Book description
A History of Modern Latin America: 1800 to the Present
examines the diverse and interlocking experiences of people of
indigenous, African, and European backgrounds from the onset of
independence until today.
- Illustrates and analyzes the major and minor events that shape
history, the triumphs and defeats, and the everyday lives of people
of varied classes and racial and ethnic backgrounds
- Intersperses accounts of the lives of prominent figures with those
of ordinary people
- Emphasizes gender's role in influencing political and economic
change and shaping cultural identity
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Teresa A. Meade is Florence B. Sherwood Professor
of History and Culture at Union College, New York. She is the author
of “Civilizing” Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City
(1997), A Brief History of Brazil, 2nd edition
(2009), and co-editor of the Blackwell Companion to Gender
History (2004) and Science, Medicine and Cultural
Imperialism (1991). She has written widely on Latin America, and
on women and gender history.
