{"product_id":"a-history-of-modern-latin-america-1800-to-the-present-hardback-9781405120500","title":"A History of Modern Latin America; 1800 to the Present (Hardback) 9781405120500","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Modern Latin America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e1800 to the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Nothing is more important than to communicate up-to-date scholarship to students in a lucid and reasonable manner. It seems to me that [this] textbook is remarkably successful in both these respects.\"  (\u003ci\u003eBritish historian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEric J Hobsbawn\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2012)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Teresa Meade’s \u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e brings a new approach to introducing students to the region. Using exciting themes like class, gender and ethnicity, she compares and contrasts places and peoples, some well known and others less familiar. In doing so Meade makes connections between events that are often ignored, showing readers that history is not simply hero worship and that historians are not simply document readers.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Lesser, Emory University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \"Clearly written, conceptually accessible, comprehensive, and broad in scope, Teresa Meade’s text is an excellent alternative for survey courses on Latin America. Meade both reflects recent conceptual innovations in the field, and provides a consistent and comprehensive narrative and periodization. Not only will this text provide a reliable guide for undergraduates, but professors will also find themselves stimulated to rethink their own assumptions about the main issues in the field. I heartily recommend it.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFlorencia E. Mallon, Julieta Kirkwood Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \"This is the rare history of modern Latin America that does justice to the crucial political and economic trends of the last two centuries while exploring in-depth the social and cultural aspects of Latin American societies.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBarbara Weinstein, New York University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTeresa A. Meade (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405120500, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 November 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.88 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Latin America: 1800 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e examines the diverse and interlocking experiences of people of indigenous, African, and European backgrounds from the onset of independence until today.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntersperses accounts of the lives of prominent figures with those of ordinary people\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmphasizes gender's role in influencing political and economic change and shaping cultural identity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudent and instructor resources available at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/minerva.union.edu\/meadet\/modernlatinamerica\/index.html\"\u003ehttp:\/\/minerva.union.edu\/meadet\/modernlatinamerica\/index.html\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e[Wiley disclaims all responsibility and liability for the content of any third-party websites that can be linked to from this website. Users assume sole responsibility for accessing third-party websites and the use of any content appearing on such websites. Any views expressed in such websites are the views of the authors of the content appearing on those websites and not the views of Wiley or its affiliates, nor do they in any way represent an endorsement by Wiley or its affiliates.]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCover image xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction to the Land and Its People 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeography 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomies 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture and Entertainment 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin America: Past and Present 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Latin America in 1790 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonial Background 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower and Privilege 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLand 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonial Administration 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnlightened Monarchy 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Agents of the Reform 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisorder and Rebellion 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscontent and Disorder in Brazil 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Gender Roles 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Road to Independence 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationalism and American Culture 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Competing Notions of Freedom 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive Roads to Independence 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrican Slavery in the Americas 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlavery and the Countryside 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlavery in the Cities 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTreatment and Punishment 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlavery and the Church 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrican Medicine and Religious Practices 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResistance and Rebellion 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sugar Colony of Saint-Domingue 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Slave Revolt 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Revolution Betrayed 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrazil’s Independent Empire 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndependence in Mexico 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSouth American Independence 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-independence Changes in Racial and Gender Status 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Last Holdout of Slavery in Spanish America 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin America in a Changing World Order 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Fragmented Nationalisms 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSearching for Political and Economic Unity 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew World “Feudalism” 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-independence Politics 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArgentina and the Tyrants 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulist Caudillismo: Paraguay and Bolivia 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter Caudillismo 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace, Race Mixture, and Liberalism 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender and Liberalism 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntersections of Gender, Race, and Class 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationalism 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Latin America’s Place in the Commodity Chain 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Guano Boom 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNitrates in Chile 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSugar and Coffee 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Growth of São Paulo 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColombian Coffee 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rubber Boom 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanding Exports 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMexico and US Expansionism 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe North American Invasion 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral López de Santa Anna 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Age of Imperialism 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral America and the Panama Canal 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcuador and the “Panama” Hat 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndependence at Last? Cuba and Puerto Rico 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Immigration, and Urban and Rural Life 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsian Immigration 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuropean Immigration 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Southern Cone 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife on the Pampas 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish Investment 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Changing Cultural Landscape 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Renewal 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMexico and Benito Juárez 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrench Invasions 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of Porfirio Díaz 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellectual Theories: Positivism and Eugenics 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Revolution from Countryside to City: Mexico 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Porfiriato 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpposition to the Porfiriato 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstitutional Opposition 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMadero Assassinated 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUS Intervention 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in Combat 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarranza as President 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Constitution of 1917 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAftermath of Struggle 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgrarian Revolts in Latin America 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Left and the Socialist Alternative 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocialism on the World Stage 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Reform and the Middle Class 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnarchism, Socialism, and Anarcho-syndicalism 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in the Workforce 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColombia: Resistance to the United Fruit Company 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Labor Movement 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocialism and the Arts 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTenentes Revolt and Brazilian Communism 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Art Week in Brazil 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in the Arts 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocialism vs. Capitalism 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJosé Carlos Mariátegui 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Populism and the Struggle for Change 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetúlio Vargas and “New State” Politics 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJuan Perón and Peronism 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerón’s Fall from Grace 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics Engendered 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolutionizing Mexico: Lázaro Cárdenas 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulism in Colombia and Peru 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral America 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Long Twentieth Century 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Post-World War II Struggles for Sovereignty 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorld War II 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTemporary Worker Program 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-war Latin America 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary vs. Civilian Rule 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Absolute Dictator: Rafael Trujillo 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmericas in Transition: Guatemala and Bolivia 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuatemala 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolution in Bolivia 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMining and the Voice of Bolivian Activism 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Revolution in Decline 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Cuba: Guerrillas Take Power 235\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“History Will Absolve Me” 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCauses for Discontent 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Revolutionary War 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Special Period in Peacetime 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCuba and the World 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErnesto “Che” Guevara 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Difference Did the Revolution Make? 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocratic Shortcomings 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Progress and Reaction 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernization and Progress 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrazil’s Military Coup 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe National Security State 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin America’s Youth Movement 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMexico 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Massacre at Tlateloco 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chilean Road to Socialism 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chilean Road to Socialism Dead Ends 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Guerrilla Warfare: Uruguay 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Guerrilla Warfare: Argentina 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDictatorship and State Terror 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMothers of the Plaza de Mayo 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe War of the Malvinas\/Falkland Islands 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMovements for Revolutionary Change: Peru 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSendero Luminoso, the Shining Path 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and Shining Path 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepression and Fujimori 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Revolution and Its Alternatives 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Changing Catholic Church 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarxism and Catholic Humanism 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Opposition 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Somozas versus Sandino: the Next Generation 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sandinista Opposition 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSandinistas in Power 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnited States and the Sandinistas 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEffects of the Contra War 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral America in Turmoil: El Salvador and Guatemala 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics of Repression in El Salvador 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Opposition 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fighting Ends 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuatemala: The Bloodiest War 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Evangelical Alternative 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColombia: The Longest War 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe War on Drugs in Latin America 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The Americas in the Twenty-first Century 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Washington Consensus 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrazil and the Workers’ Alternative 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Workers’ Party in Power 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBolivia: Twenty-first-century Indigenismo 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVenezuela and Hugo Chávez 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bolivarian Mission 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChávez and “the Pink Tide” 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplicating Social Ties 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChile’s Transition to Democracy 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Social Movements 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMovements for Racial and Gender Equality 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and Politics 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Latin Americanization of the United States 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmigration and Free Trade 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpponents Confront Free Trade 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmigration and Neoliberalism 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSharing the Environment and the Cost of Stewardship 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 359\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437754970392,"sku":"9781405120500","price":80.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405120500.jpg?v=1784938150","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-modern-latin-america-1800-to-the-present-hardback-9781405120500","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}