Chile: The Legacy of Hispanic Capitalism / Edition 3

by Brian Loveman

Overview

The preeminent book on Chilean history, Chile: The Legacy of Hispanic Capitalism has been thoroughly updated throughout. Among its many new features are an analysis of the global developments in Chile during the last two decades; a new chapter that focuses specifically on the transition from a military to a civilian government; and extensive coverage of human rights as well as of environmental, economic, and social policies implemented since 1990. Insightful and clearly written, this new edition also includes twenty-six new photos that bring this exciting text to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195120202
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/18/2001
Series:	Latin American Histories
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Land and Society
2. The Politics of Conquest
3. Hispanic Capitalism
4. Independence and the Autocratic Republic
5. Modernization and Misery
6. Nitrate
7. Politics, Labor, and the Social Question
8. Chilean Democracy
9. Christians and Marxists
10. Dictatorship
11. Concertacion: The Past in the Present

What People are Saying About This

Luis Ortega

An engaging account which takes the reader from the early 16th century to the very edge of the 21st, giving a full overview and a rich analysis of the country's achievements, tragedies, and hopes, coupled with in-depth and fascinating portraits of her heroes and villains.
—(Luis Ortega, Universidad de Santiago de Chile)

Editorial Reviews

"An engaging account which takes the reader from the early 16th century to the very edge of the 21st, giving a full overview and a rich analysis of the country's achievements, tragedies, and hopes, coupled with in-depth and fascinating portraits of her heroes and villains."—Luis Ortega, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

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