Part II: 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...
...9 for Marxist Studies (AIMS), 1971...
...of California Press, 1966...
...1970, 19-23...
...The Shark and the Sardines...
...Marxist history of Chile to 1810...
...Mexico: Centro de Estudios Historicos, El Colegio de Mexico, 1969...
...Gongora, Mario...
...Vitale, Luis...
...The Colonial Background of Modern Brazil...
...389-446...
...Trans...
...7. Petras, James and Maurice Zeitlin, eds...
...Prado, Caio, Jr...
...Revolutionary Ideologies in Latin America" in Joseph S. Tulchin, ed...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...combats the traditional image of a few Spanish adventurers swashbuckling their way through the continent...
...of California Press, 1962.* A good academic study of social and economic structures...
...VI, No...
...Maryknoll, New York: Maryknoll Publications, 1970.* A good progressive documentary collection, with selections from official and unofficial sources at various levels of the Catholic hierarchy...
...from varying left perspectives...
...New York: Lyle Stuart, 1961...
...SEE: D:5...
...1972, 11-23...
...New York: American Institute PART III: TOPICS L CHURCH SHORT LIST 1. Between Honesty and Hope: Documents from and About the Church in Latin America...
...Boxer, C.R...
...Annual Publication.* A compilation based on the latest available statistics covering diverse aspects of Latin America...
...New York: Knopf, 1972.* A liberal academic's historical and sociological study of the independence movements...
...Mexico: Nuestro Tiempo, 1968.* A series of essays, written largely by leftists, on Latin America in general and the Church in particular...
...exploitation of Latin America...
...Documents the formation of large land holdings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
...Alvin Eustis...
...Suzette Macedo...
...New York: Modern Reader, 1971.* A critique of bourgeois theories of "development" including that of W. W. Rostow...
...Bushnell, David...
...Joan Connelly Ullman...
...2, Feb...
...La iglesia rebelde de America Latina...
...2 vols...
...The Early Spanish Main...
...Economia de la sociedad colonial...
...Press, 1964...
...Best single source for names, dates and political history, lacking in interpretation...
...they are available on just about every country in Latin America and are a valuable source of general information...
...Lewis, Gordon K. The Modern West Indies...
...Trans...
...Wolfe, Eric R. Sons of the Shaking Earth...
...Classic" but useful traditional study for an historical overview...
...Historia contemporanea de America Latina...
...New York: Oxford Univ...
...6. Herring, Hubert H. History of Latin America...
...A Comparative Economic History of Latin America...
...Two classics which formed the basis for later research on imperialism and dependency...
...Oddone, Jacinto...
...The Santander Regime in Gran Colombia...
...A technical study showing the connections between economic fluctuations and political phenomena...
...New York: Monthly Review, 1973.Analysis of the internal mechanisms of dependency by an important Marxist theoretician...
...D:19...
...Lockhart, James...
...3, Mar...
...La burguesia terrateniente argentina...
...Academic monograph on the transition from independence to the national period...
...New York: Cambridge Univ...
...Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1949 and Estructura social de la colonia...
...Latin America: Reform or Revolution...
...Precios del maiz y crisis agricolas en Mexico (1708-1810...
...A well-researched non-Marxist interpretation...
...An academic survey of the Spanish population showing the diverse social groups...
...Madison, Wis.: Univ...
...Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750...
...Lesley Bird Simpson, ed...
...5. Stein, Stanley and Barbara Stein...
...A good, short survey of racial oppression in Portuguese territories...
...London: Oxford Univ...
...The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico...
...Interesting in that it shows how group economic interests influenced their changing attitudes toward independence...
...Lumpen-Bourgeoisie and Lumpen-Development...
...New York: Putnam, 1966.* A leftist classic on the abolition movement...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Sauer, Carl...
...A solid summary of Mexican colonial society and institutions by a North American...
...of California Press, 1969.* Best Marxist study of colonial Brazil...
...and "Protestant Ethic and Imperial Mission," in NACLA Report, Vol...
...A brief Marxist exposition on differing existing revolutionary analyses with good documentary material...
...domination written by a left nationalist...
...Race Relations in the Portuguese Colonial Empire...
...Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1946...
...3. Humphrey, Robin A. and John Lynch, eds...
...Press, 1971...
...Latin American Radicalism: A Documentary Report on Left and National Movements...
...Trans...
...Santiago: Universitaria, 1960...
...New York: Emerson Hall, 1973...
...Gainsville, Fla.: Univ...
...6. Gutierrez, Gustavo...
...Gibson, Charles...
...Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems...
...New York: Knopf, 1966.* A reader which presents a variety of views on the independence movements and their causes...
...D:17...
...4. . "Protestant Missions: Preliminary Notes," in NACLA Newsletter, Vol...
...LONG LIST 7. Arcila Farias, Eduardo...
...Sister Caridad Inda and John Eagleson...
...Trans...
...Trans...
...The Economic Development of Latin America...
...Washington, D.C.: U.S...
...Chicago, Phoenix, 1959.* An excellent interpretative essay on Mesoamerican pre-history and the colonial period...
...Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1952...
...Spalding, Hobart A., Jr...
...Galeano, Eduardo...
...New York: Oxford Univ...
...New York: Collier, 1st ed., 1963.* A general analysis of contemporary Latin American socio-economic conditions written from a left-liberal point of view...
...9. Election Factbooks...
...Essays on Economic Dependence in Perspective...
...An influential Peruvian exponent of Latin America's liberation theology...
...Press., 1972.* Best introduction to Latin American economic problems by a liberal economist...
...Trans...
...2. Graham, Richard...
...Press, 1963...
...Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1969...
...A progressive historical analysis...
...Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1971...
...8. Arevalo, Juan Jose...
...5. Halperin Donghi, Tulio...
...The Colonial Heritage of Latin America...
...The Great Fear in Latin America...
...Periodic studies of recent Latin American elections done by academics and sponsored by a government-funded operation...
...Williams, Eric E. Capitalism and Slavery...
...Madrid: Alianza, 1969...
...La economia colonial de Venezuela...
...Wolpin, Miles D. United States Intervention in Latin America: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography...
...Latin America: Underdevelopment or Revolution...
...Army Handbooks...
...Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, 1500-1914...
...antiago: Prensa Latinoamericana, 1972...
...4. Gerassi, John...
...Boston: Beacon Press, 1966.* The Conquest of Mexico from the Aztec point of view...
...SEE: C:5...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Santiago: Instituto de Investigaciones Historico-Culturales, Facultad de Filosofia y Educacion, Universidad de Chile, 1951...
...Independence in Latin America...
...of Wisconsin Press, 1968...
...Approaches to the History of Spain...
...A study of the theory and practice of empire as it developed in the early years following the conquest of the Americas...
...Prepared at American University for the orientation of U.S...
...John Drury...
...A study of the early years of Spanish conquest and its disastrous impact on the ecology and demography of the Caribbean area.24...
...These articles analyze the role of missionaries in promoting imperialist expansion...
...Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1954...
...1 D. GENERAL WORKS SHORT LIST 1. Area Handbooks...
...A view of U.S...
...Las venas abiertas de America Latina...
...Probably the best non-Marxist one volume history of Latin America...
...Chevalier, Francois...
...Angel Maria Garibay and Lysander Kemp...
...2. Castro Villagrana, B., et al...
...Bogota: La Oveja Negra, 1972...
...The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Valley of Mexico, 1519-1810...
...Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1973...
...Origen de los "inquilinos" de Chile central...
...Traditional summary of Spain's imperial policies and institutions...
...Trans...
...Press, 1970.* A general survey showing the roots of contemporary Latin American dependence from a leftliberal perspective...
...refers to paperback edition.7 8. Arnade, Charles W. The Emergence of the Republic of Bolivia...
...Dependency, Class and Politics in Latin America...
...5. Gheert It, Alain, ed...
...military officers, they cover topics such as labor, religion, media and national security...
...Data is generally good...
...A Survey From Colonial Times to the Cuban Revolution...
...of California Press, 1970.* A well documented study of primitive accumulation via the formation of large landed estates in Mexico...
...New York and London: Cambridge Univ...
...America Latina: Feudalismo o capitalismo...
...Government Printing Office.* Formerly called U.S...
...of Florida Press, 1957...
...A study of the development of the rural social system of dependency...
...of California Press, 1970.* Basic background information...
...Randall, Laura...
...Statistical Abstract of Latin America...
...Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1970...
...9. Bagu, Sergio...
...Florescano, Enrique...
...London: George Allen & Unwin, 1969...
...Spanish Peru, 1532-1560: A Colonial Society...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Leon-Portilla, Miguel...
...Underdevelopment in Spanish America...
...Interpretacion marxista de la historia de Chile...
...An excellent reader containing essays on economics, social structure, dependency guerrillas, etc...
...Excellent documentary study of radical church, more comprehensive than item 1 of this section...
...Latin American Center...
...IV, No...
...8, Dec...
...Griffin, Keith...
...1972, 1-15...
...6. Vicens Vives, Jaime...
...Academic study documenting the formation of large capital concerns in Mexico and pointing out their eventual take-over by foreign capital...
...Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ...
...Interviews with left Christian leaders from the Dominican Republic and Chile, plus a letter from Argentine guerrillas to that country's priests for the Third -World movement...
...An academic study...
...La iglesia, el subdesarrollo y la revolucion...
...Brading, David A. Miners and Merchants in Bourbon Mexico, 1763-1810...
...VI, No...
...A basic leftist bibliography...
...Leftist view of U.S...
...Three Marxist positions discussing whether feudalism or capitalism characterized early Latin American development...
...A left-liberal evaluation of Latin American economies...
...Land and Society in Colonial Mexico: The Great Hacienda...
...2. De Castro, Josue, John Gerassi and Irving L. Horowitz, eds...
...Marion Davis Berdecio...
...University of California at Los Angeles...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...New York: Vintage, 1969.* A good general collection of articles and documents ranging from liberal to radical analyses of present-day Latin America...
...New York: Modern Reader, 1970.* Basic history of the West Indies by a left-liberal...
...The Origins of the Latin American Revolutions, 1808-1826...
...Furtado, Celso...
...Latin American Christians in the Liberation Struggle," in NACLA Report, Vol...
...4. Parry, J. H. The Spanish Seaborne Empire...
...3. Frank, Andre Gunder...
...treats the area as a unified whole...
...Press, 1966...
...Problems in Latin America: The Modern Period.* New York: Harper and Row, 1973, pp...
...Buenos Aires: Libera, 1967...
...D:12...
...New York: Knopf, 3rd ed., 1968...
...Rodolfo Puiggros and Ernesto Leclau...
...Frank, Andre Gunder...
...A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation...
...3. Edwards, Rick...
...El estado en el derecho indiano: epoca de fundacion, 1492-1570...
...The Institute also sponsors a Political Studies Series that focuses on coups and other timely topics...
Vol. 7 • March 1973 • No. 3
