Part II: The Big Picture
C. COLONIAL PERIOD TO INDEPENDENCE SHORT LIST 1. Diffie, Baily. Latin American Civilization: Colonial Period. New York: Octagon, 1967. "Classic" but useful traditional study for an historical...
...Race Relations in the Portuguese Colonial Empire...
...Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1970...
...Trans...
...Marion Davis Berdecio...
...9 for Marxist Studies (AIMS), 1971...
...4. Gerassi, John...
...An influential Peruvian exponent of Latin America's liberation theology...
...La economia colonial de Venezuela...
...Interesting in that it shows how group economic interests influenced their changing attitudes toward independence...
...The Origins of the Latin American Revolutions, 1808-1826...
...Problems in Latin America: The Modern Period.* New York: Harper and Row, 1973, pp...
...D:19...
...Press, 1963...
...Trans...
...refers to paperback edition.7 8. Arnade, Charles W. The Emergence of the Republic of Bolivia...
...New York: Emerson Hall, 1973...
...Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1973...
...6. Vicens Vives, Jaime...
...Trans...
...New York: Vintage, 1969.* A good general collection of articles and documents ranging from liberal to radical analyses of present-day Latin America...
...A good, short survey of racial oppression in Portuguese territories...
...A solid summary of Mexican colonial society and institutions by a North American...
...John Drury...
...and "Protestant Ethic and Imperial Mission," in NACLA Report, Vol...
...Interpretacion marxista de la historia de Chile...
...389-446...
...Galeano, Eduardo...
...military officers, they cover topics such as labor, religion, media and national security...
...Wolpin, Miles D. United States Intervention in Latin America: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography...
...they are available on just about every country in Latin America and are a valuable source of general information...
...7. Petras, James and Maurice Zeitlin, eds...
...Las venas abiertas de America Latina...
...2. De Castro, Josue, John Gerassi and Irving L. Horowitz, eds...
...An academic survey of the Spanish population showing the diverse social groups...
...Prado, Caio, Jr...
...Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1971...
...London: Oxford Univ...
...of California Press, 1962.* A good academic study of social and economic structures...
...3. Frank, Andre Gunder...
...The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Valley of Mexico, 1519-1810...
...Chevalier, Francois...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...6. Gutierrez, Gustavo...
...Trans...
...Boxer, C.R...
...Sauer, Carl...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...A view of U.S...
...Bushnell, David...
...Buenos Aires: Libera, 1967...
...Alvin Eustis...
...Press, 1966...
...9. Election Factbooks...
...Lumpen-Bourgeoisie and Lumpen-Development...
...Gibson, Charles...
...Academic monograph on the transition from independence to the national period...
...Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, 1500-1914...
...A technical study showing the connections between economic fluctuations and political phenomena...
...A Survey From Colonial Times to the Cuban Revolution...
...IV, No...
...Lockhart, James...
...Army Handbooks...
...New York: Putnam, 1966.* A leftist classic on the abolition movement...
...Three Marxist positions discussing whether feudalism or capitalism characterized early Latin American development...
...Rodolfo Puiggros and Ernesto Leclau...
...Leftist view of U.S...
...Brading, David A. Miners and Merchants in Bourbon Mexico, 1763-1810...
...New York: Knopf, 1966.* A reader which presents a variety of views on the independence movements and their causes...
...Bogota: La Oveja Negra, 1972...
...Marxist history of Chile to 1810...
...El estado en el derecho indiano: epoca de fundacion, 1492-1570...
...Trans...
...A left-liberal evaluation of Latin American economies...
...Williams, Eric E. Capitalism and Slavery...
...Probably the best non-Marxist one volume history of Latin America...
...Revolutionary Ideologies in Latin America" in Joseph S. Tulchin, ed...
...Vitale, Luis...
...La burguesia terrateniente argentina...
...Two classics which formed the basis for later research on imperialism and dependency...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...New York: Knopf, 3rd ed., 1968...
...1972, 11-23...
...New York: Collier, 1st ed., 1963.* A general analysis of contemporary Latin American socio-economic conditions written from a left-liberal point of view...
...of California Press, 1966...
...SEE: C:5...
...Documents the formation of large land holdings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
...VI, No...
...8. Arevalo, Juan Jose...
...New York and London: Cambridge Univ...
...New York: Cambridge Univ...
...Independence in Latin America...
...Prepared at American University for the orientation of U.S...
...New York: Modern Reader, 1971.* A critique of bourgeois theories of "development" including that of W. W. Rostow...
...2, Feb...
...Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1969...
...A study of the theory and practice of empire as it developed in the early years following the conquest of the Americas...
...5. Stein, Stanley and Barbara Stein...
...Press, 1971...
...The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico...
...Trans...
...Statistical Abstract of Latin America...
...Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1952...
...London: George Allen & Unwin, 1969...
...Spalding, Hobart A., Jr...
...Spanish Peru, 1532-1560: A Colonial Society...
...Underdevelopment in Spanish America...
...Gongora, Mario...
...Frank, Andre Gunder...
...Washington, D.C.: U.S...
...New York: Oxford Univ...
...Mexico: Centro de Estudios Historicos, El Colegio de Mexico, 1969...
...Press, 1964...
...VI, No...
...5. Halperin Donghi, Tulio...
...of Florida Press, 1957...
...An excellent reader containing essays on economics, social structure, dependency guerrillas, etc...
...Interviews with left Christian leaders from the Dominican Republic and Chile, plus a letter from Argentine guerrillas to that country's priests for the Third -World movement...
...Lesley Bird Simpson, ed...
...Excellent documentary study of radical church, more comprehensive than item 1 of this section...
...The Santander Regime in Gran Colombia...
...of California Press, 1969.* Best Marxist study of colonial Brazil...
...1972, 1-15...
...of California Press, 1970.* Basic background information...
...A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation...
...Mexico: Nuestro Tiempo, 1968.* A series of essays, written largely by leftists, on Latin America in general and the Church in particular...
...D:12...
...3. Edwards, Rick...
...Boston: Beacon Press, 1966.* The Conquest of Mexico from the Aztec point of view...
...5. Gheert It, Alain, ed...
...Latin American Center...
...Randall, Laura...
...Land and Society in Colonial Mexico: The Great Hacienda...
...Latin American Christians in the Liberation Struggle," in NACLA Report, Vol...
...Academic study documenting the formation of large capital concerns in Mexico and pointing out their eventual take-over by foreign capital...
...New York: Lyle Stuart, 1961...
...Madison, Wis.: Univ...
...America Latina: Feudalismo o capitalismo...
...University of California at Los Angeles...
...Classic" but useful traditional study for an historical overview...
...New York: Knopf, 1972.* A liberal academic's historical and sociological study of the independence movements...
...Griffin, Keith...
...D:17...
...1 D. GENERAL WORKS SHORT LIST 1. Area Handbooks...
...SEE: D:5...
...Periodic studies of recent Latin American elections done by academics and sponsored by a government-funded operation...
...of California Press, 1970.* A well documented study of primitive accumulation via the formation of large landed estates in Mexico...
...4. . "Protestant Missions: Preliminary Notes," in NACLA Newsletter, Vol...
...These articles analyze the role of missionaries in promoting imperialist expansion...
...Historia contemporanea de America Latina...
...Golden Age of Brazil, 1695-1750...
...from varying left perspectives...
...treats the area as a unified whole...
...Trans...
...Santiago: Instituto de Investigaciones Historico-Culturales, Facultad de Filosofia y Educacion, Universidad de Chile, 1951...
...The Institute also sponsors a Political Studies Series that focuses on coups and other timely topics...
...1970, 19-23...
...3. Humphrey, Robin A. and John Lynch, eds...
...The Great Fear in Latin America...
...New York: Monthly Review, 1973.Analysis of the internal mechanisms of dependency by an important Marxist theoretician...
...Press., 1972.* Best introduction to Latin American economic problems by a liberal economist...
...Wolfe, Eric R. Sons of the Shaking Earth...
...New York: Oxford Univ...
...Leon-Portilla, Miguel...
...La iglesia rebelde de America Latina...
...Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems...
...Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1949 and Estructura social de la colonia...
...Angel Maria Garibay and Lysander Kemp...
...Best single source for names, dates and political history, lacking in interpretation...
...New York: Modern Reader, 1970.* Basic history of the West Indies by a left-liberal...
...3, Mar...
...Approaches to the History of Spain...
...A progressive historical analysis...
...The Shark and the Sardines...
...Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1954...
...LONG LIST 7. Arcila Farias, Eduardo...
...Madrid: Alianza, 1969...
...Maryknoll, New York: Maryknoll Publications, 1970.* A good progressive documentary collection, with selections from official and unofficial sources at various levels of the Catholic hierarchy...
...Sister Caridad Inda and John Eagleson...
...Dependency, Class and Politics in Latin America...
...combats the traditional image of a few Spanish adventurers swashbuckling their way through the continent...
...4. Parry, J. H. The Spanish Seaborne Empire...
...Annual Publication.* A compilation based on the latest available statistics covering diverse aspects of Latin America...
...The Economic Development of Latin America...
...Oddone, Jacinto...
...The Early Spanish Main...
...Chicago, Phoenix, 1959.* An excellent interpretative essay on Mesoamerican pre-history and the colonial period...
...2. Castro Villagrana, B., et al...
...The Colonial Heritage of Latin America...
...Latin America: Reform or Revolution...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Gainsville, Fla.: Univ...
...Latin America: Underdevelopment or Revolution...
...The Colonial Background of Modern Brazil...
...antiago: Prensa Latinoamericana, 1972...
...2 vols...
...Press, 1970.* A general survey showing the roots of contemporary Latin American dependence from a leftliberal perspective...
...Government Printing Office.* Formerly called U.S...
...A well-researched non-Marxist interpretation...
...New York: American Institute PART III: TOPICS L CHURCH SHORT LIST 1. Between Honesty and Hope: Documents from and About the Church in Latin America...
...Latin American Radicalism: A Documentary Report on Left and National Movements...
...Suzette Macedo...
...Santiago: Universitaria, 1960...
...A study of the development of the rural social system of dependency...
...An academic study...
...A basic leftist bibliography...
...Berkeley, Calif.: Univ...
...Joan Connelly Ullman...
...Data is generally good...
...A study of the early years of Spanish conquest and its disastrous impact on the ecology and demography of the Caribbean area.24...
...A brief Marxist exposition on differing existing revolutionary analyses with good documentary material...
...Traditional summary of Spain's imperial policies and institutions...
...La iglesia, el subdesarrollo y la revolucion...
...Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ...
...Origen de los "inquilinos" de Chile central...
...Florescano, Enrique...
...6. Herring, Hubert H. History of Latin America...
...domination written by a left nationalist...
...Economia de la sociedad colonial...
...Lewis, Gordon K. The Modern West Indies...
...Essays on Economic Dependence in Perspective...
...Precios del maiz y crisis agricolas en Mexico (1708-1810...
...2. Graham, Richard...
...A Comparative Economic History of Latin America...
...Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1946...
...exploitation of Latin America...
...8, Dec...
...of Wisconsin Press, 1968...
...Furtado, Celso...
...9. Bagu, Sergio...
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