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A best seller for the introductory Latin American history course, this text presents an account of pre-historical times to the present through its integrated framework of the dependency theory. The authors emphasize the economic relationship between Latin American nations and wealthier nations, particularly the United States. A chronological approach allows students to keep track of events and comprehend their significance. The text's availability in two versions (i.e. comprehensive and chronological) suits varying curricula.

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• Introduction: The Geographical Background of Latin American History
• I The Colonial Heritage of Latin America
• 1 Ancient America Environment and Culture in Ancient America
• The Maya of Central America
• The Aztecs of Mexico
• The Incas of Peru
• 2 The Hispanic Background Spain's Medieval Heritage
• The Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella
• The Hapsburg Era: Triumph and Tragedy
• 3 The Conquest of America
• The Great Voyages
• The Conquest of Mexico
• The Conquest of Peru How a Handful of Spaniards Won Two Empires
• The Quest for El Dorado
• 4 The Economic Foundations of Colonial Life
• Tribute and Labor in the Spanish Colonies
• The Colonial Economy Commerce, Smuggling, and Piracy
• 5 State, Church, and Society Political Institutions of the Spanish Empire
• The Church in the Indies
• The Structure of Class and Caste
• 6 Colonial Brazil
• The Beginning of Colonial Brazil Government and Church Masters and Slaves
• 7 The Bourbon Reforms and Spanish America Reform and Recovery
• Colonial Culture and the Enlightenment Creole Nationalism Colonial
• Society in Transition, 1750-1810: An Overview The Revolt of the Masses
• 8 The Independence of Latin America Background of the Wars of Independence
• The Liberation of South America Mexico's Road to Independence
• Latin American Independence: A Reckoning
• II Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
• 9 Dictators and Revolutions
• The Fruits of Independence Mexico Argentina Chile Brazil Peru
• Cuba United Provinces of Central America Gran Colombia
• 10 The Triumph of Neocolonialism
• The New Colonialism Mexican Politics and Economy
• Argentine Politics and Economy Chilean Politics and Economy
• Brazilian Politics and Economy Peruvian Politics and Economy
• Central American Politics and Economy Venezuelan Politics and Economy
• Colombian Politics and Economy
• 11 Society and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
• How New Was the New Society?
• The Passing of the Society of Castes
• The Process of Modernization
• The Romantic Revolt Literature and Social Change, 1880-1910
• The Romantic Revolt Continued: Ecuador and Peru
• III Latin America Since 1900
• 12 The Mexican Revolution--and After
• The Great Revolution, 1910-1920
• Reconstructing the State: Rule of the Millionaire
• Socialists C?rdenas and the Populist Interlude
• The Big Bourgeoisie in Power, 1940-1976: Erosion of Reform
• Deconstructing the State: Neoliberalism and the Second Conquest of Mexico, 1977-2003
• 13 Argentina: The Failure of Democracy
• The Export Economy Argentine Society
• The Radical Era, 1916-1930
• The "Infamous Decade," 1930-1943: The Conservative Restoration
• The Per?n Era, 1943-1955
• The Shadow of Per?n, 1955-1973
• Military Dictatorship, 1974-1983
• Return to Democracy and the Death of Peronismo
• 14 The Chilean Way Foreign Dependency and the Parliamentary Republic, 1891-1920
• Alessandri and the Rise of Populism, 1920-1970
• The Chilean Road to Socialism, 1970-1973
• Neoliberalism and Democratic Constraints, 1973-2003
• 15 Republican Brazil Decline and Fall of the Old Republic, 1914-1930
• Vargas and the Bourgeois Revolution, 1930-1954
• Reform and Reaction, 1954-1964
• Brazil's "Colonial Fascism"
• The Transition to Democracy, 1983-2003: "The New Republic"
• 16 Storm over the Andes: The Struggle for Land and Development
• Three Andean Revolutions Neocolonial Peru: The English and North American Connections, 1883-1968
• The Rise and Fall of the Peruvian Revolution, 1968-2003
• 17 The Cuban Revolution Independence and the Spanish-Cuban-American War Dependent Development and Popular Struggle, 1902-1953
• The Revolution: The Odyssey of Fidel Castro The Revolution in Power: 1959-2003
• 18 Revolution and Counterrevolution in Central America: Twilight of the Tyrants?
• Guatemala Nicaragua El Salvador
• 19 Lands of Bol?var: Venezuela and Colombia in the Twentieth Century
• Venezuela in the Early Twentieth Century, 1908-1958
• Venezuela's Representative Democracy, 1958-2003
• Colombia in the Twentieth Century
• 20 The Two Americas: United States-Latin American Relations U.S. Policy
• Objectives Prelude to Empire, 1810-1897
• An Imperial Power, 1898-1945
• Defending the Empire and Capitalism, 1945-1981
• The Return to "Gunboat Diplomacy," 1981-2003
• Toward a New World Order?
• 21 Latin American Society in Transition Economic
• Problems: A Permanent Latin American Crisis?
• Social Problems
• The New Class Structure Attitudes and Mentalities: Change and Resistance to Change
• The Flowering of Latin American Culture
• Glossary
• Suggestions for Further Reading Index