Modern Latin America - Tapa dura

This revised edition has been brought up to date in all areas, including its treatment of recent developments in Central America. The new edition also features a new chapter on the Caribbean. As before, the authors illustrate such central themes as European-Indian and European-African interaction, large-scale immigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries, populist political leadership, military takeovers, and US intervention in the region, examining the influence of economic forces and social tensions on political conflict in each case and discussing recent economic developments.