Contents

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

Map of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean

Map of South America

Introduction

Part I: Colonial Roots

1 Origins of the Colonial Legacies

Part II: Independence and Its Challenges, 1790s–1870s

2 The Independence of Latin America

3 The Age of Caudillos

Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1790s–1870s

Part III: Exports, Oligarchies, and Yankees, 1870s–1930

4 The Export Economies

5 Political Consolidation and Social Change

6 Rise of the Yankee

Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1870s–1930

Part IV: Revolution, Depression, and Cold War, 1930–1959

7 The Mexican Revolution

8 Depression, Political Change, and Cold War

Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1930–1959

Part V: The Era of the Cuban Revolution, 1959–1990

9 The Cuban Revolution

10 The Cuban Revolution, Latin America, and the United States

11 The Reaction: Repression and State Terrorism

Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1959–1990

Part VI: Contemporary Latin America, 1990–Present

12 Neoliberalism, Democracy, the Pink Tide, and Other Developments since 1990

Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1990–Present

Conclusion: Colonial Legacies and Today’s Latin America

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