دانلود کتاب Understanding Latin America: A Decoding Guide

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CONTENTS
Foreword
Foreword
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Why Latin America?
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexican Conservatives
Napoleon III and his Mexican Adventure
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Maximilian’s Tragic Story
Why did the Term Survive?
Courting France, Bashing Spain
Chapter 2: What is Iberian America?
The Treaty of Tordesillas
Spaniards and Portuguese
Romans and Moors
New Lands, Old People
The Indians
Shattering Experiences
African Slavery
Acculturation, Miscegenation and White Predominance
Chapter 3: Brazil and Spanish America
From Reconquest to Conquest
Global Reach, Loose Grip
One Enlightenment, Two Results
Napoleon and the Two Different Routes of Iberian America
Spanish American Wars of Independence
Brazilian Stability and Hispanic American Turmoil
Latin American Convergence
Chapter 4: Spanish America: One or Many?
The Glue that Holds the Group Together
More than Five centuries of Shared Experiences
From Dreamers to “Caudillos”
Liberals and Positivists
Ariel
Enfranchising the Middle Classes
Cold War and the National Security Doctrine
From the Washington Consensus to the Tide to the Left
Geography and Ethnicity
Three Hispanic Americas
Chapter 5: Where do Latin Americans Belong?
The Black Legend
On the Fringes of the Fringe
Soul–Searching
The Big Debate
The Main Question
The Latin American Periphery
Chapter 6: Latin America and the United States: A Dichotomy
Nuances
Rules and Self–Rule
Bullion and Manufacturing
Modernizing Christianity or Christianizing Modernity
Pyramids, Protestants and Hidalgos
Identity and Institutions
Economy and Individualism
Spaces for Democracy, Spaces for Work and Wealth
Chapter 7: Latin America and the United States:
A History in Seven Chapters
The Monroe Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
Empire
The Good Neighborhood
The Cold War
Trade and Security
On the Losing Equation
Chapter 8: The Revenge of the South
Crossed by the Border
Crossing the Border
Cubans and Others
Latino Activism
From Political Power to Soft Power
Gross Numbers and Republican Myopia
Chapter 9: When China Arrived from Nowhere
Latin American Style Industrialization
The Eternal Infancy
A Fatidic Duo
Genghis Khan´s Hordes
Redeeming Virtue
The Maquila System
A Tale of Two Giants
The In Between
The Paper Giant
Chapter 10: Latin America’s Options
Caught in the Middle
Commodities Widening Horizons
The New Export Frontier
Latin America and the Global Chains of Value
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Incoming Tsunami
Shortcomings and Comparative Advantages
Conclusion
Bibliography
Map of Latin America