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Latin America 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on Latin America through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.
List of contents
Latin America Today
The Early Americans
Conquest, Colonization, and the Challenge of Independence
U.S.-Latin American Relations
Latin America and the World
Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela
Smaller Nations
The Bahamas
Barbados
Grenada
Dependencies
British
French
Netherlands
United States
Selected Bibliography of Key English Language Sources
About the author
William H. Beezley received the Ohtli medal from the Mexican government in 2017 in recognition of his contributions to the nation's history and culture. This confirmed his international reputation for his publications such as the classic Judas at the Jockey Club, others such as Mexican National Identity: Memories, Innuendos, and Popular Culture, and such fundamental anthologies as A Handbook of Mexican History and Culture and The Oxford History of Mexico He has authored or edited over twenty-five additional books, including Mexico--the Essentials, Oxford History of Mexico, Mexicans in Revolution, Latin American Popular Culture: An Introduction, and the volumes of The Human Tradition in Latin America. His books have been translated into Spanish and Mandarin.
His interests extend throughout Latin America and to the topics of craft brewing and Malbec wine. He has appeared as a guest expert in over twenty PBS episodes of "The Desert Speaks" and "In the Americas with David Yetman" and currently is filming interviews with former Mexican presidents and prominent politicians for a video-production on the democratization of Mexico. He has taught at SUNY and North Carolina State University, held Endowed chairs at TCU and Tulane and visiting positions at the Universities of Texas, Calgary, British Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, the Colegio de Mexico, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He now teaches at the University of Arizona. He is the editor-in-chief of The Oxford Research Encyclopedia for Latin America. His current research investigates "Objects and Episodes in Latin America's Lively Arts," and a documentary video project on Mexican women who do embroideries that express their domestic, civic, and human rights.
Summary
Latin America 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on Latin America through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.
