Americas New Interpretive Essays

Designed as a supplementary text to a wide range of courses or as acompanion to the Americas telecourse, this book presents distinguished essays bytwelve leading experts on major themes and issues in modern Latin Americanhistory and politics. Beginning with an overview of Latin America and theCaribbean since the mid-nineteenth century, the text examines topics as diverseas the changing roles of Latin American women, ethnic groups and conflicts inthe region, migration, the church and its social activism, high and popularculture, and the experiences of Latin Americans in the United States.Contributors: Alfred Stepan, Franklin W. Knight, Peter H. Smith, AlbertFishlow, Margaret E. Crahan, Helen I. Safa, Cornelia Butler Flora, MarysaNavarro-Aranguren, Jean Franco, Kay Barbara Warren, Anthony P. Maingot, M.Patricia Fernandez Kelly, Alejandro Portes, Ruben G. Rumbaut.