This chronologically organized new text provides comprehensive historical coverage of Latin America's politics and development from colonial times to the twenty-first century.
Although the book represents a view of the Latin American political that comes primarily from the North, the influence of Viotti da Costa powerfully marks the contributors’ engagement with Latin America’s past.
In History of Political Parties in Twentieth-Century Latin America, Torcuato S. Di Tella demonstrates that this common view lacks context and comparative nuance, and is deeply misleading.
The Democratic Revolution in Latin America: History, Politics, and U.S. Policy
Miller , R. ( 1993 ) . Britain and Latin America in the 19th and 20th Centuries . London and New York : Longman . Miller , S. ( 1990 ) . “ Mexican Junkers and Capitalist ... Mitchell , B. ( 1980 ) . European Historical Statistics .
Now in its ninth edition, this definitive text has been updated throughout and features contributions from experts in the field, including twenty new and revised chapters on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
The thematic structure of the book is to utilize three different levels of analysis to explain Latin American politics: international, national, and local.
Integrating current scholarship, the book covers the major themes and events of Latin American history while breaking away from a dry history of states and institutions to provide a window on the dynamics of how people shaped, were impacted ...
This third edition of The Politics of Antipolitics has been revised and updated to focus on the post-Cold War era.
In this book, Rafael R. Ioris critically revisits the postwar context in Brazil to reexamine traditional questions and notions pertaining to the nature of Latin America’s political culture and institutions.
The nineteenth century context -- Boundaries, war and the canal -- Interventions, occupations and commerce -- Cultural encounters -- Challenging the United States -- Depression and global conflict -- Renewed intervention and revolution -- ...