Modern Latin America Since 1800

This textbook offers an interpretive overview of the history of the Latin American region since the mid-eighteenth century. Its central focus is the struggle of ordinary folks to control their daily lives. It examines the social, economic, and political institutions Latin Americans built and rebuilt, such as families, governments (from village to national levels), churches, political parties, labor unions, schools, and armies, through the lives of the people forged them. It explores the texture of everyday life.

Offers a concise survey of Latin America since independence Focused on the lives of ordinary people Places Latin America's story in a global context

Autorentext
Mark Wasserman taught Latin American History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, for forty years. He is the author of four books on Mexico and two bestselling textbooks on Latin American History. He has won several major fellowships and awards for his scholarship.

Inhalt

1. Legacies.- 2. New Nations.- 3. Politics and Economics, 1821-1880.- 4. Everyday Life In An Uncertain Age, 1821-1880.- 5. Economic Modernization, Society, And Politics, 1880-1920.- 6. Between Revolutions: The New Politics of Class and the Economies of Import Substitution.- 7. People and Progress, 1910-1959.- 8. The Search for a Better Way, 1959 to the Present.- 9. Globalization and Everyday Life, 1959 to the Present.- 10. Epilogue.