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A reference guide to Latin American history

A guide to Latin American history includes a chronology of key events from pre-Columbian history through the present, a thematic survey following each topic (economic change, cultural development, politics and government) across time, and 300 biographies of Latin Americans throughout history
Print Book, English, ©2000
M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, N.Y., ©2000
Biography
ix, 615 pages : maps ; 29 cm
9781563247446, 1563247445
41185126
General chronology
The Americas: pre-Columbian to European conflict
Colonial Latin America
The struggle for independence, 1804-1825
Caudillos and conflict, 1826-1870
Incipient modernization and social change, 1871-1929
Economic nationalism and political protest, 1930-1959
Revolutionary movements and economic development, 1960-1989
Democracy and neoliberalism, 1990-1999
Topical chronology
Society
Politics and government
Economic developments
Culture
Popular culture
300 notable figures of Latin American history