内容简介
VolumeIIIopenswithfivechapterswhichsurveytherevolutionsandwarsofindependenceinSpanishAmericaandtherelativelypeacefultransitiontoindependenceinBrazilduringthefirstquarterofthenineteenthcentury-afterthreecenturiesofSpanishandPortugueserule.PartTwoisdevotedtotheCaribbeanandconsistsofchaptersonHaiti,theformerFrenchcolonyandthefirstindependentLatinAmericanrepublic,SantoDomingo,theformerSpanishcolony,andonCuba,whichremainedaSpanishcolony,fromthelateeighteenthcenturytoc.1870.PartsThreeandFour,thecentralcoreofthisvolume,examinetheeconomic,socialandpoliticalhistoryofLatinAmericaduringthefirsthalf-centuryafterindependence.TherearetwogeneralchaptersonpostindependenceSpanishAmerica,followedbychaptersonMexico,CentralAmerica,Venezuela,ColombiaandEcuador,PeruandBolivia,ChileandtheRiverPlaterepublics,andtherearetwochaptersontheempireofBrazil.