Problems in Modern Latin American History

This text is the successor to Tulchin's "Problems in Latin American History", which was published in the 1970s and has been out of print for ten years. Realising how the field has changed, Professors Chasteen and Tulchin have compiled a work that addresses new topics and issues to serve scholars, students and general readers. The editors have demarcated nine "problems" in modern Latin America. Each of the book's nine chapters, compiled by an expert in the field, begins with an introduction that provides an overview of the "problem" to be examined. This is followed by related selections by both historians and the makers of history.