Dennis Gilbert

The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Latin America, 1880-1970

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Produktbeschreibung

Dennis Gilbert provides a systematic comparative history of the rise and ultimate demise of the oligarchies that dominated Latin America for nearly a century. Focusing on five key countries, he tells the compelling story of the sugar planters, coffee growers, cattle barons, miners, and bankers who grew rich in a rapidly expanding global economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781442270893
• ISBN-10: 1442270896
• Artikelnr.: 47082943

Autorenporträt

Dennis Gilbert is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Hamilton College. He is the author of The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality, Mexico's Middle Class in the Neoliberal Era, and Sandinistas: The Party and the Revolution.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents List of Boxes, Figures, Photos, and Tables Introduction Part I:
The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Latin America Chapter 1: Origins and
Organization Chapter 2: The Oligarchic Republics Chapter 3: The Contested
Republics Part II: The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Peru Chapter 4:
Peru's Oligarchic Republic Chapter 5: Peru's Contested Republic Chapter 6:
The Aspíllagas: North Coast Planters Chapter 7: The Prados: Bankers and
Politicians Chapter 8: The Miró Quesadas: Aristocratic Reformers Part III:
Conclusions Chapter 9: Class, Clan, and Cohesion Chapter 10: The Sources of
Oligarchic Power Chapter 11: The End of the Old Regime: Peru in Comparative
Perspective Appendix: Selecting the Oligarchic Twenty-Nine Bibliography and
Archival Sources Index