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Latin America and the origins of its twenty-first century /

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0313352496

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031335250X

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9780313352492

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9780313352508

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Title Proper

Latin America and the origins of its twenty-first century /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Michael Monteón.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Santa Barbara, Calif. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Praeger,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xv, 425 pages)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The long nineteenth century, Caudillaje, power, and the people. City and countryside -- Labor : Indian, slave, and free -- The origins of national governments -- Pax Britannica -- Oligarchy and the impact of new wealth, 1880-1914. The newest city -- Boulevards and streetcars -- The working class -- Buenos Aires -- Peasants and landed power -- The challenges to oligarchy -- Imperial shift -- Revolutions and modernization, 1910-1955. A different direction -- Chilangolandia -- The Mexican revolution -- Populism and the oligarchies -- Peronismo -- Populist frustrations -- The United States as a hegemonic power -- The anticommunist crusade -- Two revolutionary movements : Bolivia and Guatemala -- Modern life and modern conflicts, 1956-1985. Santiago and the Pinochet dictatorship -- The population explosion -- Causes and consequences of the population boom -- The misinterpretations of urban poverty -- Arts and communication -- The Cold War and guerrilla dreams -- The Cuban revolution -- The Brazilian model -- Guerrilla warfare -- The dilemmas of development -- Launched into the present. São Paulo, the newest city -- The collapse of military capitalism -- The shock treatment -- The end of the guerrilla left Mexico revisited -- The Latin-Americanization of the United States -- Blowback -- Migration -- Conclusion : the twenty-first century has begun.

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Latin American societies were created as pre-industrial colonies, that is, peoples whose cultures and racial makeup were largely determined by having been conquered by Spain or Portugal. In all these societies, a colonial heritage created political and social attitudes that were not conducive to the construction of democratic civil societies. And yet, Latin America has a public life--not merely governments, but citizens who are actively involved in trying to improve the lives and welfare of their populations. Monteon focuses on the relation of people's lifestyles to the evolving pattern of pow.

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MIL

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256673

Title

Latin America and the origins of its twenty-first century.

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9780313352492

HISTORY-- General.

HISTORY.

Latin America, History, 20th century.

Latin America, History, 21st century.

Latin America.

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Monteón, Michael,1946-

Date of Transaction

20201203085952.0

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