Americas : The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean,9780520245013

Americas : The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean

by Winn, Peter
Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780520245013
ISBN10: 0520245016
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-01-25
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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Summary

Stunning in its sweep, "Americas "is the most authoritative history available of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, "Americas "examines the historical, demographic, political, social, cultural, religious, and economic trends in the region. For this new edition Peter Winn has provided a new preface and made revisions throughout to include the most up-to-date information on changes and developments in Latin America since the last revised edition of 1999.

Author Biography

Peter Winn is Professor of Latin American History and director of Latin American Studies at Tufts University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2005 Edition xi
Preface to the First Edition xix
A View from the South
1(38)
Legacies of Empire
39(52)
The Perils of Progress
91(35)
A Second Independence?
126(39)
Capital Sins
165(49)
Continent on the Move
214(36)
Children of the Sun
250(41)
A Question of Color
291(38)
In Women's Hands
329(43)
The Power and the Glory
372(48)
The Magical and the Real
420(50)
Endangered States
470(55)
Making Revolution
525(59)
North of the Border
584(49)
Epilogue: Latin America and the Caribbean in the Twenty-First Century 633(14)
Illustration Credits 647(4)
Notes 651(14)
Index 665

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