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BL
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642152
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Meade, Teresa A.,1948-
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| Title & Author
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A history of modern Latin America : : 1800 to the present /\ Teresa A. Meade
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| Publication Statement
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Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ;Malden, MA :: Wiley-Blackwell,, 2010
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| Series Statement
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Concise history of the modern world
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xviii, 389 p. :: ill., maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9781405120500 (hc : alk. paper)
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: 9781405120517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1405120509 (hc : alk. paper)
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: 1405120517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction to the Land and Its People -- Latin America in 1790 -- Competing Notions of Freedom -- Fragmented Nationalisms -- Latin America's Place in the Commodity Chain -- Immigration, and Urban and Rural Life -- Revolution from Countryside to City: Mexico -- The Left and the Socialist Alternative -- Populism and the Struggle for Change -- Post-World War II Struggles for Sovereignty -- Cuba: Guerrillas Take Power -- Progress and Reaction -- Revolution and Its Alternatives -- The Americas in the Twenty-first Century
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| Abstract
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This work examines the diverse and interlocking experiences of people of indigenous, African, and European backgrounds from the onset of independence until today. It illustrates and analyzes the major and minor events that shape history, the triumphs and defeats, and the everyday lives of people of varied classes and racial and ethnic backgrounds. It intersperses accounts of the lives of prominent figures with those of ordinary people, and emphasizes gender's role in influencing political and economic change and shaping cultural identity
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Latin America, History
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F1410.M433 2010
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