The Big Picture
C. COLONIAL PERIOD TO INDEPENDENCE SHORT LIST 1. Diffie, Baily. Latin American Civilization: Colonial Period. New York: Octagon, 1967. "Classic" but useful traditional study for an historical...
...of Florida Press, 1957...
...Academic monograph on the transition from independence to the national period...
...The Santander Regime in Gran Colombia...
...Lesley Bird Simpson, ed...
...2 vols...
...of California Press, 1966...
...The Colonial Background of Modern Brazil...
...D:17...
...6. Herring, Hubert H. History of Latin America...
...treats the area as a unified whole...
...Latin America: Reform or Revolution...
...A solid summary of Mexican colonial society and institutions by a North American...
...Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1952...
...9 Analysis of the internal mechanisms of dependency by an important Marxist theoretician...
...New York: Vintage, 1969.* A good general collection of articles and documents ranging from liberal to radical analyses of present-day Latin America...
...Gainsville, Fla.: Univ...
...Precios del maiz y crisis agricolas en Mexico (1708-1810...
...2. Graham, Richard...
...of California Press, 1969.* Best Marxist study of colonial Brazil...
...New York: Knopf, 3rd ed., 1968...
...Galeano, Eduardo...
...The Institute also sponsors a Political Studies Series that focuses on coups and other timely topics...
...Joan Connelly Ullman...
...5. Stein, Stanley and Barbara Stein...
...Boston: Beacon Press, 1966.* The Conquest of Mexico from the Aztec point of view...
...Revolutionary Ideologies in Latin America" in Joseph S. Tulchin, ed...
...New York: Monthly Review, 1973...
...Origen de los "inquilinos" de Chile central...
...La economia colonial de Venezuela...
...Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750...
...D:19...
...Mexico: Centro de Estudios Historicos, El Colegio de Mexico, 1969...
...of California Press, 1970.* A well documented study of primitive accumulation via the formation of large landed estates in Mexico...
...Chicago, Phoenix, 1959.* An excellent interpretative essay on Mesoamerican pre-history and the colonial period...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Frank, Andre Gunder...
...6. Vicens Vives, Jaime...
...7. Petras, James and Maurice Zeitlin, eds...
...of California Press, 1970.* Basic background information...
...Interpretacion marxista de la historia de Chile...
...Boxer, C.R...
...Sauer, Carl...
...Classic" but useful traditional study for an historical overview...
...Buenos Aires: Libera, 1967...
...Press, 1963...
...New York: Modern Reader, 1971.* A critique of bourgeois theories of "development" including that of W. W. Rostow...
...Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1949 and Estructura social de la colonia...
...4. Parry, J. H. The Spanish Seaborne Empire...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Periodic studies of recent Latin American elections done by academics and sponsored by a government-funded operation...
...Press, 1970.* A general survey showing the roots of contemporary Latin American dependence from a leftliberal perspective...
...Rodolfo Puiggros and Ernesto Leclau...
...Race Relations in the Portuguese Colonial Empire...
...Press, 1966...
...Essays on Economic Dependence in Perspective...
...A technical study showing the connections between economic fluctuations and political phenomena...
...London: Oxford Univ...
...Government Printing.Office.* Formerly called U.S...
...A study of the theory and practice of empire as it developed in the early years following the conquest of the Americas...
...Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1946...
...The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico...
...The Shark and the Sardines...
...Latin America: Underdevelopment or Revolution...
...La burguesia terrateniente argentina...
...Leftist view of U.S...
...Statistical Abstract of Latin America...
...Wolfe, Eric R. Sons of the Shaking Earth...
...Madison, Wis.: Univ...
...University of California at Los Angeles...
...Lumpen-Bourgeoisie and Lumpen-Development...
...Alvin Eustis...
...A well-researched non-Marxist interpretation...
...of California Press, 1962.* A good academic study of social and economic structures...
...Annual Publication.* A compilation based on the latest available statistics covering diverse aspects of Latin America...
...Press., 1972.* Best introduction to Latin American economic problems by a liberal economist...
...exploitation of Latin America...
...The Origins of the Latin American Revolutions, 1808-1826...
...Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, 1500-1914...
...A basic leftist bibliography...
...Prado, Caio, Jr...
...New York: Collier, 1st ed., 1963.* A general analysis of contemporary Latin American socio-economic conditions written from a left-liberal point of view...
...D:12...
...Problems in Latin America: The Modern Period.* New York: Harper and Row, 1973, pp...
...New York and London: Cambridge Univ...
...New York: American Institute for Marxist Studies (AIMS), 1971...
...Gongora, Mario...
...4. Gerassi, John...
...Gibson, Charles...
...Las venas abiertas de America Latina...
...Bogota: La Oveja Negra, 1972...
...refers to paperback edition.8...
...El estado en el derecho indiano: epoca de fundacion, 1492-1570...
...Traditional summary of Spain's imperial policies and institutions...
...Approaches to the History of Spain...
...A good, short survey of racial oppression in Portuguese territories...
...A study of the early years of Spanish conquest and its disastrous impact on the...
...Lewis, Gordon K. The Modern West Indies...
...D. GENERAL WORKS SHORT LIST 1. Area Handbooks...
...Trans...
...A Comparative Economic History of Latin America...
...New York: Knopf, 1972.* A liberal academic's historical and sociological study of the independence movements...
...Vitale, Luis...
...New York: Oxford Univ...
...Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ...
...Documents the formation of large land holdings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
...New York: Emerson Hall, 1973...
...Independence in Latin America...
...New York: Oxford Univ...
...Brading, David A. Miners and Merchants in Bourbon Mexico, 1763-1810...
...Arnade, Charles W. The Emergence of the Republic of Bolivia...
...5. Halperin Donghi, Tulio...
...Spanish Peru, 1532-1560: A Colonial Society...
...Randall, Laura...
...military officers, they cover topics such as labor, religion, media and national security...
...LONG LIST 7. Arcila Farias, Eduardo...
...Latin American Center...
...America Latina: Feudalismo o capitalismo...
...A progressive historical analysis...
...A view of U.S...
...Marion Davis Berdecio...
...The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Valley of Mexico, 1519-1810...
...Land and Society in Colonial Mexico: The Great Hacienda...
...9. Bagu, Sergio...
...Army Handbooks...
...The Economic Development of Latin America...
...New York: Putnam, 1966.* A leftist classic on the abolition movement...
...Probably the best non-Marxist one volume history of Latin America...
...Santiago: Prensa Latinoamericana, 1972...
...Trans...
...Prepared at American University for the orientation of U.S...
...Griffin, Keith...
...New York: Knopf, 1966.* A reader which presents a variety of views on the independence movements and their causes...
...Leon-Portilla, Miguel...
...New York: Cambridge Univ...
...Spalding, Hobart A., Jr...
...Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1971...
...ecology and demography of the Caribbean area.I 24...
...New York: Lyle Stuart, 1961...
...they are available on just about every country in Latin America and are a valuable source of general information...
...New York: Modern Reader, 1970.* Basic history of the West Indies by a left-liberal...
...from varying left perspectives...
...SEE: D:5...
...Bushnell, David...
...9. Election Factbooks...
...Chevalier, Francois...
...Lockhart, James...
...Underdevelopment in Spanish America...
...Historia contemporanea de America Latina...
...Madrid: Alianza, 1969...
...Press, 1971...
...Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems...
...The Early Spanish Main...
...Three Marxist positions discussing whether feudalism or capitalism characterized early Latin American development...
...Santiago: Universitaria, 1960...
...Angel Maria Garibay and Lysander Kemp...
...3. Humphrey, Robin A. and John Lynch, eds...
...Two classics which formed the basis for later research on imperialism and dependency...
...2. De Castro, Josue, John Gerassi and Irving L. Horowitz, eds...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Washington, D.C.: U.S...
...An academic study...
...Marxist history of Chile to 1810...
...London: George Allen , Unwin, 1969...
...An academic survey of the Spanish population showing the diverse social groups...
...The Great Fear in Latin America...
...Oddone, Jacinto...
...The Colonial Heritage of Latin America...
...8. Arevalo, Juan Jose...
...Trans...
...combats the traditional image of a few Spanish adventurers swashbuckling their way through the continent...
...Interesting in that it shows how group economic interests influenced their changing attitudes toward independence...
...Data is generally good...
...Suzette Macedo...
...A brief Marxist exposition on differing existing revolutionary analyses with good documentary material...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1969.* An excellent reader containing essays on economics, social structure, dependency guerrillas, etc...
...Wolpin, Miles D. United States Intervention in Latin America: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography...
...Florescano, Enrique...
...Press, 1964...
...A left-liberal evaluation of Latin American economies...
...Furtado, Celso...
...Latin American Radicalism: A Documentary Report on Left and National Movements...
...Dependency, Class and Politics in Latin America...
...domination written by a left nationalist...
...3. Frank, Andre Gunder...
...SEE: C:5...
...Economia de la sociedad colonial...
...Williams, Eric E. Capitalism and Slavery...
...Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1954...
...389-446...
...Best single source for names, dates and political history, lacking in interpretation...
...A Survey From Colonial Times to the Cuban Revolution...
...A study of the development of the rural social system of dependency...
...Santiago: Instituto de Investigaciones Historico-Culturales, Facultad de Filosofia y Educacion, Universidad de Chile, 1951...
...Trans...
...Trans...
...Academic study documenting the formation of large capital concerns in Mexico and pointing out their eventual take-over by foreign capital...
...of Wisconsin Press, 1968...
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