UID:
almafu_9959674031102883
Format:
1 online resource (648 p.) :
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78 figures (incl. 8 in color), 3 maps
ISBN:
9780822395836
Series Statement:
The Latin America Readers
Content:
The Chile Reader makes available a rich variety of documents spanning more than five hundred years of Chilean history. Most of the selections are by Chileans; many have never before appeared in English. The history of Chile is rendered from diverse perspectives, including those of Mapuche Indians and Spanish colonists, peasants and aristocrats, feminists and military strongmen, entrepreneurs and workers, and priests and poets. Among the many selections are interviews, travel diaries, letters, diplomatic cables, cartoons, photographs, and song lyrics.Texts and images, each introduced by the editors, provide insights into the ways that Chile's unique geography has shaped its national identity, the country's unusually violent colonial history, and the stable but autocratic republic that emerged after independence from Spain. They shed light on Chile's role in the world economy, the social impact of economic modernization, and the enduring problems of deep inequality. The Reader also covers Chile's bold experiments with reform and revolution, its subsequent descent into one of Latin America's most ruthless Cold War dictatorships, and its much-admired transition to democracy and a market economy in the years since dictatorship.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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I. Environment and History --
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II. Chile before Chile: Indigenous Peoples, Conquest, and Colonial Society --
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III. The Honorable Exception: The New Chilean Nation in the Nineteenth Century --
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IV. Building a Modern Nation: Politics and the Social Question in the Nitrate Era --
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V. Depression, Development, and the Politics of Compromise --
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VI. The Chilean Road to Socialism: Reform and Revolution --
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VII. The Pinochet Dictatorship: Military Rule and Neoliberal Economics --
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VIII. Returning to Democracy: Transition and Continuity --
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Selected Readings --
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Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1515/9780822395836
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822395836
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822395836
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822395836
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822395836
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