Latin America since Independence

<p>Now in its third edition, <i>Latin America since Independence</i> explores the region’s rich and diverse history through carefully selected stories, primary source documents, maps, and tables that offer a diverse approach to dominant historical narratives. </p><p>While histories of the "other" Americas often link disparate histories through revolutionary or tragic narratives, this text begins with the assumption that our efforts to imagine a common past for nearly thirty countries are deeply problematic. Without losing sight of chronology or regional trends, the book offers a distinctive conceptualization of the region as a diverse social landscape with a multiplicity of peoples and voices. Each chapter introduces students to a specific historical issue, which in turn raises questions about the history of the Americas as a whole. Key themes include:</p><ul> <ul> </ul> <li>Race and Citizenship </li> <ul> </ul> <li>Inequality and Economic Development </li> <ul> </ul> <li>Politics and Rights</li> <ul> </ul> <li>Foreign Interventions </li> <ul> </ul> <li>Social and Cultural Movements </li> <ul> </ul> <li>Globalization </li> <ul> </ul> <li>Violence and Civil Society </li> <ul> </ul> <li>The Environment</li> <ul> </ul> </ul><p>Chapters also include timelines highlighting important dates and suggestions for further reading. This third edition has been updated throughout and includes a new Chapter 9 that discusses foreign intervention in Central America, and new text on the drug wars, resource extraction, and indigenous self-determination.</p><p>Richly informative and highly readable, <i>Latin America since Independence</i> provides compelling accounts of this region’s past and present that will be of interest to students of Latin American history and society.</p> <p>0. Introduction: Latin America’s Useable Past 1. Independence Narratives, Past and Present AT A GLANCE: Political Divisions 2. <em>Caudillos</em> versus the Nation State 3. Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics AT A GLANCE: People 4. The Export Boom as Modernity 5. Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age AT A GLANCE: Economy 6. Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire 7. Power to the People AT A GLANCE: Environment 8. A Decade of Revolution in Cuba 9. The War on Democracy 10. Scorched Earth AT A GLANCE: Migration 11. Gender Trouble 12. Water Is Life AT A GLANCE: The Digital Divide 13. #Ya me cansé 14. Epilogue</p>