Latin America
Politics and Society since 1930

The Cambridge History of Latin America is a large scale, collaborative, multi-volume history of Latin America spanning the five hundred years between the late fifteenth century to the present.

Leslie Bethell (Edited by)

9780521593908, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 June 1998

504 pages, 2 b/w illus.
23.7 x 15.9 x 3.5 cm, 0.888 kg

'A superb work of reference.' New York Review of Books

The Cambridge History of Latin America is a large scale, collaborative, multi-volume history of Latin America during the five centuries from the first contacts between Europeans and the native peoples of the Americas in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present. Latin America: Politics and Society since 1930 consists of chapters from Part 2 of Volume VI of The Cambridge History that provide a thorough account of political movements in Latin America. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.

Preface
Part I. Politics: 1. Democracy in Latin America since 1930 Jonathan Hartlyn and Arturo Valenzuela
A note on citizenship in Latin America since 1930 Laurence Whitehead
2. The Left in Latin America since c.1920 Alan Angell
3. The military in Latin American politics since 1930 Alain Rouquié and Stephen Suffern
Part II. Society and Politics: 4. Urban labour movements in Latin America since 1930 Ian Roxborough
5. Rural mobilisations in Latin America since c.1920 Guillermo de la Peña
Bibliographical essays
Index.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], History of the Americas [HBJK]