Latin America: its rise and progress

By Raymond Poincaré and F. García Calderón

At the moment the Americas were reimagining themselves, F. Garcia Calderon set out to map the forces reshaping a continent. Ideas collide; nations take shape. Latin America: its rise and progress is a sweeping political history essay and social science treatise, written from within the region and attentive to both ideals and power. Moving across independence, state-building and the pressures of global trade, it links latin america modernization to latin america political economy: labour, capital, resources, and the competing models of government that defined early 20th century debate. Calderon reads south america politics with a clear eye for culture and class, and measures how pan-american relations and European influence complicated sovereignty. The result is an international relations classic that still speaks to diplomacy, development, and the language nations use to justify themselves. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this unabridged complete text has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Printed as a heritage volume for the modern shelf, it invites casual readers with its brisk judgements and broad vistas, while giving collectors a definitive, period voice from the canon of reformist thought. Ideal for context, debate, and citation. Whether chosen as a research reference text, added to a college latin america course, or kept for the pleasure of serious browsing, it offers a sharp, readable cornerstone of latin american studies for anyone who wants history with argument, and argument with lived reality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353709857
• ISBN13: 9789353709853
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"