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Faces of Latin America has sold more than 50,000 copies since it first appeared in 1991, and is widely considered to be the best available introduction in English to the economies, politics, demography, social structures, environment and cultures of Latin America. Duncan Green and Sue Branford take...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Green, Duncan (Author)
Other Authors: Branford, Sue
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, [2013]
Edition:4th ed.
Subjects:
1900-1999
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Civilization
Latin America > Civilization > 20th century.
Amérique latine > Civilisation > 20e siècle.
Latin America
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Map of Latin America and the Caribbean
  • 1. The curse of wealth : economics
  • History and power
  • The commodity trade
  • Silent revolution : market economics
  • 2. Ballots and bullets : the state, the military, and politics
  • The state and the military
  • The Left in Latin America
  • 3. Land, the city, and environment
  • Promised land : landownership, power, and conflict
  • Mean streets : migration and life in the city
  • A land in flames : the environment
  • 4. Identity and rights
  • Race and ethnicity
  • Gender and politics
  • Social movements and the struggle for change
  • 5. Culture and religion
  • Writing on the wall : culture, identity, and politics
  • Thy kingdom come : the Church
  • Chronologies.

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