Latin America

1. The Indigenous and Colonial Legacies Latin America's Geographic Setting The Indigenous Legacies The European Era, 1492-1703 2. Politics Enlightened and Independent States, to ca. 1850 Liberal Regimes and Revolutionary Eras, ca. 1850-1929 Heyday of the Nation-State, 1930 to the 1980s Democratization and Local Regimes, 1980 to the Present 3. Traditional Economies Brazil's Economy in the Nineteenth Century The Spanish-American Economy in the Nineteenth Century Technology and the Export Economy Mobilizing Capital Prosperity and Its Strains Reevaluating the Export Economy 4. Modern Economies Import Substitution--The First Stage, 1930-1955 Import Substitution--The Later State, 1955-1970 The Populist Temptation Debt Crisis in the 1980s The Petrobust Illegal Economies Neoliberalism Tourism A New Shot of Tequila Explaining Economic Dissapointment The Argentine Collapse of 2000-2001 5. Peoples The Family at Midcentury The Search for Cosmopolitan Society New Views of Immigration The Middle Class The Workers The Professional Military Modernizing Womanhood The Woman's Suffrage Movement 6. Religions The Church and Independent States Competition with Capitalism: Marxism and Revolution, 1891-1962 The Splintering of the Church, 1962 to the Present 7. Cultures The Patriotic-Liberal Era (1820-1870) The Belle Epoque (1870-1920) World War Society (1920-1960) Contemporary Society (1961 to the Present) 8. Cities Twentieth-Century Cities Poverty and Modernization 9. Environments Environmental Visions at Independence Nature as Raw Material Development Versus Environmentalism The Environmental Impact of Mass Tourism 10. Latin America in the Global Context Historical Roots Diverging Interests Expansion and Contraction Fantasy and Neglect The Making of the American Mediterranean On the Back of the Jaguar Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua Good Neighbors? World War II and the Postwar Period Economics Over Politics: The Enterprise for the American Initiative The Inter-American Drug War The Inter-Americanization of the United States

• 1. The Indigenous and Colonial LegaciesLatin America's Geographic SettingThe Indigenous LegaciesThe European Era, 1492-17032. PoliticsEnlightened and Independent States, to ca. 1850Liberal Regimes and Revolutionary Eras, ca. 1850-1929Heyday of the Nation-State, 1930 to the 1980sDemocratization and Local Regimes, 1980 to the Present3. Traditional EconomiesBrazil's Economy in the Nineteenth CenturyThe Spanish-American Economy in the Nineteenth CenturyTechnology and the Export EconomyMobilizing CapitalProsperity and Its StrainsReevaluating the Export Economy4. Modern EconomiesImport Substitution--The First Stage, 1930-1955Import Substitution--The Later State, 1955-1970The Populist TemptationDebt Crisis in the 1980sThe PetrobustIllegal EconomiesNeoliberalismTourismA New Shot of TequilaExplaining Economic DissapointmentThe Argentine Collapse of 2000-20015. PeoplesThe Family at MidcenturyThe Search for Cosmopolitan SocietyNew Views of ImmigrationThe Middle ClassThe WorkersThe Professional MilitaryModernizing WomanhoodThe Woman's Suffrage Movement6. ReligionsThe Church and Independent StatesCompetition with Capitalism: Marxism and Revolution, 1891-1962The Splintering of the Church, 1962 to the Present7. CulturesThe Patriotic-Liberal Era (1820-1870)The Belle Epoque (1870-1920)World War Society (1920-1960)Contemporary Society (1961 to the Present)8. CitiesTwentieth-Century CitiesPoverty and Modernization9. EnvironmentsEnvironmental Visions at IndependenceNature as Raw MaterialDevelopment Versus EnvironmentalismThe Environmental Impact of Mass Tourism10. Latin America in the Global ContextHistorical RootsDiverging InterestsExpansion and ContractionFantasy and NeglectThe Making of the American MediterraneanOn the Back of the JaguarHaiti, the Dominican Republic, and NicaraguaGood Neighbors?World War II and the Postwar PeriodEconomics Over Politics: The Enterprise for the American InitiativeThe Inter-American Drug WarThe Inter-Americanization of the United States