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Author |
: William Henry Koebel |
Publisher |
: New York : The Century |
Total Pages |
: 682 |
Release |
: 1917 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015070243020 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis British Exploits in South America by : William Henry Koebel
Author |
: Luz Elena Ramirez |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0813030811 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813030814 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis British Representations of Latin America by : Luz Elena Ramirez
"Clear and well documented, this is a very important contribution to the rich, varied work on British imperial activities and to postcolonial studies."--Helen M. Cooper, Stony Brook University Ramirez examines British literary representations of Latin America from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with particular attention to travel writing and fiction published during and after Latin American independence. Locating these representations within the political and economic histories of the countries in which they are set, she places works by Sir Walter Ralegh, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Malcolm Lowry, and Graham Greene within a critical context that can best be called "Americanist" and surveys the prominent themes of these works. She also examines their imperialist impulses and their changing master cultural narratives, from Charles Gould's "idea" of empire and his faith in commercial development for Latin America in Conrad's Nostromo to Lowry's Under the Volcano, a story of a failed and alcoholic English Consul in 1930s Mexico. Americanist literature, as Ramirez sees it, manifests mostly informal aspects of imperialism, reflecting the British desire to invest, develop, map, and catalog in countries as varied as Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Brazil. Ramirez argues that British representations of Latin Americareveal an authorial freedom to advance imperial and commercial projects on one hand, while questioning the English self and sense of strangeness in the New World on the other. Especially in the 19th- and 20-century works under consideration, she reveals an acute sense of vulnerability, as British power worldwide had begun to crumble. Expanding on the critical conversation surrounding "Orientalism" and "New World Studies," Ramirez's examination of informal British imperialism and the struggle of motives represented in each of the selected narratives opens a fascinating new terrain of texts reflecting the historical relationship between Britain and Latin America.
Author |
: Kendall W. Brown |
Publisher |
: UNM Press |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2012-03-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826351074 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826351077 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of Mining in Latin America by : Kendall W. Brown
For twenty-five years, Kendall Brown studied Potosí, Spanish America's greatest silver producer and perhaps the world's most famous mining district. He read about the flood of silver that flowed from its Cerro Rico and learned of the toil of its miners. Potosí symbolized fabulous wealth and unbelievable suffering. New World bullion stimulated the formation of the first world economy but at the same time it had profound consequences for labor, as mine operators and refiners resorted to extreme forms of coercion to secure workers. In many cases the environment also suffered devastating harm. All of this occurred in the name of wealth for individual entrepreneurs, companies, and the ruling states. Yet the question remains of how much economic development mining managed to produce in Latin America and what were its social and ecological consequences. Brown's focus on the legendary mines at Potosí and comparison of its operations to those of other mines in Latin America is a well-written and accessible study that is the first to span the colonial era to the present.
Author |
: Eduardo Galeano |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 333 |
Release |
: 1997-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780853459910 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0853459916 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Open Veins of Latin America by : Eduardo Galeano
Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe. Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably. This classic is now further honored by Isabel Allende's inspiring introduction. Universally recognized as one of the most important writers of our time, Allende once again contributes her talents to literature, to political principles, and to enlightenment.
Author |
: Gordon A. Bridger |
Publisher |
: WIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 173 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781845646844 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1845646843 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Britain and the Making of Argentina by : Gordon A. Bridger
The author reminds us all of the huge part that British capital, British people and British technology played in transforming Argentina into a modern 20th century economy. He also analyses the reasons for Argentina's loss of momentum in the post-war world.Much of the history has been forgotten and/or misjudged. That does not make it any less important. In fact, it deserves to be recognised as there are lessons that could be learned from the “golden decade” of development. Those who have an interest in history and development, especially in Argentina, including academics, journalists, historians, and economists will all find this economic and social history of interest.
Author |
: Alfred Hasbrouck |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 480 |
Release |
: 1928 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:$B97946 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Foreign Legionaries in the Liberation of Spanish South America by : Alfred Hasbrouck
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 1916 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015046355692 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis The South American by :
Author |
: J. Fisher |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 313 |
Release |
: 2011-12-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230359819 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230359817 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos by : J. Fisher
Recreating the diplomatic career of Jack Garnett, from 1902-1919, John Fisher reveals a fascinating individual as well as contextualizing his story with regard to British policy in the countries to which he was posted in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, during a period of rapid change in international politics and in Britain's world role.
Author |
: Matthew Brown |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2009-04-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781444306620 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1444306626 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Informal Empire in Latin America by : Matthew Brown
This volume is an interdisciplinary interrogation of the concept of British 'informal empire' in Latin America. It builds upon recent advances in the historiography of imperialism and studies of the nineteenth-century modern world, most obviously the work of Ann Stoler, Catherine Hall and C.A. Bayly. Combining a comparative perspective with the juxtaposition of political economy, cultural history, gendered and postcolonial approaches, and by proposing and debating alternative explanatory models, the book breathes new life into the flagging concept of 'informal empire'. It illuminates the study of British imperialism, from which Latin America is usually conspicuous only by its absence, and provides a broad and sound basis for interpreting the complex processes of nation-building and state-formation in Latin America. The book includes essays by scholars who have been shaping the debate for several decades, alongside work by a younger generation of researchers keen to re-conceptualise and re-assess the roles of capital, commerce and culture in shaping informal empire.
Author |
: Vera Blinn Reber |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 1979 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674082451 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674082458 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis British Mercantile Houses in Buenos Aires, 1810-1880 by : Vera Blinn Reber
British mercantile houses--privately financed commercial enterprises dealing in the import and export of goods--integrated Argentine production into the world economy between 1810 and 1880. Reber evaluates business operations and decision making and analyzes the relationship between business practices and Argentine economy and politics.