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Twisted roots : Latin America's living past /

Examining the historical and cultural influences that have shaped Latin America, this syndicated international journalist and author suggests that they have made it into the most impoverished, unstable and backward region in the Western world."An indispensable book."--Mario Vargas Llosa

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Montaner, Carlos Alberto
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: New York : Algora Pub., ©2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A suspicious origin : fraud, sophisms, and other theological and judicial traps
  • One state to the dissatisfaction of all
  • Blacks in a persistently racist society
  • Sex, sexism, and gender roles
  • An economy twisted at birth
  • "Let others invent!"
  • Caudillos, Montoneros, guerrillas, and liberals and conservatives
  • An escape from the labyrinth.