TY  - BOOK
AU  - Skidmore,Thomas E.
AU  - Smith,Peter H.
TI  - Modern Latin America
SN  - 0195170121 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - 100 F 1413 S628m 2005
U1  - 980 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Latin America
KW  - History
KW  - América Latina
KW  - Historia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-494) and index; Prologue : why Latin America? --
1. The colonial foundations, 1492-1880s --
2. The transformation of modern Latin America, 1880s-2000s --
3. Argentina : prosperity, deadlock, and change --
4. Chile : socialism, repression, and democracy --
5. Brazil : development for whom? --
6. Peru : soldiers, oligarchs, and Indians --
7. Colombia : discord, civility, and violence --
8. Mexico : the taming of a revolution --
9. Cuba : late colony, first socialist state --
10. The Caribbean : colonies and mini-states --
11. Central America : colonialism, dictatorship, and revolution --
12. Latin America, the United States, and the world --
Epilogue : what future for Latin America? --
Heads of state
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004043455-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004043455-t.html
ER  -