Problems in Modern Latin American History : Sources and Interpretations /: Sources and Interpretations. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James A. Wood, Anna Rose Alexander.
• Editors: Wood, James A; Alexander, Anna Rose
• Contents: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Preface to the Fifth Edition; ; Chapter I: Legacies of Colonialism ; ; 1. Worlds Collide in Tenochtitlan: Camila Townsend; 2. Assessing Indian Labor in Quito: Kris Lane; 3. Rethinking the Quilombo of Palmares: Stuart B. Schwartz; 4. A Priest Reports on Social Conditions in Mexico: Manuel Abad y Queipo; 5. The Myth of Completion: Matthew Restall; 6. Visual Source: Ordering the Colonized Space; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter II: Independence ; 1. The Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy: Cort es of Cádiz; 2. War to the Death: Simón Bolívar; 3. The Vision of Father Morelos: Enrique Krause; 4. What Independence Meant for Women: Sarah C. Chambers; 5. Ode to Tropical Agriculture: Andrés Bello; 6. Tropical Versailles: Kirsten Schultz; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter III: Slavery ; 1. Africans in the American World: John Thornton; 2. A Cuban Slave’s Testimony: Esteban Montejo; 3. A Day on a Coffee Plantation: Stanley J. Stein; 4. Africa’s Botanical Legacy: Judith Carney and Richard Rosomoff; 5. Black Wet Nurses: Robert Edgar Conrad; 6. Abolitionism in Brazil: Joaquim Nabuco; 7. Visual Source: Homage to Princess Isabel; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter IV: Caudillos ; ; 1. Caudillos as Scourge: Charles E. Chapman; 2. Caudillos as Profit Maximizers: Eric R. Wolf and Edward C. Hansen; 3. Caudillos as Protectors of the Indians: Ralph Lee Woodward Jr; 4. Caudillos as Culture Heroes: Ariel de la Fuente; 5. The Ribbons and Rituals of Rosismo: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento; 6. Mexico in the Age of Caudillos: Frances Calderón de la Barca; 7. Visual Source: Contemporary Caudillos?; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter V: Liberalism and the Catholic Church; ; 1. A New Generation of Liberals: Frank Safford; 2. Liberalism as Anticlericalism: Helen Delpar; 3. The Postcolonial Church: John Lynch; 4. Good Catholic Reading for Ladies: Carolina Cherniavsky Bozzolo; 5. Generational Warrior: Francisco Bilbao; 6. The Triumph of Reform: Justo Sierra; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter VI: Race and Nation Building ; 1. Neocolonial Ideologies: E. Bradford Burns; 2. Civilization versus Barbarism: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento; 3. <span style="font-style:italic;">Torn from the Nest : Clorinda Matto de Turner; 4. The Specter of Degeneration: Mart in S. Stabb; 5. Brazilianization: Aluísio Azevedo; 6. A Raceless Nation: Ada Ferrer; 7. Visual Source: Barbershop; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter VII: Nationalism; ; 1. Our America: José Mart í 2. Education and the Mexican Revolution: Octavio Paz; 3. Mestizo Pride: Gilbert o Freyre; 4. Plan for the Realization of Bolívar’s Supreme Dream: Augusto Sandino; 5. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Shark and the Sardines : Juan José Arévalo; 6. Carmen Miranda and <span style="font-style:italic;">Brasilidade : Darién J. Davis; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter VIII: Populism ; ; 1. The Peronist Political Vision: Daniel James; 2. Doña María Remembers Perón: María Roldán; 3. The First Lady’s Peronist Feminism: Eva Perón; 4. <span style="font-style:italic;">Father of the Poor? Robert M. Levine; 5. Cardenismo and Women’s Organizing: Jocelyn Olcott; 6. Trujillo, the Benefactor: Lauren Derby; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter IX: Social Revolution ; ; 1. Essence of Guerrilla Warfare: Che Guevara; 2. Cuba’s Revolutionary Literacy Campaign: Jonathan Kozol; 3. Chile’s Revolution from Below: Peter Winn; 4. The Chilean Road to Socialism: Salvador Allende; 5. Christianity and Revolution: Margaret Randall; 6. Reflections on Life as a Colombian Revolutionary: María Eugenia Vásquez Perdomo; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter X: The Cold War; 1. Statements of U.S. Foreign Policy Doctrine: Presidents James Monroe, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman; 2. The Lesser of Two Evils: David F. Schmitz; 3. The 1964 Scare Campaign: Margaret Power; 4. <span style="font-style:italic;">Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders : Church Committee; 5. A Search and Destroy Operation in El Salvador: Mark Danner; 6. The Beliefs behind the Policies: Lars Schoultz; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter XI: The Global Economy ; 1. Neocolonial Economics: Celso Furt ado; 2. Neoliberalism and Its Prospects: Milton Friedman; 3. Global Neoliberalism: William I. Robinson; 4. “I Had Sacrificed My Life”: Norma Iglesias Prieto; 5. Humanity against Neoliberalism: Subcomandante Marcos; 6. The New Left and the Global Economy: Steven Levitsky and Kenneth M. Roberts; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter XII: Historical Memory ; 1. Memory, Truth, and Justice: Elizabeth Jelin; 2. Opening Chile’s Memory Box: Steve J. Stern; 3. Human Rights Violations Committed by Government Agents: Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation; 4. Testimony of Atrocity: Rigobert a Menchú 5. Analysis of Rigoberta Menchú’s Testimonial: David Stoll; 6. Memory of Silence: Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification; 7. Visual Source: Memory Sites; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter XIII: Nature and Protest ; 1. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Death of Ramón González : Angus Wright; 2. <span style="font-style:italic;">Fight for the Forest : Chico Mendes; 3. Capitalism and Self-Destruction: Bert a Cáceres; 4. Blood on Their Hands: Philippa de Boissière and Sian Cowman; 5. Rights of Nature: Ecuadorian Constitution; 6. Lead Poisoning: Javier Auyero and Debora Alejandra Swistun; 7. Visual Source: “Let Us Wake Up, Humanity. We’re Out of Time” ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">About the Editors
• Edition: 5th
• Publisher Details: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages), (1 illustrations)
• Subjects: History: Latin America / Central America; History: Latin America / Mexico; History: Latin America / South America; History: Modern / General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538109076; 1538109077
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.