An atlas and survey of Latin American history /
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| Author / Creator: | LaRosa, Michael (Michael J.), author. |
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| Edition: | 2nd edition. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12021352 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface and acknowledgments
- 1. The land and its peoples: 1A. Primary geographic features; 1B. The peoples and nations; 1C. Indigenous America at the end of the twentieth century
- 2. America before 1500: 2A. Theories of arrival and paleolithic America; 2B. Mexico, Central America, and the Antilles before 1500; 2C. South America before 1500
- 3. Science, exploration, and expansion: 3A. Exploration of the Atlantic and the West African coast; 3B. The four voyages of Columbus; 3C. America: the name; 3D. The first voyages around the globe
- 4. The Iberian conquest of America 4A. >From trading post to colonies: the creation of the Grand Antilles; 4B. Toward the interior: the Aztec Empire and its dominion; 4C. Toward the interior: The Spanish territories in North America; 4D. Toward the interior: the Inca Empire and Its dominion; 4E. Toward the deep continental conquest; 4F. Brazil in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
- 5. America under Hapsburg rule: 5A. Cities founded in Hispanic America before 1600; 5B. Hapsburg territorial and administrative organization; 5C. Republics of citizens (Spaniards) and Indians; 5D. Slave centers during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; 5E. The Spanish Flotilla; 5F. Exploiting mining centers; 5G. Intra- and interregional circulations in the Americas
- 6. America under Bourbon rule: 6A. The Intendancy System and other administrative reforms; 6B. Non-Iberian European territories in the Caribbean and Central, South, and North America; 6C. Universities, science, and culture; 6D. The birth of public opinion: the printing press, newspapers, and literary salons
- 7. From autonomy to independence: 7A. Haiti: the forgotten revolution; 7B. Mexico and Central America: from the "Grito de Dolores" to monarchy; 7C. War among Creoles and against Spaniards: the Andean phase; 7D. The Southern Cone independence process and Brazilian independence
- 8. Latin America in the nineteenth century: 8A. Mexico and Central America; 8B. South America; 8C. Export-led economic growth: mid-century; 8D. Liberal reforms in Latin America; 8E. The United States discovers a continent; 8F. Brazil: monarchy to the First Republic; 8G. The vestiges of empire: Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Guyanas
- 9. Latin American economies in the twentieth century: 9A. From England to the United States: North American investment through 1929; 9B. Modernization in transportation and communications; 9C. The impact of the Great Depression of 1929 in Latin America; 9D. Mining and petroleum; 9E. Import-substituting economic development; 9F. Production by nation; 9G. Public expenditures in Latin America, 1945
- c. 1995; 9H. Latin American trade blocs; 9I. North American trade blocs; 9J. A deforestation estimate
- 10. Demographics and population in the twentieth century: 10A. The birth of the major metropolitan areas; 10B. Population growth; 10C. Growth of urban population; 10D. Migration patterns from Latin America to the United States; 10E. Migration patterns from Latin America to other countries; 10F. Migration patterns within Latin America
- 11. Political, social, and cultural issues: 11A. Indigenismo; 11B. Populism in Latin America; 11C. Armed Forces and dictatorships, 20th century style; 11D. Collapse of democracy, birth of debt; 11E. Drug trafficking and informal markets; 11F. Education compared by country; 11G. Nobel laureates and other significant persons in culture and science; 11H. Music of Latin America
- 12. Revolutionary movements: 12A. The Mexican Revolution; 12B. Bolivia and Guatemala: the early 1950s; 12C. Cuba, 1959; 12D. Guerrilla movements: Che and Colombia; 12E. The Sandinista Revolution and Central America; 12F. Indigenous twentieth century movements: Peru's Sendero Luminoso, Mexico's EZLN, and Brazil's MST
- 13. Latin America in the new millennium: 13A. Plan Colombia/Mérida Initiative: problem solving, twenty-first century style; 13B. Brazil and Venezuela: a tale of two crises; 13C. Middle class growth, twenty-first century style; 13D. Television and telenovelas in Latin America; 13E. Sports in Latin America; 13F. Violence against women in Latin America; 13G. Housing in Latin America; 13H. Public health in Latin America; 13I. Where goes the left in Latin America?