Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Latin America, 1880-1970

Dennis Gilbert provides a systematic comparative history of the rise and ultimate demise of the oligarchies that dominated Latin America for nearly a century. Focusing on five key countries, he tells the compelling story of the sugar planters, coffee growers, cattle barons, miners, and bankers who grew rich in a rapidly expanding global economy.

List of contents

Contents
List of Boxes, Figures, Photos, and Tables
Introduction
Part I: The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Latin America
Chapter 1: Origins and Organization
Chapter 2: The Oligarchic Republics
Chapter 3: The Contested Republics
Part II: The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Peru
Chapter 4: Peru's Oligarchic Republic
Chapter 5: Peru's Contested Republic
Chapter 6: The Aspíllagas: North Coast Planters
Chapter 7: The Prados: Bankers and Politicians
Chapter 8: The Miró Quesadas: Aristocratic Reformers
Part III: Conclusions
Chapter 9: Class, Clan, and Cohesion
Chapter 10: The Sources of Oligarchic Power
Chapter 11: The End of the Old Regime: Peru in Comparative Perspective
Appendix: Selecting the Oligarchic Twenty-Nine
Bibliography and Archival Sources
Index

About the author

Dennis Gilbert is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Hamilton College. He is the author of The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality, Mexico's Middle Class in the Neoliberal Era, and Sandinistas: The Party and the Revolution.

Summary

Dennis Gilbert provides a systematic comparative history of the rise and ultimate demise of the oligarchies that dominated Latin America for nearly a century. Focusing on five key countries, he tells the compelling story of the sugar planters, coffee growers, cattle barons, miners, and bankers who grew rich in a rapidly expanding global economy.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis Gilbert, Dennis L Gilbert, Dennis L. Gilbert, Gilbert Dennis
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2017
• EAN: 9781442270909
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7090-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; South America, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Political parties and party platforms, Argentina;Brazil;Chile;Mexico;Peru