Latin America Between the Second World War and the Cold War - Crisis and Containment, 1944-1948

Klappentext This book involves case studies of the immediate postwar experience of eleven of the twenty Latin American republics, including all the larger countries with the exception of Colombia. Zusammenfassung The period between the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War 1944–45 to 1947–48) represents an important conjuncture in the political and social history of twentieth-century Latin America. The initial democratization and attempts at reform were eventually suppressed during the shift to the right at the beginning of the Cold War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction: The Post-War Conjuncture in Latin America: 1. Democracy, labor and the left Leslie Bethell, Ian Roxborough; Part II. Country Studies: 1. Brazil Leslie Bethell; 2. Chile Andrew Barnard; 3. Argentina Mario Rapoport; 4. Bolivia Laurence Whitehead; 5. Venezuela Steve Ellner; 6. Peru Nigel Haworth; 7. Mexico Ian Roxborough; 8. Cuba Harold Sims; 9. Nicaragua Jeffrey Gould; 10. Costa Rica Rodolfo Cerdas Cruz; 11. Guatemala James Dunkerley; Conclusion: the post-war conjuncture in Latin America and its consequences; Index.

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• Authors: Leslie Bethell, Leslie (St Antony''''s College Bethell, Leslie Roxborough Bethell
• Assisted by: Leslie Bethell (Editor), Bethell Leslie (Editor), Ian Roxborough (Editor), Roxborough Ian (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.1997
• EAN: 9780521574259
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57425-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; South America, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History of the Americas, Mexico and Central America, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General