The Contemporary History of Latin America

Tulio Halperín Donghi

Published by Duke University Press 1993

The Contemporary History of Latin America

Tulio Halperín Donghi
Edited by: John Charles Chasteen

In the series Latin America in Translation

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822398318

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About this book

For a quarter of a century, Tulio Halperín Donghi's Historia Contemporánea de América Latina has been the most influential and widely read general history of Latin America in the Spanish-speaking world. Unparalleled in scope, attentive to the paradoxes of Latin American reality, and known for its fine-grained interpretation, it is now available for the first time in English. Revised and updated by the author, superbly translated, this landmark of Latin American historiography will be accessible to an entirely new readership.
Beginning with a survey of the late colonial landscape, The Contemporary History of Latin America traces the social, economic, and political development of the region to the late twentieth century, with special emphasis on the period since 1930. Chapters are organized chronologically, each beginning with a general description of social and economic developments in Latin America generally, followed by specific attention to political matters in each country. What emerges is a well-rounded and detailed picture of the forces at work throughout Latin American history.
This book will be of great interest to all those seeking a general overview of modern Latin American history, and its distinctive Latin American voice will enhance its significance for all students of Latin American history.

Author / Editor information

Tulio Halperín Donghi is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.

John Charles Chasteen is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Reviews

"If Halperín's book owes its interpretive power and revisionist insights to the perspective and ideas of the economists concerned with the roots of Latin American underdevelopment, it tempers these insights with a historian's broad view of historical change, a wide familiarity with primary documents, and an unrivaled command over available secondary sources."—Charles Berquist, University of Washington, Seattle

"The translation of this classic work is long overdue. Halperín's remarkably skillful at interweaving threads of social, political, and economic history into a coherent whole in a way very few historians can."—Deborah Jakubs, Council on Latin American Studies

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
PROLOGUE TO THE THIRTEENTH EDITION Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
PROLOGUE TO THE FIRST EDITION Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
I THE COLONIAL HERITAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II THE CRISIS OF INDEPENDENCE (18 10- 1825) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
III THE EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD (1825-1850) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
IV EMERGENCE OF THE NEOCOLONIAL ORDER (1850-1880) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
V MATURITY OF THE NEOCOLONIAL ORDER (1880-1930) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
VI PROGRESS IN A STORMY WORLD (1930-1945) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
VII NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD (1945-1960) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
VIII A DECADE OF DECISIONS (1960-1970) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
IX LATIN AMERICA IN OUR TIME Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	338
EPILOGUE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
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Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 456

eBook

Published: September 27, 1993
ISBN: 9780822398318