Latin America In Crisis

John W. Sherman is a historian with expertise in twentieth-century Mexico. Sherman earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in 1994 prior to returning to his native Ohio to assume a professorship at Wright State University. His recent publications include, The Mexican Right: The End of Revolutionary Reform, 1929-1940, and “The Mexican ‘Miracle’ and its Collapse, 1946-1973” in the Oxford History of Mexico.

• List of Illustrations, Prologue, Introduction: Why Is Latin America Poor? Part I Historical Latin America, A People of Conquest, The Colonial Centuries, Progress and Populism, Part II Revolution and Counterrevolution, Nationalism and the Military Response, Revolution in Central America, Christianity and Counterinsurgency, Part III Contemporary Latin America, The Politics of Control, Big Money: Debt and Wealth Extraction, Latin America in Perpetual Crisis, Epilogue: A Strange World, Notes, Suggestions for Further Reading, Index