History of Modern Latin America (eBook)

Teresa Meade is Florence B. Sherwood Professor of History and Culture at Union College, New York. She is the author of A Brief History of Brazil (2nd edition, 2009), "Civilizing" Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City (2005), and co-editor of A Companion to Gender History (Wiley, 2004) and Science, Medicine and Cultural Imperialism (1991). She has written widely on Latin America as well as on women and gender history.

?Not only does Teresa Meade?s book do justice to the crucial political and economic trends in Latin America since independence, but it does so in a very readable and accessible fashion. Students enjoy reading this book and are drawn into the historical narrative from many angles, including the accounts of individual men and women, portraits of figures in popular culture, and discussions of environmental challenges. This new edition retains all the virtues of the first, while offering more images, updated lists of recommended readings, and study questions at the end of each chapter.? ? Barbara Weinstein, Silver Professor History, New York University

"Teresa Meade uses broad themes like class, gender, and ethnicity to make connections to cultural and political events. This new edition of A History of Modern Latin America challenges students to think critically about the past while providing innovative perspectives on the region." ?Jeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History, Emory University

?An ideal textbook in how it balances well a coherent narrative thread that ties together the modern history in the region with case studies of both individual countries and broader theoretical themes.? ? Joel Wolfe, University of Massachusetts Amherst