Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History, 8th Edition

Acknowledgments

 

1  Land and People

The Land

The Indigenous

The European

The African

Mestizaje and the Creation of a New People

Tables:

Labels for Miscegenation in 18^th-century New Spain

Labels for Miscegenation in 18^th-century Peru

Population Density of Latin America and Selected European Countries, 2005

Latin America’s Environmental Woes

 

2  From Conquest to Empire

European Exploration

Patterns of Conquest

Colonial Economy

The Conquered Peoples

Colonial Administration

The Catholic Church

Colonial Society

 The Virgin of Guadalupe

 

3 INDEPENDENCE

A New Sense of Self

The Bourbon Reforms

The Temptations of Trade

Early Warning Signs

International Examples

Impetus From the Outside

Elitist Revolts

Popular Revolution in Mexico

The Brazilian Exception

 

4 NEW NATIONS

Monarchy or Republic?

Shaping the New Republics

Threats to the Nations

Economic Instability

Control by Caudillos

Change and Continuity

Tables:

Abolition of Slavery

The Age of Anarchy in Mexico, Heads of State, 1822-1855

5 THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN STATE

Political Stability

Positivism and Progress

Economic Prosperity

Modest Industrialization

Progress on the Periphery

The Growth of Cities

Superficial Modernization

The Popular Challenge

Tables:

Railways in Latin America circa 1913

Export Commodity Concentration Ratios, circa 1913

Direct and Portfolio Investment in Latin America, circa 1914

Annual Average Export Growth and Export Purchasing Power Growth

 

6 NEW ACTORS ON AN OLD STAGE

The Presence of the United States

The New Middle Class

The Working Class

The Middle Class in Politics

Tables:

Women’s Suffrage in Latin America

United States Relations with Latin America

 

7 THE MEXICAN EXPLOSION

Cracks in the Regime

Effective Suffrage and No Re-election

Patrias Chicas

The Maderista Revolt

Madero in Power

¡Viva Zapata!

Huerta and the Counter-revolution

A Radical Constitution

The Radicals Lose

From Destruction to Construction

The Apex of the Revolution

A Revolutionary Balance Sheet

Table:

Land Distribution in the Mexican Revolution

Maps:

The Overthrow of Diaz

The Madero Regime

Huerta vs. the Constitutionalists

Carranza vs. the Conventionists

Carranza in Charge

 

8 FROM WORLD WARS TO COLD WAR

Economic Crises

Dictators and Populists

Latin America Turns Inward

A Flirtation with Democracy

Tables:

Exports as Share of Gross Domestic Product in Latin America, 1928 and 1938

Price and Quantity Changes for Exports, Net Barter Terms of Trade, and Export Purchasing Power, 1932

Annual Average Rates of Growth by Sector, 1939-1945

Establishment of Depression Dictatorships, 1930s

 

9 THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTION

Cuba

Cuba’s Impact

Chile

Nicaragua

Tables:

Latin American Guerrilla Groups

Latin American Military Coups, 1961-1964

 

10  Debt and Dictatorship 

Changing Economic Patterns

Military Models for Change

War in Central America

The Church Under Attack

The New Social Movements

Do Elections Make Democracies?

Table:

Antipolitical Military Regimes, 1964-1990

 

11 Forward into the Past

Neoliberalism and its Discontents

NAFTA and the Zapatistas

Latin America Swings Left

Colombia’s War Without End

Citizens and Consumers

Table:

Unsatisfied with Privatization of Public Services

A Chronology  Of Significant Dates In Latin American History

 

Statistics On The Nations Of Latin America

 

A Glossary of Spanish and Portuguese

 

A Glossary of Concepts and Terms