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  • Formaat: Hardback, 330 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 770 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 18-Feb-1999
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 041592152X
  • ISBN-13: 9780415921527
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 330 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 770 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 18-Feb-1999
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 041592152X
  • ISBN-13: 9780415921527
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A collection of 12 essays addressing the legacy of writing on colonial formations in Latin America. Topics include colonial Africa through the lens of colonial Latin America; the European diaspora of silver by war; dependency and the colonial heritage in southeastern Mesoamerica; evidence from Bourbon Mexico on agriculture and the colonial heritage of Latin America; the Argentinian historical burden; and conceptualizing post- Dependentista Brazil. Contributors are US- based scholars of Latin American history. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

More than other Atlantic societies, Latin America is shackled to its past. This collection is an exploration of the binding historical legacies--the making of slavery, patrimonial absolutist states, backward agriculture and the imprint of the Enlightenment--with which Latin America continues to grapple.

Leading writers and scholars reflect on how this heritage emerged from colonial institutions and how historians have tackled these legacies over the years, suggesting that these deep encumbrances are why the region has failed to live up to liberal-capitalist expectations. They also invite discussion about the political, economic and cultural heritages of Atlantic colonialism through the idea that persistence is a powerful organizing framework for understanding particular kinds of historical processes.

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"Adelman has assembled an impressive group of historians to address the issue of why Latin America's past looms so heavily in the present...This collection deserves attention from both policymakers and scholars." -- Foreign Affairs "An exceptional anthology that tackles a classic problem in Latin American studies with a plethora of fresh insights. It transcends traditional narratives of the region's colonial past as destiny to analyze the interaction between historical continuity, disruption, and contingency. A book that is scholarly sound, intellectually satisfying, and a great pedagogical tool." -- Jose Moya, Associate Professor of History, UCLA "This superb collection of essays, brilliantly framed by Jeremy Adelman's introduction, offers consistently insightful and thought-provoking confrontations with the colonial past of Latin America. Colonial Legacies makes bulky course packets obsolete -- an essay a week from this book will make every discussion worth attending." -- John Coatsworth, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University "Students of world history will find the opening chapters of interest, as the authors reject Eurocentricism in favor of an Atlantic view embracing the complexities of three diverse continents. Other essays round out the collection and pull it in different, but generally appropriate ways." -- Journal of World History

Preface ix one Introduction: The Problem of Persistence in Latin American History 1(14) Jeremy Adelman two Europe and the Atlantic World 15(14) Philip D. Curtin three Colonial Africa through the Lens of Colonial Latin America 29(22) Robert L. Tignor four Financing Empire: The European Diaspora of Silver by War 51(18) Barbara Hadley Stein Stanley J. Stein five Hegemonies Old and New: The Ibero-Atlantic in the Long Eighteenth Century 69(22) Kenneth R. Maxwell six Dependency and the Colonial Heritage in Southeastern Mesoamerica 91(16) Robert W. Patch seven Agriculture and the Colonial Heritage of Latin America: Evidence from Bourbon Mexico 107(28) Richard J. Salvucci eight The Tricks of Time: Colonial Legacies and Historical Sensibilities in Latin America 135(16) Steve J. Stern nine Argentines Ponder the Burden of the Past 151(24) Tulio Halperin Donghi ten The Colonial Past: Conceptualizing Post-Dependentista Brazil 175(18) Stuart B. Schwartz eleven Furtado, Social Science, and History 193(14) Joseph L. Love twelve The Elision of the Middle Classes and Beyond: History, Politics, and Development Studies in Latin Americas Short Twentieth Century 207(22) Michael F. Jimenez Notes 229(60) Notes on Contributors 289(4) Index 293
Jeremy Adelman is the Director of the Program of Latin American Studies and Professor of History at Princeton University.