Problems in Modern Latin American History: Sources and Interpretations, Completely Revised and Updated (Latin American Silhouettes)

ISBN 10: 0842050612 / ISBN 13: 9780842050616

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Problems in Modern Latin American History: Sources and Interpretations, Completely Revised and Updated (Latin American Silhouettes)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0842050612
• ISBN 13: 9780842050616
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is a completely revised and updated edition of SR Books' classic text, Problems in Modern Latin American History. This book has been brought up to date by Professors John Charles Chasteen and James A. Wood to reflect current scholarship and to maximize the book's utility as a teaching tool. The book is divided into 13 chapters, with each chapter dedicated to addressing a particular 'problem' in modern Latin America-issues that complement most survey texts. Each chapter includes an interpretive essay that frames a clear central issue for students to tackle, along with excerpts from historical writing that advance alternative-or even conflicting-interpretations. In addition, each chapter contains primary documents for students to analyze in relation to the interpretive issues. This primary material includes passages of Latin American fiction in translation, biographical sketches, and images. Designed as a supplemental text for survey courses on Latin American history, this book's provocative 'problems' approach will engage students, evoke lively classroom discussion, and promote critical thinking.

About the Author

John Charles Chasteen is Patterson Distinguished Term Professor (2005-2010) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. James A. Wood is assistant professor of history at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro.