Latin America Since Independence: Two Centuries of Continuity and Change (Latin American Silhouettes)

Wright, Thomas C.; Smale, Robert L.

ISBN 10: 1538166216 / ISBN 13: 9781538166215

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Latin America Since Independence: Two Centuries of Continuity and Change (Latin American Silhouettes)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538166216
• ISBN 13: 9781538166215
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book offers an innovative, thematic approach to the history of Latin America since independence. It traces continuity and change in colonial legacies that became central political issues following independence: authoritarian governance; a rigid social hierarchy based on race, color, and gender; the powerful Roman Catholic Church; economic dependency; and the large landed estate. Generally, liberals have sought to modify or abolish these legacies in the interest of what they consider progress, while conservatives have attempted to preserve them as much as possible as bastions of their power and privilege. Examining the evolution of these colonial legacies across two centuries reveals the processes that formed the political systems, economies, societies, and religious institutions that characterize Latin America today.

About the Author

THOMAS C. WRIGHT is Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Among Professor Wright's books are Landowners and Reform in Chile: The Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura, 1919-1940, Food, Politics, and Society in Latin America (co-edited with John C. Super), and Flight from Chile: Voices of Exile (co-authored with Rody Onate).