About this title: This interpretive history of Latin America has been brought up to date in all areas, including the ongoing war against international drug trafficking, the difficulties and promises of NAFTA, the increasing trend toward democratic and pluralist politics, and the large-scale immigration of Latin Americans into the United States. As in earlier editions it uses an in-depth case-study approach to guide readers through the major countries of Latin America. Expanded and updated throughout, this edition includes a broad overview of the region during the 1990s and provides a revised epilogue that ...
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Edition: 3rd ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780195076493ISBN:0195076494
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. The cover has wear. There are Used Book Store prices written on the first pages. There is no underlining or highlighting. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 464 p. Modern Latin America (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780195076493ISBN:0195076494
Description: Good. 116-Z 3rd edition. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195033663ISBN:0195033663
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195076493ISBN:0195076494
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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"This book is clearly written and provides a decent introduction to South and Central America, and the Caribbean islands. However, it quickly becomes repetitive because each chapter is constructed almost identically, so that it is almost as if all of the chapters after Chapter 2 are simply fill-in-the-blank repeats of the earlier ones. For an introduction, I also think the authors worry about details (going through every leader and election, for instance), when they should be pointing out trends and patterns. I also think the last full chapter, discussing the interactions of Latin America and the rest of the world, would have been better placed near the beginning.
The other issue I have with this book is that, in certain chapters, the ideology of the authors interferes with their ability to narrate history. I have no objection to a detailed discussion of the negative affects of U.S. interventionism over the last century - any discussion of Latin America has to give a great deal of space to the way successive U.S. administrations have interfered, often in very destructive ways, in Latin America. However, the authors seem to think that U.S. interference accounts for virtually every problem faced by these nations, and therefore don't give enough time to discussing internal difficulties. This is blazingly apparent in the chapter on Cuba, where there is virtually no discussion of the repressive nature of Castro's government. As a result, I felt I didn't get much of an understanding of the internal problems that helped create the catastrophic situations in many Latin American countries, or how they might be solved."
"Great survey of Latin America history. Really enjoyed learning more about the United States' interaction with the Latin American world. Fascinating and frightening implications and results."
"I figured it was in my best interest to get a good comprehensive birds-eye view of this part of the world. This was a great book and thoroughly covered the economic, political, and social histories of latin american countries. Through no fault of the writers, at time I felt like I was reading the same old story over and over again since so many latin american countries have shared 1) single export economies 2) struggles for power and land between rich landowners and landless peasants 3) fluctuating attitudes between wanting foreign investment and rejecting it 4) fluctuating attitudes toward the US 5) strong military regimes that intervene to overthrow presidents at will 6) struggles between marxist-left and neo-conservative economics and 7) the constant issue of land reform. Wow, what a history."
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