Latin America in the world economy : mercantile colonialism to global capitalism /

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Author / Creator:Weaver, Frederick Stirton, 1939-
Imprint:Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2000.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 252 pages).
Language:English
Series:Latin American perspectives series
Latin American perspectives series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11226771
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ISBN:9780813346649
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-240) and index.
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Summary:Latin America in the World Economy considers the dual aspect of Latin American development: how external factors (phases of world capitalism since Columbus) interweave with internal factors (Latin American culture, politics, and social groups). Within his skillful approach, Weaver demonstrates how domestic social conflicts and power relations have consistently capitalized on changes in the international economy, while, conversely, engagement with the international economy has consistently constrained local struggles and patterns of change. With over half of the book dedicated to the "shor.
Other form:Print version: Weaver, Frederick Stirton, 1939- Latin America in the world economy. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2000