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Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Quay Hutchison, Thomas Miller Klubock, Nara B. Milanich, and Peter Winn, eds. Klappentext Perfect for the student or traveler, The Chile Reader covers more than 500 years of Chilean history, with an emphasis on the past half-century. Its many selections include interviews, travel diaries, diplomatic cables, cartoons, and photographs. ""The Chile Reader" is terrific. It is organized into tightly conceived thematic sections and includes a superb range of documents. The editors' introductions to each of the volume's sections prepare the reader for the documents to come and provide overarching arguments about their collective meaning. Similarly, the brief notes that preface each selection explain why the particular document matters and suggest how it might be read. This book is perfect for students and anyone interested in learning about Chile's complex history. I give "The Chile Reader" my highest praise."--Heidi Tinsman, author of "Buying into the Regime: Grapes and Consumption in Cold War Chile and the United States" Zusammenfassung Perfect for the student or traveler, The Chile Reader covers more than 500 years of Chilean history, with an emphasis on the past half-century. Its many selections include interviews, travel diaries, diplomatic cables, cartoons, and photographs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 I. Environment and History 9 II. Chile before Chile: Indigenous Peoples, Conquest, and Colonial Society 59 III. The Honorable Exception: The New Chilean Nation in the Nineteenth Century 121 IV. Building a Modern Nation: Politics and the Social Question in the Nitrate Era 193 V. Depression, Development, and the Politics of Compromise 273 VI. The Chilean Road to Socialism: Reform and Revolution 343 VII. The Pinochet Dictatorship: Military Rule and Neoliberal Economics 433 VIII. Returning to Democracy: Transition and Continuity 521 Selected Readings 605 Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources 613 Index 623...
