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Nowthoroughlyupdatedinitsninthedition,ModernLatinAmericaisavividinterpretivehistoryandaleadinginterdisciplinarytextinthefield.Featuringstimulating,anecdotalboxes,itusescasestudiestodiscusstheprimarycountriesandpatternsofdevelopmentintheregionoverthepast200years.Ateveryjuncture,PeterH.SmithandJamesN.GreencontinuetheimpeccablescholarshipofThomasE.Skidmore.TheyexaminesuchcentralthemesastheIberian-NewWorldinteraction,racialprejudicesandpolicy,economicstrategies,militarydevelopments,andU.S.interventionisminLatinAmerica.