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Americas : the changing face of Latin America and the Caribbean / Peter Winn.

By: Winn, Peter.
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1999Edition: Updated ed.Description: p. cm.ISBN: 0520221818 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Latin America -- History -- 20th century | Caribbean Area -- History -- 20th century
Contents:
A View from the South -- Legacies of Empire -- The Perils of Progress -- A Second Independence? -- Capital Sins -- Continent on the Move -- Children of the Sun -- A Question of Color -- In Women's Hands -- The Power and the Glory -- The Magical and the Real -- Endangered States -- Making Revolution -- North of the Border -- Epilogue: Latin America and the Caribbean at 2000.
Summary: Stunning in its sweep, Americas is the most authoritative history available of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, Americas examines the historical, demographic, political, social, cultural, religious, and economic trends in the region. For this edition, Peter Winn has provided a new preface and epilogue and has updated the book throughout to take account of dramatic changes and developments in Latin America since 1994.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection F 1414 .W56 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 614768

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A View from the South -- Legacies of Empire -- The Perils of Progress -- A Second Independence? -- Capital Sins -- Continent on the Move -- Children of the Sun -- A Question of Color -- In Women's Hands -- The Power and the Glory -- The Magical and the Real -- Endangered States -- Making Revolution -- North of the Border -- Epilogue: Latin America and the Caribbean at 2000.

Stunning in its sweep, Americas is the most authoritative history available of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, Americas examines the historical, demographic, political, social, cultural, religious, and economic trends in the region. For this edition, Peter Winn has provided a new preface and epilogue and has updated the book throughout to take account of dramatic changes and developments in Latin America since 1994.

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