History of Chile 1808-2018

"This new edition investigates the various reasons for Chileans spurning the Pinochet Constitution in favor of another system, and covers the formation and critical events of the Lagos, Bachelet, and Piänera regimes, their relations with nearby nations, and the cultural and economic changes that have occurred within the country"--

List of contents

Part I. Birth of a nation-state, 1800s-1830s: 1. Colonial foundations, 1540-1810; 2. Independence, 1808-30; 3. The conservative settlement, 1830-41; Part II. The rise of a republic, 1830s-1880s: 4. A time of progress, 1830s-1870s; 5. The liberal impulse, 1841-76; 6. Crisis and war, 1876-83; Part III. The nitrate era, 1880s-1930s: 7. The Parliamentary period, 1882-1920; 8. The Lion and the Mule, 1920-38; Part IV. Industrial advance and the dawn of mass politics, 1930s-1960s: 9. The radicals, the general of hope, and the Lion's Son, 1938-64; 10. The industrial impulse, 1930s-1960s; Part V. Democracy and dictatorship, 1960s-2000s: 11. Revolution in liberty, 1964-70; 12. The Chilean road to socialism, 1970-73; 13. The Pinochet years; 14. Re-encounter with history, 1990-2002; 15. Adapting to the twenty first century 2002 - 2018.

About the author

William F. Sater is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Long Beach.The late Simon D. W. Collier was Professor of History at Vanderbilt University

Product details

• Authors: Simon Collier, Collier Simon, William F Sater, William F. Sater, William F. (California State University Sater, Sater William F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781009170215
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0917021-5
• No. of pages: 500
• Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies; Cambridge Latin American Studi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, History of the Americas