Abstract

Dictatorship in South America explores the experiences of Brazilian, Argentine and Chilean experience under military rule.

* Presents a single-volume thematic study that explores experiences with dictatorship as well as their social and historical contexts in Latin America
* Examines at the ideological and economic crossroads that brought Argentina, Brazil and Chile under the thrall of military dictatorship
* Draws on recent historiographical currents from Latin America to read these regimes as radically ideological and inherently unstable
* Makes a close reading of the economic trajectory from dependency to development and democratization and neoliberal reform in language that is accessible to general readers
* Offers a lively and readable narrative that brings popular perspectives to bear on national histories
Original languageEnglish (US)
Place of PublicationHoboken
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Number of pages224
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-118-29079-8
ISBN (Print)978-1-405-19056-5, 978-1-405-19055-8
StatePublished - Apr 2013

Publication series

NameViewpoints / Puntos de Vista

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