Latin America : a concise interpretive history / E. Bradford Burns.
Publication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1972.Description: xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0135243068
- 0135242983 (pbk)
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Contents;
1. The origins of a multiracial society
The land
The Indian
The European
etc.
2. The institutions of empire
Land and labor
The state
The church
3. The independence
A changing mentality
Begets new attitudes and action
The slaves
etc.
4. National consolidation
The transfer and legitimization of power
The tense societies
Economic stagnation
5. The emergence of the modern state
Political stability
Modernization
Economic prosperity
The social milieu
etc.
6. The past repudiated
The middle sectors in politics
Mexico's violent response to the past
Nationalism as a force for change
Changing racial attitudes
7. Development, democracy, and disillusionment
The rocky road to development
A flirtation with democracy
The revolutionary option
Disillusionment
Glossary : p. 247-250 . _ Bibliography : p. 254-260 . _ Index : p. 261-272.
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