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Latin America - the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. The 20 republics are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela


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    Latin America: A Brief History (1939) » Read Now

    by F. A. Kirkpatrick. 458 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Latin America and on Latin-American opinion is an essential...unavoidable part of this history. The estimates...S. Robertson, History of the Latin- American Nations *...
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    Latin American Civilization: History and Society, 1492 to the Present » Read Now

    by Benjamin Keen. 507 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This seventh edition of a book of readings on Latin American civilization combines some of the best of the previous collections with new material on modern developments.
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    The Contemporary History of Latin America » Read Now

    by John Charles Chasteen, Tulio Halperin Donghi. 428 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...in university courses in Latin American history, it had been written with...thrown a different light on Latin American history, especially on the last half...has brought...
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    Latin America: Development and Conflict since 1945 » Read Now

    by John Ward. 130 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    In Latin America John Ward provides an interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary Latin America in the last half century. Beginning with a brief history of Latin America since 1492, and taking debates over state intervention versus free market strategies as a central theme, he discusses the...
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    A Political Geography of Latin America » Read Now

    by Jonathan R. Barton. 244 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    The nation-states and peoples of the political region of Latin America encompass a wide range of societies, politics and economies. This book examines their differences, offering an insight into the themes of political and economic development.
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    Studies in the History of Latin American Economic Thought » Read Now

    by Oreste Popescu. 320 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Popescu traces the development of economic ideas in Latin America during 5 centuries, and addresses a range of approaches to economic issues including the scholastic tradition in Latin American economies, cameralism and human capital theory.
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    Latin American Politics and Development » Read Now

    by Howard J. Wiarda, Harvey F. Kline. 592 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
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    The Republics of Latin America: Their History, Governments and Economic Conditions (1923) » Read Now

    by Herman G. James, Percy A. Martin. 538 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...account of the history, government...the twenty American republics...the term Latin America...Doctrine, Pan-Americanism, and Latin America and...field of history or...
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    Cultural History and Modernity in Latin America: Technology and Culture in the Andes Region » Read Now

    by Constantin von Barloewen. 218 pgs.

    ...Urbanization in Latin America...Society." American Anthropologist...Ecclesiastical History of the English...Alternative History of the Past...Technique in the Latin...
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    Modern Latin American Revolutions » Read Now

    by Eric Selbin. 248 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Modern Latin American Revolutions, Second Edition, introduces the concept of consolidation of the revolutionary process -- the efforts of revolutionary leaders to transform society and the acceptance by a significant majority of the population of the core of the social revolutionary project. The...
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    Democracy in Latin America: Visions and Realities » Read Now

    by Susanne Jonas, Nancy Stein. 236 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This important new volume collects articles that evaluate different models of democracy, challenging the realities and myths of the practice of democracy in various countries throughout the region. This is a provocative and revealing study of the critical issues in the struggle for democracy and...
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    The Century of U.S. Capitalism in Latin America » Read Now

    by Thomas O'Brien. 216 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Traces the development of U.S. business interests in Latin America from the early 19th century to the present.
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    Essays in the Intellectual History of Colonial Latin America » Read Now

    by Benjamin Keen. 256 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Approaches to Bartolome de las Casas is a collection of ten essays that have been adapted from Benjamin Keen's writings about las Casas & related topics in the intellectual history of colonial Latin America. It is an accessible introduction to colonial history & a critical guide to the literature in...

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