Americas : the changing face of Latin America and the Caribbean /

Winn, Peter

Americas : the changing face of Latin America and the Caribbean / Peter Winn - First edition - xv, 639 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-612) 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

Discusses "similarities and differences among the thirty-three countries."

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Latin America--History--20th century
Caribbean Area--History--1810-1945
Caribbean Area--History--1945-

Caribbean Area History 1810-1945 Caribbean Area History 1945- Latin America History 20th century


History.

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