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Informationen zum Autor Robert H. Holden teaches Latin American history at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the author of, among others, Armies without Nations: Public Violence and State Formation in Central America, 1821-1960 (2004) and co-editor of Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History (with Eric Zolov, 2010), and has written numerous scholarly articles.Rina Villars is the author of three books in Spanish on the history and political culture of Central America, and of scholarly articles on Spanish linguistics and women. Klappentext Contemporary Latin America presents the epochal changes in the cultures, governments, economies and societies of Latin America at a critical moment in the region's history. Beginning in 1970, a decade before the tumultuous changes of the 1980s, Holden and Villars analyze the decline of the old era in order to fully highlight the significance of later developments.The authors identify the central tendency of these changes as liberalization or openness, and present them in the context of the Latin American nations' rich history both as overseas kingdoms of the Spanish and Portuguese monarchies, and as self-emancipated republics. They emphasize the global, national and local dimensions of the region's recent past, while highlighting the persistence of deep-seated historical legacies that have continued to shape contemporary Latin America.Each chapter is divided into sections covering relevant pre-1970s trends, post-1970s trends and the particular experiences of individual countries. The book focuses on "Ibero-America" - Brazil and the eighteen countries that were formerly Spanish possessions - while offering valuable comparative views of the non-Iberian areas of the Caribbean. Zusammenfassung Contemporary Latin America presents the epochal political, economic, social, and cultural changes in Latin America over the last 40 years and comprehensively examines their impact on life in the region, and beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps, Figures and Tables viiSeries Editor's Preface viiiAcknowledgments xPart I Latin America in a World Setting 1Introduction 31 What Is Latin America? 52 Beliefs 20Part II Government 41Introduction 433 The Demise of Social Revolution 484 The Armed Forces Bow to Civilian Rule 675 The Turning toward Democracy 976 Religion, Politics and the State 1137 Lawless Violence, Impunity and the Democratic Transition 127Part III Wealth 143Introduction 1458 The Challenge of Sustained Growth 1489 Poor Countries, Rich Countries 16110 Agonies of Underdevelopment 185Part IV Culture 207Introduction 20911 Education 21112 Research and Communications 22513 Literature and the Visual Arts 24914 Cinema and Sports 263Part V Communities 275Introduction 27715 The Family, Women and Sexuality 28116 Indigenous Peoples and Their Movements 30417 Toward a Latin American Community of Nations? 322Sources Consulted 332Index 342...
List of contents
List of Maps, Figures and Tables vii
Series Editor's Preface viii
Acknowledgments x
Part I Latin America in a World Setting 1
Introduction 3
1 What Is Latin America? 5
2 Beliefs 20
Part II Government 41
Introduction 43
3 The Demise of Social Revolution 48
4 The Armed Forces Bow to Civilian Rule 67
5 The Turning toward Democracy 97
6 Religion, Politics and the State 113
7 Lawless Violence, Impunity and the Democratic Transition 127
Part III Wealth 143
Introduction 145
8 The Challenge of Sustained Growth 148
9 Poor Countries, Rich Countries 161
10 Agonies of Underdevelopment 185
Part IV Culture 207
Introduction 209
11 Education 211
12 Research and Communications 225
13 Literature and the Visual Arts 249
14 Cinema and Sports 263
Part V Communities 275
Introduction 277
15 The Family, Women and Sexuality 281
16 Indigenous Peoples and Their Movements 304
17 Toward a Latin American Community of Nations? 322
Sources Consulted 332
Index 342
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"Summing up: Recommended. General readers and undergraduate students." -CHOICE, November 2013
