Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-435) and index.
Table of Contents
Prologue: Why Latin America?
1. The Colonial Foundations
2. The Transformation of Modern Latin America
*Crisis, Debt, and Democracy, 1980's-1990's
3. Argentina: From Proseperity to Deadlock
4. Chile: Socialism, Repression, and Democracy
5. Brazil: Development for Whom?
6. Peru: Soldiers, Oligarchs, and Indians
7. Mexico: The Taming of A Revoultion
8. Cuba: Late Colony, First Socialist State
9. The Caribbean: Colonies and Mini-States
10. Central America: Colonialism, Dictatorship, and Revolution
11. Latin America, The United States, and The World
*The End of the Cold War
EPILOGUE: What Future for Latin America
STATISTICAL APPENDIX
HEADS OF STATE
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
INDEX