Forgotten continent : a history of the new Latin America / Michael Reid.

By:

Reid, Michael

Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Fully revised and updatedDescription: xiv, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780300224658
0300224656

Other title:

History of the new Latin America

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

LOC classification:

F1414.3 .R35 2017

Contents:

The forgotten continent -- The Latin American conundrum -- The seed of democracy in the land of the caudillo -- Cold War and revolution -- Failed reformers, debt-ridden dictators -- From the Washington consensus to the commodity boom--and bust -- The Venezuelan disaster -- The stumbles of reformers -- Changing societies -- The defective state -- The stubborn resilience of flawed democracies -- The loneliness of Latin America -- So near and yet so far.

Summary: "Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's best-selling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has been wholly updated to reflect the new realities of the "Forgotten Continent." The former Americas editor for the Economist, Reid suggests that much of Central and South America, though less poor, less unequal, and better educated than before, faces harder economic times now that the commodities boom of the 2000s is over. His revised, in-depth account of the region reveals dynamic societies more concerned about corruption and climate change, the uncertainties of a Donald Trump-led United States, and a political cycle that, in many cases, is turning from left-wing populism to center-right governments. This essential new edition provides important insights into the sweeping changes that have occurred in Latin America in recent years and indicates priorities for the future"-- amazon.com.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-407) and index.

Original hardback edition published 2007.

"Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's best-selling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has been wholly updated to reflect the new realities of the "Forgotten Continent." The former Americas editor for the Economist, Reid suggests that much of Central and South America, though less poor, less unequal, and better educated than before, faces harder economic times now that the commodities boom of the 2000s is over. His revised, in-depth account of the region reveals dynamic societies more concerned about corruption and climate change, the uncertainties of a Donald Trump-led United States, and a political cycle that, in many cases, is turning from left-wing populism to center-right governments. This essential new edition provides important insights into the sweeping changes that have occurred in Latin America in recent years and indicates priorities for the future"-- amazon.com.