" Latin America’s widespread poverty and multi-dimensioned inequalities have long perplexed and provoked observers. Until recently, economic historians could not contribute much to the discussion of living standards and inequality, because quantitative evidence for earlier eras was lacking. Since the 1990s, historians, economists, and other social scientists have sought to document and analyze the historical roots of Latin America’s ..."
Central America and the United States The Clients and the Colossus (Twayne's International History Series) by JohnH. Coatsworth Paperback, 289 Pages, Published 1997 by Twayne Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-9210-2, ISBN: 0-8057-9210-4
"Describes the various phases of the relationship between the United States and Central America from World War II to the end of the cold war"
Central America and the United States The Clients and the Colossus (Twayne's International History Series) by JohnH. Coatsworth Hardcover, 277 Pages, Published 1994 by Twayne Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-7901-1, ISBN: 0-8057-7901-9
"Describes the various phases of the relationship between the United States and Central America from World War II to the end of the cold war"
"See also, for an earlier work, Fernando H. Cardoso, "Entrepreneurs and the
Transition Process: The Brazilian Case," in Guillermo O'Donnell, Philippe C.
Schmitter, and Laurnece Whitehead, Eds. Transitions From Authoritarian Rule: ...
34 Eduardo R. Gomes and Fabrícia Corrêa Guimarães, "Empresários, o Brasil
em reformas e o corporativismo em transição: um estudo sobre o PNBE —
pensamento nacional das bases empresariais," in Ana Maria ..."
" The fifteen essays in this volume apply the methods of the new economic history to the history of the Latin American economies since 1800. The authors combine the historian's sensitivity to context and contingency with modern or "neoclassical" economic theory and quantitative methods. The essays shed new light on the economic history of all the major economies from Mexico and Cuba to Brazil and Argentina. Some focus on comparing ma ..."
Growth Against Development(Unabridged) The Economic Impact of Railroads in Porfirian Mexico (The Origins of modern Mexico) by JohnH. Coatsworth Hardcover, 249 Pages, Published 1981 by Northern Illinois Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-87580-075-2, ISBN: 0-87580-075-0
"Book has extensive underlining and margin notes in pencil, otherwise pages and cover in very good condition with tight binding; Priority Mail® shipping for the cost of standard shipping!!"
Growth Against Development The Economic Impact of Railroads in Porfirian Mexico by JohnH. Coatsworth Paperback, 267 Pages, Published 2004 by Northern Illinois University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87580-600-6, ISBN: 0-87580-600-7
" The fifteen essays in this volume apply the methods of the new economic history to the history of the Latin American economies since 1800. The authors combine the historian's sensitivity to context and contingency with modern or "neoclassical" economic theory and quantitative methods. The essays shed new light on the economic history of all the major economies from Mexico and Cuba to Brazil and Argentina. Some focus on comparing macro ..."
" Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of w ..."
" As the world transitions from an industrial society to an information society, agriculture has undergone a dramatic transformation. Food production in the 20th century was transformed by three revolutions: first mechanical, then genetic, and finally chemical. Now, in the 21st century, agriculture is going through at least two more revolutions: an information technology revolution leading to precision farming, and a biotechnology revol ..."
"The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 2 takes us from the early modern period to speculation about the world in 2050, visiting diverse civili ..."
" There is a newer edition of this book. Bitter Fruit recounts in telling detail the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. The 1982 book has become a classic, a textbook case study of Cold War meddling that succeeded only to condemn Guatemala to decades of military dictatorship. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government publications and documents, as well ..."
"For the Inca, see Maria Rostworowski and Craig Morris, "The Fourfold Domain:
Inka Power and Its Social Foundations," in The ... NM, 1984) and Jonathon E.
Ericson and Timothy K. Earle, eds., Contexts for Prehistoric Exchange (New York,
1982). ... OK, 1992), 18- 29; Timothy Earle, How Chiefs Come to Power: The
Political Economy in Prehistory (Stanford, CA, 1997); ... The Earle book is also a
very recent discussion of chiefdoms and th ..."
"The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 1 takes us from the origin of hominids to ancient civilizations, the rise of empires, and the Middle Age ..."
"As long as this army of Hefat is calm, the whole land is calm, but if one steps on
its tail like that of a crocodile, then the north ... monkeys, and baboons, some of
which no doubt reached Punt from further down the African coast or across the
Red Sea. The brilliant blue stone lapis lazuli arrived all the way from Badakhshan
in northeastern Afghanistan, some 2,500 miles ... chariots and horses entered
Egyptian warfare, a fact that ..."
"Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History John Coatsworth, Juan Cole,
Michael P. Hanagan, Peter C. ... still depend on two other factors we have
encountered before: their integration with categorical differences, and their
relation to concentrated means of coercion. Although financial capital,
information, and science have incorporated existing distinctions by gender, age,
race, ethnicity, and religion to some ... But th ..."
"The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 2 takes us from the early modern period to speculation about the world in 2050, visiting diverse civili ..."
"The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 1 takes us from the origin of hominids to ancient civilizations, the rise of empires, and the Middle Age ..."