An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America

An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America
Author: E. Cardenas
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2016-01-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230595685

In the 1990s, 'protection', 'import substitution' and 'intervention' have become dirty words, part of the 'leyenda negra' of Latin America development in the postwar period. This book attempts a fresh look at the controversial years between the end of the Second World War and the point when, at varying dates in different countries, a discontinuity occurs in which the postwar 'style of development' ceased to play a central role in the economic evolution of the region. The analysis is based on seven case studies covering eleven countries.

Itineraries of Expertise

Itineraries of Expertise
Author: Andra B. Chastain
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0822987325

Itineraries of Expertise contends that experts and expertise played fundamental roles in the Latin American Cold War. While traditional Cold War histories of the region have examined diplomatic, intelligence, and military operations and more recent studies have probed the cultural dimensions of the conflict, the experts who constitute the focus of this volume escaped these categories. Although they often portrayed themselves as removed from politics, their work contributed to the key geopolitical agendas of the day. The paths traveled by the experts in this volume not only traversed Latin America and connected Latin America to the Global North, they also stretch traditional chronologies of the Latin American Cold War to show how local experts in the early twentieth century laid the foundation for post–World War II development projects, and how Cold War knowledge of science, technology, and the environment continues to impact our world today. These essays unite environmental history and the history of science and technology to argue for the importance of expertise in the Latin American Cold War.

Images of History

Images of History
Author: Robert M. Levine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1989
Genre: History
ISBN:

Examines how photography helped define the ways Latin Americans came to see themselves and the world. Levine (history, U. of Miami) focuses on the evolution of Latin American photography from it's earliest origins in the late 1830s to the rise of mass communications and the accompanying saturation of the public with photographic images of the 1920s and 30s. Includes some 225 photos. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry

The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry
Author: Ilan Stavans
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 769
Release: 2012-03-27
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0374533180

Presents a diverse sample of twentieth century Latin American poems from eighty-four authors in Spanish, Portuguese, Ladino, Spanglish, and several indigenous languages with English translations on facing pages.

Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century

Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century
Author: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 432
Release: 1993
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Account of the rise of modernism in the art of Latin America, published to accompany the exhibition Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature

Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature
Author: B. Willis
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2013-01-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137268808

Featuring canonical Spanish American and Brazilian texts of the 1920s and 30s, Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature is an innovative analysis of the body as site of inscription for avant-garde objectives such as originality, subjectivity, and subversion.

Global Latin America

Global Latin America
Author: Matthew C. Gutmann
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2016-09-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520965949

Latin America is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico and has important links to other titans including China, India, and Africa. Global Latin America examines a range of historical events and cultural forms in Latin America that continue to influence peoples’ lives far outside the region. Its innovative essays, interviews, and stories focus on insights from public intellectuals, political leaders, artists, academics, and activists from the region, allowing students to gain an appreciation of the global relevance of Latin America in the twenty-first century.

Latin America's Turbulent Transitions

Latin America's Turbulent Transitions
Author: Roger Burbach
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013-02-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1848135696

Over the past few years, something remarkable has occurred in Latin America. For the first time since the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua in the 1980s, people within the region have turned toward radical left governments - specifically in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Why has this profound shift taken place and how does this new, so-called Twenty-First-Century Socialism actually manifest itself? What are we to make of the often fraught relationship between the social movements and governments in these countries and do, in fact, the latter even qualify as 'socialist' in reality? These are the bold and critical questions that Latin America's Turbulent Transitions explores. The authors provocatively argue that although US hegemony in the region is on the wane, the traditional socialist project is also declining and something new is emerging. Going beyond simple conceptions of 'the left', the book reveals the true underpinnings of this powerful, transformative, and yet also complicated and contradictory process.