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Latin America In Crisis John W. Sherman

Latin America In Crisis By John W. Sherman

Latin America In Crisis by John W. Sherman

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This text builds a consideration of the fundamental economic and political realities of Latin America today onto a framework of introductory history. It is a concise core text for Latin American survey courses that require both a historical perspective and an attention to contemporary issues.

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Latin America In Crisis by John W. Sherman

This book examines the intellectual problem of Latin American poverty, and discusses some of the explanations scholars have traditionally used to account for it. It focuses on its political and military dimensions of revolution and counterrevolution in the postwar era.

About John W. Sherman

John W. Sherman is a historian with expertise in twentieth-century Mexico. Sherman earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in 1994 prior to returning to his native Ohio to assume a professorship at Wright State University. His recent publications include, The Mexican Right: The End of Revolutionary Reform, 1929-1940, and The Mexican 'Miracle' and its Collapse, 1946-1973 in the Oxford History of Mexico.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations, Prologue, Introduction: Why Is Latin America Poor? Part I Historical Latin America, A People of Conquest, The Colonial Centuries, Progress and Populism, Part II Revolution and Counterrevolution, Nationalism and the Military Response, Revolution in Central America, Christianity and Counterinsurgency, Part III Contemporary Latin America, The Politics of Control, Big Money: Debt and Wealth Extraction, Latin America in Perpetual Crisis, Epilogue: A Strange World, Notes, Suggestions for Further Reading, Index

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CIN081333540XG
9780813335407
081333540X
Latin America In Crisis by John W. Sherman
John W. Sherman
Used - Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Inc
20000810
232
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