People and Issues in Latin American History v. 2; From Independence to the Present Paperback / softback
Edited by Lewis Hanke, Jane M. Rausch
Paperback / softback
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For the third edition the editor has added a section on Hugo Chavez to extend the historical perspective into the twenty-first century.
Special emphasis is given to social history and the analysis of the spectrum of revolutionary change since Bolivar.The sections of the book include: Simon Bolivar - The Liberator; The Age of Caudillos - Juan Manuel de Rosas; Nineteenth-Century Economic Affairs: Did Railroads Hold the Key to Progress?; African Slavery in Brazil; Porfirio Diaz: Dictator of Mexico; Conflicting Latin and Yankee Attitudes at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; Eva Peron - Argentine Feminist; Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution; Hugo Chavez - A Venezuelan Populist in the Era of Globalization.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:398 pages, illustrations
- Publisher:Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
- Publication Date:15/02/2006
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- ISBN:9781558763906
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:398 pages, illustrations
- Publisher:Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
- Publication Date:15/02/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781558763906