Latin America
Latin America
Politics and Society since 1930
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.
- A collaborative history of the region
- Useful for both teachers and students of Latin American history
- Leslie Bethell is very well known in his field
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"The expertise of the authors is impressive..." George L. Vasquez, History
"...extremely useful as a reference text in undergraduate and graduate courses." John P. Tuman, Labor History
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March 2011Adobe eBook Reader
9780511824395
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Table of Contents
- 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.
