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Informationen zum Autor Bradford E. Burns ! was a prolific author of 150 books on Latin America and a popular UCLA history professor for nearly three decades. Klappentext "Put this at the top of your reading list. It addresses 'the major enigma of Latin America: prevalent poverty in a potentially wealthy region.'" -- Times of Americas "The well-documented thesis of this book is that the victory of the European-oriented ruling class over the Latin American folk, with their community values, fastensed on contemporary Latin America a deepening dependency and the declining quality of life for the majority. In the process the lack of social and economic justice engendered violence. . . . A significant contribution." -- Latin America in Books "A thought-provoking argument about Latin America that forces us to come to grips with all effects of the panacea called development." -- Caribbean Review Zusammenfassung Deals with Latin America's past. This title also emphasizes that the victory of the European oriented ruling elites over the Latin American folk with their community values resulted only after a long and violent struggle, which characterized most of the nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. The Nineteen Century: Progress and Cultural Conflict 2. The Elite Preference for Progress 3. Preservation and Glorification of the Elite Preference 4. An Intellectual Counterpoint 5. The Patriarchal Preference 6. The Folk Speak 7. The Poverty of Progress Chapter Notes Statistical Table Glossary Index
