Contents // ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii // PROLOGUE. WHY LATIN AMERICA? 1 // Interpretations of Latin America 5 // Analytical Themes in This Book 10 // ONE. THE COLONIAL FOUNDATIONS, 1492-1880s 13 // The European Context 14 // Spanish America: From Conquest to Colony, 1492-1600 15 // Spanish America: The Transformation of Colonial Society, 1600-1750 21 // Portuguese America: A Different World? 22 // The Roots of Independence 26 // The Colonial Response 29 // Achieving Independence 32 // The Brazilian Path to Independence 34 // The Aftermath of Independence, 1830-1850 36 // The Pull of the International Economy, 1850-1880s 40 // TWO. THE TRANSFORMATION OF MODERN LATIN AMERICA, 1880s-2000s 42 // Phase 1: Initiation of Export-Import Growth, 1880-1900 43 // Phase 2: Expansion of Export-Import Growth, 1900-1930 47 // Phase 3: Import-Substituting Industrialization, 1930-1960s 51 // Phase 4: Stagnation in Import-Substituting Growth, // 1960s-1980s 55 // Phase 5: Crisis, Debt, and Democracy, 1980s-2000s 58 // Women and Society 62 A Framework for Comparison 67 // THREE. ARGENTINA: PROSPERITY, DEADLOCK, // AND CHANGE 69 // The Struggle over Nationhood 69 // Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change 71 // Rhythms of Popular Culture 77 // The Political System: Consensus and Reform 80 // The Military Turns Back the Clock 82 // Peronism and Perón 86 // The Military Stewardship 89 // The Failure of Developmental Reformism 91 // The Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Solution 94 // Peronists Back in Power
96 // The Military Returns 98 // Transition to Democracy 101 // FOUR. CHILE: SOCIALISM, REPRESSION, // AND DEMOCRACY 109 // Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change 110 // Politics and Parliament 114 // From Instability to Popular Front 118 // The Era of Party Politics 122 // Socialism via Democracy? 127 // The Pinochet Regime 133 // Redemocratization 136 // FIVE. BRAZIL: DEVELOPMENT FOR WHOM? 139 // Dorn Pedro I (1822-1831) 139 // Dorn Pedro II (1840-1889) 143 // The End of the Empire 144 // Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change 147 The First Republic (1889-1930) 153 // Getúlio Vargas and the Estado Novo 157 The Second Republic (1946-1964) 163 // Military Rule 171 // The Quest for Afro-Brazilian Identity 174 From Liberalization to Redemocratization 175 Brazil’s First Working-Class President 179 // SIX. PERU: SOLDIERS, OLIGARCHS, AND INDIANS // The Independence Period 183 The Guano Age 185 // Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change 189 Oligarchic Rule 196 // Leguia: The Oncenio 198 // The Reformist Critique 200 // Flirting with Alternatives 202 // Economic Liberalism and Political Vacillation 205 // The Military Revolution 208 // Struggles of Civilian Governments 213 // Fujimori’s Illiberal Democracy 217 // Perils of Politics 219 // SEVEN. COLOMBIA: DISCORD, CIVILITY, AND VIOLENCE 221 // Independence and Its Aftermath 223 Bolivar’s Gran Colombia: An Experiment Failed 225 Forming Political Parties: Liberals and Conservatives 226 Rafael Núnez and the Politics
of Regeneration 228 The Loss of Panama 229 // Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change 231 Conservatives, Liberals, and Convivenda 236 Gaitán, Reaction, and La Violenda 240 The National Front 243 Seeking Constitutional Order 246 // EIGHT. MEXICO: THE TAMING OF A REVOLUTION 254 // Mexico After Independence 254 // The North American Invasion 257 // Reform, Monarchy, and the Restored Republic 258 // The Diaz Era: Progress at a Price 260 // The Mexican Revolution 264 // Institutionalizing the Revolution 269 // Stability, Growth—and Rigidity 274 // North American Free Trade 287 // Twilight of the Technocrats? 290 // Dawn of a New Era 292 // NINE. CUBA: LATE COLONY, FIRST SOCIALIST STATE 296 Dubious Independence 298 // Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change 298 Politics: Corruption and Decay 302 Americanization in Pre-revolutionary Cuba 304 Fidel Castro and the Making of the Revolution 305 Defining the Revolution 309 Decade of Experiment 315 Consolidating the Regime 318 The Struggle for Survival 322 // TEN. THE CARIBBEAN: COLONIES AND MINI-STATES 328 // The Colonial Period: Conquest and Competidon 330 Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change 332 Haiti: Slave Republic, Voodoo Dictatorship 335 The Dominican Republic: Unfinished Experiment 341 Jamaica: Runaways and Revolutionary Socialism 345 Puerto Rico: From Settler Colony to Capitalist Showcase 347 Lesser Antilles: Struggle of the Micro-States 351 // ELEVEN. CENTRAL AMERICA: COLONIALISM, DICTATORSHIP, AND REVOLUTION 356
// Colonial Background 356 // Independence: The Struggle for Unification 359 Rafael Carrera and Conservative Supremacy 360 Liberal Theory and “Republican Dictatorships” 362 Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change 363 Panama: A Nation and a Zone 367 Costa Rica: The Exceptional Democracy 371 Nicaragua: From Dynasty to Revolution 373 Honduras: The Military in Politics 380 El Salvador: From Stability to Insurgence 382 Guatemala: Reaction and Repression 389 // TWELVE. LATIN AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES, // AND THE WORLD 396 // From Independence to Pan Americanism 398 // The Rise of U.S. Influence 402 // The Consolidation of U.S. Influence 405 // Expressions of U.S. Power 409 // The Nationalist Impulse 414 // The Revolutionary Threat 417 // Democratic Reformers and the Alliance for Progress 421 // Development and Debt 424 // The End of the Cold War 427 // Regional Economic Integration 428 // The Intermestic Agenda 432 // Hispanic Culture and Communities 434 // Prospects for the Twenty-First Century 438 // EPILOGUE. WHAT FUTURE FOR LATIN AMERICA? 440 // Dimensions of Change: Demography and Economics 442 Looking Ahead: Political Responses 445 Closing the Socialist Route 448 // The Prospects for Development Under Capitalism 449 // What Will Happen to the Non-European Cultures in Latin America? 452 // Latin America’s Contribution to the World 453 STATISTICAL APPENDIX 456 // ANALYTICAL APPENDIX 460 // HEADS OF STATE 471 // SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 480 // INDEX 495