America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

424454964

Responsibility statement

Teresa A. Meade

Series statement

Concise history of the modern world

Sub title

1800 to the present

Summary

This work examines the diverse and interlocking experiences of people of indigenous, African, and European backgrounds from the onset of independence until today. It illustrates and analyzes the major and minor events that shape history, the triumphs and defeats, and the everyday lives of people of varied classes and racial and ethnic backgrounds. It intersperses accounts of the lives of prominent figures with those of ordinary people, and emphasizes gender's role in influencing political and economic change and shaping cultural identity

Table Of Contents

Introduction to the land and its people -- Latin America in 1790 -- Competing notions of freedom -- Fragmented nationalisms -- Latin America's place in the commodity chain -- Immigration, and urban and rural life -- Revolution from countryside to city: Mexico -- The left and the socialist alternative -- Populism and the struggle for change -- Post-World War II struggles for sovereignty -- Cuba: guerrillas take power -- Progress and reaction -- Revolution and its alternatives -- The Americas in the twenty-first century

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